Hydroxypyridonate and hydroxypyrimidinone chelating agents
申请人:Raymond N. Kenneth
公开号:US20050008570A1
公开(公告)日:2005-01-13
The present invention provides hydroxypyridinone and hydroxypyrimidone chelating agents. Also provides are Gd(III) complexes of these agents, which are useful as contrast enhancing agents for magnetic resonance imaging. The invention also provides methods of preparing the compounds of the invention, as well as methods of using the compounds in magnetic resonance imaging applications.
The Effect of Ligand Scaffold Size on the Stability of Tripodal Hydroxypyridonate Gadolinium Complexes
作者:Brendon O'Sullivan、Dan M. J. Doble、Marlon K. Thompson、Carsten Siering、Jide Xu、Mauro Botta、Silvio Aime、Kenneth N. Raymond
DOI:10.1021/ic0261575
日期:2003.4.1
The variation of the size of the capping scaffold which connects the hydroxylpyridonate (HOPO) binding units in a series of tripodal chelators for gadolinium (Gd) complexes has been investigated. A new analogue of TREN-1-Me-3,2-HOPO (1) (TREN = tri(ethylamine)amine) was synthesized: TREN-Gly-1-Me-3,2-HOPO (2) features a glycine spacer between the TREN cap and HOPO binding unit. TRPN-1-Me-3,2-HOPO (3) has a propylene-bridged cap, as compared to the ethylene bridges within the TREN cap of the parent complex, Thermodynamic equilibrium constants for the acid-base properties of 2 and the Gd3+, complexation strength of 2 and 3 were measured and are compared with that of the parent ligand. The most basic ligand is 2 while 3 is the most acidic, Both 2 and 3 form Gd3+ complexes of similar stability (pGd = 16.7 and 15.6, respectively) and are less stable than the parent complex Gd-1 (pGd = 19.2). Two of the three complexes are more stable than the bis(methylamide)diethylenetriamine pentaacetate complex Gd(DTPA-BMA) (pGd = 157) while the other is of comparable stability. Enlargement of the ligand scaffold decreases the stability of the Gd3+ complexes and indicates that the TREN scaffold is superior to the TRPN and TREN-Gly scaffolds. The proton relaxivity of Gd-2 is 6.6 mM(-1) s(-1) (20 MHz, 25 degreesC, pH 7.3), somewhat lower than the parent Gd-1 but higher than that of the MRI contrast agents in clinical practice, The pH-independent relaxivity of Gd-2 is uncharacteristic of this family of complexes and is discussed.