A process for the preparation of a radionuclide imaging agent includes providing an imaging agent including a chelated place-holder metal; loading the imaging agent onto an acid stable stationary phase; replacing the chelated place-holder metal of the imaging agent loaded on the stationary phase with a replacement radioactive metal under mild reaction conditions; and eluting the imaging agent including the chelated replacement radioactive metal from the stationary phase to provide a radionuclide imaging agent suitable for positron emission tomography (PET) or single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The imaging agent can include a targeting agent that is directly conjugated to the imaging agent or by means of a linker. The process may also apply to other metals that are non-radioactive but used as diluent metals or other metals that are strongly bound to DOTA.
制备放射性核素成像剂的过程包括提供一个包含螯合占位
金属的成像剂;将成像剂加载到酸稳定的固定相上;在温和反应条件下用替代放射性
金属替换固定相上加载的成像剂的螯合占位
金属;并从固定相中淋洗包含螯合替代放射性
金属的成像剂,以提供适用于正电子发射断层扫描(PET)或单光子发射计算机断层扫描(
SPECT)的放射性核素成像剂。该成像剂可以包括直接共轭到成像剂或通过连接剂共轭到成像剂的靶向剂。该过程也可适用于其他非放射性
金属,但用作稀释剂
金属或其他强结合到DOTA的
金属。