Syntheses, Biological Evaluation, and Molecular Modeling of <sup>18</sup>F-Labeled 4-Anilidopiperidines as μ-Opioid Receptor Imaging Agents
作者:Gjermund Henriksen、Stefan Platzer、János Marton、Andrea Hauser、Achim Berthele、Markus Schwaiger、Luciana Marinelli、Antonio Lavecchia、Ettore Novellino、Hans-Jürgen Wester
DOI:10.1021/jm0507274
日期:2005.12.1
The synthesis, evaluation, and molecular modeling of a series of F-18-labeled 4-anilidopiperidines with high affinities for they-opioid receptor (mu-OR) are reported. On the basis of the high brain uptake and selective retention in brain regions that contain a high concentration of they-OR, combined with a good metabolic stability, [F-18]fluoro-pentyl carfentanil ([F-18]4) and 2-(+/-)[F-18]-fluoropropyl-sufentanil ([F-18]6) were selected as the lead compounds for further evaluation. The binding affinity to the human mu-OR was 0.74 and 0.13 nM for [F-18]4 and [F-18]6, respectively. In vitro autoradiography of [F-18]4 and [F-18]6 on rat brain sections produced patterns in accordance with the known distribution of mu-OR expression. Structure-activity relationships of the fluorinated compounds are discussed with respect to the interaction with an activated-state model of the mu-OR. Taken together, the in vivo and in vitro data indicate that [F-18]4 and [F-18]6 hold promise for studying they-opioid receptor in humans by means of positron emission tomography.