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  • Title: Distribution of the toxin following medial rectus muscular injection of botulinum toxin gel in rabbits.
    Author: Chen J, Mai G, Yu X, Yu H, Wu H, Lin X, Deng D, Kang Y.
    Journal: Yan Ke Xue Bao; 2005 Mar; 21(1):52-5. PubMed ID: 17162917.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To determine the distribution of the toxin among individual muscles after intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin gel. METHODS: One eye of 7 New Zealand white rabbits was randomized into group A, and the contralateral eye was into group B. Eyes in group A received medial rectus intramuscular injection of 2.5 IU of 125I-BTX-A gel in 0.1 ml, and those in group B received equivalent amount of 125I-BTX-A solution by medial rectus intramuscular injection. Four rectus muscles and the levator palpebrae superioris were harvested and the radioactivity of muscles was measured 16 hours after the injection. RESULTS: In group A, the radioactivity of per gram medial rectus was significantly higher than that of other muscles (P < 0.01), and there was no statistically significant difference in the radioactivity of per gram muscles among other muscles (P > 0.05). In group B, the radioactivity of per gram medial rectus and levator palpebrae superioris was significantly higher than that of other muscles respectively(P < 0.05), and the difference in the radioactivity of per gram muscles between medial rectus and levator palpebrae superioris was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). The radioactivity of per gram medial rectus in group A was higher than that in group B (t=3.731, P-0.01), and there was no significant difference in the radioactivity of per gram muscles among other homonymous muscles (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: The toxin dispersed principally in the injected muscle and the local concentration of the toxin was much high following intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin gel.
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