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ArticleEJNMMI research2015

Absorption, distribution and excretion of intravenously injected (68)Ge/ (68)Ga generator eluate in healthy rats, and estimation of human radiation dosimetry.

Anu Autio, Helena Virtanen, Tuula Tolvanen, Heidi Liljenbäck, Vesa Oikonen, Tiina Saanijoki, Riikka Siitonen, Meeri Käkelä, Andrea Schüssele, Mika Teräs and 1 more

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Article in EJNMMI research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anu AutioTurku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, FI-20521, Turku, Finland, akauti@utu.fi.
Helena Virtanen
Tuula Tolvanen
Heidi Liljenbäck
Vesa Oikonen
Tiina Saanijoki
Riikka Siitonen
Meeri Käkelä
Andrea Schüssele
Mika Teräs
Anne Roivainen
Turku PET Centre · FIUniversity of Turku · FITurku University Hospital · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study evaluated the absorption, distribution, and excretion of Gallium-68 ((68)Ga) radionuclide after a single intravenous (i.v.) injection of (68)Ge/(68)Ga generator eluate in healthy rats. Additionally, human radiation doses were estimated from the rat data.

methodsTwenty-one female and 21 male Sprague-Dawley rats were i.v. injected with 47 ± 4 MBq of (68)Ge/(68)Ga generator eluate, and the radioactivity of excised organs was measured using a gamma counter at 5, 30, 60, 120, or 180 min afterwards (n = 3-7 for each time point). The radioactivity concentration and plasma pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated. Subsequently, the estimates for human radiation dosimetry were determined. Additionally, 4 female and 5 male rats were positron emission tomography (PET) imaged for in vivo visualization of biodistribution.

results(68)Ga radioactivity was cleared relatively slowly from blood circulation and excreted into the urine, with some retention in the liver and spleen. Notably, the (68)Ga radioactivity in female genital organs, i.e., the uterus and ovaries, was considerable higher compared with male genitals. Extrapolating from the female and male rat (68)Ga data, the estimated effective dose was 0.0308 mSv/MBq for a 57-kg woman and 0.0191 mSv/MBq for a 70-kg man.

conclusionsThe estimated human radiation burden of the (68)Ge/(68)Ga generator eluate was slightly higher for females and similar for males as compared with somatostatin receptor ligands (68)Ga-DOTANOC, (68)Ga-DOTATOC, and (68)Ga-DOTATATE, which is probably due to the retention in the liver and spleen. Our results revealed some differences between female and male rat data, which, at least in part, may be explained by the small sample size.

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