Bard D R, Knight C G, Page-Thomas D P
Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts' Causeway, Cambridge, UK.
Br J Cancer. 1990 Dec;62(6):919-22. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1990.409.
A chelating derivative of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH) has been synthesised, in which two molecules of the hormone are cross-linked by diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). This compound, bisMSH-DTPA, was equipotent with MSH in an in vitro tyrosinase assay with Cloudman S91 melanoma cells. When DBA/2 mice bearing the same tumour were injected with bisMSH-DTPA labelled with the gamma-emitting isotope indium-111 (111In), the radioactivity became rapidly associated with the melanoma tissue. By 24 h post-injection, radioactivity in tumour tissue was significantly higher (P less than 0.001) than in spleen, lung, brain, eye and skin. Uptake of radioactivity by the tumours was inhibited by a 200-fold molar excess of MSH, whereas uptake by liver, kidney, spleen, lung, brain, eye and skin was unaffected. We conclude that bisMSH-DTPA may offer an alternative to antibody targeting in the imaging of malignant melanoma.
已合成一种α-黑素细胞刺激素(MSH)的螯合衍生物,其中两分子该激素通过二乙烯三胺五乙酸(DTPA)交联。这种化合物,即双MSH-DTPA,在使用Cloudman S91黑色素瘤细胞的体外酪氨酸酶测定中与MSH具有同等效力。当给患有相同肿瘤的DBA/2小鼠注射用发射γ射线的同位素铟-111(111In)标记的双MSH-DTPA时,放射性迅速与黑色素瘤组织结合。注射后24小时,肿瘤组织中的放射性显著高于(P小于0.001)脾脏、肺、脑、眼和皮肤中的放射性。肿瘤对放射性的摄取受到200倍摩尔过量MSH的抑制,而肝脏、肾脏、脾脏、肺、脑、眼和皮肤对放射性的摄取未受影响。我们得出结论,双MSH-DTPA可能为恶性黑色素瘤成像中的抗体靶向提供一种替代方法。