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Published in final edited form as: Mol Imaging Biol. 2020 Aug;22(4):805–819. doi: 10.1007/s11307-019-01430-6

Table 3.

Biodistribution of F-18 labeled tryptophan derivative tracers in mice. The highest uptakes are indicated in bold in each row.

Tracer Uptake distribution
Kidneys Liver Pancreas Brain Bone Other
5-[18F]FEHTrp
Li, et al. 2010a (normal mice) high (4.67±0.59) high (5.92±0.69) N/A high (3.06±0.47) high (2.59±1.19) high in intestines, heart
Li, et al. 2010a (tumor-bearing mice) high (4.47±0.71) high (5.69±0.89) N/A high (2.97±0.76) high (2.14±1.36) high in intestines, heart
Krämer, et al. 2012b high (2.05±0.59) low (0.81±0.10) high (8.50±1.64) low (0.84±0.32) no uptake N/A
Abbas, et al. 2016c (wild-type mice) low (7.64±1.6) high (17.89±4.2) high (35.47±6.7) low (2.76±0.7) N/A high in heart, low in intestines
Abbas, et al. 2016c (Akita mice) low (11.36±5.4) low (4.32±1.9) high (43.81±24.7) low (3.50±1.6) N/A low in heart, intestines
4/6/7-[18F]FEHTrp
 Chiotellis, et al. 2014# N/A N/A N/A N/A faint for 6-[18]FEHTrp high in intestines
2-[18F]FPTrp
 Chiotellis, et al. 2013# high N/A N/A N/A faint uptake high in intestines
5-[18F]FPTrp
Chiotellis, et al. 2013# low N/A N/A N/A no uptake high in intestines
5-OH-2-[18F]FPTrp
 Chiotellis, et al. 2016d high (7.2±1.4) N/A N/A low (0.96±0.09) high 1.4±0.13 N/A
5-OH-2-[18F]FETrp
 Chiotellis, et al. 2016d high (12.1±2.2) N/A N/A low (0.94±0.07) high 2.0±0.5 N/A
[18F]FPOTrp
He, et al. 2013e high (3.17±1.45) high (3.91±0.87) high (4.66±1.33) low (1.16±0.38) low (1.33±0.22) high in intestines
Shih, et al. 2014# high N/A N/A low N/A high in heart
5[18F]FTrp
Tang, et al. 2017f# low low low low high for L isomer high in intestines
4/5/6/7-[18F]FTrp
Zlatopolskiy, et al. 2018g N/A N/A N/A low (76.5±9.8) low for 7-[18F]FTrp, high in 4/5/6-[18F]FTrp N/A
5[18F]F-AMT
Giglio, et al. 2017# high at 30 min p.i. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1-[18F]FETrp
Xin, et al. 2017h# high high high low no uptake high in heart
Michelhaugh, et al. 2017i# low low high low no uptake N/A
Xin, etal. 2019j# high (3.48±0.45) high (2.41±0.07) high (16.7±0.80) low (1.19±0.01) low (1.03±0.33) low in lungs
a:

in vivo %ID/g at 15 min p.i. (highest values);

b:

ex vivo SUV at 70 min p.i.;

c:

ex vivo %ID/g at 90 min p.i.;

d:

organ/muscle SUV ratios at 60-75 minp.i.;

e:

in vivo %ID/g at 30 min p.i. (highest values in normal mice);

f:

based on %ID/g at 45 min p.i. data;

g:

in vivo %ID at 120 min p.i.;

h:

based on %ID/g at 120 min p.i. data;

i:

based on SUVs/TAC btw 30-60 min p.i. data

j:

ex vivo %ID/g at 240 min p.i.

#:

uptake based on the text or figures/graphs presented in the paper (no exact values were shown in the article).

Abbreviations: [18F]FEHTrp: (2-[18F]fluoroethoxy)-tryptophan; [18F]FPTrp: (3-[18F]fhioropropyl)-tryptophan; [18F]FETrp: (2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-tryptophan; [18F]FPOTrp: (3-[18F]fluoropropyloxy)-tryptophan; [18F]FTrp: [18F]fluorotryptophan; [18F]F-AMT: [18F]fluoro-α-methyl-tryptophan; N/A: not available; %ID/g: percent injected dose/gram; p.i.: post injection; SUV: standard uptake value; TAC: time activity curve.