YANG Min1, 2 WANG Guangji1 XIANG Jingde2 XU Yuping2 WANG Songpei2 LI Xiaomin2 PAN Shangren2 XU Xijie2 YE Wencai3 1. Preparation of 3H-23-hydroxylbetulinic acid and in vivo evaluations in mice[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2005, (12): 929-933.
YANG Min1, 2 WANG Guangji1 XIANG Jingde2 XU Yuping2 WANG Songpei2 LI Xiaomin2 PAN Shangren2 XU Xijie2 YE Wencai3 1. Preparation of 3H-23-hydroxylbetulinic acid and in vivo evaluations in mice[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2005, (12): 929-933.DOI:
The purpose of this work is to study the preparation and pharmacokinetics in mice of tritium-labeled 23-hydroxylbetulinic acid (3H-23-HBA). 3H-23-HBA was synthesized by oxidation with manganese and deoxidization with tritium-labelled sodium borohydride. The purity and stability of 3H-23-HBA were evaluated by HPLC and TLC
and the dynamic distribution in ICR mice and liver cancer HepA tumor-bearing mice were studied. The results showed that the radiochemical purity was over 95% and the specific radioactivity was 3.33×105 Bq/μg (23-HBA); 3H-23-HBA in tetrahydrofuran was stable at –20℃; 3H-23-HBA cleared slowly in blood (MRT=32.68 h) and about 60% of the total radioactivity in plasma was contributed by 23-HBA; and 3H-23-HBA was concentrated in gallbladder
liver and small intestine. In tumor-bearing mice
the uptakes of lung and gallbladder were higher than the normal mice
especially in the gallbladder. At 8 h post intravenous injection
the uptake of gallbladder was still as high as 106.89%±47.4%ID/g organ. The tumor-to-muscle ratio was about 2. The purity of 3H-23-HBA is high and 3H-23-HBA is stable. So 3H-23-HBA appears to be fit for the pharmacokinetic study of 23-HBA.