Changes in the distribution of
14C-labelled INH in mouse body with the lapse of time was studied by combining the macroautoradiography (ARG) of whole body section of frozen mice and measuring radioactivity with the film scintillation counter. Mice were injected subcutaneously 20μCi of
14C-INH (carbonyl
14C, specific radioactivity 9.6mCi/mM), and at 1, 6 and 24 hours after injection each one mouse was killed and rapidly frozen in aceton-dry ice (-78°C). Then, the whole body of each mouse was sectioned in the thickness of about 20μm by Leitz 1300microtome in cryostat at the temperature of -20°C.
ARG of the whole body section was ca r ried out by the contact method using Sakura industrial X-ray film. After four weeks exposure X-ray film was developped and fixed. Distribution of
14C in the various organs was compared by the density of film.
As seen in photo.1, at one hour
14C-INH was distributed in the whole body including the subcutaneous tissue, muscles and markedly in the intestines, stomach, liver and brain.
After one hour
14C-INH was discharged so rapidly that at 6 hours
14C was ha r dly proved in the subcutaneous tissue and muscles but remained in the lung, liver, stomach, brain and kidney, and it was also transmitted to urine bladder. It is thought that
14C disappears from the circulating blood at six hours, as it cannot be found already in the heart.
At twenty-four hours significant photodensity was seen only in the liver, and its density was similar to that at six hours. The radioactive substance in the liver at 24 hours is not probably INH itself, but some labelled metabolites of INH retained in the liver.
Radioactivities of the whole body section and of each organ per 1 cm
14 by film scintillation counter are shown in Fig.1, and the disintegrated rate calibrated from the count rate coincides well with that of ARG.
By combining the both methods, the more reliable informations on the distribution of labelled chemicals are obtained.
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