Abstract
Polyclonal 131I rabbit antirat ferritin localizes in certain hepatoma models. The effect of intraperitoneal iron dextran on tumor and sera ferritin content and tumor and normal tissue localization with 131 I antiferritin was studied. Separate groups of 10-12 animals were injected with escalating doses of 131I-antiferritin 1gG, or nonspecific IgG, one week after injection with iron dextran or normal saline. The results demonstrate that tumor, serum, and normal tissue ferritin content was increased after iron dextran administration but tumor localization increased after administration of 131I-antiferritin in the H4II-E and 7800 models. The 3924A and 7777 models showed no tumor localization with or without iron dextran but did show an increase in normal tissue localization after iron dextran. Immunoperoxidase staining of tissues with anti-ferritin revealed increased staining in the liver and spleen and only a slight increase in the tumors after iron dextran was administered. The results demonstrate that tumor localization is a complex phenomenum that depends on normal tissue, sera, and tumor-antigen distribution
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