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  • Title: Thrombus imaging: a comparison of radiolabeled GC4 and T2G1s fibrin-specific monoclonal antibodies.
    Author: Rosebrough SF, McAfee JG, Grossman ZD, Kudryk BJ, Ritter-Hrncirik CA, Witanowski LS, Maley BL, Bertrand EA, Gagne GM.
    Journal: J Nucl Med; 1990 Jun; 31(6):1048-54. PubMed ID: 2348234.
    Abstract:
    Radioimmunoimaging of experimentally-induced canine thrombi has previously been achieved with iodine-131- and indium-111-labeled (131I and 111In) anti-fibrin T2G1s monoclonal antibody (MAb). We now compare T2G1s to another anti-fibrin MAb, designated GC4, for imaging fresh and aged canine thrombi. GC4 is specific for a neoepitope exposed on fibrin later in the thrombolytic process after plasmin digestion. Femoral venous thrombi were induced in six groups of dogs, each containing three dogs. In two groups, the MAbs were compared when the thrombi were 3-hr or 3-days old at the time of injection, and the dogs were killed at 48 hr. In thrombi 3-hr-old, the GC4/T2G1s concentration ratio averaged 0.53 compared to 1.9 in 3-day-old thrombi. Two groups of dogs with thrombi 1- or 3-days-old were heparinized before MAb injection and were killed at 24 hr. The heparinized dogs with thrombi 1- or 3-days-old had GC4/T2G1s mean ratios of 2.3 and 2.9, respectively. In the unheparinized groups, the corresponding ratios were 1.1 and 1.9. GC4 may be more useful for clinical thrombus imaging than T2G1s because spontaneous venous thrombi are usually several days old at the time of presentation and patients are often heparinized immediately.
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