Fully automated synthesis and initial PET evaluation of [11C]PBR28

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Oct 1;19(19):5636-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.08.051. Epub 2009 Aug 15.

Abstract

Fully automated synthesis and initial PET evaluation of a TSPO radioligand, [11C]PBR28 (N-(2-[11C]methoxybenzyl)-N-(4-phenoxypyridin-3-yl)acetamide), are reported. These results facilitate the potential preclinical and clinical PET studies of [11C]PBR28 in animals and humans.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Carrier Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Female
  • GABA-A Receptor Antagonists*
  • Ligands
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Pyrimidines / chemical synthesis*
  • Pyrimidines / chemistry
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / chemical synthesis*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / chemistry
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Receptors, GABA-A / metabolism

Substances

  • (methyl-(11)C)N-acetyl-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenoxy-5-pyridinamine
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Carrier Proteins
  • GABA-A Receptor Antagonists
  • Ligands
  • Pyrimidines
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Receptors, GABA-A
  • Tspo protein, rat