PMID: 15235067Jul 6, 2004Paper

Investigations of a (99m)Tc-labeled bacteriophage as a potential infection-specific imaging agent

Journal of Nuclear Medicine : Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
Mary RusckowskiDonald J Hnatowich

Abstract

Because bacteriophages (phages) have a natural specificity for bacteria, it may be possible to develop radiolabeled phages as infection-specific agents. The M13 phage was radiolabeled with (99m)Tc via mercaptoacetyltriglycine and purified by polyethylene glycol precipitation. After radiolabeling, the phage was tested for binding at 1, 5, and 10 min to Escherichia coli strain 2537, E. coli strain 25922, and Staphylococcus aureus strain 29213. The radiolabeled phage was also tested for specificity in mouse models that had received a subcutaneous injection of either live (infection/inflammation model) or heat-inactivated (inflammation model) cultures in a thigh. The labeled phage (10(9) plaque-forming units, 1-3.7 MBq) was administered either within 20 min (to minimize the contribution from inflammation) or 3 h after induction. The animals were killed 3 h later. The radiochemical purity of the labeled phage exceeded 95% by strip chromatography using instant thin-layer chromatography/acetone and paper/saline. Binding of the labeled phage to each of the 3 bacterial strains in vitro was immediate, reaching a maximum at 1 min. However, the percentage bound was significantly higher (P = 0.0008) for E. coli 2537 than for either of the o...Continue Reading

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