title: Radioimmunolocation of a heterotransplanted human choriocarcinoma (BeWo) using monoclonal anti-SSEA-1: pharmacokinetics.
abstract: Stage-Specific Embryonic Antigen-1 (SSEA-1), originally discovered on mouse teratocarcinomas, has since been found on some human non-seminomatous germ-cell tumors and adenocarcinomas, as well as on some adult mouse and human tissues. A monoclonal antibody to this antigen (anti-SSEA-1; IgM, kappa) was used for radioimmunolocation. Nude mice bearing the human choriocarcinoma BeWo, which is SSEA-1 positive, were injected using a mixture of [131I]anti-SSEA-1 and [125I]MOPC 104E, an unselected myeloma protein of the same heavy-chain isotype. Animals were sacrificed at 24 hour intervals; the radioactive deposition due to both antibodies was determined for both tumors and normal organs. Accumulation of anti-SSEA-1 in the tumor was consistantly rapid and specific, while little accumulation of the unselected myeloma protein occurred. At five days after injection, an average of 3% of the initial dose of specific antibody was retained per gram of tumor; the tumor/blood ratio was 11, tumor/muscle was 80. Gamma-camera imaging allowed ready location of the tumors. Tumors could also be imaged using F(ab')2 antibody fragments.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D002822:Choriocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D016256:Lewis X Antigen; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D006017:Glycolipids; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D016256:Lewis X Antigen