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Table 5 Radiolabeling studies performed on scandium radionuclides

From: Production of scandium radionuclides for theranostic applications: towards standardization of quality requirements

Type of vector

RN used

Buffer, pH, T°, time conditions

Quality Control / RCY

Molar activity

Post-radiolabeling purification

Reference

DOTA

44Sc

0.2 M ammonium acetate

pH = 4.8

80 °C

30 min

iTLC with H2O

51 GBq/μmol competitive metal impurities of 28 μM (mostly Fe)

Not indicated

(Severin et al. 2012)

DTPA

HEBD

BAPTA

EGTA

TTHA

DFO

DOTA

47Sc

20 mM acetate buffer

pH = 6.0

RT

iTLC

with NH3/H2O (1/25)

DTPA

RCY = 38.8–100%

EGTA

RCY = 97.2–100%

DOTA

RCY = 79.4–97.7%

Estimation 0.017 MBq/nmol

Not performed

(Severin et al. 2012; Polosak et al. 2013)

picagaDUPA

44Sc

0.25 M NaOAc buffer solution

pH = 4

at 25 or 80 °C.

TLC

with 50 mM EDTA

RCY = 83% at 25 °C

RCY = 96% at 80 °C

Calculated from (Polosak et al. 2013) 0.03 MBq/nmol

Not performed

(Vaughn et al. 2020a)

AAZTA-c(RGDfK)

44Sc

0.25 M ammonium acetate

pH = 4

room temperature

5 min

RCY = 99%

0.36 GBq/μmol

 

(Nagy et al. 2017a; Vaughn et al. 2020a; Kostelnik and Orvig 2019)

Propargyl-DOTA

44Sc

95 °C for 30 min

HPLC Phenomenex Synergi, 4 μ, Hydro-RP, 80 Å

a gradient with the eluents acetonitrile (A) and H2O (B), both containing 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid and a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min.

RCY = 69–92%

Other metals: Zn (5.4 ± 4.5 ppm), Fe (1.1 ± 0.7 ppm), Pb (0.38 ± 0.13 ppm) and Al (0.18 ± 0.14 ppm)

Not performed

(Hoehr et al. 2014)

DOTA - puromycin

44Sc

0.25 M ammonium acetate

pH =4

95 °C

20 min

iTLC

Elution with n-propanol/ NH4OH/H2O (55:35:10)

RCY = 78%

1.5 GBq/μmol

HPLC - C-18 cartridge (Strata-X Polymeric Sorbet 60 mg/mL Phenomenex)

Elution with ethanol

Radiochemical purity ≥97%

(Eigner et al. 2013)

DOTA-Folate

44Sc

1 M ammonium acetate

pH 3.5–4

95 °C

10 min

HPLC - C-18 column (Xterra MS C18, Waters).

Mobile phase: Milli Q water with 0.1% trifluoracetic acid (A) and methanol (B) with a linear gradient from 95% A and 5% B to 20% A and 80% B over 25 min with a flow rate of 1 mL/min

RCY ≥ 96%

≥ 5.2 MBq/nmol, representing a 44Sc–to–ligand molar ratio of 1:5600

Not indicated

(Muller et al. 2018)

47Sc

CH3COONH4/HCl

pH 4.5

95 °C

10 min

HPLC as above

RCY ≥ 96%

no radionuclidic impurities were detectable

13 MBq/nmol

Not indicated

(Muller et al. 2014)

PSMA-617

44Sc

0.25 M ammonium acetate

pH = 4

95 °C

25 min

iTLC 1:1 v/v 1 M ammonium acetate / methanol

RCY = 74%- 98%

1.82–6.69 MBq/nmol

HPLC - C-18 cartridge (Sep-Pak C18 Plus Short Waters) - after a pre-conditioning with 4 mL of ethanol and 10 mL of water. Elution with pure ethanol.

(Eppard 2018)

DOTANOC

44Sc

0.2 M sodium acetate buffer

pH 4

85 °C

15 min

HPLC C-18 (XterraTM MS column 95% MilliQ water with 0.1% trifluoracetic acid (A) and 5% acetonitrile (B) over a 20-min period at a flow rate of 1 mL/min

RCY ≥ 98%

 

Not indicated

(van der Meulen et al. 2015)

47Sc

0.5 M sodium acetate

pH 4.5

95 °C

15 min

HPLC C-18 (XterraTM MS column 95% MilliQ water with 0.1% trifluoracetic acid (A) and 5% acetonitrile (B) over a 20-min period at a flow rate of 1 mL/min

RCY ≥ 96%

10–25 MBq/nmol

Not indicated

(Domnanich et al. 2017a)

DOTATOC

44Sc

0.8 M ammonium acetate

pH = 5

91 °C

30 min

iTLC

RCY = 99%

1.4 MBq/μg

Not indicated

(Singh et al. 2017)

44Sc

0.25 M ammonium acetate

pH = 4

95 °C

30 min

iTLC

a) 0.1 M sodium citrate pH 4.0

(b) mixture of 5% NaCl with MeOH (3:1)

(c) mixture of 5% NaCl with MeOH and 25% NH3 (3:1:1)

RCY ≥ 98%

9 GBq/μmol

Performed on RP C-18 mini-cartridge Strata-X Elution with pure ethanol

(Kerdjoudj et al. 2016)

DOTATATE

44m/44Sc

0.1 M ammonium acetate

pH 4–6

70 °C

20 min

TLC

25% aq. NH3/H2O/MeOH, 2/1/1 (v/v)

RCY ≥ 95%

8 MBq/nmol

radionuclidic purity = 99%

Not performed

(Huclier-Markai et al. 2018; Alliot et al. 2015a; Alliot et al. 2015b)

43Sc

ammonium acetate

pH = 5

90 °C

35 min

TLC

0.1 M sodium citrate (pH = 5.0)

RCY = 98.3%

Not indicated

Not performed

(Szkliniarz et al. 2016)

CHX-A”-DTPA-Fab fragment of Cetuximab

44Sc

0.5 M sodium acetate buffer

pH 6.5 adjusted to 4.5

room temperature (25 °C)

30 min

TLC

50% aqueous acetonitrile

63 GBq/μmol

PD-10 columns

PBS as the mobile phase

(Chakravarty et al. 2014)

DOTA

-ZHER2–2891

44Sc

 

RCY = 98%

7.8GBq/μmol

 

(Honarvar et al. 2017)