TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of 5,6,7-substituted pyrazolopyrimidines
T2 - Discovery of a novel TSPO PET ligand for cancer imaging
AU - Tang, Dewei
AU - McKinley, Eliot T.
AU - Hight, Matthew R.
AU - Uddin, Md Imam
AU - Harp, Joel M.
AU - Fu, Allie
AU - Nickels, Michael L.
AU - Buck, Jason R.
AU - Manning, H. Charles
PY - 2013/4/25
Y1 - 2013/4/25
N2 - Focused library synthesis and structure-activity relationship development of 5,6,7-substituted pyrazolopyrimidines led to the discovery of 2-(5,7-diethyl-2-(4-(2-fluoroethoxy)phenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)-N, N-diethylacetamide (6b), a novel translocator protein (TSPO) ligand exhibiting a 36-fold enhancement in affinity compared to another pyrazolopyrimidine-based TSPO ligand, 6a (DPA-714). Radiolabeling with fluorine-18 (18F) facilitated production of 2-(5,7-diethyl-2-(4-(2-[18F]fluoroethoxy) phenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)-N,N-diethylacetamide (18F-6b) in high radiochemical yield and specific activity. In vivo studies of 18F-6b were performed which illuminated this agent as an improved probe for molecular imaging of TSPO-expressing cancers.
AB - Focused library synthesis and structure-activity relationship development of 5,6,7-substituted pyrazolopyrimidines led to the discovery of 2-(5,7-diethyl-2-(4-(2-fluoroethoxy)phenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)-N, N-diethylacetamide (6b), a novel translocator protein (TSPO) ligand exhibiting a 36-fold enhancement in affinity compared to another pyrazolopyrimidine-based TSPO ligand, 6a (DPA-714). Radiolabeling with fluorine-18 (18F) facilitated production of 2-(5,7-diethyl-2-(4-(2-[18F]fluoroethoxy) phenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)-N,N-diethylacetamide (18F-6b) in high radiochemical yield and specific activity. In vivo studies of 18F-6b were performed which illuminated this agent as an improved probe for molecular imaging of TSPO-expressing cancers.
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U2 - 10.1021/jm4001874
DO - 10.1021/jm4001874
M3 - Article
C2 - 23521048
AN - SCOPUS:84876883279
VL - 56
SP - 3429
EP - 3433
JO - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
JF - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
SN - 0022-2623
IS - 8
ER -