Nuklearmedizin 1987; 26(02): 97-104
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1628871
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Radiation Doses 51Cr-Bleomycin[*]

Radiation Doses 51 Cr-Bleomycin
J. Bialobrzeski
1   From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiology, Medical Academy of Lodz, Poland
,
J. Liniecki
1   From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiology, Medical Academy of Lodz, Poland
,
J. Greger
1   From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiology, Medical Academy of Lodz, Poland
,
D. Brykalski
1   From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiology, Medical Academy of Lodz, Poland
,
Alina Zadrozna**
1   From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiology, Medical Academy of Lodz, Poland
› Author Affiliations
The technical skill and helpful assistance of Mrs. B. Koniarek are gratefully acknowledged.
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Publication Date:
04 February 2018 (online)

Extensive studies were made of long-term whole-body retention, plasma concentration, urinary excretion and organ retention of 51Cr in rats after intravenous injection of 51Cr-bleomycin. A similar but less extensive investigation was performed on rabbits, and whole-body retention, plasma concentration and urinary excretion was also followed in patients given 51Cr-bleomycin for diagnostic purposes. From an analysis of the collected information it followed that integrated whole-body and organ retention, corrected for radioactive decay, is similar in man and rabbit, and higher by a factor of about 2 in the rat. Doses to organs and whole body in man were calculated using the MIRD methodology and assuming conservatively that the kinetic data derived in rats are applicable to man. The organ and whole-body MIRD doses after 51Cr-bleomycin administration are comparable to those after 67Ga-citrate and the effective dose equivalent from a diagnostic amount of 740 MBq of the 51Cr complex amounts to about 6 mSv. However, the subcellular distribution in the liver of 51Cr, administered in the form of 51Cr-bleomycin, indicated a significant enrichment of 51Cr in the nuclei and in the DNA over mean concentrations in the liver cells. Also, the quality factor for Auger electrons, emitted by 51Cr, when assessed on the basis of the Q vs. LET relationship, as proposed by ICRP, was substantially higher than unity. Doses calculated for cell nuclei and the DNA in the liver cells were higher than the cell-averaged values by a factor 2.5 and 5, respectively, and the corresponding dose equivalents by a factor of 9 and 24. The effective dose equivalent, estimated on the basis of dose equivalents to cell nuclei and the DNA, amounted to 33 and 83 mSv per examination (740 MBq of 51Cr-bleomycin), respectively.

Zusammenfassung

Strahlendosen aus 51Cr-Bleomyzin. Die Ganzkörper- und Organ-Retention des 51Cr, intravenös als 51Cr- Bleomyzin verabreicht, sowie die Konzentrationen des Nuklids im Blutplasma und seine Ausscheidung im Urin wurden bei Ratten untersucht. Ähnliche, weniger intensive Messungen wurden bei Kaninchen durchgeführt. Bei Patienten, denen 51Cr-Bleomyzin zu diagnostischen Zwecken verabreicht worden war, wurde ebenfalls die Ganzkörper-Retention, die Konzentration im Blutplasma und die Ausscheidungsrate im Urin verfolgt. Die Analyse der gemessenen Werte zeigte, daß die für den radioaktiven Zerfall korrigierte Ganzkörper-Retention des 51Cr beim Menschen und Kaninchen sehr ähnlich war, während sie bei der Ratte ungefähr um den Faktor 2 höher lag. Die absorbierten Dosen in den verschiedenen Organen und im Ganzkörper des Menschen wurden mittels der MIRD-Methode unter der konservativen Annahme errechnet, daß die metabolisch-kinetischen Daten, die bei der Ratte gefunden wurden, jenen des Menschen entsprechen. Die Organ- und Ganzkörper-MIRD-Dosen nach der Injektion von 740 MBq 51Cr-Bleomyzin entsprachen ungefähr jenen, die für die diagnostische Anwendung von 67Ga-Zitrat typisch sind. Die diagnostische Anwendung des 51Cr-Bleomyzin führt zu einem effektiven Dosisäquivalent von ungefähr 6 mSv. Es muß jedoch erwähnt werden, daß Messungen der subzellulären Verteilung von 51Cr, verabreicht als 51Cr-Bleomyzin, in der Leber eine markante Anreicherung von 51Cr in den Zellkernen und in der DNA gegenüber der durchschnittlichen Zellkonzentration zeigten. Ferner hatte der Qualitätsfaktor für die von 51Cr emittierten Auger-Elektronen, der anhand der von der ICRP empfohlenen Beziehung zwischen LET und Q ermittelt wurde, einen Wert, der deutlich größer als 1 war. Die für die Zellkerne und die DNA errechneten Dosen überstiegen die durchschnittlichen Zellwerte um die Faktoren 2,5 bzw. 5; die Werte des Dosisäquivalents waren um den Faktor 9 bzw. 24 höher als die MIRD-Dosis. Das auf dieser Grundlage geschätzte effektive Dosisäquivalent betrug 33 bzw. 83 mSv für eine 51Cr-Bleomyzin Szintigraphie (740 MBq).

* Work performed under a fellowship with the Institute of Occupational Medicine in L6dz. (Received: August 4, 1986; in revised form: December 9, 1986)


** This study was performed under Research Contract No. 0310 with the National Oncological Programme and with the International Atomic Energy Agency (Contract No. 3503-RB).


 
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