title: Biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of S-35-labeled 5-thio-D-glucose in hamsters bearing pancreatic tumors.
abstract: 5-thio-D-glucose (5-TDG) exerts profound effects on rapidly metabolizing tissues. We have used liquid scintillation counting to study the tissue distribution and pharmacokinetics of S-35-labeled 5-TDG in hamster models of pancreatic tumors. In the normal hamster, initial uptake of S-35 activity into kidney, liver, and blood was high, but rapidly decreased with time. The pancreatic uptake (% dose/g) never exceeded 0.75%. This level occurred only at the earliest times after administration. Uptake in all three tumor models exceeded that in pancreatic tissue within 15 min of injection. The highest tumor-to-pancreas ratio was seen in the duct-tumor model, which also exhibited the most favorable tumor-to-tissue ratio when compared with kidney, liver and muscle. Favorable ratios were most pronounced at 6 and 24 hr after injection. These studies provide impetus for the use of 5-TDG as a model compound for the synthesis of potentially useful agents for clinical detection of pancreatic tumors.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism; D007516:Adenoma, Islet Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D005947:Glucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; C003002:5-thio-D-glucose; D005947:Glucose