Synthesis, Evaluation, and Radiolabeling of New Potent Positive Allosteric Modulators of the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 2 as Potential Tracers for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

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• 作者：Jos茅-Ignacio Andr茅s ; Jes煤s Alc谩zar ; Jos茅 Mar铆a Cid ; Meri De Angelis ; Laura Iturrino ; Xavier Langlois ; Hilde Lavreysen ; Andr茅s A. Trabanco ; Sofie Celen ; Guy Bormans
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：October 25, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：55
• 期：20
• 页码：8685-8699
• 全文大小：543K
• 年卷期：v.55,no.20(October 25, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-4804

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The synthesis and in vitro and in vivo evaluation of a new series of 7-(phenylpiperidinyl)-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyridines, which were conveniently radiolabeled with carbon-11, as potential positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers for in vivo imaging of the allosteric binding site of the metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor subtype 2 are described. The synthesized compounds proved to be potent and selective positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the mGlu receptor 2 (mGluR2) in a [³⁵S]GTP纬S binding assay and were able to displace an mGluR2 PAM radioligand, which we had previously developed, with IC₅₀ values in the low nanomolar range. The most promising candidates were radiolabeled and subjected to biodistribution studies and radiometabolite analysis in rats. Preliminary small-animal PET (渭PET) studies in rats indicated that [¹¹C]20f binds specifically and reversibly to an mGluR2 allosteric site, strongly suggesting that it is a promising candidate for PET imaging of mGluR2 in the brain.