CONTRAST AGENTS FOR APPLICATIONS INCLUDING PERFUSION IMAGING
申请人:Robinson Simon P.
公开号:US20110091374A1
公开(公告)日:2011-04-21
The present invention is directed, in part, to compounds and methods for imaging the central nervous system or cancer, comprising administering to a subject a contrast agent which comprises a compound that binds MC-I, and an imaging moiety, and scanning the subject using diagnostic imaging.
A series of fluorinated pyridazinone derivatives with IC50 values ranging from 8 to 4000 nM for the mitochondrial complex 1 (MC1) have been prepared. Structure-activityrelationship (SAR) assessment indicated preference of the fluorine label to be incorporated on an alkyl side chain rather than directly on the pyridazinone moiety. Tissue distribution studies of a series of analogues ([18F] 22-28) in