Characteristic Comparison Between 131I-Interferon-α and 131I-Interferon-α-Immunoglobulin-Fc Hybrid Protein in Rats Using Molecular Imaging.
In Vivo
; 29(4): 445-52, 2015.
Article
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| ID: mdl-26130789
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIM:
Interferon-α (IFN-α) is produced to act locally and transiently with a relatively short circulation half-life in vivo. Hybridization of IFN-α with human immunoglobulin Fc, renamed as IFN-α-Fc, may overcome this limitation. In the present study, (131)I-IFN-α-Fc and (131)I-IFN-α were compared in the aspects of stability, pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution and molecular imaging quality in an animal model. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Both IFN-α-Fc and IFN-α were labelled with (131)I. Biodistributions and pharmacokinetics of both labelled proteins in Sprague-Dawley rats were assayed. Micro-single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography was used to non-invasively monitor the longitudinal distribution of both proteins.RESULTS:
(131)I-IFN-α-Fc was shown to have higher stability than (131)I-IFN-α in whole blood, plasma, kidney, liver and stomach from the biodistribution study. The area under curve analyzed from plasma in the phomacokinetics study was 10-fold higher for (131)I-IFN-α-Fc than for (131)I-IFN-α. At 0-1 h post tail-vein injection, both labelled proteins are mainly accumulated in the kidneys and liver. Notably, (131)I-IFN-α-Fc is degraded more slowly than (131)I-IFN-α.CONCLUSION:
We demonstrated that (131)I-IFN-α-Fc has longer blood circulation time and better biostability than (131)I-IFN-α, suggesting the potential application of the immunoglobulin Fc-conjugated cytokine for long-term treatment of diseases.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
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Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments
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Interferon-alpha
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Molecular Imaging
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Iodine Radioisotopes
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
In Vivo
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article