TABLE 1

Biodistribution of 64Cu in Tumor-Bearing Mice at 24 Hours After Injection of 64CuCl2

TissueTissue 64Cu radioactivity from mice with PC-3 prostate cancer xenografts (%ID/g)Tissue 64Cu radioactivity from mice with DU-145 prostate cancer xenografts (%ID/g)
Liver22.7 ± 14.220.1 ± 8.8
Spleen3.9 ± 1.45.0 ± 5.7
Kidney12.4 ± 6.15.3 ± 3.0
Heart7.2 ± 4.92.7 ± 0.9
Muscle1.0 ± 0.60.4 ± 0.3
Brain0.9 ± 0.70.3 ± 0.1
Blood2.0 ± 1.01.5 ± 0.5
Testis1.3 ± 0.40.9 ± 0.5
Tumors without knockdown of hCtr16.6 ± 1.1 (Lenti-SCR-shRNA-PC-3)5.7 ± 5.3 (Lenti-SCR-shRNA-DU-145)
Tumors with knockdown of hCtr13.6 ± 0.7 (Lenti-hCtr1-shRNA-PC-3)2.8 ± 2.0 (Lenti-hCtr1-shRNA-DU-145)