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NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
卷 31, 期 8, 页码 1043-1050出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2004.08.009
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LDL; lipoprotein oxidation; LDL radiolabeling; Bolton-Hunter-type reagent; positron emission tomography
Oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is regarded as a crucial event in atherogenesis. Assessing the metabolic fate of oxidized LDL (oxLDL) in vivo with radiotracer techniques is hindered by the lack of suitable sensitive and specific radiolabeling methods. We evaluated an improved methodology based on the radiolabeling of native LDL (nLDL) and oxLDL with the positron emitter fluorine-18 (F-18) by conjugation with N-succinimidyl-4-[F-18]fluorobenzoate ([F-18]SFB). We investigated whether radiolabeling of LDL induces adverse structural modifications. Results suggest that radiolabeling of both nLDL and oxLDL using [F-18]SFB causes neither additional oxidative structural modifications of LDL lipids and proteins nor alteration of their biological activity and functionality, respectively. Thus, radiolabeling of LDL using [F-18]SFB could prove to be a promising approach for studying the kinetics of oxLDL in vivo. (C) 2004 FIsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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