Deuterated 18 F-9-O-hexadeutero-3-fluoropropoxyl-(+)-dihydrotetrabenazine (D6-FP-(+)-DTBZ): A vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) imaging agent
作者:Futao Liu、Seok Rye Choi、Zhihao Zha、Karl Ploessl、Lin Zhu、Hank F. Kung
DOI:10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2017.11.009
日期:2018.2
Introduction: Vesicular monoamine transporters 2 (VMAT2) in the brain serve as transporter for packaging monoamine in vesicles for normal CNS neurotransmission. Several VMAT2 imaging agents, [C-11]-(+)-DTBZ, dihydrotetrabenazine and [F-18]FP-(+)-DTBZ (9-0-fluoropropyl-(+)-dihydro tetrabenazine, a.k.a. [F-18]AV133), are useful for studying the changes in brain function related to monoamine transmission by in vivo imaging. Deuterated analogs have been reported targeting VMAT2 binding sites.Methods: A novel deuterated [F-18]9-0-hexaduterofluoropropyl-(+)-dihydrotetrabenazine,[18F]D6-FP-(+)DTBZ, [18F]1, was prepared as a VMAT2 imaging agent. This F-18 agent which targeted VMAT2 was evaluated by in vitro binding, in vivo biodistribution and microPET imaging studies in rodents.Results: The one step radiolabeling reaction led to the desired [F-18]D6-FP-(+)-DTBZ, [F-18]1, which showed excellent binding affinity to VMAT2 (Ki = 0.32 +/- 0.07 nM) comparable to that of FP-(+)-DTBZ (Ki = 033 +/- 0.02 nM) using [F-18]FP-(+)-DTBZ and rat striatum membrane homogenates. In vivo biodistribution in normal rats showed that 1, exhibited excellent brain uptake and comparable high ratio of striatum to cerebellum (target/background) ratio at 1 h after injection (ratio of 6.05 +/- 0.43 vs 5.66 +/- 0.72 for [18F]FP-(+)-DTBZ vs [F-18]1, respectively). MicroPET imaging studies in rats further confirm that the striatum with high VMAT2 concentration was clearly delineated in normal rat brain after iv injection of [F-18]1. We observed minor changes of metabolism in rat plasma between these two agents; however, the changes showed little effect on regional brain uptake and retention.Conclusions: The results reported here lend support for using [F-18]D6-FP-(+)-DTBZ, [F-18]1, as in vivo PET imaging agent for VMAT2 binding in the brain. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.