|
1
|
Rotstein BH, Liang SH, Belov VV, Livni E, Levine DB, Bonab AA, Papisov MI, Perlis RH, Vasdev N. Practical Radiosynthesis and Preclinical Neuroimaging of [11C]isradipine, a Calcium Channel Antagonist. Molecules 2015; 20:9550-9. [PMID: 26016546 PMCID: PMC4870226 DOI: 10.3390/molecules20069550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
In the interest of developing in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) probes for neuroimaging of calcium channels, we have prepared a carbon-11 isotopologue of a dihydropyridine Ca2+-channel antagonist, isradipine. Desmethyl isradipine (4-(benzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazol-4-yl)-5-(isopropoxycarbonyl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid) was reacted with [11C]CH3I in the presence of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide in DMF in an HPLC injector loop to produce the radiotracer in a good yield (6 ± 3% uncorrected radiochemical yield) and high specific activity (143 ± 90 GBq·µmol−1 at end-of-synthesis). PET imaging of normal rats revealed rapid brain uptake at baseline (0.37 ± 0.08% ID/cc (percent of injected dose per cubic centimeter) at peak, 15–60 s), which was followed by fast washout. After pretreatment with isradipine (2 mg·kg−1, i.p.), whole brain radioactivity uptake was diminished by 25%–40%. This preliminary study confirms that [11C]isradipine can be synthesized routinely for research studies and is brain penetrating. Further work on Ca2+-channel radiotracer development is planned.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin H Rotstein
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
| | - Steven H Liang
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
| | - Vasily V Belov
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
- Department of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
| | - Eli Livni
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
| | - Dylan B Levine
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
- Department of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
| | - Ali A Bonab
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
- Department of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
| | - Mikhail I Papisov
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
- Department of Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston, 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
| | - Roy H Perlis
- Department of Psychiatry and Center for Experimental Drugs and Diagnostics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
| | - Neil Vasdev
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and Center for Advanced Medical Imaging Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
| |
Collapse
|