Design and synthesis of carbon-11-labeled dual aromatase-steroid sulfatase inhibitors as new potential PET agents for imaging of aromatase and steroid sulfatase expression in breast cancer

Steroids. 2009 Nov;74(12):896-905. doi: 10.1016/j.steroids.2009.06.006. Epub 2009 Jun 25.

Abstract

Aromatase and steroid sulfatase (STS) are particularly attractive targets in the treatment of estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer and the development of enzyme-based cancer imaging agents for the biomedical imaging technique positron emission tomography (PET). New carbon-11-labeled sulfamate derivatives were first designed and synthesized as potential PET dual aromatase-steroid sulfatase inhibitor (DASSI) radiotracers for imaging of aromatase and STS expression in breast cancer. The target tracers 5-(((4-cyanophenyl)(4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)amino)methyl)-2-[(11)C]methoxyphenyl sulfamate ([(11)C]8a) and 4-(((4-cyanophenyl)(4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)amino)methyl)-2-[(11)C]methoxyphenyl sulfamate ([(11)C]8b) were prepared from their corresponding precursors 5-(((4-cyanophenyl)(4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)amino)methyl)-2-hydroxyphenyl sulfamate (16) and 4-(((4-cyanophenyl)(4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)amino)methyl)-2-hydroxyphenyl sulfamate (21) with [(11)C]CH(3)OTf under basic conditions through the O-[(11)C]methylation and isolated by the reversed-phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) method in 30-45% radiochemical yields based on [(11)C]CO(2) and decay corrected to end of bombardment (EOB). The specific activity at end of synthesis (EOS) was 111-185GBq/micromol.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aromatase / metabolism*
  • Aromatase Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Aromatase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Aromatase Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Drug Design
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
  • Isotope Labeling
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiochemistry
  • Steryl-Sulfatase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Sulfonic Acids / chemical synthesis
  • Sulfonic Acids / chemistry
  • Sulfonic Acids / metabolism

Substances

  • Aromatase Inhibitors
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Sulfonic Acids
  • sulfamic acid
  • Aromatase
  • Steryl-Sulfatase