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Adding a clearing agent to pretargeting does not lower the tumor accumulation of the effector as predictedClearing agents are often used in pretargeting despite the potential for decreased tumor accumulation of the effector. However, according to the authors' semiempirical model, a clearing agent should not necessarily decrease tumor accumulation. In this study, the authors have added a clearing step to their model-morpholino phosphorodiamidate oligomer (MORF)/complement MORF (cMORF) pretargeting system-to confirm this prediction. The CC49 antibody was conjugated with both biotin and an 18 mer MORF. The influence of avidin on antibody clearance was first evaluated in normal mice in which each animal received 30 mug of MORF-CC49-biotin, 0-70 mug of avidin 1 day later, and 1.2 mug of (9)(9)(m)Tc-cMORF 3 hours later, with sacrifice at 3 hours. Thereafter, a pretargeting study in mice bearing an LS174T tumor was performed at a 34 mug avidin dosage. In normal mice, the blood level of (9)(9)(m)Tc-cMORF fell by 60% at an avidin dosage of 10 mug or higher. In tumored mice, avidin produced a similar reduction in blood but had no influence on tumor level, which remained at 6.30% ID/g as predicted. In conclusion, in addition to the expected reduced effector levels in blood and normal tissues, a reduction in tumor accumulation was avoided when adding a clearing agent as predicted.
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Sensory neuron development in mouse coccygeal vertebrae and its relationship to tail biopsies for genotypingA common method of genotyping mice is via tissue obtained from tail biopsies. However, there is no available information on the temporal development of sensory neurons in the tail and how their presence or absence might affect the age for performing tail biopsies. The goals of this study were to determine if afferent sensory neurons, and in particular nociceptive neurons, are present in the coccygeal vertebrae at or near the time of birth and if not, when they first can be visualized on or in those vertebrae. Using toluidine blue neuronal staining, transmission electron microscopy, and calcitonin-related gene peptide immunostaining, we found proximal to distal maturation of coccygeal nerve growth in the C57BL/6J mouse. Single nerve bundles were first seen on postpartum day (PPD) 0. On PPD 3 presumptive nociceptive sensory nerve fibers were seen entering the vertebral perichondrium. Neural development continued through the last time point (PPD 7) but at no time were neural fibers seen entering the body of the vertebrae. The effect of age on the development of pain perception in the neonatal mouse is discussed.
