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. 2016 Oct 4;6:34311. doi: 10.1038/srep34311

Figure 3. In vivo imaging of subcutaneous tumors using POL-AF.

Figure 3

(a) Representative images of HIF activity (HRE-Fluc), BRET and fluorescence imaging (FI). BRET and FI images were obtained 1 h after i.v. injection of POL-AF and the HRE-Fluc image was obtained 3 h after BRET imaging. Yellow arrowheads in FI image indicate fluorescence signals from the kidneys. (b) Quantitative analysis of tumor-specific BRET signals from POL-AF. Tumor/Muscle and Tumor/Kidney ratio of BRET and FI signals 1 h after POL-AF injection are shown. n = 6, *p < 0.05. Error bars indicate s.e.m. (c) Correlations between intratumoral HIF-activity (HRE-Fluc bioluminescence) and tumor-specific BRET signals (T/M ratio) 1 h after injection of POL-AF. Each color circle indicates one tumor. n = 17. The results of the same subcutaneous tumors were indicated by the same colored circles. (d) Correlation of spatial intensity distribution between POL-AF BRET and HRE-Fluc or CMV-Fluc bioluminescent images. n = 8. *p < 0.05.