This work describes the modification of the chelating agent 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N' ',N' "-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) to improve the rate of metal loading for radioimmunotherapy applications. Previous ab initio calculations predicted that the compounds 1,4,7,10-tetra(carboxyethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (DO4Pr) and 1,4,7-tris(carboxymethyl)-10-(carboxyethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraaz...

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and to explore the clinical response to (177)Lu-DOTA-rituximab in the treatment of patients with relapsed follicular, mantle cell, or other indolent lymphomas such as marginal zone lymphoma. METHODS To evaluate the MTD, we adjusted the dosage of the radiopharmaceutical according to body surface area (BSA). RE...

A systematic study of the effect of hydrophobicity and charge on the cell viability and cell association of lanthanide metal complexes is presented. The terbium luminescent probes feature a macrocyclic polyaminocarboxylate ligand (DOTA) in which the hydrophobicity of the antenna and that of the carboxyamide pendant arms are independently varied. Three sensitizing antennas were investigated in t...

Phage antibody library yields antibodies with higher affinity against different antigens, if diverse IgV gene repertoires can be amplified. As the currently available Fab primer sets cannot guarantee efficient amplification with high diversity, and because rare cloning sites can be found in certain Ig genes, here, we present an optimal set of Ig 5' primers, compatible with Fd 5' clone site repl...

This study aimed at combining an iron-based, steady-state, vessel size index magnetic resonance imaging (VSI MRI) approach, and a gadolinium (Gd)-based, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI approach (DCE MRI) to characterize tumoral microvasculature. Rats bearing an orthotopic glioma (C6, n=14 and RG2, n=6) underwent DCE MRI and combined VSI and DCE MRI 4 h later, at 2.35 T. Gd-DOTA (200 mumol of Gd p...

Copper-64 (T(1/2) = 12.7 h; beta(+): 17.8%, beta(-): 41%) has applications in both positron emission tomography (PET) imaging and targeted radiotherapy of cancer. Copper-64 radiopharmaceuticals have shown tumor growth inhibition with a relatively low radiation dose in animal models; however, the mechanism of cytotoxicity has not been fully elucidated. Here, we report an investigation on the pot...

Background: This study compared the effects of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) and 1,4,7-triazacyclononane-1,4,7-triacetic (NOTA) as 64Cu-chelating agents in newly developed prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) target compounds, 64Cu-cudotadipep 64Cu-cunotadipep, on pharmacokinetics. Methods: The vitro stability chelators was evaluated using human mouse seru...

Dota 2 is a multiplayer online game in which two teams of five players control “heroes” and compete to earn gold and destroy enemy structures. Teamwork is essential and heroes are chosen to create a balanced team that will counter the opponents’ selections. We studied how the win rate depends on hero selection by performing logistic regression with models that incorporate interactions between h...

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of a new somatostatin analog, (68)Ga-labeled 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N'',N'''-tetraacetic acid-d-Phe(1)-Tyr(3)-octreotide ((68)Ga-DOTA-TOC), for PET in patients with known or suspected neuroendocrine tumors. PET was compared with conventional scintigraphy and dedicated CT. METHODS Eighty-four patients (48 men, 3...

UNLABELLED A new family of peptide receptors, the incretin receptor family, overexpressed on many neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is of great importance because it may enable the in vivo peptide-based receptor targeting of a category of NETs that does not express the somatostatin receptor. Impressive in vivo diagnostic data were published for glucagonlike peptide 1 receptor-targeting radiopeptides...