PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fook T. Lee
AU  - Cathrine Hall
AU  - Angela Rigopoulos
AU  - Jamal Zweit
AU  - Kunthi Pathmaraj
AU  - Graeme J. O’Keefe
AU  - Fiona E. Smyth
AU  - Sydney Welt
AU  - Lloyd J. Old
AU  - Andrew M. Scott
TI  - Immuno-PET of Human Colon Xenograft– Bearing BALB/c Nude Mice Using <sup>124</sup>I-CDR–Grafted Humanized A33 Monoclonal Antibody
DP  - 2001 May 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
PG  - 764--769
VI  - 42
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/42/5/764.short
4100  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/42/5/764.full
SO  - J Nucl Med2001 May 01; 42
AB  - Radiolabeling monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) allows the evaluation of biodistribution of constructs in vivo through gamma camera imaging and also permits quantitation of mAb uptake in tumors through biopsy-based counting techniques. The quantitation of radiolabeled mAb uptake in cancer patients is complicated by the attenuation of gamma emissions of routinely used isotopes (e.g., 131I and 111In) and the spatial resolution and sensitivity of gamma cameras. Methods: We used the positron-emitting isotope 124I (half-life [T1/2] = 4.2 d) to label the recombinant humanized anti–colorectal cancer A33 antibody (huA33) and evaluated its biodistribution properties and PET imaging characteristics in BALB/c nude mice bearing SW1222 colorectal xenografts and control colon tumors. Results: The immunoreactivity of radioconjugate was 78% as determined using the cell-binding Lindmo assay. The apparent association constant was found to be 2.2 × 109 M−1, and the number of antibody binding sites per cell was 371,000. The radioconjugate was found to be stable in serum obtained from mice at various times after injection. Assuming a two-compartment model with a four-parameter fit of mean blood levels, the T1/2α was 1.5 h and the T1/2β was 38.2 h. Excellent tumor uptake was obtained, with maximal uptake reaching 50.0 ± 7.0 percentage injected dose per gram of tumor by 4 d after injection. Specificity of localization was shown by lack of uptake in control tumor. PET imaging detected antigen-positive tumor by 4 h after injection, and high-resolution images were obtained by 24 h after injection. Conclusion: In clinical trials using PET, huA33 labeled with 124I has potential for imaging and staging colon tumors and quantifying antibody uptake in colon tumors in vivo.