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Yttrium-90 and Rhenium-188 Radiopharmaceuticals for Radionuclide Therapy

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FIG. 6.13. Cell binding studies with <strong>90</strong> Y DOTA rituximab.<br />

radioimmunoconjugate on the x axis was constructed. The concentration at 50%<br />

binding is equivalent to the K d , which was determined directly from the x axis.<br />

The data were analysed by a Scatchard plot using GraphPad Prism 5 software.<br />

The K d <strong>for</strong> <strong>90</strong> Y DOTA rituximab was determined to be 3.38nM, as shown in<br />

Fig. 6.14.<br />

(c)<br />

Biodistribution studies in normal Swiss mice<br />

Biodistribution studies were carried out in normal Swiss mice at 3, 24 <strong>and</strong><br />

48 h p.i. using ~370 kBq of <strong>90</strong> Y DOTA rituximab. The mice weighing 20–25 g<br />

were administered with ~370 kBq of <strong>90</strong> Y DOTA rituximab in 0.1 mL via the<br />

lateral tail vein. Animals were divided into three groups of four each, <strong>for</strong> each<br />

time interval studied, viz. 3, 24 <strong>and</strong> 48 h. The animals were sacrificed, blood<br />

was collected <strong>and</strong> organs dissected <strong>and</strong> weighed. The radioactivity in each organ/<br />

tissue was measured in a flat geometry NaI(Tl) counter. Percentage doses per<br />

organ were calculated <strong>for</strong> all the major organs <strong>and</strong> blood, <strong>and</strong> are as presented in<br />

Fig. 6.15.<br />

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