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Technetium-99m-labeled hydrazino nicotinamide derivatized chemotactic peptide analogs for imaging focal sites of bacterial infection.

Abstract
We synthesized and evaluated four hydrazino nicotinamide (HYNIC) derivatized chemotactic peptide analogs: For-NleLFK-HYNIC (HP1), For-MLFK-HYNIC (HP2), For-MLFNH(CH2)6NH-HYNIC (HP3), and For-MLF-(D)-K-HYNIC (HP4), for in vitro bioactivity and receptor binding. The peptides were radiolabeled with 99mTc via a glucoheptonate co-ligand and their biodistribution determined in rats (n = 6/time point) at 5, 30, 60 and 120 min after injection. Localization of the peptides at sites of deep thigh Escherichia coli infection was determined by radioactivity measurements on excised tissues in rats (n = 6/time point) and rabbits as well as scintillation camera imaging in rabbits (n = 6). All peptides maintained biological activity (EC50s for O2 production by human PMNs: 12-500 nM) and the ability to bind to the oligopeptide chemoattractant receptor on human PMNs (EC50s for binding: 0.12-40 nM). After incubation with 99mTc-glucoheptonate, radiolabeled peptides were isolated by HPLC at specific activities of > 10,000 mCi/microM. Technetium-99m-labeled peptides retained receptor binding with EC50s < 10 nM. Blood clearance of all four peptides was rapid. Biodistributions of the individual peptides were similar, with low levels of accumulation in most normal tissues. In rats, all of the peptides concentrated at the infection sites (T/B ratio: 2.5-3:1) within 1 hr of injection. In rabbits, outstanding images of the infection sites were obtained, with T/B ratios of > 20:1 at 15 hr after injection. This study demonstrates that 99mTc-labeled chemotactic peptide analogs are effective agents for the external imaging of focal sites of infection.
AuthorsJ W Babich, H Solomon, M C Pike, D Kroon, W Graham, M J Abrams, R G Tompkins, R H Rubin, A J Fischman
JournalJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine (J Nucl Med) Vol. 34 Issue 11 Pg. 1964-74 (Nov 1993) ISSN: 0161-5505 [Print] United States
PMID8229242 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Chemotactic Factors
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Niacinamide
Topics
  • Animals
  • Chemotactic Factors
  • Escherichia coli Infections (diagnostic imaging)
  • Focal Infection (diagnostic imaging)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Niacinamide (analogs & derivatives)
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Rabbits
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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