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Labeling proteins using aryl iodide acylation agents: influence of meta vs para substitution on in vivo stability

P K Garg1, S K Slade, C L Harrison

  • 1Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.

International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation. Part B, Nuclear Medicine and Biology
|January 1, 1989
PubMed

The effect of para vs meta substitution on the biological behavior of an intact antibody and an F(ab')2 fragment was investigated. Paired-label studies were performed using 81C6 IgG and OC 125 F(ab')2 labeled using the N-succinimidyl esters of both p-[125I]- and m-[131I]iodobenzoate as well as with the potential catabolites, p-[125I]- and m-[131I]iodobenzoic acid. In all 3 studies, up to 55% lower uptake of 131I in thyroid and stomach was observed, suggesting that the m-substituted species were more inert to dehalogenation in vivo.

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