Journal of nuclear biology and medicine (Turin, Italy : 1991)最新文献

The recent introduction of new tracers and stressors has increased the number of combinations of techniques that can be used for the diagnostic and prognostic stratification of patients with coronary artery disease. However, these new techniques still need to be standardized for clinical use. Thallium-201 scintigraphy is at present the most common method to assess transient ischemia and viability in patients. Dynamic exercise and dipyridamole show similar incidence of major cardiac complications and their use can be considered sufficiently safe. Further experimental and multicenter clinical studies are needed for 99mTc-Sestamibi and 99mTc-Teboroxime and for new stressors such as adenosine and dobutamine.

The distribution of 99mTc-methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (99mTc-MIBI), assessed by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was compared to the distribution of 2-[18F]-2-deoxy-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) assessed with positron emission tomography (PET) under fasting conditions, in 21 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and severe left ventricular dysfunction in order to evaluate the potential usefulness of SPECT/99mTc-MIBI for the identification of viable myocardium. Stress and rest SPECT/99mTc-MIBI studies were scored based on the percent of 99mTc-MIBI uptake defined by semi-quantitative circumferential-profile analyses. PET metabolic studies with [18F]FDG under fasting conditions, were adopted as a standard of viability. The results of the comparison of 99mTc-MIBI and [18F]FDG distribution showed that among the segments with stress hypoperfusion, [18F]FDG uptake was present in 95% of the segments that had > 40% of the peak tracer uptake at the rest SPECT/99mTc-MIBI study. [18F]FDG uptake was also present, however, in 25% of the segments that had < 40% uptake at the rest SPECT/99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy. We conclude that in patients with CAD the pattern of 99mTc-MIBI distribution appears to underestimate the extent of viable myocardium but only in those regions that are very severely hypoperfused.

3-Bromobenzyloxy phenyloxy hydroxymethyl propanol was labelled with iodine-125. Labeling yield was approximately 92%. Using HPLC and an RP18 column, Iodo*MD (MW = 412) was obtained at no-carrier-added conditions (specific activity 125 Ci/mmole). Biochemical experiments were carried out in vitro and showed a Ki for MAO-B of 5.4 nM and of 5000 for MAO-A (RA/B = 926). Using ex vivo kinetic inhibition in rat (dose: 5 mg/kg p.o.), the results demonstrated a strong similarity of action with BromoMD and IodoMD, with an inhibition percentage that decreased with time (91% at 1 hour, 48% at 8 hours, 2% at 24 hours). The rat brain Iodo*MD concentration was maximal after the first pass and inhibition decreased slowly with time (T1/2 = 1.8 hours). Uptake and wash-out of Iodo*MD was studied on two-day-old rat astrocytes in culture. Half-times of uptake and efflux were respectively 2.5 minutes and 7.5 minutes. The use of metabolic inhibitors (KCN and Digoxin) suggested the absence of any active transport. Binding studies with various concentration of cold MD 360194 showed that at 10(-8) M the uptake decreased significantly. Rats were dissected at different times post i.v. injection (0-2 hours), and the principal organs and brain were obtained (the brain was separated into 7 pieces). Radioactivity was concentrated mainly in the liver (24.6 +/- 4%), fat (12.4 +/- 3.4%) and muscles (18.4 +/- 3%). In the brain the concentration was approximately 1.2 +/- 0.3% within 30 minutes post i.v. injection and 0.84 +/- 0.15% thereafter. The hypothalamus and striatum were two-fold more active than the cortex.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Cysteinyltriglycine (CYSG3) is a derivative of MAG3 in which the mercaptoacetyl group is replaced by a cysteinyl moiety. This implies the presence of a primary amino group on the ligand, as in case of p-amino-hippuric acid, the compound with the highest renal tubular secretion known. The present study was undertaken to investigate the influence of this amino group on the biological behaviour of complexes of 99mTc with MAG3-like molecules. The L- and D-isomers of cysteinyltriglycine were synthesized as S-benzyl N1-CBO protected precursors. After removal of the protective groups with Na/NH3, the isomers were labelled with 99mTc. This resulted in the formation of two diastereomeric complexes (A and B in the order of HPLC-elution) for each of them. The biodistribution of the four HPLC-purified isomers was tested in mice. Isomers DA and LB showed slightly superior or similar renal excretion characteristics compared to 99mTc-MAG3, whereas the two other isomers were cleared at a lower rate by the kidneys and more through the liver and the intestines. The results indicate that substitution of 99mTc-MAG3 with an amino function may somewhat improve the rate of renal excretion, but the configuration of the 99mTc-labelled complexes appears to be more important to its biological behaviour.

A branched polypeptide drug carrier, with a poly(L-lysine) backbone, has been labelled with 111In and its biodistribution imaged in mice with transplanted B16 melanoma. Levels of tracer in tumours were not great enough for tumours to be discerned on gamma-camera images, and this was confirmed by subsequent dissection analysis. Tumour levels of 111In from labelled polymer were about 3% of the dose g-1 two days after injection. Similar levels of tracer were found in tumour tissue of mice injected with mouse immunoglobulin or serum albumin labelled with 111In by DTPA chelation, or injected with free 111In-chloride to label serum transferrin. There was rapid excretion of a sub-component of the 111In-labelled polymer visible in the images. Gel permeation chromatography suggested that the polymer was heterogeneous, some components having Stoke's radii below that allowing renal clearance. Gel permeation chromatography was used to separate labelled polymer into fractions having high, intermediate and low renal clearance. The low-excretion fraction showed a two-fold increase in tumour levels, compared with native polymer, although as this fraction showed greater survival in the blood and body as a whole, discrimination between tumour and normal tissue was not increased.

The selective, reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B), Ro 19-6327 (Lazabamide) N-aminoethyl-5-chloro-picolinamide, inhibits the enzyme with an initial competitive phase, followed by a time-dependent inhibition of MAO-B; i.e. Ro 19-6327 is a substrate for MAO-B, and after its oxidation it is activated into an intermediate form which remains tightly bound to the enzyme's active site. Our radiopharmaceutical is a new 123I-labelled derivative of Ro 19-6327, N-aminoethyl-5-[123I]iodo-picolinamide, which seems to be a potentially useful SPECT tracer for the imaging of the MAO-B enzyme distributions. The first biodistribution of this compound was measured in rats at 6 different points in time (10, 25, 40, 60, 180 and 900 minutes post-injection). For each point the average from three animals was taken. In the brain there was an activity plateau over the first hour. In the first hour post-injection the brain-to-blood ratio was over 1, with a maximum ratio of 1.24 at 25 minutes post-injection. Because MAO-B is abundant in the ependyma, pineal and cerebellar Bergmann glia cells, this ratio of 1.24 over the whole brain is encouraging. At first, radioactivity was principally and rapidly accumulated in the liver. After 1 hour, about 37% of the injected activity is accumulated there. The elimination of the compound seemed to take place mainly through the hepatobiliary system (about 75%), but also via the kidneys (about 25%). Fifteen hours post-injection, only 4% (corrected for decay) of the injected radioactivity was left in the body.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

The 111In-labeled monoclonal anti-prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) monoclonal antibody F(ab')2 fragment was used for the radioimmunodetection of prostate cancer in two different patient groups: 15 patients with surgically verified T1-2 prostate cancer were imaged prior to staging lymphadenectomy and total prostatectomy using lymphatic administration (intraprostatic (ipr) injection), and 15 patients with verified metastatic prostatic cancer were imaged after intravenous (i.v.) injection. The patients were studied on several occasions (at 0-180 hours) after injecting a 1 mg MoAb fragment labeled with 75-150 MBq111In (DTPA-chelation). The extirpated tissues were counted for radioactivity, and studied immunohistochemically (IHC) and histologically. The anti-PAP MoAb was labeled with high efficiency (87-99%) and it demonstrated good immunoreactivity (90-95%) and a high affinity to the target antigen. In the excised prostates, cut into 12-18 smaller pieces, there was a clear correlation between the PAP content (as detected by IHC) and absolute radioactivity (% ID of 111In anti-PAP/g prostate). However, there was no correlation between radioactivity and the amount of cancer tissue (% of histological slices) inside the removed prostate tissue. In the pharmacokinetic studies, maximum activity in the serum was obtained within 3-5 hours after ipr injection; after that the kinetic behavior was similar to that after i.v. injection. After i.v. injection, two components could be distinguished the pharmacokinetic curves; the half-lives for mean distribution and elimination were 0.62 and 35.6 hours, respectively. The mean distribution half-life as well as the AUC from the pharmacokinetic curves correlated significantly with serum PAP (p < 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)