1.Diet intervention reduces uptake of αvβ3 integrin-targeted PET tracer 18F-galacto-RGD in mouse atherosclerotic plaques.
Saraste A1, Laitinen I, Weidl E, Wildgruber M, Weber AW, Nekolla SG, Hölzlwimmer G, Esposito I, Walch A, Leppänen P, Lisinen I, Luppa PB, Ylä-Herttuala S, Wester HJ, Knuuti J, Schwaiger M. J Nucl Cardiol. 2012 Aug;19(4):775-84. doi: 10.1007/s12350-012-9554-5. Epub 2012 Apr 20.
BACKGROUND: Expression of α(v)β(3) integrin has been proposed as a marker for atherosclerotic lesion inflammation. We studied whether diet intervention reduces uptake of α(v)β(3) integrin-targeted positron emission tomography tracer (18)F-galacto-RGD in mouse atherosclerotic plaques.
2.68Ga-NODAGA-RGD is a suitable substitute for (18)F-Galacto-RGD and can be produced with high specific activity in a cGMP/GRP compliant automated process.
Pohle K1, Notni J, Bussemer J, Kessler H, Schwaiger M, Beer AJ. Nucl Med Biol. 2012 Aug;39(6):777-84. doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2012.02.006. Epub 2012 Mar 22.
INTRODUCTION: (18)F-Galacto-cyclo(RGDfK) is a well investigated tracer for imaging of ανβ3 expression in vivo, but suffers from the drawback of a time consuming multistep synthesis that can hardly be established under GMP conditions. In this study, we present a direct comparison of the pharmacokinetic properties of this tracer with (68)Ga-NODAGA-cyclo(RGDyK), in order to assess its potential as an alternative for (18)F-Galacto-cyclo(RGDfK).