title: Mesenteric vascular occlusion: a new diagnostic method using a radiolabeled monoclonal antibody reactive with platelets.
abstract: A new method for diagnosing mesenteric vaso-occlusive bowel disease with the use of radioimmunoscintigraphy was developed and tested in experimental models of arterial and venous disease, as well as in a model simulating bowel strangulation. The method involves the use of a monoclonal antibody fragment mixture that binds to platelets. The antibody was labeled with technetium-99m, and imaging was performed with a gamma camera in the planar and single photon emission computed tomography modes. This method allowed visualization of areas of ischemia of 1-6 hours duration in bowel loops in 19 dogs 90-180 minutes after injection of the radiolabeled antibody. No bowel radioactivity accumulation occurred in dogs that underwent the same surgical procedure but were given a nonspecific Tc-99m-labeled antibody or in normal dogs given the specific antibody. It appears that the radiolabeled antibody used, which has higher reactivity with human platelets than with dog platelets, will be a good agent for noninvasive diagnosis of mesenteric vaso-occlusive disease in humans. It may also play a role in the intraoperative determination of the extent and location of ischemic bowel segments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8460.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Oster
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Som
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Zamora
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001792:Blood Platelets; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D013667:Technetium