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Yttrium-90 and Rhenium-188 Radiopharmaceuticals for Radionuclide Therapy

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DPD <strong>and</strong> HEDP, the encouraging results using <strong>90</strong> Y MDP, <strong>90</strong> Y DPD <strong>and</strong> <strong>90</strong> Y HEDP<br />

gave the impetus to undertake the present study.<br />

10.3.2. Preparation of <strong>90</strong> Y complexes of DMSA<br />

The objective of the study was labelling of meso-DMSA with <strong>90</strong> Y, whereby<br />

a labelled complex <strong>for</strong> therapy of bone malignancies <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> bone pain palliation<br />

could be prepared [10.6].<br />

10.3.2.1. Materials <strong>and</strong> methods<br />

The labelling with <strong>90</strong> Y was carried out using varying experimental<br />

parameters such as lig<strong>and</strong> concentration, pH, reaction time <strong>and</strong> temperature to<br />

maximize the labelling yield. The stock solutions of DMSA were prepared with<br />

double distilled water. The desired amounts of lig<strong>and</strong>s (0.01–10 mg/mL) were<br />

placed in different vials. Then, ~370 MBq of <strong>90</strong> Y chloride was added to each<br />

vial. The pH of the resulting reaction mixtures was adjusted either to 3.0 or 8.0,<br />

<strong>and</strong> maintained at 8.0 using 0.1 mol/dm 3 phosphate buffer. The total reaction<br />

volume in each vial was kept at 3 mL. Ascorbic acid (10 mg) was used as the<br />

radiolytic stabilizer in all samples. Reagent concentrations <strong>and</strong> reaction time<br />

were optimized at the most suitable pH value.<br />

Analysis of the complexes included RCP (ITLC, paper chromatography <strong>and</strong><br />

HPLC), determination of pharmacokinetic parameters, serum stability <strong>and</strong> organ<br />

distribution studies in healthy male Wistar rats. Wistar rats weighing 100–120 g<br />

(n = 3–5 <strong>for</strong> each time point) were injected with 0.1 mL (18.5–37.0 MBq) of the<br />

labelled complex via the tail vein <strong>and</strong> then sacrificed at 2 <strong>and</strong> 24 h p.i.<br />

UV absorption spectra of reference yttrium solutions (metal concentration<br />

of 0.50mM) with increasing concentrations of meso-DMSA were collected.<br />

A possible molecular structure of the complex <strong>90</strong> Y DMSA was proposed<br />

according to molecular modelling calculations. Molecular modelling studies<br />

were carried out using HyperChem software <strong>for</strong> Windows (release 6.03).<br />

10.3.2.2. Results <strong>and</strong> discussion<br />

HPLC radiochromatograms of the labelling mixture showed good<br />

separation of <strong>90</strong> Y DMSA from free <strong>90</strong> Y with retention time R t = 5.63 <strong>and</strong> 6.55 min,<br />

respectively. The stability of the <strong>90</strong> Y DMSA complex was studied at various time<br />

points. After preparation, <strong>90</strong> Y DMSA (with <strong>and</strong> without ascorbic acid <strong>and</strong> at<br />

pH8.0) was incubated at room temperature <strong>for</strong> 24 h <strong>and</strong> the RCP was analysed.<br />

<strong>Yttrium</strong>-<strong>90</strong> DMSA solutions, including ascorbic acid as the stabilizer, retained<br />

their initial RCP (95%) after 24 h incubation. The serum stability of <strong>90</strong> Y DMSA<br />

180

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