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An IgG1 mouse monoclonal antibody directed against CEA has been digested with papain to yield F(ab)2 and Fab fragments. Following radioiodination, intact antibody and fragments showed specific binding to cells of a CEA-producing tumour, although the immune reactivities of the fragments were lower than that of intact antibody. Gamma scintigraphy of nude mice bearing CEA-producing human tumour xenografts and injected with 131I-labelled fragments showed earlier and superior imaging of tumours than did 131I-intact antibody, and this was most marked with the Fab fragment. Sequential dissection analyses showed that this was due to earlier and higher tumour-to-blood ratios with fragments than with intact antibody, but in absolute terms the degree of localization of both fragment types was significantly lower than that of intact antibody.
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Andrew, S.M., Pimm, M.V., Perkins, A.C. et al. Comparative imaging and biodistribution studies with an anti-CEA monoclonal antibody and its F(ab)2 and Fab fragments in mice with colon carcinoma xenografts. Eur J Nucl Med 12, 168–175 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256915
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