Radiosynthesis and Evaluation of [11C]EMPA as a Potential PET Tracer for Orexin 2 Receptors
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Moseley, Christian K.
Carlin, Stephen M.
Wilson, Colin M.
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Wang, Changning, Christian K. Moseley, Stephen M. Carlin, Colin M. Wilson, Ramesh Neelamegam, and Jacob M. Hooker. 2013. “Radiosynthesis and Evaluation of [11C]EMPA as a Potential PET Tracer for Orexin 2 Receptors.” Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 23 (11) (June): 3389–3392. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.079.Abstract
EMPA is a selective antagonist of orexin 2 (OX2) receptors. Previous literature with [3H]-EMPA suggest that it may be used as an imaging agent for OX2 receptors; however, brain penetration is known to be modest. To evaluate the potential of EMPA as a PET radiotracer in non-human primate (as a step to imaging in man), we radiolabeled EMPA with carbon-11. Radiosynthesis of [11C]N-ethyl-2-(N-(6-methoxypyridin-3-yl)-2-methylphenylsulfonamido)-N-(pyridin-3-ylmethyl)acetamide ([11C]EMPA), and evaluation as a potential PET tracer for OX2 receptors is described. Synthesis of an appropriate non-radioactive O-desmethyl precursor was achieved from EMPA with sodium iodide and chlorotrimethylsilane. Selective O-methylation using [11C]CH3I in the presence of cesium carbonate in DMSO at room temp afforded [11C]EMPA in 1.5–2.5% yield (non-decay corrected relative to trapped [11C]CH3I at EOS) with ⩾95% chemical and radiochemical purities. The total synthesis time was 34–36 min from EOB. Studies in rodent suggested that uptake in tissue was dominated by nonspecific binding. However, [11C]EMPA also showed poor uptake in both rats and baboon as measured with PET imaging.Citable link to this page
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