Targeted alpha therapy in vivo: direct evidence for single cancer cell kill using 149Tb-rituximab.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
; 31(4): 547-54, 2004 Apr.
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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.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Leucemia
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Radioinmunoterapia
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Anticuerpos Monoclonales
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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En
Revista:
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA NUCLEAR
Año:
2004
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Article