[2-<sup>11</sup>C]Isopropyl-, [1-<sup>11</sup>C]Ethyl-, and [<sup>11</sup>C]Methyl-Labeled Phenoxyphenyl Acetamide Derivatives as Positron Emission Tomography Ligands for the Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor: Radiosynthesis, Uptake, and in Vivo Binding in Brain
作者:Ming-Rong Zhang、Masanao Ogawa、Jun Maeda、Takehito Ito、Junko Noguchi、Katsushi Kumata、Takashi Okauchi、Tetsuya Suhara、Kazutoshi Suzuki
DOI:10.1021/jm060006k
日期:2006.5.1
The peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) is widely expressed in peripheral tissues, blood cells, and in glia cells in the brain. We have previously developed two positron emission tomography ( PET) ligands, N-(2-[C-11],5-dimethoxybenzyl)-N-(5-fluoro-2-phenoxyphenyl) acetamide ([C-11]2) and its [F-18] fluoroethyl analogue ([ 18F] 6), for the current investigation of PBR in the human brain. The aim of this study was to label the potent PBR agonist N-(4-chloro-2-phenoxyphenyl)-N-(isopropoxybenzyl) acetamide (3) and its ethyl (7) and methyl (8) homologues with C-11 and to evaluate them as PET ligands for PBR with mice, rats, and monkeys. Ligands [C-11]3, [C-11]7, and [C-11]8 were synthesized by alkylation of phenol precursor 9 with 2-[2-C-11] iodopropane ([C-11]10), [1-C-11] iodoethane ([C-11]11), and [C-11] iodomethane ([ 11C]12), respectively. The alkylating agent [C-11]10 or [C-11]11 was prepared by reacting CH3MgBr with [C-11] CO2, followed by reduction with LiAlH4 and iodination with HI. In vitro quantitative autoradiography determined that 3, 7, and 8 had potent binding affinities (K-i = 0.07-0.19 nM) for PBR in the rat brain. These [C-11] ligands could pass across the blood-brain barrier and enter the rat brain (0.17-0.32% of injected dose per gram wet tissue). Ex vivo autoradiography showed that the [C-11] ligands preferably distributed in the olfactory bulb and cerebellum, two regions with richer PBR density in the rat brain. The co-injection of PBR-selective 2 reduced the [C-11] ligand binding in the two regions, suggesting that binding in the rat brain was specific to PBR. PET study determined that the [C-11] ligands preferably accumulate in the occipital cortex of the monkey brain, a region with a high density of PBR in the primate brain. Moreover, in vivo binding of the methyl homologue [C-11]8 in the monkey brain could be inhibited by PBR-selective 2 or 1, indicating that some of the [C-11]8 binding was due to PBR. Metabolite analysis demonstrated that these [C-11] ligands were metabolized by debenzylation to polar products mainly in the plasma.