Physicochemical characteristics
M-iodobenzylguanidine 123I - radiopharmaceutical diagnostic preparation, is an aqueous solution of meta-iodobenzylguanidine sulfate, labeled with iodine-123. The radiochemical purity of the preparation is 95%.
Volumetric activity of at least 100 MBq / ml at the date and time of preparation. The radioactive iodine-123 isotope decays with a half-life of 13.31 hours, by trapping the orbital electron and emitting monochromatic 159-keV gamma radiation (83.4%).
The drug is sterile and pyrogen-free, pH 5.0-6.5.
Pharmacodynamics
Radiopharmaceutical (RFP) "M-iodobenzylguanidine,123I"Has a similar molecular structure with an adrenergic hormone called norepinephrine. The kinetics and distribution of RFPs are similar to the kinetics and distribution of norepinephrine. Accumulating in the endings of postsynaptic sympathetic neurons and competing with norepinephrine, the drug, however, does not have the mediator properties of norepinephrine, it does not have a pharmacological effect on the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and does not cause a hemodynamic effect.
RFP "M-iodobenzylguanidine, 123I "is an indicator used as a diagnostic tool for visualization of the state of the sympathetic nervous system and with the help of which the integrity and functional state of the adrenergic nerve endings of various organs and tissues are evaluated.
The accumulation of "M-iodobenzylguanidine, 123I"In adrenergic nerve endings of various organs and tissues are described by two mechanisms:
1 - energy-dependent - sodium-dependent pathway;
2 - non-volatile - by mechanical diffusion.
In radionuclide diagnostics, the administered doses are so small that the capture mechanism dominates - the sodium-dependent pathway.
After entering the cell, most of the "M-iodobenzylguanidine, 123I"With neuroblastomas remains in the cytoplasm in a free form; with pheochromocytoma and paragangliome, the drug is actively transported into granules of catecholamines, but not metabolized by enzymes that metabolize catecholamines.