BACKGROUND: Myocardial angiogenesis following reperfusion of an infarcted area may impact on patient prognosis and pro-angiogenic treatments are currently evaluated. The non-invasive imaging of angiogenesis would therefore be of potential clinical relevance in these settings. (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD is a novel (99m)Tc-labeled tracer that targets the alpha(v)beta(3) integrin. Our objective was to determine whether this tracer was suitable for myocardial angiogenesis imaging. METHODS AND RESULTS: A rat model of reperfused myocardial infarction was employed. Fourteen days following reperfusion, the animals were injected with (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD or with its negative control (99m)Tc-RAFT-RAD. Fourteen animals were dedicated to autoradiographic imaging, infarct staining, and gamma-well counting of myocardial activity. In vivo dual-isotope pinhole SPECT imaging of (201)Tl and (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD or (99m)Tc-RAFT-RAD was also performed in 11 additional animals. Neovessels were observed by immunostaining in the infarcted and peri-infarct areas. (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD infarct-to-normal ratios by gamma-well counting and ex vivo imaging (2.5 +/- 0.6 and 4.9 +/- 0.9, respectively) were significantly higher than those of (99m)Tc-RAFT-RAD (1.7 +/- 0.2 and 2.2 +/- 0.4, respectively, P < .05). The infarcted area was readily visible in vivo by SPECT with (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD but not with (99m)Tc-RAFT-RAD (infarct-to-normal zone activity ratio, 2.5 +/- 0.6 and 1.7 +/- 0.4, respectively, P < .05). CONCLUSION: (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD allowed the experimental in vivo molecular imaging of myocardial angiogenesis.
BACKGROUND: Myocardial angiogenesis following reperfusion of an infarcted area may impact on patient prognosis and pro-angiogenic treatments are currently evaluated. The non-invasive imaging of angiogenesis would therefore be of potential clinical relevance in these settings. (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD is a novel (99m)Tc-labeled tracer that targets the alpha(v)beta(3) integrin. Our objective was to determine whether this tracer was suitable for myocardial angiogenesis imaging. METHODS AND RESULTS: A rat model of reperfused myocardial infarction was employed. Fourteen days following reperfusion, the animals were injected with (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD or with its negative control (99m)Tc-RAFT-RAD. Fourteen animals were dedicated to autoradiographic imaging, infarct staining, and gamma-well counting of myocardial activity. In vivo dual-isotope pinhole SPECT imaging of (201)Tl and (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD or (99m)Tc-RAFT-RAD was also performed in 11 additional animals. Neovessels were observed by immunostaining in the infarcted and peri-infarct areas. (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD infarct-to-normal ratios by gamma-well counting and ex vivo imaging (2.5 +/- 0.6 and 4.9 +/- 0.9, respectively) were significantly higher than those of (99m)Tc-RAFT-RAD (1.7 +/- 0.2 and 2.2 +/- 0.4, respectively, P < .05). The infarcted area was readily visible in vivo by SPECT with (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD but not with (99m)Tc-RAFT-RAD (infarct-to-normal zone activity ratio, 2.5 +/- 0.6 and 1.7 +/- 0.4, respectively, P < .05). CONCLUSION: (99m)Tc-RAFT-RGD allowed the experimental in vivo molecular imaging of myocardial angiogenesis.
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