Figure 20.
Synthesis scheme of 124I-(cRGDyk)2-UCNP conjugates. Polymer-coated UCNP (pcUCNP) was reacted both with (cRGDyk)2 peptide and with MeO-PEGNH2 (molecular weight, 2,000) using EDC/Nhydroxysulfosuccinimide. Tyrosine residues of (cRGDyk)2 were labeled with 124I using Iodo-Beads (Pierce). Adapted with permission from 124, copyright 2013 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.