F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucamines: Reductive amination of hydrophilic F-18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose with lipophilic amines for the development of potential PET imaging agents

摘要

Maillard reaction of F-18-FDG with biological amines results in the formation of F-18-fluorodeoxyglycosylamines (F-18-FDGly) as pseudo-Amadori products. To increase in vivo stability, we report the reductive amination of FDGly to provide reduced fluorodeoxyglucamines (FDGlu). F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucamines (F-18-FDGlu), resulting from linking F-18-FDG (hydrophilic) to lipophilic molecules containing amine group may be useful as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents. Two amine derivatives, 7-chloro-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-l-(3'-aminophenyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-lH-3-benzazepine (SCH 38548 for dopamine D1 receptors) and BTA-0 (for A beta amyloid) were reacted with FDG under reductive amination conditions to yield stable products, FDGluSCH and FDGluBTA. FDGluSCH had high binding affinity to rat brain dopamine D1 receptors with a K-i of 19.5 nM while FDGluBTA had micromolar affinity for human frontal cortex A beta plaques. F-18-FDGluSCH was prepared in low to modest radiochemical yields and preliminary results showed binding to the rat striatum in brain slices. In vivo stability of F-18-FDGluSCH needs to be determined. Our results suggest that F-18-FDG is a useful 'radioactive synthon' for PET radiotracer development. Its usefulness will have to be determined on the basis of the structure-activity relationship of the target molecule. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.