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Supplemental information
Development of Glypican-3-Specific Binding Peptide using in vivo and in vitro
Two-step Phage Display Screening for PET Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Yushuang Qin#, 1, Siyuan Cheng#, 1, Yesen Li2, Sijuan Zou1, Minglong Chen3, Dongling
Zhu1, Shi Gao3, Hua Wu2, Lei Zhu*,4, Xiaohua Zhu*,1
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430000, China;
2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen
University, Xiamen 361003, China;
3. Department of Nuclear Medicine, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University,
Changchun 130033, China;
4. Departments of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
30322, United States.
Corresponding Author
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected] (X.Z.)
and [email protected] (L.Z.)
# Yushuang Qin and Siyuan Cheng contributed equally to the article.
Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Biomaterials Science.This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020
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Figure S1. Synthesis of TJ12P2. (a). Chemical structure of TJ12P2 with the sequence
of SNDRPPNILQKR. (b). Purity of TJ12P2 by analytical HPLC. The retention time of
TJ12P2 is 18.51 min. (c). Mass spectrum analysis of molecular weight of TJ12P2,
which is 1425.76 Da.
a
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GPC3-TJ12P-2
QYS-2_150714153055 #145-174 RT: 0.66-0.79 AV: 30 NL: 1.87E8T: FTMS + p ESI Full ms [100.00-1000.00]
440 460 480 500 520 540 560 580 600 620 640 660 680 700 720 740m/z
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479.5944z=3
718.8870z=2
492.2428z=3
473.5911z=3
580.8868z=3
530.2409z=3
503.7917z=?
729.8780z=2
654.8580z=2
560.8373z=2
709.8821z=2
450.5834z=3
669.5306z=3
618.3499z=2
640.8366z=2
698.4284z=1
592.3720z=3
753.1826z=?
TJ12P2
b
c
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Figure S2. Synthesis of Biotin-TJ12P2. (a). Chemical conjugation of Biotin onto the
N-terminal of TJ12P2. (b). Mass spectrum analysis of molecular weight of TJ12P2,
which is 1662.8 Da. (c). Purity of Biotin-TJ12P2 by analytical HPLC. The retention
time of Biotin-TJ12P2 is 22 min.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
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ue(m
AU
)
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Biotin-TJ12P2
1-PEP-QYS #62-76 RT: 0.67-0.79 AV: 7 NL: 2.02E6T: FTMS + p ESI Full ms [200.00-3000.00]
780 790 800 810 820 830 840 850 860 870 880 890 900 910m/z
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832.4204z=2
833.9226z=2
843.4109z=2
851.3945z=2
823.9165z=2
836.1599z=1
796.0019z=3
908.8915z=2
782.4027z=?
895.9592z=?
801.0107z=?
890.8021z=3
815.8375z=2
859.1212z=?
864.3684z=1
875.9377z=?
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Figure S3. Synthesis of Cy5.5-TJ12P2. (a). Chemical conjugation of Cy5.5-NHS onto
the N-terminal of TJ12P2. (b). Mass spectrum analysis of molecular weight of TJ12P2,
which is 1662.8 Da. (c). Purity of Cy5.5-TJ12P2 by analytical HPLC. The retention
time of Biotin-TJ12P2 is 33.12 min.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
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CY5.5-GPC3-TJ12P-2.
CY5-PEP-QYS #64-75 RT: 0.69-0.80 AV: 6 NL: 4.10E5T: FTMS + p ESI Full ms [200.00-3000.00]
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668.0343z=3
610.1847z=1
576.8459z=? 654.3323
z=1 832.4205z=2
712.8206z=?
684.2032z=1
618.9076z=? 1001.5469
z=2592.8199
z=?738.8300
z=1978.7537
z=?880.1331
z=3807.4714
z=3780.4787z=3
1058.0434z=2
900.8127z=?
931.1152z=?
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Cy5.5-TJ12P2
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Figure S4. Synthesis of NOTA-TJ12P2. (a). Chemical structure of NOTA-TJ12P2.
(b). Purity of NOTA-TJ12P2 by analytical HPLC. The retention time of Biotin-TJ12P2
is 20.20 min. (c). Mass spectrum analysis of molecular weight of TJ12P2, which is 1722
Da.
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Figure S5. Synthesis of scramble TJ12P2 peptide. (a). Chemical structure of
scramble-TJ12P2. (b). Purity of Cy5.5-TJ12P2 by analytical HPLC. The retention time
of scramble-TJ12P2 is 18.40 min. (c). Mass spectrum analysis of molecular weight of
scramble-TJ12P2, which is 1436.76 Da.
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Figure S6. Synthesis of Biotin-scrambled-TJ12P2. (a). Chemical conjugation of
Biotin onto the N-terminal of scrambled-TJ12P2. (b). Mass spectrum analysis of
molecular weight of scrambled-TJ12P2, which is 1662.8 Da. (c). Purity of Biotin-
scrambled-TJ12P2 by analytical HPLC. The retention time of Biotin- scrambled-
TJ12P2 is 21.3 min.
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Figure S7. Synthesis of Cy5.5-scrambled-TJ12P2. (a). Chemical conjugation of
Cy5.5-NHS onto the N-terminal of scrambled-TJ12P2. (b). Mass spectrum analysis of
molecular weight of Cy5.5-scrambled-TJ12P2, which is 2002.09 Da. (c). Purity of
Cy5.5-scrambled-TJ12P2 by analytical HPLC. The retention time of Biotin-TJ12P2 is
32.97 min.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
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u)
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Cy5.5-SCR-GPC3-TJ12P-2
CY5-PEPTIDE #131-156 RT: 0.59-0.70 AV: 26 NL: 4.24E6T: FTMS + p ESI Full ms [200.00-3000.00]
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659.2865z=1
610.1836z=1
668.3614z=3
624.8464z=1 654.3313
z=1719.3806
z=2682.8049
z=?637.3046
z=1 702.8625z=?
760.8212z=?
803.5420z=1740.7637
z=? 878.7349z=?
838.8365z=?
896.7959z=?
820.7768z=1
954.7545z=1
981.2781z=1936.6939
z=?
798.7222z=1 1014.7104
z=1
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Figure S8. HPLC analysis of the stability of 18F-AlF-NOTA-TJ12P2 in physiological
buffer at 37°C for 4 hours.
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Figure S9. Micro-PET/CT imaging of 18F-AlF-NOTA-TJ12P1 targetability in
HepG2 tumor bearing mouse model. White arrow points to the HepG2 tumor and red
circle indicates the normal liver.