title: 213Bi-radioimmunotherapy defeats early-stage disseminated gastric cancer in nude mice.
abstract: The alpha-emitter 213Bi is characterized by a high relative biological effectiveness. 213Bi-immunoconjugates targeting tumor-specific d9-E-cadherin have been proven to effectively kill tumor cells in a murine peritoneal carcinomatosis model. The aim of the present study was to optimize the efficacy of 213Bi-radioimmunotherapy for disseminated gastric cancer in a mouse model of early- and advanced-stage disease and to evaluate the long-term toxicity of 213Bi-immunoconjugates. For that purpose, nude mice were treated with different activities of 213Bi-d9 monoclonal antibody (MAb) targeting d9-E-cadherin or unspecific 213Bi-d8MAb at days 1 or 8 after inoculation of HSC45-M2 gastric cancer cells expressing mutant d9-E-cadherin. Therapeutic efficacy was evaluated by monitoring survival for up to 300 days. Long-term toxicity was evaluated by the survival of tumor-free mice injected with 213Bi-immunoconjugates, kidney function parameters and histopathological examination of kidneys. We showed that survival was significantly prolonged following treatment of mice with 213Bi-immunoconjugates (0.37-22.2 MBq) at day 1 after tumor cell inoculation (P < 0.002). Therapy with 1.85 MBq of 213Bi-d9MAb was most successful, defeating early-stage disease in 87% of all cases. Treatment at day 8 after tumor cell inoculation was less efficient. Long-term nephrotoxicity could only be observed following application of 22.2 MBq of 213Bi-d9MAb, the highest activity applied in the therapy trials. As treatment with 1.85 MBq 213Bi-d9MAb showed excellent therapeutic efficacy without any signs of acute or chronic toxicity, radioimmunotherapy with the alpha-emitter 213Bi is a promising concept for treatment of early peritoneal carcinomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Roswitha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pfost
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morgenstern
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bruchertseifer
authors.forename: Hannsjörg
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwaiger
authors.forename: Reingard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Senekowitsch-Schmidtke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001729:Bismuth / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018796:Immunoconjugates / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D016499:Radioimmunotherapy; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018796:Immunoconjugates; D011868:Radioisotopes; D001729:Bismuth