The present invention discloses that imaging agents which comprise a specific type of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors (MMPi's) of the sulphonamide hydroxamate class labelled with an imaging moiety, are useful diagnostic imaging agents for in vivo imaging and diagnosis of the mammalian body.
Diagnostic imaging agents with mmp inhibitory activity
申请人:Storey Anthony
公开号:US20070071670A1
公开(公告)日:2007-03-29
The present invention relates to the field of diagnostic imaging. Specifically, the invention relates to the diagnostic imaging of diseases where specific matrix metalloproteinases are known to be involved. One embodiment of the invention is a compound having matrix metalloproteinase inhibitory activity suitable for diagnostic imaging. Also disclosed in the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the diagnostic imaging agent of the invention in a form suitable for mammalian administration. The invention furthermore discloses intermediates in the synthesis of the diagnostic imaging agents of the invention and kits for the preparation of the pharmaceutical composition of the invention. The pharmaceutical composition of the invention may be used in the diagnosis of diseases where specific matrix metalloproteinases are known to be involved.
The present invention relates to improved chelator conjugates with biological targeting molecules, suitable for forming metal complexes with radiometals. The radiometal complexes, especially with the radiometal
99m
Tc, are useful as radiopharmaceuticals.