therapeutic target for new pharmacological interventions in the treatment of sleep and mood disorders; thus, imaging tools to further investigate its role in the brain are highly sought-after. We aimed to develop selective radiotracers for in vivo imaging of both MT1 and MT2 by positron emission tomography (PET). We identified four previously reported MT ligands with picomolar affinities to the target based
褪黑激素是一种神经激素,通过激活
褪黑激素受体 1 型和 2 型(
MT 1和
MT 2)来调节哺乳动物的多种生理功能。
褪黑激素能系统是治疗睡眠和情绪障碍的新药理学干预的新兴治疗靶点;因此,进一步研究其在大脑中作用的成像工具非常受欢迎。我们的目标是开发选择性放射性示踪剂,用于通过正电子发射断层扫描 (PET)对
MT 1和
MT 2进行体内成像。我们根据不同的支架鉴定了四种先前报道的对靶标具有皮摩尔亲和力的
MT 配体,这些支架也适用于碳 11 或
氟 18 的放射性标记。[11 C]UCM765、[ 11 C]UCM1014、[ 18 F]3-fluoroagomelatine ([ 18 F]3FAGM) 和 [ 18 F]fluoroacetamidoagomelatine ([ 18 F]FAAGM) 以高放射
化学纯度合成并在野外进行了评估型大鼠。所有四种示踪剂在大鼠中显示出中等至高的脑