title: Viability and biodistribution of 68Ga MPO-labelled human platelets.
abstract: The viability and biodistribution of 68Ga-mercaptopyridine-N-oxide (MPO)-labelled autologous platelets was studied in 10 patients. The average platelet labelling yield was 36 +/- 12% and injected activity was 2.0 +/- 0.9 mCi 68Ga. The % activity in platelets per ml whole blood was 64 +/- 20% at 15 min-1.0 h postinjection and 76 +/- 14% at 2-4h. The average recovery of platelets (% injected platelets circulating in peripheral blood) was 31 +/- 21% at 15 min-1 h and 39 +/- 20% at 2-4 h. The positron emission tomographic (PET) images showed high circulating vascular background. Two patients had technically inadequate scans, and six were false negative due to high blood background. One patient with a massive pulmonary embolus occurring 24 h prior to scanning had marked uptake of 68Ga platelets in a large clot in the superior branch of the right main pulmonary artery. A second patient, with 68Ga platelets circulating during angioplasty of a left posterior tibial artery stenosis, had intense uptake in the lesion shown on the PET scan obtained 4 h following the procedure. These results indicate good viability of 68Ga-MPO-labelled autologous human platelets, but poor visualization of clots by PET imaging, due to the high blood background at early times.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto California 94304.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Atwood
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Dalman
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ransone
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Diamanti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McTigue
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D002470:Cell Survival; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D011725:Pyridines; D013871:Thiones; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D011725:Pyridines; D013871:Thiones; C008704:pyrithione