ABSTRACT
Objective To assess the applicative value of near infrared fluorescence compound PZ -1009 in tumor imaging .Methods Near infrared fluorescence imaging properties of the compound was evaluated in a mouse model of ovarian cancer .The athymic nude mice were inoculated with SKOV -3 ovarian cancer cells and imaged in vivo and ex vivo after injecting PZ -1009 and were performed periodically .Results The tumor loca-tion was clearly imaged after 1 h of injection.The maximum fluorescence intensity was at 6 h time point and there was still a few fluorescent signal in tumors after 48hrs.A professional software was used to measure the intensity including all tumors and normal regions .The results showed that the intensity of tumors was higher than all normal regions in any time points .Conclusion The compound of PZ -1009 can efficiently target tumor sites and has great potential in noninvasive real time early tumor diagnosis .