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An Artificial Amino Acid, 4-Iodo-l-meta-Tyrosine: Biodistribution and Excretion via Kidney

Naoto Shikano, Keiichi Kawai, Leo Garcia Flores, Ryuichi Nishii, Nobuo Kubota, Nobuyoshi Ishikawa and Akiko Kubodera
Journal of Nuclear Medicine April 2003, 44 (4) 625-631;
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    Chemical structure of 4-125I-mTyr.

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    Biodistribution of 4-125I-mTyr compared with that of 125I-IMT in mice. (A) Blood clearance. (B) Kidney radioactivity. Each bar represents mean ± SD of 5 animals.

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    Urinary excretion of 4-125I-mTyr and effects of probenecid administration in mice. Control compared with probenecid administration. Each bar represents mean ± SD of 5 animals. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.005.

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    Comparison of 4-125I-mTyr (A) and 125I-IMT (B) accumulation in mouse kidney with or without probenecid administration. (Left) Photograph. (Center) Superimposed. (Right) Autoradiograph.

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    Effects of inhibitors on accumulation of 4-125I-mTyr (A) l-14C(U)-Tyr (B), and 125I-IMT (C) in LLC-PK1 cell monolayers. Each column represents mean ± SD of 4 monolayers. *P < 0.01; **P < 0.05.

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    Biodistribution of 4-125I-mTyr in Male ddY Mice

    Biodistribution5 min15 min30 min
    Blood*3.72 ± 0.401.56 ± 0.360.45 ± 0.09
    Brain0.61 ± 0.160.47 ± 0.070.32 ± 0.08
    Pancreas25.44 ± 1.8514.03 ± 3.692.00 ± 0.57
    Liver4.31 ± 0.511.80 ± 0.420.64 ± 0.16
    Stomach1.24 ± 0.221.05 ± 0.372.82 ± 2.27
    Intestine2.26 ± 0.291.03 ± 0.260.56 ± 0.06
    Kidney23.77 ± 4.8912.89 ± 9.534.24 ± 1.92
    Heart2.51 ± 0.331.42 ± 0.340.92 ± 0.36
    Lung3.76 ± 0.521.90 ± 0.410.74 ± 0.14
    Spleen4.04 ± 0.642.35 ± 1.050.54 ± 0.17
    • ↵* %ID/mL blood (n = 5 mice).

    • All data except blood are expressed as %ID/g tissue, mean ± 1 SD.

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    Biodistribution of 125I-IMT in Male ddY Mice

    Biodistribution5 min15 min30 min
    Blood*6.70 ± 1.443.12 ± 0.431.47 ± 0.08
    Brain0.58 ± 0.120.47 ± 0.081.05 ± 0.13
    Pancreas41.48 ± 5.1625.84 ± 9.509.18 ± 1.89
    Liver4.63 ± 1.292.00 ± 0.150.93 ± 0.03
    Stomach4.31 ± 1.664.81 ± 1.392.93 ± 0.28
    Intestine5.08 ± 1.212.49 ± 0.650.91 ± 0.06
    Kidney102.62 ± 0.9375.34 ± 15.7424.05 ± 6.04
    Heart5.67 ± 2.163.10 ± 0.411.53 ± 0.08
    • ↵* %ID/mL blood (n = 5 mice).

    • All data except blood are expressed as %ID/g tissue, mean ± 1 SD.

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