UNLABELLED: The chemotactic cytokine interleukin-8 (IL-8) plays an important role in attraction and activation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in infection and inflammation. A pilot study was conducted to determine if radiolabeled IL-8 would depict infection in humans. METHODS: Human recombinant IL-8 (rhIL-8) labeled with (131)I (specific activity, 0.4-0.7 MBq [11-18 microCi] (131)I/microg IL-8) was injected intravenously into 8 diabetic patients with active foot infections and evidence of osteomyelitis, 2 patients with successfully treated osteomyelitis, and 1 patient with cellulitis of the thumb. RESULTS: Focal accumulation of (131)I-rhIL-8 was seen in 8 of 8 patients with active foot infection and diffuse uptake was seen in the thumb of the 1 patient with cellulitis. In the 2 patients with successfully treated bone infection, multiphase (99m)Tc-hydroxyethylene diphosphonate bone scans were negative early, but late-phase (>3 h) uptake depicted degenerative lesions that did not image with (131)I-rhIL-8. CONCLUSION: (131)I-rhIL-8 accumulates rapidly within infected foci in osteomyelitis and cellulitis but not in successfully treated infections or degenerative joint disease.
UNLABELLED: The chemotactic cytokine interleukin-8 (IL-8) plays an important role in attraction and activation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in infection and inflammation. A pilot study was conducted to determine if radiolabeled IL-8 would depict infection in humans. METHODS:Human recombinant IL-8 (rhIL-8) labeled with (131)I (specific activity, 0.4-0.7 MBq [11-18 microCi] (131)I/microg IL-8) was injected intravenously into 8 diabeticpatients with active foot infections and evidence of osteomyelitis, 2 patients with successfully treated osteomyelitis, and 1 patient with cellulitis of the thumb. RESULTS: Focal accumulation of (131)I-rhIL-8 was seen in 8 of 8 patients with active foot infection and diffuse uptake was seen in the thumb of the 1 patient with cellulitis. In the 2 patients with successfully treated bone infection, multiphase (99m)Tc-hydroxyethylene diphosphonate bone scans were negative early, but late-phase (>3 h) uptake depicted degenerative lesions that did not image with (131)I-rhIL-8. CONCLUSION: (131)I-rhIL-8 accumulates rapidly within infected foci in osteomyelitis and cellulitis but not in successfully treated infections or degenerative joint disease.
Authors: Pia Afzelius; Peter Mikael Helweg Heegaard; Svend Borup Jensen; Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup; Henrik Carl Schønheyder; Annemarie Eek; Otto Boerman; Ole Lerberg Nielsen Journal: Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Date: 2020-02-25
Authors: Carlos Alfaro; Natalia Suárez; Ivan Martínez-Forero; Asís Palazón; Ana Rouzaut; Sarai Solano; Esperanza Feijoo; Alfonso Gúrpide; Elixabet Bolaños; Lorena Erro; Juan Dubrot; Sandra Hervás-Stubbs; Alvaro Gonzalez; Jose Luis Perez-Gracia; Ignacio Melero Journal: PLoS One Date: 2011-03-14 Impact factor: 3.240