Synthesis, Radiofluorination, and in Vivo Evaluation of Novel Fluorinated and Iodinated Radiotracers for PET Imaging and Targeted Radionuclide Therapy of Melanoma
摘要:
Our project deals with a multimodal approach using a single fluorinated and iodinated melanin-targeting structure and offering both imaging (positron emission tomography (PET)/fluorine-18) and treatment (targeted radionuclide therapy/iodine-131) of melanoma. Six 6-iodoquinoxaline-2-carboxamide derivatives with various side chains bearing fluorine were synthesized and radiofluorinated, and their in vivo biodistribution was studied by PET imaging in B16B16 primary melanoma-bearing mice. Among this series, [F-18]8 emerged as the most promising compound. [18F]8 was obtained by a fully automated radiosynthesis process within 57 min with an overall radiochemical yield of 21%, decay-corrected. PET imaging of [18F]8 demonstrated very encouraging results as early as 1 h postinjection with high tumor uptake (14.33% +/- 2.11% ID/g), high contrast (11.04 +/- 2.87 tumor-to-muscle ratio), and favorable clearance properties. These results, associated with the previously reported pharmacokinetic properties and dosimetry of 8, make it a potential agent for both PET imaging and targeted radionuclide therapy of melanoma.
Synthesis, Radiofluorination, and in Vivo Evaluation of Novel Fluorinated and Iodinated Radiotracers for PET Imaging and Targeted Radionuclide Therapy of Melanoma
摘要:
Our project deals with a multimodal approach using a single fluorinated and iodinated melanin-targeting structure and offering both imaging (positron emission tomography (PET)/fluorine-18) and treatment (targeted radionuclide therapy/iodine-131) of melanoma. Six 6-iodoquinoxaline-2-carboxamide derivatives with various side chains bearing fluorine were synthesized and radiofluorinated, and their in vivo biodistribution was studied by PET imaging in B16B16 primary melanoma-bearing mice. Among this series, [F-18]8 emerged as the most promising compound. [18F]8 was obtained by a fully automated radiosynthesis process within 57 min with an overall radiochemical yield of 21%, decay-corrected. PET imaging of [18F]8 demonstrated very encouraging results as early as 1 h postinjection with high tumor uptake (14.33% +/- 2.11% ID/g), high contrast (11.04 +/- 2.87 tumor-to-muscle ratio), and favorable clearance properties. These results, associated with the previously reported pharmacokinetic properties and dosimetry of 8, make it a potential agent for both PET imaging and targeted radionuclide therapy of melanoma.