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Characterization of Bromine-77-Labeled Proteins Prepared Using Bromoperoxidase

The Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Michael J. Welch, PhD, Div. of Radiation Sciences, Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway, St. Louis, MO 63110.

ABSTRACT

The halogenating enzyme bromoperoxidase, isolated from the red algae Bonnemaisonia hamifera and Penicillus capitatus, was used to catalyze the radiohalogenation of proteins at neutral pH. Human serum albumin and canine fibrinogen were halogenated as model compounds; the proteins were labeled with Br-77, produced by the ⁷⁵As(,2n)⁷⁷Br reaction. For each enzyme, the essential reaction parameters (including the concentrations of hydrogen peroxide or of protein, the amount of enzyme used to catalyze the reaction, the pH of the reaction mixture, and the reaction time) were varied to obtain conditions that resulted in the highest yield of radiolabeled protein.

The labeled proteins prepared with bromoperoxidase are stable with respect to loss of the radiolabel by hydrolysis and retain their biologic activity. The extension of this method to radiobromination of other types of compounds for imaging and receptor studies seems promising. Also, proteins and other compounds may be labeled with shorter-lived, positron-emitting isotopes of bromine for use in conjunction with computer-assisted positron tomography.

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