Kamigaki T, Yamamoto M, Ohyanagi H, Ohya M, Kono A, Ohtani W, Narita Y, Ohkubo M, Ohmura T, Saitoh Y. Improved tumor detection by anti-CEA chimeric Fab oligomers with disulfide linkages in a pancreatic-carcinoma-xenograft model.
Int J Cancer 1996;
66:261-7. [PMID:
8603822 DOI:
10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19960410)66:2<261::aid-ijc21>3.0.co;2-e]
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Abstract
We have investigated the effect of Fab oligomerization on imaging efficacy in a pancreatic-carcinoma xenograft model in mice. Recombinant mouse/human chimeric Fab of the anticarcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) monoclonal antibody A10, which has been shown to react specifically with gastrointestinal cancers, was used in this study. Fab homo-oligomers (dimers and trimers) were prepared by linkage of chimeric Fab with N-succinimidyl-3-(2-pyridyldithio)-propionate. Oligomers with S-S bonds showed 10-fold higher binding activity against human CEA than Fab, while the binding activity of oligomers was similar to that of F(ab')2. In mice bearing pancreatic-carcinoma xenografts, tumor uptake of S-S oligomers was significantly greater than that of monomeric Fab, while there was no difference in tumor uptake between S-S Fab trimers and F(ab')2. S-S oligomers showed more rapid clearance rates and uniform percolation in the tumor nodules than F(ab')2. At 18 hr after injection, clear scintigraphic detection of the pancreatic-carcinoma tumors was obtained with 123I-labeled S-S Fab dimers. At 24hr, improved tumor imaging was shown for 123I-labeled S-S Fab oligomers with slightly visible uptake in normal tissues, similar to that of F(ab')2. S-S oligomers of chimeric A10 Fab may be useful as rapid diagnostic tools of pancreatic carcinomas.
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