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This paper describes the synthesis of α-aminoisobutyric acid-l-11C (11C-AIB) and studies its body distribution in healthy and tumor-bearing animals. High tissue levels of 11C-AIB were found in organs with high metabolic activity (pancreas, liver, kidney). The prostate tumor 11C-AIB concentrations are significantly lower than that of pancreas, liver, and kidney, but increased when compared with normal prostate levels. Effective chemotherapy, which reduces tumor growth of two different prostate adenocarcinoma cell lines (R-3327-H, R-3327-G) also decreases 11C-AIB levels and the 11C-AIB prostate to tumor ratio.
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Dunzendorfer, U., Schmall, B., Bigler, R.E. et al. Synthesis and body distribution of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid-L-11C in normal and prostate cancer-bearing rat after chemotherapy. Eur J Nucl Med 6, 535–538 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00255888
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