Indirect labeling of macroaggregated albumin with indium-111 via diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

Nucl Med Biol. 1996 Jul;23(5):595-8. doi: 10.1016/0969-8051(96)00043-1.

Abstract

It is ideal to perform a simultaneous pulmonary perfusion and ventilation scan in cases of suspected pulmonary thromboembolism. Indium-111 (111In)-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA)-macroaggregated albumin (MAA) was designed for this purpose. MAA was conjugated with DTPA at a molar ratio of 1:100 and incubated with 111In-chloride for 30 min at room temperature. DTPA-MAA could be labelled with 111In above a 96% labelling efficiency without MAA particle aggregates making their particles larger than desirable. The obtained 111In-DTPA-MAA was intravenously injected into normal mice and their biodistribution was studied at 15 and 180 min after injection. A gamma camera image was obtained 15 min after injection. 111In-DTPA-MAA was stable in vitro and in vivo, and gave high uptake of murine lung in the biodistribution study and clearly visualized murine lung in the scintigraph. Using 111In-DTPA-MAA as a pulmonary perfusion agent, a simultaneous pulmonary perfusion and ventilation scan with technetium-99m-ventilation agents is able to be performed using the dual-isotope technique. 111In-DTPA-MAA may be a potential pulmonary perfusion agent.

MeSH terms

  • Albumins / chemical synthesis
  • Albumins / pharmacokinetics*
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Gamma Cameras
  • Indium Radioisotopes*
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Pentetic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Pentetic Acid / chemical synthesis
  • Pentetic Acid / pharmacokinetics
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Distribution

Substances

  • Albumins
  • Indium Radioisotopes
  • indium DTPA-albumin
  • Pentetic Acid