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ArticleJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2015

Immuno-PET of Murine T Cell Reconstitution Postadoptive Stem Cell Transplantation Using Anti-CD4 and Anti-CD8 Cys-Diabodies.

Richard Tavaré, Melissa N McCracken, Kirstin A Zettlitz, Felix B Salazar, Tove Olafsen, Owen N Witte, Anna M Wu

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Article in Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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78citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Richard TavaréCrump Institute for Molecular Imaging, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California rtavare@mednet.ucla.edu awu@mednet.ucla.edu.
Melissa N McCrackenDepartment of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Kirstin A ZettlitzCrump Institute for Molecular Imaging, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Felix B SalazarCrump Institute for Molecular Imaging, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Tove OlafsenCrump Institute for Molecular Imaging, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Owen N WitteDepartment of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California Howard Hughes Medical Institute at UCLA, Los Angeles, California Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; and Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Anna M WuCrump Institute for Molecular Imaging, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California rtavare@mednet.ucla.edu awu@mednet.ucla.edu.
Institute for Molecular Medicine · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Women's CancersP30CA016042 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Samuel Wheeler French · 1985 to 2026
$134.5M
Transductionally Redirected /Transcriptionally RestricteP50CA086306 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HERSCHMAN, HARVEY R. · 2000 to 2014
$29.0M
UCLA Scholars in Oncologic Molecular lmaging (SOMI)R25CA098010 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI PHELPS, MICHAEL E · 2003 to 2013
$5.0M
In vivo imaging of T Cells using engineered antibodies and PETR21AI114255 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI WU, ANNA M · 2014 to 2015
$424k
(PQC4) Imaging CD8 T Cells In Tumor Immunotherapy By ImmunopetR21CA190044 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI WU, ANNA M · 2014 to 2015
$368k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS CA016042NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016042NCI NIH HHS P50 CA086306NCI NIH HHS R21 CA190044NCI NIH HHS R25 CA098010NCI NIH HHS R25T CA098010NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI114255
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledThe proliferation and trafficking of T lymphocytes in immune responses are crucial events in determining inflammatory responses. To study whole-body T lymphocyte dynamics noninvasively in vivo, we generated anti-CD4 and -CD8 cys-diabodies (cDbs) derived from the parental antibody hybridomas GK1.5 and 2.43, respectively, for (89)Zr-immuno-PET detection of helper and cytotoxic T cell populations.

methodsAnti-CD4 and -CD8 cDbs were engineered, produced via mammalian expression, purified using immobilized metal affinity chromatography, and characterized for T cell binding. The cDbs were site-specifically conjugated to maleimide-desferrioxamine for (89)Zr radiolabeling and subsequent small-animal PET/CT acquisition and ex vivo biodistribution in both wild-type mice and a model of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation.

resultsImmuno-PET and biodistribution studies demonstrate targeting and visualization of CD4 and CD8 T cell populations in vivo in the spleen and lymph nodes of wild-type mice, with specificity confirmed through in vivo blocking and depletion studies. Subsequently, a murine model of HSC transplantation demonstrated successful in vivo detection of T cell repopulation at 2, 4, and 8 wk after HSC transplantation using the (89)Zr-radiolabeled anti-CD4 and -CD8 cDbs.

conclusionThese newly developed anti-CD4 and -CD8 immuno-PET reagents represent a powerful resource to monitor T cell expansion, localization, and novel engraftment protocols. Future potential applications of T cell-targeted immuno-PET include monitoring immune cell subsets in response to immunotherapy, autoimmunity, and lymphoproliferative disorders, contributing overall to preclinical immune cell monitoring.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationSingle-Chain AntibodiesAnimalsCD4 AntigensCD8 AntigensCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell ProliferationChromatography, AffinityImmunotherapyMaleimidesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPositron-Emission TomographyTime FactorsTissue DistributionT-LymphocytesCD4 AntigensCD8 AntigensmaleimideMaleimidesSingle-Chain AntibodiesZirconium89Zrantibody fragmentsCD4+ and CD8+ T cellshematopoietic stem cell transplantationimmuno-PET

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PMID25952734
PMCPMC4859343
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