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Preparation of Four Fluorine-18-Labeled Estrogens and Their Selective Uptakes in Target Tissues of Immature Rats

University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Correspondence: For reprints contact: John A. Katzenellenbogen, PhD, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois, 1209 W. California St., Urbana, IL 61801.

ABSTRACT

Four fluorine-18-labeled estrogens—16-[¹⁸F]fluoro-estradiol-17ß (1), 16ß-[¹⁸F]fluoro-estradiol-17ß (2), (2R*, 3S*)-1-[¹⁸F]fluoro-2,3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)pentane (1-[¹⁸F]fluoropentestrol) (3), and (3R*, 4S*)-1-[¹⁸F]fluoro-3,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)hexane (1-[¹⁸F]fluorohexestrol) (4)—have been prepared by simple displacement reactions utilizing reactive trifluoromethane sulfonate (triflate) precursors and F-18 fluoride ion. All four fluoroestrogens have high affinity for the estrogen receptor. In immature female rats, they are taken up by target tissues, such as the uterus, with very high selectivity: uterus-to-blood ratios at 1 hr are: Compound 1, 39; Compound 2, 12; Compound 3, 13; and Compound 4, 19. Average uterus-to-blood ratios exceed 80 for Compound 1 at 2 hr. That the uptake process involves an estrogen-specific binder of limited capacity is demonstrated by the suppressive effect of coadministered unlabeled estradiol on target tissue uptake.

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