摘要
The radiosynthesis and in vivo evaluation of 5-(5-(6-[up>11up>C]methyl-3,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)-1H-indole [up>11up>C]rac-(1), a potential PET tracer for 伪7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (伪7-nAChR), are described. Syntheses of the nonradioactive standard rac-1 and corresponding desmethyl precursor 7 were achieved in several reaction steps. Radiomethylation of 7 with [up>11up>C]CH3I afforded [up>11up>C]rac-1 in an average radiochemical yield of 30 卤 5%(n = 5) with high radiochemical purity and an average specific radioactivity of 444 卤 74 GBq/渭mol (n = 5). The total synthesis time was 30 min from end-of-bombardment. Biodistribution studies in mice showed that [up>11up>C]rac-1 penetrates the blood-brain barrier and specifically labels neuronal 伪7-nAChRs.