Enantioselective Radiosynthesis of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Tracers Containing [18F]Fluorohydrins
摘要:
Herein, we describe an operationally straightforward radiosynthesis of a chiral transition metal fluoride catalyst, [F-18](salen)CoF, and its use for late-stage enantioselective aliphatic radiofluorination. We demonstrate the utility of the method by preparing single enantiomer experimental and clinically validated PET tracers that contain base-sensitive functional groups, epimerizable stereocenters, and nitrogen-rich motifs. Unlike the conventional radiosyntheses of these targets with [F-18]KF, labeling with (salen)CoF is possible in the last step and under exceptionally mild conditions. These results constitute a rare example of a nucleophilic radiofluorination using a transition metal fluoride and highlight the potential of such reagents to enhance traditional methods for labeling aliphatic hydrocarbons.
The present invention relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals for in vivo imaging, in particular to automated methods for the preparation and purification of
18
F-labelled tau imaging radiotracers. Also provided are interchangeable cassettes useful in the methods, and the use of automated synthesizers and cassettes in the methods.
COMPOUNDS FOR TAU PROTEIN DEGRADATION
申请人:Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
公开号:US20210154184A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-27
Provided herein are bifunctional compounds that bind tau protein and/or promote targeted ubiquitination for the degradation of tau protein. In particular, provided are compounds that can bind tau protein, a protein whose aggregation is implicated in a variety of neurodegenerative disease (e.g., tauopathies), and can promote its degradation by recruiting an E3 ubiquitin ligase (e.g., Cereblon), which can ubiquitinate tau protein, marking it for proteasomal degradation. Also provided are radiolabeled forms of the bifunctional compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bifunctional compounds, methods of detecting and/or diagnosing neurological disorders, methods of detecting and/or diagnosing pathological aggregation of tau protein (e.g., in the central nervous system), methods of treating and/or preventing neurological disorders, and methods of promoting the degradation of tau protein by E3 ubiquitin ligase activity in a subject by administering a compound or composition described herein.