摘要

A triphenylphosphonium cation, [Tc-99m] Technetium cyclopentadienyltricarbonyl-6-hexanoyl-triphenylphosphonium cation ([Tc-99m] 3) was prepared to target multidrug resistance (MDR). The radiotracer was evaluated in the MDR-negative MCF-7 and MDR-positive MCF-7/ADR cell lines in vitro, as well as animal models in vivo. [Tc-99m] 3 was proofed to be a substrate of P-glycoprotein and multidrug resistant protein 1, and showed a higher accumulation in the MDR-negative MCF-7 cells compared to 99mTc-sestamibi in vitro. The MCF-7 tumor-to-MCF-7/ADR tumor ratio of [Tc-99m] 3 was similar to 3 at 1 h p. i. in the biodistribution study. These results demonstrated the capability of the radiotracer to detect multidrug resistance in tumor cells.