Targeted alpha therapy in vivo: direct evidence for single cancer cell kill using 149Tb-rituximab
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Targeted alpha therapy in vivo: direct evidence for single cancer cell kill using 149Tb-rituximab
Journal
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
ISSN
1619-7070 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/2004
Volume
31
Number
4
Pages
547-54
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Apr
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Apr
Abstract
This study demonstrates high-efficiency sterilisation of single cancer cells in a SCID mouse model of leukaemia using rituximab, a monoclonal antibody that targets CD20, labelled with terbium-149, an alpha-emitting radionuclide. Radio-immunotherapy with 5.5 MBq labelled antibody conjugate (1.11 GBq/mg) 2 days after an intravenous graft of 5.10(6) Daudi cells resulted in tumour-free survival for >120 days in 89% of treated animals. In contrast, all control mice (no treatment or treated with 5 or 300 micro g unlabelled rituximab) developed lymphoma disease. At the end of the study period, 28.4%+/-4% of the long-lived daughter activity remained in the body, of which 91.1% was located in bone tissue and 6.3% in the liver. A relatively high daughter radioactivity concentration was found in the spleen (12%+/-2%/g), suggesting that the killed cancer cells are mainly eliminated through the spleen. This promising preliminary in vivo study suggests that targeted alpha therapy with (149)Tb is worthy of consideration as a new-generation radio-immunotherapeutic approach.
Keywords
Alpha Particles/therapeutic use
Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal/*pharmacokinetics/*therapeutic use
Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use
Apoptosis/radiation effects
Cell Line, Tumor
Cell Survival/radiation effects
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Drug Delivery Systems/methods
Evidence-Based Medicine/methods
Female
Leukemia/drug therapy/*metabolism/*radiotherapy
Mice
Mice, SCID
Organ Specificity
Radioimmunotherapy/*methods
Radiopharmaceuticals/therapeutic use
Reproducibility of Results
Survival
Tissue Distribution
Treatment Outcome
Pubmed
Web of science
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