Open AccessProduction and quality control 177 Lu (NCA)—DOTMP as a potential agent for bone pain palliation
Author(s) -
Salek Nafise,
Shamsaei Mojtaba,
Maragheh Mohammad Ghannadi,
Arani Simindokht Shirvani,
Samani Ali Bahrami
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of applied clinical medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1526-9914
DOI - 10.1120/jacmp.v17i6.6375
Subject(s) - biodistribution , radiochemistry , chemistry , thin layer chromatography , phosphoric acid , radionuclide , ion chromatography , ion exchange , radionuclide therapy , nuclear chemistry , chromatography , nuclear medicine , ion , medicine , in vitro , biochemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Skeletal uptake of radiolabeled‐1, 4, 7, 10‐tetraazacyclododecane‐1, 4, 7, 10‐tetramethylene phosphoric acid (e.g., 177 Lu‐DOTMP) complex, is used for bone pain palliation. The moderate energy of β‐emitting177 Lu ( T 1 / 2 = 6.7 d , Eβ max = 497 keV ) has been considered as a potential radionuclide for development of the bone‐seeking radiopharmaceutical. Since the specific activity of the radiolabeled carrier molecules should be high, the “no‐carrier‐added radionuclides” have significant roles in nuclear medicine. Many researchers illustrated no‐carrier‐added 177 Lu production; among these separation techniques such as ion exchange chromatography, reversed phase ion‐pair, and electrochemical method, extraction chromatography has been considered more capable than other methods. In order to optimize the conditions, some effective factors on separation of Lu/Yb were investigated by EXC. The NCA 177 Lu, produced by this method, was mixed with 300 μ 1 of DOTMP solution (20 mg in 1 mL of 0.5 M NaHCO 3 , pH = 8 ) and incubated under stirring at room temperature for 45 min. Radiochemical purity of the 177 Lu‐DOTMP complex was determined using radio‐thin‐layer chromatography (RTLC) method. The complex was injected to wild‐type rats and biodistribution was then studied for seven days. The NCA 177 Lu was produced with specific activity of 48 Ci/mg and with a radinuclidic purity of 99.99% through irradiation of enriched 176 Yb target (1 mg) in a thermal neutron flux of 4 × 10 13 n . cm − 2 . s − 1for 14 days. 177 Lu‐DOTMP was obtained with high radiochemical purities ( > 98 % ) under optimized reaction conditions. The radiolabeled complex exhibited excellent stability at room temperature. Biodistribution of the radiolabeled complex studies in rats showed favorable selective skeletal uptake with rapid clearance from blood along with insignificant accumulation within the other nontargeted organs. PACS number(s): 87.57.un, 87.57.uq