Home
Resources
Publications
Synthesis and evaluation of an 18 F-labeled trifluoroborate derivative of 2-nitroimidazole for imaging tumor hypoxia with positron emission tomography

Synthesis and evaluation of an 18 F-labeled trifluoroborate derivative of 2-nitroimidazole for imaging tumor hypoxia with positron emission tomography

Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves Nunes, Zhengxing Zhang, Hsiou-Ting Kuo, Chengcheng Zhang, Julie Rousseau, Etienne Rousseau, Joseph Lau, Daniel Kwon, Ivone Carvalho, François Bénard, Kuo-Shyan Lin

J Labelled Comp Radiopharm. 2018 Apr;61(4):370-379.

PMID: 29247455

Abstract:

2-Nitroimidazole-based hypoxia imaging tracers such as 18 F-FMISO are normally imaged at late time points (several hours post-injection) due to their slow clearance from background tissues. Here, we investigated if a hydrophilic zwitterion-based ammoniomethyl-trifluoroborate derivative of 2-nitroimidazole, 18 F-AmBF3 -Bu-2NI, could have the potential to image tumor hypoxia at earlier time points. AmBF3 -Bu-2NI was prepared in 4 steps. 18 F labeling was conducted via 18 F-19 F isotope exchange reaction, and 18 F-AmBF3 -Bu-2NI was obtained in 14.8 ± 0.4% (n = 3) decay-corrected radiochemical yield with 24.5 ± 5.2 GBq/μmol specific activity and >99% radiochemical purity. Imaging and biodistribution studies in HT-29 tumor-bearing mice showed that 18 F-AmBF3 -Bu-2NI cleared quickly from blood and was excreted via the hepatobiliary and renal pathways. However, the tumor was not visualized in PET images until 3 hours post-injection due to low tumor uptake (0.54 ± 0.13 and 0.19 ± 0.04%ID/g at 1 and 3 hours post-injection, respectively). The low tumor uptake is likely due to the highly hydrophilic motif of ammoniomethyl-trifluoroborate that prevents free diffusion of 18 F-AmBF3 -Bu-2NI across the cell membrane. Our results suggest that highly hydrophilic 18 F-labeled ammoniomethyl-trifluoroborate derivatives might not be suitable for imaging intracellular targets including nitroreductase, a common tumor hypoxia imaging target.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP1268340959	(Thiomorpholinium-4-ylmethyl)trifluoroborate		1268340-95-9	Price

As a specialist in analytical chemical Products, Alfa Chemistry offers consumers a wealth of raw materials and a full range of technologies and services.

QUICK LINKS

HEADQUARTERS

Tel:

Fax:

Email: