Development of 99mTc radiolabeled A85380 derivatives targeting cerebral nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: Novel radiopharmaceutical ligand 99mTc-A-YN-IDA-C4.

Development of 99mTc radiolabeled A85380 derivatives targeting cerebral nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: Novel radiopharmaceutical ligand 99mTc-A-YN-IDA-C4.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2019 Jul 31;:
Authors: Mori D, Kimura H, Kawashima H, Yagi Y, Arimitsu K, Ono M, Saji H
Abstract
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are pentameric ligand-gated ion channels that have been implicated in higher brain functions. To elucidate the functional mechanisms underlying nAChRs and contribute significantly to development of drugs targeting neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, non-invasive nuclear medical imaging can be used for evaluation. In addition, technetium-99m (99mTc) is a versatile radionuclide used clinically as a tracer in single-photon emission computed tomography. Because A85380 is known as a potent α4β2-nAChR agonist, we prepared A85380 derivatives labeled with 99mTc using a bifunctional chelate system. A computational scientific approach was used to design the probe efficiently. We used non-radioactive rhenium (Re) for a 99mTc analog and found that one of the derivatives, Re-A-YN-IDA-C4, exhibited high binding affinity at α4β2-nAChR in both the docking simulation (-19.3 kcal/mol) and binding assay (Ki = 0.4 ± 0.04 nM). Further, 99mTc-A-YN-IDA-C4 was synthesized using microwaves, and its properties were examined. Consequently, we found that 99mTc-A-YN-IDA-C4, with a structure optimized by using computational chemi...

Source: Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry - July 30, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Mori D, Kimura H, Kawashima H, Yagi Y, Arimitsu K, Ono M, Saji H Tags: Bioorg Med Chem Source Type: research