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  • Title: Lanreotide labeled with 99mTc: preparation, preclinical testing and comparison with (111)In-DTPA-octreotide.
    Author: Laznicek M, Laznickova A, Trejtnar F, Lorenc P, Varvarigou A, Bouziotis P, Archimandritis S.
    Journal: Anticancer Res; 2002; 22(4):2125-30. PubMed ID: 12174893.
    Abstract:
    Somatostatin receptors are known to be present at a high density in a large number of tumors while (111)In-DTPA-octreotide has been routinely used in oncology for imaging somatostatin receptor-positive tumors and metastases. Lanreotide is another somatostatin receptor-specific peptide, shown to be effective in controlling the growth of some human tumors. The aim of this study was to label lanreotide with 99mTc by a direct labeling method and to evaluate the distribution and elimination characteristics of the labeled agent in rats. (111)In-octreotide was used as the reference radiopharmaceutical. For both radiolabeled-peptides the activity in blood and most organs decreased relatively rapidly with time. On the other hand, 99mTc-lanreotide was excreted mainly by the gastrointestinal tract to feces while (111)In-DTPA-octreotide was eliminated mostly into urine. The rat liver perfusion experiments showed that bile clearance of 99mTc-lanreotide was about three-order times higher than for (111)In-DTPA-octreotide. Analysis of the elimination mechanisms of 99mTc-lanreotide and (111)In-DTPA-octreotide in the perfused rat kidney confirmed that both peptides were eliminated mostly by glomerular filtration. Different protein binding of the agents ((111)In-DTPA-octreotide was only weakly bound, whereas 99mTc-lanreotide was strongly bound to proteins) resulted in substantially lower renal clearance of 99mTc-lanreotide when compared with (111)In-DTPA-octreotide. The results indicated that 99mTc-lanreotide could be of value for the scintigraphic imaging of specific tumors.
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