1.Kinetics of 3-[(123)I]iodo-l-alpha-methyltyrosine transport in rat C6 glioma cells.
Riemann B1, Stögbauer F, Kopka K, Halfter H, Lasic M, Schirmacher A, Kuwert T, Weckesser M, Ringelstein EB, Schober O. Eur J Nucl Med. 1999 Oct;26(10):1274-8.
3-[(123)I]Iodo-l-alpha-methyltyrosine ((123)I-IMT) is used for the diagnosis and monitoring of brain tumours by means of single-photon emission tomography (SPET). To date, little has been known about the system for the transport of (123)I-IMT into brain tumour cells. It is assumed that (123)I-IMT is transported by a specific carrier for large, neutral amino acids (L-system). In this study, rat C6 glioma cells were used to characterize the uptake system of (123)I-IMT and to investigate its precise kinetics. The time course of (123)I-IMT uptake into the cells was examined for a range of 1-60 min. (123)I-IMT uptake rates with varying concentrations of (123)I-IMT (2. 5-50 microM) in the medium were quantified to assess the kinetic parameters of (123)I-IMT transport. Furthermore, competition of (123)I-IMT with other amino acids was investigated to identify the distinct transport systems involved in (123)I-IMT uptake. (123)I-IMT uptake into C6 glioma cells was linear for approximately 10 min and reached a steady-state level within 30 min.
2.Noninvasive grading of untreated gliomas: a comparative study of MR imaging and 3-(iodine 123)-L-alpha-methyltyrosine SPECT.
Riemann B1, Papke K, Hoess N, Kuwert T, Weckesser M, Matheja P, Wassmann H, Heindel W, Schober O. Radiology. 2002 Nov;225(2):567-74.
PURPOSE: To compare the accuracy of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging scores with that of 3-(iodine 123)-L-alpha-methyltyrosine ((123)I-IMT) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in the noninvasive grading of untreated gliomas.
3.Expression of L amino acid transport system 1 and analysis of iodine-123-methyltyrosine tumor uptake in a pancreatic xenotransplantation model using fused high-resolution-micro-SPECT-MRI.
von Forstner C1, Zuhayra M, Ammerpohl O, Zhao Y, Tiwari S, Jansen O, Kalthoff H, Henze E, Egberts JH. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2011 Feb;10(1):30-7.
BACKGROUND: The specificity in discriminating pancreatitis is limited in the positron emission tomography (PET) using Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose. Furthermore, PET is not widely available compared to the single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Since amino acids play a minor role in metabolism of inflammatory cells, the potential of the SPECT tracer, 3-[123I]iodo-L-alpha-methyltyrosine (123I-IMT), for detecting pancreatic cancer was examined in xenotransplantation models of human pancreatic carcinoma in mice.
