Figure 3. Biodistribution of β-Galactosidase Following Systemic Injection in Mice.
After a 1-h treatment with 6.5 mg of β-Gal/kg mouse via a tail-vein injection; mice (n = 6) were sacrificed, perfused, and their organs dissected and fixed. Using IVIS, the fluorescence from the protein’s AF647 tag was measured in the (A) brain and (B) other filtration organs. A region of interest was drawn around each organ, and the fluorescence radiant efficiency were quantified (C-D). Each dot represents an individual mouse, the bars represent the mean, and the error bars show SD. A paired t-test was performed in GraphPad Prism. *** p ≤ 0.0001, ns = not significant