Preparation of 4- and 6-[76Br] bromometaraminol, two potential radiotracers for the study of the myocardial norepinephrine neuronal reuptake system with PET
作者:Oliver Langer、Frédéric Dollé、Christian Loc'h、Christer Halldin、Françoise Vaufrey、Christine Coulon、Christian Crouzel、Kjell Någren、Bernard Mazière
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1099-1344(199710)39:10<803::aid-jlcr27>3.0.co;2-r
日期:1997.10
Metaraminol is a norepinephrine analogue which is transported with high affinity by the uptake-1 mechanism of the sympathetic nerve terminal. Radiolabelled metaraminol and analogues are promising radiotracers to assess the integrity of the myocardial nerve system. The bromo analogues, 4- and 6-bromometaraminol, were synthesized from commercially available metaraminol bitartrate. Structural assignments were made by PD-NMR experiments. 4- and 6-[Br-76]Bromometaraminol were prepared from N-Boc-metaraminol using [Br-76]NH4Br and peracetic acid as the brominating agent. The total radiochemical yield based on starting [Br-76]NH4Br was 17% and 38%, non decay-corrected, for derivative 4-[Br-76]bromometaraminol and 6-[Br-76]bromometaraminol, respectively, in a synthesis time of 3.5 hours including the preparation of [Br-76]NH4Br. The specific radioactivity obtained for both radiotracers was 130 mCi/mu mol (4.8 GBq/mu mol). Tissue distribution studies were performed in rats and revealed a low cardiac uptake for both derivatives. These preliminary results suggest that neither 4- nor 6-[Br-76]bromometaraminol are suitable radiotracers to study the myocardial norepinephrine neuronal reuptake system with Positron Emission Tomography.