[11C]PR04.MZ, a promising DAT ligand for low concentration imaging: Synthesis, efficient 11C-O-methylation and initial small animal PET studies
摘要:
PR04.MZ was designed as a highly selective dopamine transporter inhibitor, derived from natural cocaine. Its binding pro. le indicates that [C-11]PR04.MZ may be suited as a PET radiolig and for the non-invasive exploration of striatal and extrastriatal DAT populations. As a key feature, its structural design facilitates both, labelling with fluorine-18 at its terminally fluorinated butynyl moiety and carbon-11 at its methyl ester function. The present report concerns the efficient [C-11]MeI mediated synthesis of [C-11]PR04. MZ from an O-desmethyl precursor trifluoroacetic acid salt with Rb2CO3 in DMF in up to 95 +/- 5% labelling yield. A preliminary mu PET-experiment demonstrates the reversible, highly specific binding of [C-11]PR04. MZ in the brain of a male Sprague-Dawley rat. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.