PET Tracing of Biodistribution for Orally Administered 64Cu-Labeled Polystyrene in Mice. 2022

Changkeun Im, and Hyeongi Kim, and Javeria Zaheer, and Jung Young Kim, and Yong-Jin Lee, and Choong Mo Kang, and Jin Su Kim
Division of Applied RI, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, Korea; and.

Plastics are used commonly in the world because of their convenience and cost effectiveness. Microplastics, an environmental threat and human health risk, are widely detected in food and consequently ingested. However, degraded plastics are found everywhere, creating an environmental threat and human health risk. Therefore, real-time monitoring of orally administered microplastics to trace them in the body is tremendously important. Methods: In this study, to visualize their absorption path, we labeled polystyrene with [64Cu]Cu-DOTA. We prepared radiolabeled polystyrene with 64Cu. Afterward, [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-polystyrene was orally administered to mice, and we evaluated its transit and absorption using PET imaging. The absorption path and distribution of [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-polystyrene were determined using PET over 48 h. Ex vivo tissue radio-thin-layer chromatography (TLC) was used to demonstrate the existence of [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-polystyrene in tissue. Results: PET images demonstrated that [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-polystyrene began to transit to the intestine within 1 h. Accumulation of [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-polystyrene in the liver was also observed. The biodistribution of [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-polystyrene confirmed the distribution of [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-polystyrene observed on the PET images. Ex vivo radio-TLC demonstrated that the detected γ-rays originated from [64Cu]Cu-DOTA-polystyrene. Conclusion: This study provided PET evidence of the existence and accumulation of microplastics in tissue and cross-confirmed the PET findings by ex vivo radio-TLC. This information may be used as the basis for future studies on the toxicity of microplastics.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010969 Plastics Polymeric materials (usually organic) of large molecular weight which can be shaped by flow. Plastic usually refers to the final product with fillers, plasticizers, pigments, and stabilizers included (versus the resin, the homogeneous polymeric starting material). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Plastic
D011137 Polystyrenes Polymerized forms of styrene used as a biocompatible material, especially in dentistry. They are thermoplastic and are used as insulators, for injection molding and casting, as sheets, plates, rods, rigid forms and beads. Polystyrol,Polystyrene,Polystyrols
D003301 Copper Radioisotopes Unstable isotopes of copper that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Cu atoms with atomic weights 58-62, 64, and 66-68 are radioactive copper isotopes. Radioisotopes, Copper
D000080545 Microplastics Plastic particles, less than 5 millimeters in diameter, that are generated from the degradation of larger pieces or are manufactured to be microstructures or smaller. Mesoplastics,Plastic Microparticles,Plastic Nanoparticles,Mesoplastic,Microparticle, Plastic,Microparticles, Plastic,Microplastic,Nanoparticle, Plastic,Nanoparticles, Plastic,Plastic Microparticle,Plastic Nanoparticle
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014018 Tissue Distribution Accumulation of a drug or chemical substance in various organs (including those not relevant to its pharmacologic or therapeutic action). This distribution depends on the blood flow or perfusion rate of the organ, the ability of the drug to penetrate organ membranes, tissue specificity, protein binding. The distribution is usually expressed as tissue to plasma ratios. Distribution, Tissue,Distributions, Tissue,Tissue Distributions
D045744 Cell Line, Tumor A cell line derived from cultured tumor cells. Tumor Cell Line,Cell Lines, Tumor,Line, Tumor Cell,Lines, Tumor Cell,Tumor Cell Lines
D049268 Positron-Emission Tomography An imaging technique using compounds labelled with short-lived positron-emitting radionuclides (such as carbon-11, nitrogen-13, oxygen-15 and fluorine-18) to measure cell metabolism. It has been useful in study of soft tissues such as CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and brain. SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY is closely related to positron emission tomography, but uses isotopes with longer half-lives and resolution is lower. PET Imaging,PET Scan,Positron-Emission Tomography Imaging,Tomography, Positron-Emission,Imaging, PET,Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography,PET Imagings,PET Scans,Positron Emission Tomography,Positron Emission Tomography Imaging,Positron-Emission Tomography Imagings,Scan, PET,Tomography Imaging, Positron-Emission,Tomography, Positron Emission
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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