ABSTRACT
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is important in oncology because of its high mortality rate. Deaths may be avoided if an early diagnosis could be achieved. Several types of tumors overexpress gastrin-releasing peptide receptors (GRPr), including pancreatic cancer cells. Thus, a radiolabeled peptide derivative of gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) may be useful as a specific imaging probe. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of using99mTc-HYNIC-βAla-Bombesin(7-14)as an imaging probe for Capan-1 pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Xenographic pancreatic tumor was developed in nude mice and characterized by histopathological analysis. Biodistribution studies and scintigraphic images were carried out in tumor-bearing nude mice. The two methods showed higher uptake by pancreatic tumor when compared to muscle (used as control), and the tumor-to-muscle ratio indicated that99mTc-HYNIC-βAla-Bombesin(7-14)uptake was four-fold higher in tumor cells than in other tissues. Scintigraphic images also showed a clear signal at the tumor site. The present data indicate that99mTc-HYNIC-βAla-Bombesin(7-14)may be useful for the detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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Animals , Humans , Male , Adenocarcinoma , Bombesin/analogs & derivatives , Organotechnetium Compounds/pharmacokinetics , Pancreatic Neoplasms , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Bombesin/pharmacokinetics , Cell Line, Tumor , Gastrin-Releasing Peptide/analogs & derivatives , Heterografts/pathology , Heterografts , Mice, Nude , Muscles , Pancreatic Neoplasms/pathology , Peptide Fragments/pharmacokineticsABSTRACT
El objetivo del presente trabajo es investigar como se modifica el comportamiento in vitro e in vivo (localización de sitios de infección experimental con Staphilococcus aureus (S.a.)) del UBI 29-41 cuando es marcado con 99mTc por cuatro métodos distintos: a) con borohidruro de potasio y pirofosfato de estaño, b) con hidróxido de sodio y cloruro estañoso (métodos directos), c) con NHS-MAG3 y d) con NHS-HYNIC (métodos indirectos). En segundo lugar comparar los valores PI/PN (Pata Infectada / Pata Normal) del 99mTc-UBI 29-41 (método a), con el 99mTc-scrambled (Sc) UBI 29-41 (péptido control) y con 99mTc-IgG (radiofármaco no específico para infecciones) en ratones infectados con S.a. viables; y los valores pata inflamada/ PN del 99mTc-UBI 29-41 99mTc (método a) con 99mTc-IgG en ratones con inflamación estéril. Cuando el 99mTc-UBI 29-41 fue obtenido por el método a, se obtuvieron los mejores resultados in vitro y las biodistribuciones mostraron la máxima acumulación en sitios con S.a. viables y muy baja acumulación en sitios con inflamación estéril, demostrando su potencial uso en el diagnóstico de infecciones.
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Mice , Animals , Peptide Fragments/pharmacokinetics , Staphylococcal Infections , Isotope Labeling/methods , Radiopharmaceuticals/pharmacology , Technetium , Anti-Bacterial Agents , Organotechnetium Compounds/pharmacokinetics , Quality Control , Tissue Distribution , Drug Stability , Culture Media , Succinimides/pharmacokineticsABSTRACT
El objetivo del presente trabajo es evaluar la capacidad del 99mTc-UBI 29-41 marcado por un método directo en la localización de sitios de infección experimental con Staphilococcus aureus (S.a.). En segundo lugar comparar los valores PI/PN (Pata Infectada / Pata Normal) de las biodistribuciones en ratones portadores de S.a. viables, S.a. no viables obtenidos por irradiación gamma y por calentamiento y en sitios de inflamación estéril y cuantificar las relaciones sitio infectado / sitio normal (SI / SN) através de autorradiografía digital. El UBI 29-41 es un fragmento sintético de la ubiquicidina y el scrambled (Sc) UBI 29-41 es el péptido control. 99mTc-IgG fue el control positivo para inflamaciones estériles. Cuando el 99mTc-UBI 29-41 fue obtenido por este método rápido y reproducible, se visualizaron sitios de infección a 2h p.i.. Las biodistribuciones mostraron mayor acumulación en sitios con S.a. viables que con S.a. irradiados y no hubo acumulación en inflamaciones estériles.
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Mice , Animals , Organotechnetium Compounds/pharmacokinetics , Peptide Fragments/pharmacokinetics , Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis , Tissue Distribution , Radiographic Image Enhancement , Isotope Labeling , Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides/pharmacokineticsABSTRACT
We investigated whether amyloid beta (Abeta) aggregates have transforming growth factor beta- like cytokine activity and cause transdifferention of lens epithelial cells, leading to certain types of cataract. In order to mimic Abetaaggregates, Abeta- (1-40) was crosslinked to bovine serum albumin (BSA) with disuccinimidyl suberate according to a previously described procedure. When human lens epithelial B-3 (HLE B-3) cells were treated with the Abeta- (1-40) -BSA conjugates, we observed the translocation of Smad-3, as well as the induced mRNA levels of fibronectin (FN), collagen type I (Col I), smooth muscle actin (SMA) and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). In addition, we investigated the morphology of rat whole lens cultured for 5 days in the presence of Abeta- (1-40) -BSA, and the immunohistochemical localizations of Abeta- (1-40) /amyloid precursor protein (APP) in human clinical tissues beneath the anterior capsules. In rat whole lens cultures, treatment with Abeta- (1-40) -BSA produced a transformed morphology that had multiple layers of lens epithelial cells. To compare the anterior capsules in anterior subcapsular cataracts with those in nuclear cataracts, immunohistochemical studies of Abeta/APP in human clinical tissues revealed that the predominant immunostaining of Abeta occurs in the anterior epithelial plaques, which likely produces the abnormal extracellular matrix. Thus, these findings suggest that Abeta aggregates in vivo are possibly involved in the regulatory process by which lens epithelial cells may transdifferentiate into fibroblast-like cells, as well as help understand the mechanisms which lead to certain types of cataractogenesis.