18F-labeling of peptides by means of an organosilicon-based fluoride acceptor
18F-labeling of peptides by means of an organosilicon-based fluoride acceptor
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200600795
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发表时间:
2006-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Jurkschat, Klaus
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作者:
Schirrmacher, Ralf;Bradtmoeller, Gerrit;Jurkschat, Klaus
Fluorine-18 is among the most commonly used radionuclides for positron emission tomography (PET).[1] This non-invasive imaging technique is capable of providing in vivo information about the distribution of radiolabeled biomolecules by 1808 coincidence detection of two simultaneously emitted photons from positron–electron annihilation. Although a number of different radiotracers have been successfully employed in PET, only a few, such as 2-[18F] fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG)[2] and [18F] fluorodopa,[3] have gained widespread application in nuclear medicine. The reason for this is that the regioselective introduction of 18F into tracer molecules is often non-specific and radiochemical yields (RCY) of the 18F-labelled product are low. The introduction of 18FÀ into tracer molecules requires high temperatures and often leads to undesired by-products.[1] The research over the last decade clearly indicates that the success of PET in nuclear medicine justifies the intense search for versatile labeling formulations for the syntheses of 18F-radiopharmaceuticals. Especially the development of rational 18F-labelling strategies for peptides, until now characterized by multistep procedures, is considered to be one of the most important tasks.[4] As an alternative to conventional 18F-labelling chemistry, the use of [18F] fluorosilanes as labeling synthons was first proposed by Rosenthal et al. who treated chlorotrimethylsilane with nca (no carrier added) 18FÀ in aqueous acetonitrile isolating the corresponding [18F] fluorosilane in 65% yield.[5] A preliminary in vivo evaluation revealed fast hydrolysis of the compound accompanied by high radioactivity (18F) uptake by the bone making it unsuitable as a labeling synthon. Another approach is based on the work by Pilcher et al.[6] who fluorinated organosilanoles with nonradioactive HF in high yields. An analogous labeling strategy was proposed in a symposium abstract.[7] However, so far no labeling experiments using aqueous 18FÀ/[18F] HF solutions have been reported. Most recently Ting et al. used organotriethoxysilanes as labeling precursors for the synthesis of [18F] fluorosilanes but no practical application for the synthesis of potential radiopharmaceuticals has been demonstrated.[8] Herein we report the syntheses of substituted [18F] organofluorosilanes using organochlorosilanes as labeling precursors and their in vitro and in vivo stability. As an alternative labeling approach we also describe the 18F–19F isotopic exchange using [19F] di-tert-butylphenyl fluorosilane as a highly efficient silicon-based fluoride acceptor (SiFA compound). As proof of applicability we transferred the SiFA approach to the development of a simple and practical formulation for the synthesis of a 18F-labelled SiFA derivatized Tyr3-octreotate, a peptide used in oncology for the visualization of neuro-endocrine tumors.[9] We synthesized three [18F] organofluorosilanes, namely [18F] fluorotriphenylsilane (1),[18F] fluoro-tert-butyldiphenylsilane (2), and [18F] fluorodi-tert-butylphenylsilane (3), and evaluated their in vitro stability in human serum as well as their in vivo stability in rats, studied by animal-PET. These data are essential for finding the most suitable compound and for evaluating the labeling concept. The reaction in acetonitrile of the triorganochlorosilanes (5–11.8 μmol mLÀ1) Ph3SiCl, tBuPh2SiCl, and tBu2PhSiCl, with the azeotropically dried complex 18FÀ/Kryptofix2. 2.2./K+ at room temperature provided almost quantitatively the corresponding [18F] triorganofluorosilanes 1–3 (Figure 1), as demonstrated by means of radio-HPLC. Their identities were confirmed by coelution of the radioactive probes spiked with the related …