title: Search for polynuclear pentavalent technetium complex of dimercaptosuccinic acid [Tc(V)-DMS] tumour localization mechanism. I. Medullary thyroid carcinoma animal model.
abstract: To search for the tumour localization mechanism of Tc(V)-DMS, a polynuclear pentavalent technetium complex of dimercaptosuccinic acid [Tc(V)-DMS], the development of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) bearing mouse model was considered. Subcutaneously transplanted tumour was allowed to grow for 2, 4 and 6 weeks, and the influence of the tumour stage on the biodistribution of Tc(V)-DMS was screened. High radioactivity uptake in the tumour tissue was observed, and this accumulation showed a direct correlation with tumour growth and calcitonin secretion, the MTC marker detectable in the blood serum. The gathered data implicated some calcitonin-related factors as the mediator in the Tc(V)-DMS localization; participation of a phosphate-like oxoanion, TcO4(3-), is strongly suggested not only by the high radioactivity accumulation in the calcitonin-producing tumour but also by the accumulation in the bones of this model animal.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yomoda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D004113:Succimer / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D002116:Calcitonin; D004113:Succimer