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Intratumoral and Whole-Body Distributions of C110 Anti-Carcinoembryonic Antigen Radioimmunotoxin after Intraperitoneal and Intravenous Injection: A Quantitative Autoradiographic Study¹

Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine [T. I., T. W. G., J. A. C.], and Department of Nuclear Medicine [A. B. B.], University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655

The intratumoral and whole-body distributions of ⁹⁰Y-labeled C110 anticarcinoembryonic antigen immunotoxin after i.p. and i.v. injection were compared by quantitative autoradiography. During in vitro incubation of spherical tumor nodules of LS174T human colon cancer (about 5 mm in diameter) in a medium containing C110 radioimmunotoxin (RIT), the direct penetration of the immunotoxin increased with time but was limited to the outer 300 µm of the tumor nodule after 12 h of incubation. In vivo experiments were performed in nude mice bearing LS174T xenografts as i.p. tumor nodules. Injection of C110 RIT i.p. resulted in a ring-like distribution, i.e., high uptake at the tumor periphery and considerably lower uptake at the tumor center (ratio of peripheral to central concentration, 7:1 at 1 day and 2:1 at 5 days). In contrast, i.v. injection provided a much smaller gradient in C110 RIT distribution from peripheral to central regions (ratio of peripheral to central concentration, 3:1 at 1 day and 1:1 at 5 days). Estimates of total tumor uptake of C110 RIT by quantitative autoradiography demonstrated almost equivalent tumor uptake after either i.p. or i.v. injection, while i.v. injection was associated with increased C110 RIT uptake in various normal organs, especially in the liver, as compared to i.p. injection. The results in this study suggest that (a) i.v. injection may produce more homogeneous distribution of C110 RIT in i.p. tumor nodules of LS174T but may also result in increased liver toxicity, and (b) i.p. injection may decrease C110 RIT exposure of normal tissues, which can reduce systemic toxicity, but may also produce more restricted intratumoral distribution of C110 RIT. In addition, current methods using a nude mouse model of i.p. tumor nodules and quantitative autoradiography allow us to assess intratumoral and whole-body distributions of radiolabeled immunoconjugates from various administration routes.

¹ Supported in part by Grant R01-CA39748 from the National Cancer Institute.

² To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655.

Received 7/ 2/91. Accepted 1/24/92.