Biodistribution and Pharmacokinetics of ⁹⁹Tc^m Labelled Carbohydrated
Peptides in Tumor Bearing Mice

Glucose and galactose are conjugated to the N- mercaptoacetyl-Val-Gly-Gly (MAVGG). The glycopeptides and MAVGG are labeled with 99Tcm. The partition coefficients between octanol and water (Pow) are measured. Glycopeptides or MAVGG labeled with 99Tcm areinjected into the mice bearing S180 tumor. 10μL blood samples are withdrawn at different time points and the radioactivities are counted to calculate the effective halflife (T1/2) using a bi-exponential fit. Biodistribution is measured at 3 h postinjection and the percentage of injected dose per gram ( ID%/g ) and tumor to normal tissue ratio (T/NT) were calculated. The assigned structures were confirmed on the basis of IR, NMR and MS. The 99Tcm labeling yield 巨radiochemical purity is greater than 90%. The lgPow of 99Tcm-Glu-MAVGG, 99Tcm-Gal-MAVGG and 99Tcm-MAVGG are –1.974, –2.128 and –1.378, respectively. The T1/2αof the three labeled peptides are 24.3, 37.1, 46.3 min and T1/2β are 221.5, 158.4 and 198.4 min, respectively. The tumor uptakes at 3 h postinjection are 1.46, 1.55 and 0.67 for 99Tcm-Glu-MAVGG, 99Tcm-Gal-MAVGG and 99Tcm-MAVGG, respectively. Their T/NT for tumor over muscle are 3.74、7.38 and 3.53, respectively. The results demonstrated that after carbohydrate conjugate of peptides, the lipophilicity is decreased, the blood clearance is increased and the tumor uptake is enhanced. Of the two glucopeptides, 99Tcm-Gal-MAVGG shows faster blood clearance, higher tumor uptake and T/NT, which suggests the potential utility of 99Tcm-Gal-MAVGG as a suitable tumor imaging agent.