title: Localization of pulmonary human sarcoma xenografts in athymic nude mice with indium-111-labeled monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: In order to study localization of metastatic tumors with a radiolabeled monoclonal antibody, a pulmonary metastases model was devised in athymic mice. Metastatic pulmonary sarcoma colonies were verified by histological examination. A murine monoclonal antibody (MAb 19-24) directed against a human sarcoma antigen was labeled with indium-111 (111In) by use of the linker 1-(p-isothiocyanatobenzyl)-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (SCN-Bz-DTPA). MAb P3 was similarly labeled as a negative control. In the group given MAb 19-24, the percent injected dose per gram lung tissue bearing tumor colonies (30.1%, 29.6%, and 27.7% on Days 1, 2, and 3, respectively) was significantly (p less than 0.05) higher than in those receiving MAb P3. Hepatic activities of both 111In-MAb 19-24 and 111In-MAb P3 were low. The lungs with tumor colonies demonstrated clearest images on Day 3. The specific binding of 111In-SCN-Bz-DTPA-labeled MAb 19-24 to pulmonary xenografts without appreciable liver uptake indicates that it may be useful in the clinical localization of pulmonic metastatic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 60612.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Greager
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Blend
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Atcher
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Gansow
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Brechbiel
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Das Gupta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes