Synthesis and evaluation of 6-[1-(2-[18F]fluoro-3-pyridyl)-5-methyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl]quinoline for positron emission tomography imaging of the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1 in brain
作者:Masayuki Fujinaga、Tomoteru Yamasaki、Kazunori Kawamura、Katsushi Kumata、Akiko Hatori、Joji Yui、Kazuhiko Yanamoto、Yuichiro Yoshida、Masanao Ogawa、Nobuki Nengaki、Jun Maeda、Toshimitsu Fukumura、Ming-Rong Zhang
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.11.048
日期:2011.1
The purpose of this study was to synthesize 6-[1-(2-[F-18]fluoro-3-pyridyl)-5-methyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl]quinoline ([F-18]FPTQ, [F-18]7a) and to evaluate its potential as a positron emission tomography ligand for imaging metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1 (mGluR1) in the rat brain. Compound [F-18]7a was synthesized by [F-18] fluorination of 6-[1-(2-bromo-3-pyridyl)-5-methyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl] quinoline (7b) with potassium [F-18] fluoride. At the end of synthesis, 1280-1830 MBq (n = 8) of [F-18]7a was obtained with >98% radiochemical purity and 118-237 GBq/mu mol specific activity using 3300-4000 MBq of [F-18]F . In vitro autoradiography showed that [F-18]7a had high specific binding with mGluR1 in the rat brain. Biodistribution study using a dissection method and small-animal PET showed that [F-18]7a had high uptake in the rat brain. The uptake of radioactivity in the cerebellum was reduced by unlabeled 7a and mGluR1-selective ligand JNJ-16259685 (2), indicating that [F-18]7a had in vivo specific binding with mGluR1. Because of a low amount of radiolabeled metabolite present in the brain, [F-18]7a may have a limiting potential for the in vivo imaging of mGluR1 by PET. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.