期刊
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
卷 19, 期 4, 页码 1464-1470出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.12.057
关键词
Aromatase inhibitor; Vorozole; Positron emission tomography (PET); Carbon-11
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan
A practical method to prepare precursor of [N-methyl-C-11]vorozole ([C-11]vorozole), an efficient positron emission tomography (PET) tracer for imaging aromatase in the living body, was established. Sufficient amount of the racemate including norvorozole, a demethylated vorozole derivative used as a precursor of [C-11]vorozole, became available by means of high-yield eight-step synthesis. The enantiomers were separated by preparative HPLC using a chiral stationary phase column to give optically pure norvorozole and its enantiomer. From the latter, ent-[C-11]vorozole, an enantiomer of [C-11]vorozole, was prepared and used in the PET study for the first time, which was shown to bind very weakly to aromatase in rhesus monkey brain supporting the previous pharmacological results. The stable supply of norvorozole will facilitate further researches on aromatase in the living body including brain by the PET technique. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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