Pre-clinical evaluation of gadobutrol: A new, neutral, extracellular contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging
Pre-clinical evaluation of gadobutrol: A new, neutral, extracellular contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging
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DOI:
10.1016/0720-048x(95)00679-k
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发表时间:
1995-11-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Press, WR
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作者:
Vogler, H;Platzek, J;Press, WR
The Gd3+-complex of 10-(2,3-dihydroxy-l-hydroxymethylpropyl)- 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7-triacetic acid(gadobutrol) is a new, neutral Gd-chelate for use as an extracellular contrast agent in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The blood level in dogs after intravenous (i.v.) injection decreased with a terminal half-life of about 45 min, the clearance was about 3.75 ml/min per kg and the distribution volume of 0.23 If 1/kg suggested an extracellular distribution. Biodistribution experiments in rats revealed that only a very small amount (0.16%) of the dose was left in the body 7 days after i.v. injection. Measurable amounts of Gd could be detected only in the liver, kidneys and bones. The osmolality (0.57 osmol/kg at 0.5 mol/l and 1.39 osmol/kg at 1 mol/l) is in the range of other low osmolality contrast media for MRI. Only very little interaction with biologically relevant molecules was suggested by a histamine release test and a lysozyme inhibition test. An i.v.-LD(50),, of 23 mmol/kg in mice combined with a comparatively high T-1,-relaxivity (5.6 l/mmol per s at 0.47 T and 6.1 l/mmol per s at 2 T) in plasma promises a high margin of safety. In preliminary imaging experiments, gadobutrol caused high enhancement in different lesions (cerebral infarct, brain tumor) of the rat. Tripling of the typical clinical dose of 0.1 mmol/kg was shown to provide additional diagnostic gain in lesions of this type.