Long-circulating non-toxic blood pool imaging agent based on hyperbranched polyglycerols
Long-circulating non-toxic blood pool imaging agent based on hyperbranched polyglycerols
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.10.036
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发表时间:
2012-01-17
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5.8
通讯作者:
Haefeli, Urs O.
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作者:
Saatchi, Katayoun;Gelder, Nikolaus;Haefeli, Urs O.
Purpose: Currently, in vivo or in vitro Tc-99m-radiolabelled red blood cells are the standard blood pool imaging agents. Due to risks associated with handling of blood and the problems with the current Tc-99m shortage, we were interested in a long-circulating biocompatible synthetic macromolecule that would be simple to prepare and could also be used for PET imaging.Methods: A high molecular weight hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPG) of 500 kDa was derivatized to coordinate radioactive gallium and to establish its labelling efficiency, stability and pharmacokinetics.Results: The resulting radiopharmaceutical in kit form was labelled rapidly within a couple of minutes at room temperature, was stable in transferrin and EDTA challenge tests, and was non-toxic in both cell viability and different hemocompatibility assays. A pharmacokinetic biodistribution study showed that the Ga-67-HPGN was confined to the blood compartment with a biological half life of 50.7 h.Conclusion: Ga-67-HPGN is thus a simple to prepare blood pool imaging agent for applications where a long biological half- life is essential, i.e., the diagnosis of internal bleeding. Since radiolabelling of the same kit with Ga-68 was also confirmed, we plan to evaluate it shortly as a PET blood pool imaging agent for cardiac applications. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.