Study of the effect of the amount of chelating agent addition on the result of monoclonal antibody conjugation

v anglickém jazyce Charles University Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Student: Mgr. Adriana Janečková Supervisor: Mgr. Pavel Bárta, Ph.D. Title of rigorosum thesis: Study of the effect of the amount of chelating agent addition on the result of monoclonal antibody conjugation Monoclonal antibodies have become the important tool not only for the therapy, but also for the diagnosis of the infectious, autoimmune or cancer diseases in the last few decades. In addition to their own therapeutic effect, monoclonal antibodies are used as vectors for biological substances with therapeutical and diagnostic importance. Besides bacterial and plant toxins, monoclonal antibodies are also effective in their capability to deliver radionuclides to the site of their specific binding, i.e. the antigen against which they were prepared. The so called radioimmunoconjugates are then successfully used in radiodiagnostic and radiotherapeutical field. Radionuclides can be bound to antibody molecule either directly in the case of halogenation or indirectly. The latter method is the most common one due to a greater stability and suitability for more radionuclides, which can be transported by antibodies. Substances that allow the radionuclide biding to the monoclonal antibody..