TY - JOUR
T1 - Permeability of human brain tumor to 99mTc-glucoheptonate and 99mTc-albumin
T2 - Implications for monoclonal antibody therapy
AU - Neuwelt, E. A.
AU - Specht, H. D.
AU - Hill, S. A.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - The variable penetration of chemotherapeutic drugs into brain and tumor is more dependent upon lipid solubility than upon size. In contrast, the molecular weight of virus- and tumor-specific monoclonal antibodies appears to limit uptake. The authors have studied eight patients with malignant brain tumors in order to compare tumor uptake of an iodinated contrast agent evaluated by computerized tomography scanning with uptake of the low and high molecular weight imaging agents technetium-99m (99mTc)-glucoheptonate and 99mTc-albumin, respectively, measured by radionuclide brain scanning. The agent 99mTc-labeled albumin was chosen for evaluation because its molecular weight (68,000) is similar to that of the most clinically promising monoclonal antibody fragment, the immunoglobulin (Ig) G Fab monomeric fragment. The radionuclide brain scans in the eight patients showed highly variable permeability of brain tumor to these markers, with uptake of the high molecular weight marker in the tumor being much less than that of the low molecular weight radionuclide. A clinical implication of these studies is that the success of monoclonal antibody therapy in the treatment of malignant brain tumors may require techniques to increase permeability of the blood-brain barrier and blood-tumor barrier to protein.
AB - The variable penetration of chemotherapeutic drugs into brain and tumor is more dependent upon lipid solubility than upon size. In contrast, the molecular weight of virus- and tumor-specific monoclonal antibodies appears to limit uptake. The authors have studied eight patients with malignant brain tumors in order to compare tumor uptake of an iodinated contrast agent evaluated by computerized tomography scanning with uptake of the low and high molecular weight imaging agents technetium-99m (99mTc)-glucoheptonate and 99mTc-albumin, respectively, measured by radionuclide brain scanning. The agent 99mTc-labeled albumin was chosen for evaluation because its molecular weight (68,000) is similar to that of the most clinically promising monoclonal antibody fragment, the immunoglobulin (Ig) G Fab monomeric fragment. The radionuclide brain scans in the eight patients showed highly variable permeability of brain tumor to these markers, with uptake of the high molecular weight marker in the tumor being much less than that of the low molecular weight radionuclide. A clinical implication of these studies is that the success of monoclonal antibody therapy in the treatment of malignant brain tumors may require techniques to increase permeability of the blood-brain barrier and blood-tumor barrier to protein.
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U2 - 10.3171/jns.1986.65.2.0194
DO - 10.3171/jns.1986.65.2.0194
M3 - Article
C2 - 3723177
AN - SCOPUS:0022496307
SN - 0022-3085
VL - 65
SP - 194
EP - 198
JO - Journal of neurosurgery
JF - Journal of neurosurgery
IS - 2
ER -