Fluorine-18 labelling of PNAs functionalized at their pseudo-peptidic backbone for imaging studies with PET
作者:B. Kuhnast、F. Hinnen、R. Hamzavi、R. Boisgard、B. Tavitian、P. E. Nielsen、F. Dollé
DOI:10.1002/jlcr.895
日期:2005.1
Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) form a unique class of synthetic macromolecules, originally designed as ligands for the recognition of double-stranded DNA, where the deoxyribose phosphate backbone of original DNA is replaced by a pseudo-peptide N-(2-aminoethyl)glycyl backbone, while retaining the nucleobases of DNA. We have previously developed an original method to label oligonucleotide-based macromolecules with the short-lived positron-emitter fluorine-18 (t1/2: 109.8 min) using the N-(4-[18F]fluorobenzyl)-2-bromoacetamide reagent. Using this method, we herein report the fluorine-18-labelling of 13 decameric PNAs (OLP_1-13), of the same sequence (CTCATACTCT), but presenting selected modification of the pseudo-peptidic backbone at two or three of the thymine residues (positions 2, 5 and 8). Structural characteristics of these backbone modifications include either an amino acid side chain (L-Lys, L-Glu, L-Leu and L-Arg) or a glycosyl moiety (mannose, galactose, fucose, N-Ac-galactosamine and N-Ac-glucosamine) attached via an appropriate spacer. N-(4-[18F]fluorobenzyl)-2-bromoacetamide was synthesized in three radiochemical steps from 4-cyano-N,N,N-trimethylanilinium trifluoromethanesulfonate and HPLC-purified in 85–90 min (typical production: 3.7–4.8 GBq starting from a batch of 29.6–31.4 GBq of [18F]fluoride). Conjugation of the fluorine-18-labelled bromoacetamide reagent with the PNAs was performed in a mixture of acetonitrile and HEPES buffer (0.1 M, pH 7.9) for 10 min at 60°C and gave the corresponding pure labelled conjugated PNAs ([18F]c-OLP_1-13) after RP-HPLC purification. The whole synthetic procedure, including the preparation of the fluorine-18-labelled reagent, provides up to 0.9 GBq (25 mCi) of HPLC-purified [18F]c-OLP_1-13 in 160 min with a specific radioactivity of 45–65 GBq/µmol (1.2–1.7 Ci/µmol) at the end of synthesis starting from 29.6 to 31.4 GBq (800–850 mCi) of [18F]fluoride. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
肽核酸(PNA)形成了一类独特的合成大分子,最初设计为识别双链DNA的配体,其中原DNA的脱氧核糖磷酸骨架被伪肽N-(2-氨基乙基)甘氨酸骨架所替代,同时保留DNA的核苷酸。我们之前开发了一种新方法,利用N-(4-[18F]氟苄基)-2-溴乙酰胺试剂对基于寡核苷酸的大分子进行短寿命正电子发射体氟-18的标记(半衰期:109.8分钟)。在此方法的基础上,我们报告了对13种十聚肽PNA(OLP_1-13)的氟-18标记,这些PNA具有相同的序列(CTCATACTCT),但在两个或三个胸腺嘧啶残基(位置2、5和8)上进行了选择性修饰。骨架修饰的结构特征包括通过适当的间隔连接的氨基酸侧链(L-赖氨酸、L-谷氨酸、L-亮氨酸和L-精氨酸)或糖苷基团(甘露糖、半乳糖、岩藻糖、N-乙酰半乳糖胺和N-乙酰葡萄糖胺)。N-(4-[18F]氟苄基)-2-溴乙酰胺通过三步放射化学反应从4-氰基-N,N,N-三甲基苯胺三氟甲磺酸酯合成,并在85-90分钟内通过HPLC纯化(典型产量:从29.6-31.4 GBq的[18F]氟化物起始,产生3.7-4.8 GBq)。氟-18标记的溴乙酰胺试剂与PNA的结合是在60°C下的乙腈和HEPES缓冲液(0.1 M,pH 7.9)混合物中进行的,反应时间为10分钟,经过RP-HPLC纯化后得到相应的纯标记化合物PNA([18F]c-OLP_1-13)。整个合成过程,包括氟-18标记试剂的制备,能在160分钟内提供高达0.9 GBq(25 mCi)的HPLC纯化的[18F]c-OLP_1-13,具体放射活度为45-65 GBq/µmol(1.2-1.7 Ci/µmol),起始于29.6至31.4 GBq(800-850 mCi)的[18F]氟化物。著作权 © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.