Two radiolabeled analogues of 6-benzyloxy-9
H-purin-2-ylamine (
O6-benzylguanine; BG) potentiallyuseful in the in vivo mapping of
O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) were synthesized.Fluorine-18 labeling of the known 6-(4-fluoro-benzyloxy)-9
H-purin-2-ylamine (FBG;
6) was accomplished by the condensation of 4-[
18F]fluorobenzyl alcohol with 2-aminopurin-6-yltrimethylammonium chloride (
4) or 2-amino-6-chloropurine in average decay-corrected radiochemical yields of40 and 25%, respectively. Unlabeled 6-(3-iodo-benzyloxy)-9
H-purin-2-ylamine (IBG;
7) was preparedfrom
4 and 3-iodobenzyl alcohol. Radioiodination of
9, prepared from
7 in two steps, and subsequentdeprotection gave [
131I]
7 in about 70% overall radiochemical yield. The IC
50 values for the inactivationof AGT from CHO cells transfected with pCMV-AGT were 15 nM for IBG and 50 nM for FBG. Thebinding of [
18F]
6 and [
131I]
7 to purified AGT was specific and saturable with both exhibiting similarIC
50 values (5-6
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