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Title: Radiosynthesis and in vivo evaluation of two imidazopyridineacetamides, [(11)C]CB184 and [ (11)C]CB190, as a PET tracer for 18 kDa translocator protein: direct comparison with [ (11)C](R)-PK11195.

Authors: Kentaro Hatano, Katsuhiko Sekimata, Takashi Yamada, Junichiro Abe, Kengo Ito, Mikako Ogawa, Yasuhiro Magata, Jun Toyohara, Kiichi Ishiwata, Giovanni Biggio, Mariangela Serra, Valentino Laquintana, Nunzio Denora, Andrea Latrofa, Giuseppe Trapani, Gaetano Liso, Hiromi Suzuki, Makoto Sawada, Masahiko Nomura, Hiroshi Toyama

Journal, date & volume: Ann Nucl Med, 2015 May , 29, 325-35

PubMed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25616581

Abstract
We report synthesis of two carbon-11 labeled imidazopyridines TSPO ligands, [(11)C]CB184 and [(11)C]CB190, for PET imaging of inflammatory process along with neurodegeneration, ischemia or brain tumor. Biodistribution of these compounds was compared with that of [(11)C]CB148 and [(11)C](R)-PK11195.Both [(11)C]CB184 and [(11)C]CB190 having (11)C-methoxyl group on an aromatic ring were readily prepared using [(11)C]methyl triflate. Biodistribution and metabolism of the compounds were examined with normal mice. An animal PET study using 6-hydroxydopamine treated rats as a model of neurodegeneration was pursued for proper estimation of feasibility of the radioligands to determine neuroinflammation process.[(11)C]CB184 and [(11)C]CB190 were obtained via O-methylation of corresponding desmethyl precursor using [(11)C]methyl triflate in radiochemical yield of 73 % (decay-corrected). In vivo validation as a TSPO radioligand was carried out using normal mice and lesioned rats. In mice, [(11)C]CB184 showed more uptake and specific binding than [(11)C]CB190. Metabolism studies showed that 36 % and 25 % of radioactivity in plasma remained unchanged 30 min after intravenous injection of [(11)C]CB184 and [(11)C]CB190, respectively. In the PET study using rats, lesioned side of the brain showed significantly higher uptake than contralateral side after i.v. injection of either [(11)C]CB184 or [(11)C](R)-PK11195. Indirect Logan plot analysis revealed distribution volume ratio (DVR) between the two sides which might indicate lesion-related elevation of TSPO binding. The DVR was 1.15 ± 0.10 for [(11)C](R)-PK11195 and was 1.15 ± 0.09 for [(11)C]CB184.The sensitivity to detect neuroinflammation activity was similar for [(11)C]CB184 and [(11)C](R)-PK11195.