Mostafa Erfani

Radiation Application Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - The Value of Technetium-99m Labeled Alpha-Melanocyte- Stimulating Hormone (99mTc-α-MSH) in Diagnosis of Primary and Metastatic Lesions of Malignant Melanoma

Objective(s): Malignant melanoma is the most lethal type of skin cancers with unfavorable prognosis. Alpha-MSH peptide analogues have a high affinity for melanocortine-1 (MC1) receptors on melanocytes overexpressing in malignant melanoma cells. Pre-clinical studies have shown promising results for radiolabeled MSH imaging in this malignancy. The purpose of this study is to assess the diagnostic...

[ 2 ] - A lyophilized peptide radiopharmaceutical kit to target neurotensin receptor for tumor imaging

Introduction: Neurotensin (NT) is a tridecapeptide that binds specifically to neurotensin receptors. Several forms of cancer, including small cell lung cancer, colon, pancreatic and prostate carcinomas especially exocrine pancreatic carcinomas express receptors for neurotensin peptide. Radiolabeled neurotensin derivatives with a high affinity for these receptors might be used for scintigraphy. ...

[ 3 ] - Optimization condition in labeling of Ofloxacin with 99mTc and its biological evaluation in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli for infection imaging

Introduction: The use of radiopharmaceuticals is a powerful tool in the management of patients with infectious or inflammatory diseases in nuclear medicine. In this study ofloxacin as a second-generation fluoroquinolone is used to design a desired infection imaging agent after labeling with 99mTc via direct labeling. Methods: Ofloxacin was radiolabeled with 99mTc using di...

[ 4 ] - Preparation and evaluation of 67Ga-DOTA-Bombesin (7-14) as a tumor scintigraphic agent

  Introduction: Bombesin is a 14-aminoacid peptide isolated from frog skin. The mammalian counterparts of the frog peptide are neuromedin B (NMB) and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP). Bombesin (BBN) is a peptide showing high affinity for the gastrin releasing peptide receptor (GRPr). Prostate, small cell lung cancer, breast, gastric, and colon cancers are known to over...

[ 5 ] - New freeze-dried kit for diagnosis of Bombesin receptor expressing tumors

  Introduction: It has been shown that some primary human tumors and their metastases, including prostate and breast tumors, over-express gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) receptors. Bombesin is a neuropeptide with a high affinity for these GRP receptors. The purpose of this study was to prepare and evaluate the characteristics of a new Freeze-dried kit, [6-hydrazinopyr...

[ 6 ] - Freeze-dried cold kit for preparation of 99mtc-ciprofloxacin as an infection imaging agent

  Introduction: Radiolabeled antibiotics are being used for the specific diagnosis of infection by exploiting their specific binding properties to the bacterial components, thereby making it possible to differentiate infection from sterile lesions. The aim of this work was to prepare and evaluate a freeze-dried kit of ciprofloxacin designed for the labeling with ...

[ 7 ] - Evaluation of a 99mTc-tricine Vascular Disrupting Agent as an In-vivo Imaging in 4T1 Mouse Breast Tumor Model

Colchicine as a vascular disrupting agent creates microtubule destabilization whichinduces vessel blockage and consequently cell death. Accordingly, colchicines and itsanalogues radiolabeled with 99mTc may have potential for visualization of tumor. In this work,deacetylcolchicine a colchicine analogue was labeled with 99mTc via tricine as a coligandand characterized for its tumor targeting prop...

[ 8 ] - Technetium-99m tricarbonyl labeled a broad-spectrum quinolone as a specific imaging agent in infection diseases

Nuclear medicine imaging has been used to localize infection sites and efforts have been continued to develop modified infection specific radiopharmaceuticals. In this study gemifloxacin as a broad-spectrum quinolone has been labeled with [99mTc (CO)3 (H2O)3]+ core in order to evaluate its feasibility as an infection imaging agent for in vivo use. The stability of radioconjugate was checked in ...

[ 9 ] - A 99mTc-tricine-HYNIC-labeled Peptide Targeting the Melanocortin-1 Receptor for Melanoma Imaging

Melanocortin-1 (MC1) receptor is an attractive melanoma-specific target for the development of α-MSH peptide based imaging and therapeutic agents. In this work a new lactam bridge α-MSH analogue was synthesized and radiolabeled with 99mTc via HYNIC chelator and tricine as co-ligand. Also, stability in human serum, receptor bound internalization and tissue biodistribution in tumor bearing nude m...

[ 10 ] - Evaluation of a 99mTc-tricine Vascular Disrupting Agent as an In-vivo Imaging in 4T1 Mouse Breast Tumor Model

Colchicine as a vascular disrupting agent creates microtubule destabilization whichinduces vessel blockage and consequently cell death. Accordingly, colchicines and itsanalogues radiolabeled with 99mTc may have potential for visualization of tumor. In this work,deacetylcolchicine a colchicine analogue was labeled with 99mTc via tricine as a coligandand characterized for its tumor targeting prop...

[ 11 ] - Technetium-99m tricarbonyl labeled a broad-spectrum quinolone as a specific imaging agent in infection diseases

Nuclear medicine imaging has been used to localize infection sites and efforts have been continued to develop modified infection specific radiopharmaceuticals. In this study gemifloxacin as a broad-spectrum quinolone has been labeled with [99mTc (CO)3 (H2O)3]+ core in order to evaluate its feasibility as an infection imaging agent for in vivo use. The stability of radioconjugate was checked in ...

[ 12 ] - A 99mTc-tricine-HYNIC-labeled Peptide Targeting the Melanocortin-1 Receptor for Melanoma Imaging

Melanocortin-1 (MC1) receptor is an attractive melanoma-specific target for the development of α-MSH peptide based imaging and therapeutic agents. In this work a new lactam bridge α-MSH analogue was synthesized and radiolabeled with 99mTc via HYNIC chelator and tricine as co-ligand. Also, stability in human serum, receptor bound internalization and tissue biodistribution in tumor bearing nude m...

[ 13 ] - تهیه و بررسی توزیع بیولوژیکیپپتید سه گانه ضد سرطان ICD-85 نشاندار با رادیونوکلید ید-131 در موش

سابقه و هدف:پپتید سه گانه یICD-85 با وزن مولکولی 10000 تا 30000 دالتون می باشد که از سَم مار قهوه ای ایرانی AgkistrodonHalysو سَم عقرب زرد رنگ Hemiscorpiuslepturus استخراج گردید. این ترکیب از طریق ایجاد آپوپتوز باعث مهار سلول های سرطانی می گردد.در این مطالعه، تولید و نشاندارسازی این پپتید سه گانه انجام پذیرفته است. مواد و روش ها: ابتدا این پپتید سه گانه از سم مار و عقب زرد رنگ توسط فرایند های ...

[ 14 ] - سنتز کلشیسین نشاندار و بررسی توزیع زیستی آن

سابقه و هدف: کلشیسین آلکالوئیدی است که از گیاه گل حسرت استخراج شده و به دلیل داشتن خاصیت ضد میتوزی دارای اثرات درمانی در بیماری های نقرس و تب مدیترانه ای می باشد. مواد و روش ها: ترکیب توسط رادیونوکلید تکنسیوم نشاندار گردید و پس از بررسی توزیع بیولوژیکی در موش، ارگانهای هدف برای آن تعیین شد. یافته ها: بررسی نتایج نشان دهنده بازده بالای نشان دار سازی برای ترکیب بود. در بررسی توزیع بیولوژیک...

[ 15 ] - سنتز و مقایسه دو آنالوگ ایرانی پپتید آزاد کننده گاسترین جهت تصویربرداری از تومورهای سرطانی سینه و پروستات

سابقه و هدف: بومبزین پپتیدی است که تمایل بالایی به گیرنده های پپتید آزاد کننده گاسترین (بومبزین) دارد. تومورهایی همچون تومورهای پروستات، شش، پستان و کولون تعداد زیادی گیرنده پپتید آزاد کننده گاسترین را بیان می کنند. در این مطالعه، تولید و ارزیابی دو آنالوگ جدید نشاندار شده پپتید آزاد کننده گاسترین با تکنسیوم-99m و گالیوم-67 انجام پذیرفته است. مواد و روش ها: ترکیبهای DOTA-GABA-Bombesin (7-14...

[ 16 ] - تهیه مشتق نشاندار شده از پپتید نروتنسین و ارزیابی بیولوژیک آن جهت تصویر برداری تومور

سابقه و هدف: پپتیدها را می توان به عنوان عوامل ایده ال تشخیصی و درمانی در نظر گرفت و به عبارتی دیگر آن ها را گلوله های جادوئی نامید. بافت های توموری به علت بیان رسپتورهای مختلف پپتیدی به خوبی می توانند توسط پپتیدهای نشان دار مشخص شوند. از جمله پپتید های مورد استفاده می توان از نروتنسین نام برد که یک پپتید 13 اسید آمینه ای و از پپتیدهای مغزی – روده ای بوده که اولین بار از هیپوتالاموس گاو و سپس ا...

[ 17 ] - Evaluation of 99m Tc-MccJ25 peptide analog in mice bearing B16F10 melanoma tumor as a diagnostic radiotracer

Objective(s): Despite recent advances in treatment modalities, cancer remains a major source of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Currently, the development of sensitive and specific molecular imaging probes for early diagnosis of cancer is still a problematic challenge. Previous studies have been shown that some of the antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) exhibit...

[ 18 ] - Preparation and purity determination of radiolabeled taxol and evaluation of its absorption in murine melanoma

Aim and Background:Taxol is a known substrate for P-glycoprotein, which induces drug resistance to cancerous cells. Therefore radiolabeled taxol can be a suitable probe for imaging of the P-glycoprotein transport ability to determine drug resistance. The aim of this study was to provide labeled taxol and to determine the rate of uptake in the tumor to evaluate the location of the tumor and the ...

[ 19 ] - Preclinical study of a new 177Lu-labeled somatostatin receptor antagonist in HT-29 human colorectal cancer cells

Objective(s): Somatostatin receptor-positive neuroendocrine tumors have been targeted using various peptide analogs radiolabeled with therapeutic radionuclides for years. The better biomedical properties of radioantagonists as higher tumor uptake make these radioligands more attractive than agonists for somatostatin receptor-targeted radionuclide therapy. In this study...