Technetium-99m-MRP20, a potential brain perfusion agent: in vivo biodistribution and SPECT studies in normal male volunteers. 1991

A Bossuyt, and G F Morgan, and M offlaton, and R Pirotte, and A Chirico, and P Clemens, and P Vandenbroeck, and J R Thornback
Department of Nuclear Medicine, A.Z.-V.U.B., Brussels, Belgium.

The lipophilic neutral complex [99mTc][TcO(MRP20)] [MRP20 is (N-(2(1H pyrolylmethyl]N'-(4-pentene-3-one-2)ethane-1,2-diamine)] is known to cross the blood-brain barrier in non-primate animals. We report here its in vivo biodistribution, radiation dosimetry, and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) characteristics in man. Following i.v. administration of 15-25 mCi of the tracer, the maximum uptake of activity in the brain peaked at 1 min p.i. Fifteen minutes p.i., the percentage retained in the brain was 5.2 +/- 1.6, which remained fairly constant over 24 hr. Blood clearance was relatively slow with an apparent affinity of the compound for the cellular fraction of the blood, however, soft-tissue and facial activity cleared at a rate four times faster than that of the brain. SPECT images obtained at 15 min, 1 hr, 3 hr, 7 hr, and 24 hr p.i. showed no redistribution of the tracer within the brain. The dosimetry is favorable for administration of 25-30 mCi of MRP20. Our results indicate that this compound is rapidly extracted and retained by the brain and may be used for SPECT imaging of regional blood flow.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011758 Pyrroles Azoles of one NITROGEN and two double bonds that have aromatic chemical properties. Pyrrole
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D003959 Diamines Organic chemicals which have two amino groups in an aliphatic chain. Diamine
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D014018 Tissue Distribution Accumulation of a drug or chemical substance in various organs (including those not relevant to its pharmacologic or therapeutic action). This distribution depends on the blood flow or perfusion rate of the organ, the ability of the drug to penetrate organ membranes, tissue specificity, protein binding. The distribution is usually expressed as tissue to plasma ratios. Distribution, Tissue,Distributions, Tissue,Tissue Distributions
D015609 Organotechnetium Compounds Organic compounds that contain technetium as an integral part of the molecule. These compounds are often used as radionuclide imaging agents. Compounds, Organotechnetium
D015899 Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon A method of computed tomography that uses radionuclides which emit a single photon of a given energy. The camera is rotated 180 or 360 degrees around the patient to capture images at multiple positions along the arc. The computer is then used to reconstruct the transaxial, sagittal, and coronal images from the 3-dimensional distribution of radionuclides in the organ. The advantages of SPECT are that it can be used to observe biochemical and physiological processes as well as size and volume of the organ. The disadvantage is that, unlike positron-emission tomography where the positron-electron annihilation results in the emission of 2 photons at 180 degrees from each other, SPECT requires physical collimation to line up the photons, which results in the loss of many available photons and hence degrades the image. CAT Scan, Single-Photon Emission,CT Scan, Single-Photon Emission,Radionuclide Tomography, Single-Photon Emission-Computed,SPECT,Single-Photon Emission-Computed Tomography,Tomography, Single-Photon, Emission-Computed,Single-Photon Emission CT Scan,Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography,Single-Photon Emission Computerized Tomography,CAT Scan, Single Photon Emission,CT Scan, Single Photon Emission,Emission-Computed Tomography, Single-Photon,Radionuclide Tomography, Single Photon Emission Computed,Single Photon Emission CT Scan,Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography,Single Photon Emission Computer Assisted Tomography,Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography,Tomography, Single-Photon Emission-Computed

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