Research Article

Synthesis and Bioevaluation of Iodine-131 Directly Labeled Cyclic RGD-PEGylated Gold Nanorods for Tumor-Targeted Imaging

Table 1

Biodistribution of 131IGNR-PEG-cRGD in C57BL/6 mice with B16F10 tumors and athymic mice with MCF-7 tumors at 1, 3, and 6 h after intravenous administration ().

TissueB16F10B16F10 blockingMCF-7
1 h3 h6 h6 h1 h3 h6 h

Blood3.53 ± 1.314.53 ± 1.583.19 ± 0.353.97 ± 1.253.14 ± 2.103.1 ± 0.312.44 ± 0.28
Brain0.20 ± 0.090.18 ± 0.030.17 ± 0.020.15 ± 0.090.18 ± 0.090.15 ± 0.030.10 ± 0.02
Heart1.14 ± 0.441.45 ± 0.270.85 ± 0.190.78 ± 0.170.45 ± 0.160.93 ± 0.170.47 ± 0.17
Lung19.25 ± 4.5911.74 ± 1.977.07 ± 0.256.93 ± 0.2420.56 ± 9.2417.41 ± 1.043.31 ± 1.87
Liver32.05 ± 5.3728.83 ± 7.1726.51 ± 4.9327.59 ± 5.0130.18 ± 4.8731.51 ± 5.7127.60 ± 3.34
Spleen11.28 ± 0.639.86 ± 1.055.55 ± 0.696.32 ± 1.0115.99 ± 1.748.57 ± 0.706.20 ± 1.18
Kidney2.34 ± 0.752.60 ± 1.042.29 ± 0.213.01 ± 0.912.29 ± 1.512.00 ± 0.361.50 ± 0.37
Stomach3.59 ± 1.816.12 ± 2.283.43 ± 0.444.02 ± 0.593.49 ± 2.695.44 ± 2.754.70 ± 1.37
Intestine1.52 ± 0.551.60 ± 0.571.23 ± 0.481.04 ± 0.291.15 ± 0.771.35 ± 0.250.89 ± 0.47
Muscle0.47 ± 0.190.59 ± 0.080.51 ± 0.080.57 ± 0.120.54 ± 0.220.58 ± 0.230.42 ± 0.07
Bone2.59 ± 0.783.29 ± 1.471.69 ± 0.131.70 ± 0.212.02 ± 0.852.72 ± 0.681.26 ± 0.71
Thyroid2.88 ± 0.372.25 ± 1.092.93 ± 0.753.01 ± 0.923.26 ± 2.152.93 ± 0.263.59 ± 2.68
Tumor3.57 ± 1.254.02 ± 1.455.09 ± 0.682.21 ± 0.521.31 ± 0.881.75 ± 0.261.59 ± 0.39
Uptake ratio
 Tumor/blood1.01 ± 0.110.80 ± 0.291.58 ± 0.130.56 ± 0.220.52 ± 0.070.57 ± 0.040.63 ± 0.19
 Tumor/muscle7.06 ± 2.536.89 ± 2.379.99 ± 2.983.87 ± 0.932.17 ± 1.063.26 ± 0.983.67 ± 0.92