title: Humanized versus murine anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibodies for immunoscintigraphic studies.
abstract: The anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) humanized antibody h-R3 (IgG(1)), which binds to an extracellular domain of EGF-R, was used to evaluate the biodistribution on nude mice xenografted with A431 epidermoid carcinoma cell line. Results are compared with its murine version ior egf/r3 monoclonal antibody (mAb). Twenty-one athymic female 4NMRI nu/nu mice were injected intravenously with 10 microg/100 microCi of (99m)Tc-labeled mAbs. The mAb ior C5 that recognizes an antigen expressed preferentially on the surface of malignant and cytoplasm of normal colorectal cells was used as negative control. Immunoreactivity of (99m)Tc-labeled mAbs was measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay on A431 cell line and the immunoreactive fractions determined by Lindmo method. Among all organs significative accumulation was found in tumor (6.14 +/- 2.50 %ID/g, 5.06 +/- 2.61 %ID/g for murine and humanized mAbs, respectively) 4 h after injection. The immunoreactive fractions were found to be 0.88 and 0.81 for murine and humanized mAb, respectively. Thus, we expect better results using the humanized mAb h-R3 for diagnostic immunoscintigraphy.
authors.affiliation: Center of Molecular Immunology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ducongé
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Ruiz
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Becquer-Viart
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Núñez-Gandolff
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Caballero-Torres
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iznaga-Escobar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005612:Freeze Drying; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D066246:ErbB Receptors