Long-Term Toxicity of 213Bi-Labelled BSA in Mice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Short-term toxicological evaluations of alpha-radioimmunotherapy have been reported in preclinical assays, particularly using bismuth-213 (213Bi). Toxicity is greatly influenced not only by the pharmacokinetics and binding specificity of the vector but also by non-specific irradiation due to the circulating radiopharmaceutical in the blood. To assess this, an acute and chronic toxicity study was carried out in mice injected with 213Bi-labelled Bovine Serum Albumin (213Bi-BSA) as an example of a long-term circulating vector.

Method

Biodistribution of 213Bi-BSA and 125I-BSA were compared in order to evaluate 213Bi uptake by healthy organs. The doses to organs for injected 213Bi-BSA were calculated. Groups of nude mice were injected with 3.7, 7.4 and 11.1 MBq of 213B

SUBMITTER: Dorso L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4794211 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature