[18F]FDDNP has been recently described as a potent tracer to image amyloid plaques in vivo by positron emission tomography. Such a tool will be advisable to diagnose patient with mild cognitive impairment, to follow the disease progression and to evaluate new therapies. To make this radiopharmacetical affordable for the clinicians, we developed an automated method for [18F]FDDNP radiosynthesis using a commercial [18F]FDG unit. Radiolabeling with fluorine-18 was carried out by a [18F]fluoro-detosylation reaction on the precursor 2-(1-6-[(2-tosyloxyoethyl)(methyl)amino]-2-naphthyl}ethylidene)malononitrile. The reaction was performed in acetonitrile for 15 min at 90°C, and then the reaction mixture was injected into a semi-preparative high-pressure liquid chromatography. The desire [18F]FDDNP fraction was collected, and an SPE was performed. The [18F]FDDNP was formulated in a sodium chloride/ethanol solution followed by a sterile filtration. Stability of [18F]FDDNP was studied after 4 h and radiochemical purity of [18F]FDDNP remained >98%. The overall decay-corrected radiochemical yield was 15±3% (n=8). Radiochemical purity was >98% and the specific activity was 164±25 GBq/µmol at EOS. Pharmaceutical controls, bioburden, sterility, bacterial endotoxin and residual solvent tests were performed. The results were in accordance with the European Pharmacopoeia and demonstrated our ability to produce [18F]FDDNP with a pharmaceutical grade and a high reproducibility. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
[18F]FDDNP最近被描述为一种通过正电子发射断层扫描在体内成像淀粉样蛋白斑块的强效示踪剂。这种工具可用于诊断轻度认知障碍患者、跟踪疾病进展和评估新疗法。为了使临床医生能够负担得起这种放射性药物,我们开发了一种使用商用[18F]FDG装置进行[18F]FDDNP放射合成的自动化方法。通过在2-(1-6-[(2-
甲苯磺酰氧乙基)(甲基)
氨基]-2-
萘基}亚乙基)
丙二腈前体上进行[18F]
氟脱
甲烷化反应,进行
氟-18的放射性标记。在90°C下在
乙腈中反应15分钟,然后将反应混合物注入半制备型高压
液相色谱仪。收集所需的[18F]FDDNP部分,并进行
SPE。将[18F]FDDNP配制成
氯化钠/
乙醇溶液,然后进行无菌过滤。在4小时后研究了[18F]FDDNP的稳定性,[18F]FDDNP的放射
化学纯度仍大于98%。总衰变校正后的放射
化学产率为15±3%(n=8)。放射
化学纯度大于98%,EOS时的比活度为164±25 GBq/µmol。进行了药物