title: Lymphoscintigraphy via the targeting of macrophages with 99mTc-J001X poly-galactoside in a model of pyogranulomas developed in sheep lymph nodes.
abstract: Lymphoscintigraphy usually involves labeled microparticles or colloids that distribute in the lymph flow. A new strategy for imaging pathological lymph nodes would be the targeting of macrophages recruited in these lesions. The potential for lymphoscintigraphy of the highly diffusible J001X acylated polygalactoside labeled with 99mTc was studied and compared to usual colloidal agents in a model of infectious granulomas developed in sheep. Scintigraphic and histological assessment of the specificity of targeting was performed using a MAb (OM1) raised against ovine macrophages taken as reference. This study has evidenced the ability of J001X specifically to image pathologic lymph nodes and more especially the second lymph node in the same chain with a significant scintigraphic contrast.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biophysique Cellulaire et RMN, Unité INSERM U316, Faculté de Médecine, Tours, France.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pittet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pepin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Normier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Binz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Pape
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000378:metabolism; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology; D016925:Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; D006017:Glycolipids; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006017:Glycolipids; C075069:J001X; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds