In-vivo evaluation of indium-111-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-labelling for determining the sites and rates of protein catabolism in mice.
J Pharm Pharmacol
; 51(1): 15-20, 1999 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-10197412
ABSTRACT
Pharmacokinetic analyses of protein pharmaceuticals are of prime importance for their clinical application. Because many proteins have pharmacological activity at low concentrations, radiolabelling of proteins is widely used to identify the sites and determine the rates of protein catabolism in-vivo due to the high sensitivity of detection of radioactivity. Recently, a metallic radionuclide, (111)In, has been used to trace the pharmacokinetics of proteins of interest after conjugation of the proteins with diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA). In this study, galactosyl-neoglycoalbumin (NGA) was reacted with the cyclic dianhydride of DTPA and labelled with (111)In to estimate the validity of this radiolabelling procedure for pharmacokinetic analyses. For comparison, we also evaluated direct radioiodination, because directly-radioiodinated proteins are widely used to assess the pharmacokinetics of proteins of interest. The hepatic radioactivity profile after intravenous injection of [131I]NGA or [(111)In]DTPA-NGA into mice was analysed pharmacokinetically, and the first-order rate constant representing the elimination of the respective radiometabolite from hepatic parenchymal cells was determined. The results indicated that direct radioiodination is inappropriate for pursuing the pharmacokinetics of the proteins, because of rapid elimination of the radioactivity from the sites of protein catabolism. These findings also implied that the [(111)In]DTPA label could be used to identify the catabolic sites and determine the rates of catabolism of proteins with relatively short biological half-lives, although characterization of radiolabelled species at the sites of accumulation would be required for accurate determination of the catabolic sites of proteins.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Radioisótopos de Índio
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Albuminas
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Ácido Pentético
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Indicadores e Reagentes
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Marcação por Isótopo
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Fígado
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pharm Pharmacol
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão