Production of highly purified no-carrier-added Lu for radioimmunotherapy

渡辺 智; 橋本 和幸; 渡辺 茂樹; 飯田 靖彦*; 花岡 宏史*; 遠藤 啓吾*; 石岡 典子

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 303(1), p.935 - 940, 2015/01

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3534-y

No-carrier-added Lu produced via the Yb(n, ) Yb Lu process was separated from the macroscopic amounts of the Yb target using reversed-phase ion-pair liquid chromatography. To produce a highly purified Lu solution capable of labeling antibodies, the metallic impurities were removed using cation, chelating ion, and anion exchange columns. After the elimination of metallic impurities, the concentrations of Ca, Fe, and Zn were reduced from 87, 340, and 77 ppb to 13, 18, and 9 ppb, respectively. Consequently, the labeling yield of the Lu -labeled antibody increased from less than 5% to 88%.