title: Technetium-99m-MRP20, a potential brain perfusion agent: in vivo biodistribution and SPECT studies in normal male volunteers.
abstract: The lipophilic neutral complex [99mTc][TcO(MRP20)] [MRP20 is (N-(2(1H pyrolylmethyl]N'-(4-pentene-3-one-2)ethane-1,2-diamine)] is known to cross the blood-brain barrier in non-primate animals. We report here its in vivo biodistribution, radiation dosimetry, and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) characteristics in man. Following i.v. administration of 15-25 mCi of the tracer, the maximum uptake of activity in the brain peaked at 1 min p.i. Fifteen minutes p.i., the percentage retained in the brain was 5.2 +/- 1.6, which remained fairly constant over 24 hr. Blood clearance was relatively slow with an apparent affinity of the compound for the cellular fraction of the blood, however, soft-tissue and facial activity cleared at a rate four times faster than that of the brain. SPECT images obtained at 15 min, 1 hr, 3 hr, 7 hr, and 24 hr p.i. showed no redistribution of the tracer within the brain. The dosimetry is favorable for administration of 25-30 mCi of MRP20. Our results indicate that this compound is rapidly extracted and retained by the brain and may be used for SPECT imaging of regional blood flow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, A.Z.-V.U.B., Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bossuyt
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: offlaton
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pirotte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chirico
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clemens
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vandenbroeck
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Thornback
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D003959:Diamines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012016:Reference Values; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D003959:Diamines; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011758:Pyrroles; C067798:technetium Tc 99m-(N-(2-(1H)-pyrrolylmethyl))-N'-(4-pentene-3-one)ethane-1,2-diamine