TY - JOUR
T1 - In vivo imaging of insulin receptors by PET
T2 - Preclinical evaluation of iodine-125 and iodine-124 labelled human insulin
AU - Iozzo, P.
AU - Osman, S.
AU - Glaser, M.
AU - Knickmeier, M.
AU - Ferrannini, E.
AU - Pike, V. W.
AU - Camici, P. G.
AU - Law, M. P.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - [A14-*I]iodoinsulin was prepared for studies to assess the suitability of labeled iodoinsulin for positron emission tomography (PET). Iodine-125 was used to establish the methods and for preliminary studies in rats. Further studies and PET scanning in rats were carried out using iodine-124. Tissue and plasma radioactivity was measured as the uptake index (UI = {cpm·(g tissue)-1}/{cpm injected·(g body weight)-1}) at 1 to 40 min after intravenous injection of either [A14-125I]iodoinsulin or [A14-124I]iodoinsulin. For both radiotracers, initial clearance of radioactivity from plasma was rapid (T1/2 ∼ 1 min), reaching a plateau (UI = 2.8) at ∼ 5 min which was maintained for 35 min. Tissue biodistributions of the two radiotracers were comparable; at 10 min after injection, UI for myocardium was 2.4, liver, 4.0, pancreas, 5.4, brain, 0.17, kidney, 22, lung, 2.3, muscle, 0.54 and fat, 0.28. Predosing rats with unlabelled insulin reduced the UI for myocardium (0.95), liver (1.8), pancreas (1.2) and brain (0.08), increased that for kidney (61) but had no effect on that for lung (2.5), muscle (0.50) or fat (0.34). Analysis of radioactivity in plasma demonstrated a decrease of [125I]iodoinsulin associated with the appearance of labeled metabolites; the percentage of plasma radioactivity due to [125I]iodoinsulin was 40% at 5 min and 10% at 10 min. The heart, liver and kidneys were visualized using [124I]iodoinsulin with PET.
AB - [A14-*I]iodoinsulin was prepared for studies to assess the suitability of labeled iodoinsulin for positron emission tomography (PET). Iodine-125 was used to establish the methods and for preliminary studies in rats. Further studies and PET scanning in rats were carried out using iodine-124. Tissue and plasma radioactivity was measured as the uptake index (UI = {cpm·(g tissue)-1}/{cpm injected·(g body weight)-1}) at 1 to 40 min after intravenous injection of either [A14-125I]iodoinsulin or [A14-124I]iodoinsulin. For both radiotracers, initial clearance of radioactivity from plasma was rapid (T1/2 ∼ 1 min), reaching a plateau (UI = 2.8) at ∼ 5 min which was maintained for 35 min. Tissue biodistributions of the two radiotracers were comparable; at 10 min after injection, UI for myocardium was 2.4, liver, 4.0, pancreas, 5.4, brain, 0.17, kidney, 22, lung, 2.3, muscle, 0.54 and fat, 0.28. Predosing rats with unlabelled insulin reduced the UI for myocardium (0.95), liver (1.8), pancreas (1.2) and brain (0.08), increased that for kidney (61) but had no effect on that for lung (2.5), muscle (0.50) or fat (0.34). Analysis of radioactivity in plasma demonstrated a decrease of [125I]iodoinsulin associated with the appearance of labeled metabolites; the percentage of plasma radioactivity due to [125I]iodoinsulin was 40% at 5 min and 10% at 10 min. The heart, liver and kidneys were visualized using [124I]iodoinsulin with PET.
KW - [I]iodoinsulin
KW - Biodistribution in rat
KW - Insulin receptors
KW - Metabolism in rat
KW - Positron emission tomography
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U2 - 10.1016/S0969-8051(01)00286-4
DO - 10.1016/S0969-8051(01)00286-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 11786278
AN - SCOPUS:0036151095
VL - 29
SP - 73
EP - 82
JO - Nuclear Medicine and Biology
JF - Nuclear Medicine and Biology
SN - 0969-8051
IS - 1
ER -