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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 6, Issue 8, Pages 4772-4777Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01647a
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- Scottish Funding Council
- EPSRC [EP/J500434]
- University of Glasgow
- SINAPSE
- Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Executive (CSO)
- MRC [G0802755] Funding Source: UKRI
- Cancer Research UK [22311] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0802755] Funding Source: researchfish
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The translocator protein (TSPO) is an important target for imaging focal neuroinflammation in diseases such as brain cancer, stroke and neurodegeneration, but current tracers for non-invasive imaging of TSPO have important limitations. We present the synthesis and evaluation of a novel 3-fluoromethylquinoline-2-carboxamide, AB5186, which was prepared in eight steps using a one-pot two component indium(III)-catalysed reaction for the rapid and efficient assembly of the 4-phenylquinoline core. Biological assessment and the implementation of a physicochemical study showed AB5186 to have low nanomolar affinity for TSPO, as well as optimal plasma protein binding and membrane permeability properties. Generation of [F-18]-AB5186 through F-18 incorporation was achieved in good radiochemical yield and subsequent in vitro and ex vivo autoradiography revealed the ability of this compound to bind with specificity to TSPO in mouse glioblastoma xenografts. Initial positron emission tomography imaging of a glioma bearing mouse and a healthy baboon support the potential for [F-18]-AB5186 use as a radiotracer for non-invasive TSPO imaging in vivo.
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