Abstract |
To develop an androgen receptor-based, positron-emitting imaging agent for prostate tumors, we have prepared 20-fluoromibolerone ( F-Mib) and evaluated its tissue distribution. This compound was synthesized in eight steps from 7 alpha-methyl-19-nortestosterone, with fluorine introduced in the penultimate step by fluoride ion displacement on a spirocyclic sulfate. Fluoromibolerone was obtained in 9%-19% radiochemical yield (decay corrected), at 1.5 hr after bombardment, with an effective specific activity of 217-283 Ci/mmol. The relative binding affinity of F-Mib is 53 (versus R1881 = 100 or mibolerone = 118). In tissue distribution studies in diethylstilbestrol-treated male rats, 18F-Mib demonstrates high target/tissue uptake efficiency and selectivity: the prostate uptake at 0.5 hr and 4 hr is 1.0%-1.3% injected dose/gram tissue (ID/g) and 0.5%-0.6% ID/g, respectively; the prostate-to-blood and the prostate-to-muscle (non-target) ratios are both ca. 4 at 0.5 hr, and increase to ca. 12 by 4 hr after injection. The observed distribution of 18F-Mib suggests that it may be useful for in vivo imaging of prostatic tumors in man by positron emission tomography.
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Authors | A J Liu, J A Katzenellenbogen, H F VanBrocklin, C J Mathias, M J Welch |
Journal | Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
(J Nucl Med)
Vol. 32
Issue 1
Pg. 81-8
(Jan 1991)
ISSN: 0161-5505 [Print] United States |
PMID | 1988641
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Fluorine Radioisotopes
- Receptors, Androgen
- Testosterone Congeners
- 20-fluoromibolerone
- Nandrolone
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Topics |
- Animals
- Fluorine Radioisotopes
- Male
- Nandrolone
(analogs & derivatives, chemical synthesis)
- Prostate
(diagnostic imaging)
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Receptors, Androgen
(analysis)
- Testosterone Congeners
(chemical synthesis)
- Tissue Distribution
- Tomography, Emission-Computed
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