TABLE 1

Biodistribution of 99mTc-EC20 and 99mTc-EC53

Organ99mTc-EC2099mTc-EC53
%ID/gT/NT%ID/gT/NT
Blood0.27 ± 0.0567.2 ± 5.60.38 ± 0.0331.4 ± 13.7
Heart1.97 ± 0.289.1 ± 0.91.09 ± 0.2812.2 ± 8.2
Lung2.39 ± 0.567.6 ± 1.30.89 ± 0.3015.3 ± 10.4
Liver3.48 ± 0.965.2 ± 0.83.86 ± 0.963.4 ± 2.2
Intestine4.89 ± 1.373.7 ± 0.63.53 ± 0.863.6 ± 2.0
Kidney116.46 ± 14.170.2 ± 0.0177.99 ± 6.190.2 ± 0.1
Muscle1.70 ± 0.7011.3 ± 3.80.76 ± 0.3117.1 ± 7.0
Spleen0.46 ± 0.1139.5 ± 7.50.67 ± 0.2217.7 ± 2.4
Tumor17.68 ± 1.9511.77 ± 4.26
Stomach1.47 ± 0.0812.1 ± 0.81.04 ± 0.3612.6 ± 7.3
  • Imaging agents were injected intravenously into BALB/c mice on folate-deficient diet bearing subcutaneous M109 tumors, and animals were necropsied 4 h later. Values are means ± SD (n = 3).