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Table 1 Post-PET biodistribution results from wild type (WT) and tau knockout (KO) mice (n = 6/group) with % injected dose (ID)/mg of tissue ± standard deviation (SD) after IV injection of [11C]MPC-6827 (3.7 ± 0.05 MBq); **p = 0.004 for brain uptake

From: Preliminary mechanistic insights of a brain-penetrant microtubule imaging PET ligand in a tau-knockout mouse model

Organ

WT (%ID/mg ± SD)

Tau KO (%ID/mg ± SD)

Blood

0.615 ± 0.12

0.56 ± 0.05

Brain

1.03 ± 0.31

1.76 ± 0.29

Heart

0.56 ± 0.07

0.74 ± 0.03

Lung

0.77 ± 0.11

1.08 ± 0.09

Liver

3.12 ± 0.89

3.76 ± 0.77

Spleen

0.82 ± 0.21

0.68 ± 0.04

Kidneys

8.22 ± 1.4

8.51 ± 1.12

Pancreas

0.44 ± 0.01

0.32 ± 0.02

Muscle

0.14 ± 0.01

0.11 ± 0.01