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Huang YY, Tsai CL, Wen HP, Tzen KY, Yen RF, Shiue CY. High yield one-pot production of [ 18F]FCH via a modified TRACERlab Fx FN module. Appl Radiat Isot 2017; 128:190-198. [PMID: 28734194 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION [18F]Fluoromethylcholine ([18F]FCH) is a potent tumors imaging agent. In order to fulfill the demand of pre-clinical and clinical studies, we have developed an automated high yield one-pot synthesis of this potent tumors imaging agent. METHODS [18F]FCH was synthesized using a modified TRACERlab FxFN module. Briefly, dibromomethane (10% in CH3CN) was fluorinated with K[18F]/K 2.2.2 in a glassy carbon reaction vessel at 120°C for about 5min to generate [18F]fluorobromomethane ([18F]FBM). The resulting [18F]FBM was then bubbling (He, 700mL/min) through four Sep-Pak® Silica Plus Long cartridges to react with dimethylaminoethanol (10% DMAE in 0.3mL DMSO) which was pre-loaded on Sep-Pak® C18 Plus Short cartridge. The [18F]FCH was purified by solid-phase extraction (SPE) using one Sep-Pak® C18 Plus Short and one Sep-Pak® CM Plus Short in series. The quality of [18F]FCH synthesized by this method was verified by HPLC and TLC as compared to authentic sample. RESULTS Using this improved one-pot method, the RCY of [18F]FCH was 18.8 ± 2.1% (EOB, n = 27) in a synthesis time of 49 ± 5min from EOB. The radiochemical purity of [18F]FCH was greater than 90% and the residual DMAE concentration in the final product was less than 10ppm. CONCLUSIONS This optimized method could fulfill the demand of [18F]FCH for both pre-clinical and clinical studies, especially for nearby study sites without a cyclotron.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ya-Yao Huang
- PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung Shan S. Rd., Taipei 10002, Taiwan.
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- PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung Shan S. Rd., Taipei 10002, Taiwan
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- PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung Shan S. Rd., Taipei 10002, Taiwan
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- PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung Shan S. Rd., Taipei 10002, Taiwan; Molecular Imaging Center, National Taiwan University, 81, Changxing St., Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung Shan S. Rd., Taipei 10002, Taiwan; Molecular Imaging Center, National Taiwan University, 81, Changxing St., Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- PET Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung Shan S. Rd., Taipei 10002, Taiwan; Molecular Imaging Center, National Taiwan University, 81, Changxing St., Taipei 10672, Taiwan.
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