期刊
STEROIDS
卷 68, 期 2, 页码 177-191出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(02)00171-X
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arylpyrazolo corticosteroids; glucocorticoid receptor binding; radiolabeling; positron emission tomography (PET)
Corticosteroids regulate a variety of essential physiological functions, such as mineral balance and stress. The great interest in these steroids, especially the glucocorticoids, stems from roles they are thought to play in neuropsychiatric disorders, such as severe depression and anxiety. The development of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) ligands which are appropriately labeled with short-lived positron-emitting radioisotopes would allow the non-invasive in-vivo imaging and mapping of brain GRs by means of positron emission tomography (PET). In this context we have synthesized a series of novel arylpyrazolo steroids exhibiting different substitution patterns at the D-ring of the steroid skeleton, as ligands for brain GRs. Special attention was given to 4-fluorophenyl pyrazolo steroids, which are known to display high binding affinity toward the GR. The compounds were evaluated in a competitive radiometric receptor binding assay to determine their relative binding affinities (RBA) to the GR. Some compounds show good binding affinities of up to 56% in comparison to dexamethasone (100%). In initial experiments, selected candidates were labeled with the positron emitter fluorine-18 and in one case with the gamma-emitter iodine-131. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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