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This decrease in radiotracer flow velocity was not seen when 99mTc-pertechnetate was administered into the spleen during trans-splenic portal scintigraphy or injected intravenously in radionuclide angiocardiography. We hypothesized that 99mTc-pertechnetate, an artificial compound, is recognized during colorectal absorption as a potentially hazardous chemical (PHC), with its hepatic and pulmonary slowdown aiding elimination. A similar sudden decrease in portal flow occurs during early metastasis of colorectal cancer (CRC), as shown by a pathological rise in the hepatic perfusion index. We aimed to study the hepatic and pulmonary vasoactive responses triggered by PHCs after they pass through the gut mucosa and evaluate the potential activation of this mechanism in early CRC metastasis. Methods: We measured transit times to determine whether hepatic and pulmonary vasoconstriction occur in response to radiotracers administered at different sites. We performed PRPS with in vivo 99mTc-labelled RBC to evaluate the liver transit time (LTT) and right heart to liver circulation time (RHLT). Liver angioscintigraphy (LAS) was used to assess RHLT following the intravenous injection of 99mTc-pertechnetate and 99mTc-HDP (hydroxyethylene-diphosphate). Lower rectum transmucosal dynamic scintigraphy (LR-TMDS) was conducted to measure RHLT of 99mTc-pertechnetate delivered into the lower rectum submucosa. LAS was performed to assess LTT for 99mTc-HDP intravenously injected and delivered to the gut mucosa via arterial flow. Results: In healthy volunteers, PRPS showed notably increased LTT, ranging from 23.5 to 25.5 s, and RHLT (between 39.5 and 42.5 s) for in vivo 99mTc-labelled RBC. Significantly lower RHLT values ranging from 9 to 13.5 were observed for 99mTc-pertechnetate and 99mTc-HDP administered intravenously during LAS, as well as for 99mTc-pertechnetate at LR\u2013TMDS (between 12 and 15 s). The LTT assessed at LAS for 99mTc-HDP ranged from 22 to 27 s. Conclusions: An intense vasoconstriction occurs in the liver and lungs in response to substances recognized by the body as PHCs when they pass through the gut mucosa, aiding their elimination.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics15192444","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,25]],"date-time":"2025-09-25T08:56:44Z","timestamp":1758790604000},"page":"2444","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Hepatic and Pulmonary Vasoactive Response Triggered by Potentially Hazardous Chemicals After Passing Through the Gut Mucosa"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Mircea","family":"Dragoteanu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, \u201cProfessor Dr. Octavian Fodor\u201d Regional Institute for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"\u0218tefan","family":"Tolea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI 49307, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ioana","family":"Duca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, REHA Zentrum, 5020 Salzburg, Austria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5398-3210","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Raluca","family":"Mititelu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuclear Medicine Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, 050474 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Central Military Hospital \u201cCarol Davila\u201d, 010825 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5194-746X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kalevi","family":"Kairemo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Theranostics, Docrates Cancer Center, 00180 Helsinki, Finland"},{"name":"Department of Nuclear Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, Houston, TX 77030, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3841","DOI":"10.3748\/wjg.14.3841","article-title":"Staging of portal hypertension and portosystemic shunts using dynamic nuclear medicine investigations","volume":"14","author":"Dragoteanu","year":"2008","journal-title":"World J. 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