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. 2015 Mar 31;17(4):788–801. doi: 10.1208/s12248-015-9752-6

Table III.

Examples of Substrate Probes Used in Preclinical or Clinical Imaging Studies

Transporter Modality
PET SPECT MRI NIR BLI
ABC superfamily P-gp [11C]-Daunorubicin (43)
[11C]-N-Desmethyl-loperamide (48)
[11C]-Elacridar (49,50)
[11C]-Gefitinib (51)
[11C]-Imatinib (10)
[11C]-Paclitaxel (10)
[11C]-Tariquidar (52)
[11C]-Topotecan (53)
[11C]-Verapamil (29)
[99mTc]-Sestamibi (44,45)
[99mTc]-Tetrofosmin (44)
Rhodamine 800 (46) Coelenterazine (47)
BCRP [11C]-Elacridar (49,50)
[11C]-Gefitinib (51)
[11C]-Imatinib (10)
[11C]-Tariquidar (52)
[11C]-Topotecan (53)
d-Luciferin (54)
Coelenterazine (55)
MRPs [11C]-Paclitaxel (10) [99mTc]-Sestamibi (56)
[99mTc]-Tetrofosmin (45)
BOPTA (57)
EOB-DTPA (59)
ICG (58)
SLC superfamily OATPs [11C]-Rosuvastatin (60)
[11C]-Telmisartan (10)
[11C]-TIC (10)
[99mTc]-MAG3 (61)
[99mTc]-Mebrofenin (63)
[99mTc]-PMT (66)
BOPTA (57)
EOB-DTPA (64)
ICG (62)
IR-783 (65)
MHI-148 (65,67)
OATs [11C]-Topotecan (53) [99mTc]-MAG3 (61)
OCTs [123I]-MIBG (10)
NTs [18F]-FLT (68)
LATs [18F]-FACBC (21)

ABC adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette, BCRP breast cancer resistance protein, BLI bioluminescence imaging, BOPTA gadobenate dimeglumine, EOB-DTPA gadoxetate dimeglumine, [ 18 F]-FACBC [18F]-1-amino-3-fluorine 18-fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid, [ 18 F]-FLT [18F]-3′-deoxy-3′-fluorothymidine, ICG indocyanine green, LATs system L transporters, [ 99m Tc]-MAG3 [99mTc]-mercaptoacetylglycylglycylglycine, [ 123 I]-MIBG [123I]- metaiodobenzylguanidine, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, MRPs multidrug resistance-associated proteins, NIR near infrared, NTs nucleoside transporters, OATs organic anion transporters, OATPs organic anion transporting polypeptides, OCTs organic cation transporters, P-gp P-glycoprotein, PET positron emission tomography, [ 99m Tc]-PMT [99mTc]-N-pyridoxyl-5-methyltryptophan, SLC solute carrier, SPECT single photon emission computed tomography