Abstract:
In order to find the optimum hypoxia imaging agent, two derivatives of HL91-4, 9-diaza-3, 10-dimethyl-dodecane-2, 11-dione dioxime (TMBAO) and
N, N’-bis (2-hydroxyimino propionyl)-1, 4-diaminobutane(H
2Pab)—were synthesized and labeled with
99Tc
m. Evaluation of these complexes as tumor hypoxia markers were performed both
in vitroand
in vivocompared with
99Tc
m-HL91—a putative hypoxic tracer. The tumor cell experiment and the biodistribution in mice bearing EMT-6 tumor show that the two derivatives—
99Tc
m-TMBAO and
99Tc
m-H
2Pab have less hypoxic selectivity than
99Tc
m-HL91 in despite of their lower liver uptake.