Labeling of polypeptides with technetium-99m using a dextran spacer

Radioimmunoscintigraphy and other forms of scintigraphy are becoming increasingly important as tools in detection and evaluation of cancer diseases. Several radionuclides can be considered as radiolabel; however, 99mTc may be the most suitable because of easy availability and near ideal physical properties. This study describes how dextran is coupled to a monoclonal anticytokeratin antibody, epidermal growth factor, and somatostatin through stable amine bonds. The dextran moiety could then be labeled with 40-62 MBq of 99mTc. The labeling efficiency was 60-94%, determined by gel filtration or TLC. The specific binding could be considerably preserved after the dextranation, the antibody retained > 90% of its activity, epidermal growth factor bound with > 90% specificity to receptor-expressing tumor cells, and somatostatin showed approximately 40% specific binding to rat adrenal homogenates. Because somatostatin only has a transient half-like in vivo, the in vivo plasma half-life of somatostatin-dextran was tested in normal female Sprague-Dawley rats. The result showed a strong enhancement of the plasma half-life that was dependent on two compartments, 4 and 8 h.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1995

Erschienen:

1995

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Cancer research - 55(1995), 23 Suppl vom: 01. Dez., Seite 5710s-5713s

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Holmberg, A [VerfasserIn]
Marquez, M [VerfasserIn]
Westlin, J E [VerfasserIn]
Nilsson, S [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

51110-01-1
62229-50-9
68238-35-7
7440-26-8
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Dextrans
Epidermal Growth Factor
Journal Article
Keratins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Somatostatin
Technetium

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.01.1996

Date Revised 23.11.2016

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM074699830