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Dosimetry at the Cellular Level of Kupffer Cells After Technetium-99m-Sulphur Colloid Injection

Department of Biophysics, University X., Bichat, Paris, France

Correspondence: For reprints contact: N. Colas Linhart, University X. Bichat, Department of Biophysics, 16, rue Henri Huchard, F-75018 Paris, France.

ABSTRACT

The radiation dose to Kupffer cells was estimated at the cellular level after intravenous injection of ^99mTc labeled sulphur colloids in rats. The results were then compared with those obtained using macroscopic dosimetry. From the microscopy appearance observed using a "track" microautoradiographic method (MAR), it was shown that only 0.2% of the Kupffer cells were actually involved in the pinocytosis of radioactive colloids. For each electronic emission from ^99mTc (Auger and internal conversion), the fraction of the emitted energy actually absorbed within the Kupffer cell was calculated using the values provided by Berger. About 15% of the total energy emitted by electrons was absorbed in 0.2% of the Kupffer cells. If these results are extrapolated to humans, the dose absorbed by the labeled cells can be estimated to be between 0.5 and 0.9 Gy/MBq. This represents about 15,000 times the average electron dose to the liver as estimated from macrodosimetric methods. In cases such as this one where an important distribution heterogeneity is expected, dosimetric estimations at a cellular level may be particularly useful.

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