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- Chiotis, K., et al.
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Longitudinal changes of tau PET imaging in relation to hypometabolism in prodromal and Alzheimer's disease dementia
- 2018
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Ingår i: Molecular Psychiatry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1359-4184 .- 1476-5578. ; 23:7, s. 1666-1673
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The development of tau-specific positron emission tomography (PET) tracers allows imaging in vivo the regional load of tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other tauopathies. Eighteen patients with baseline investigations enroled in a 17-month follow-up study, including 16 with AD (10 had mild cognitive impairment and a positive amyloid PET scan, that is, prodromal AD, and six had AD dementia) and two with corticobasal syndrome. All patients underwent PET scans with [F-18]THK5317 (tau deposition) and [F-18]FDG (glucose metabolism) at baseline and follow-up, neuropsychological assessment at baseline and follow-up and a scan with [C-11]PIB (amyloid-beta deposition) at baseline only. At a group level, patients with AD (prodromal or dementia) showed unchanged [F-18]THK5317 retention over time, in contrast to significant decreases in [F-18]FDG uptake in temporoparietal areas. The pattern of changes in [F-18]THK5317 retention was heterogeneous across all patients, with qualitative differences both between the two AD groups (prodromal and dementia) and among individual patients. High [F-18]THK5317 retention was significantly associated over time with low episodic memory encoding scores, while low [F-18]FDG uptake was significantly associated over time with both low global cognition and episodic memory encoding scores. Both patients with corticobasal syndrome had a negative [C-11]PIB scan, high [F-18]THK5317 retention with a different regional distribution from that in AD, and a homogeneous pattern of increased [F-18]THK5317 retention in the basal ganglia over time. These findings highlight the heterogeneous propagation of tau pathology among patients with symptomatic AD, in contrast to the homogeneous changes seen in glucose metabolism, which better tracked clinical progression.
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- Elgland, Mathias, 1987-, et al.
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beta-Configured clickable [F-18] FDGs as novel F-18-fluoroglycosylation tools for PET
- 2017
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Ingår i: New Journal of Chemistry. - : ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY. - 1144-0546 .- 1369-9261. ; 41:18, s. 10231-10236
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In oncology and neurology the F-18-radiolabeled glucose analogue 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose ([F-18]FDG) is by far the most commonly employed metabolic imaging agent for positron emission tomography (PET). Herein, we report a novel synthetic route to beta-configured mannopyranoside precursors and a chemoselective F-18-fluoroglycosylation method that employ two b-configured [F-18]FDG derivatives equipped with either a terminal azide or alkyne aglycon respectively, for use as a CuAAC clickable tool set for PET. The b-configured precursors provided the corresponding [F-18]FDGs in a radiochemical yield of 77-88%. Further, the clickability of these [F-18]FDGs was investigated by click coupling to the suitably functionalized Fmoc-protected amino acids, Fmoc-N-(propargyl)-glycine and Fmoc-3-azido-L-alanine, which provided the F-18-fluoroglycosylated amino acid conjugates in radiochemical yields of 75-83%. The F-18-fluoroglycosylated amino acids presented herein constitute a new and interesting class of metabolic PET radiotracers.
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- Meyer, Denise N., et al.
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Base-catalysed F-18-labelling of trifluoromethyl ketones. Application to the synthesis of F-18-labelled neutrophil elastase inhibitors
- 2021
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Ingår i: Chemical Communications. - : Royal Society of Chemistry. - 1359-7345 .- 1364-548X. ; 57:68, s. 8476-8479
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A new method for the fluorine-18 labelling of trifluoromethyl ketones has been developed. This method is based on the conversion of a-COCF3 functional group to a difluoro enol silyl ether followed by halogenation and fluorine-18 labelling. The utility of this new method was demonstrated by the synthesis of fluorine-18 labelled neutrophil elastase inhibitors, which are potentially useful for detection of inflammatory disorders.
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- Nordeman, Patrik, et al.
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C-11 and F-18 Radiolabeling of Tetra- and Pentathiophenes as PET-Ligands for Amyloid Protein Aggregates
- 2016
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Ingår i: ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1948-5875. ; 7:4, s. 368-373
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Three oligothiophenes were evaluated as PET ligands for the study of local and systemic amyloidosis ex vivo using tissue from patients with amyloid deposits and in vivo using healthy animals and PET-CT. The ex vivo binding studies revealed that all three labeled compounds bound specifically to human amyloid deposits. Specific binding was found in the heart, kidney, liver, and spleen. To verify the specificity of the oligothiophenes toward amyloid deposits, tissue sections with amyloid pathology were stained using the fluorescence exhibited by the compounds and evaluated with multiphoton microscopy. Furthermore, a in vivo monkey PET-CT study showed very low uptake in the brain, pancreas, and heart of the healthy animal indicating low nonspecific binding to healthy tissue. The biological evaluations indicated that this is a promising group of compounds for the visualization of systemic and localized amyloidosis.
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- Salehpour, Mehran, 1960-, et al.
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Life science applications utilizing radiocarbon tracing
- 2013
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Ingår i: Radiocarbon. - Tucson, Arizona, USA : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 0033-8222 .- 1945-5755. ; 55:2-3, s. 865-873
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Radiocarbon-based accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facilities at Uppsala University include a measurement center for archaeological applications and a separate entity dedicated to life science research. This paper addresses the latter, with the intention of giving a brief description of the biomedical activities at our laboratory, as well as presenting new data. The ultra-small sample preparation method, which can be used down to a few μg C samples, is outlined and complemented with new results. Furthermore, it is shown that the average secondary ion current performance for small samples can be improved by increasing the distance between the cathode surface and the pressed graphite surface. Finally, data is presented for a new application: Amyloidoses are a group of diseases where the conformational changes in specific proteins’ structure lead to the formation of extracellular deposits that spread and increase in mass and eventually may lead to total organ failure and death. The formation timeframe is unknown and yet it is an important clue for the elucidation of the mechanism. We present results on bomb-peak dating of 4 different types of purified amyloid proteins from human postmortem heart and spleen samples. The data indicates that the average measured age of the carbon originating from the systemic amyloid types studied here correspond to a few years before the death of the subject. This suggests that a major part of the fibril formation takes place during the last few years before death, rather than as an accumulation of amyloid deposits over decades.
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- Roslin, Sara
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Exploring Palladium-Mediated 11C/12C-Carbonylation Reactions : PET Tracer Development Targeting the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter
- 2017
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The work presented herein describes the utilization and exploration of palladium-mediated incorporations of carbon monoxide and/or [11C]carbon monoxide into compounds and structural motifs with biological relevance.The first part of the thesis describes the design, synthesis and 11C-labeling of prospective PET tracers for the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT), a target affected in several neurodegenerative diseases. Different parts of the benzovesamicol scaffold were modified in papers I and II to probe the binding to VAChT. The key motif was an amide functional group, which enabled the use of palladium-mediated 11C/12C-carbonylations to synthesize and evaluate two different sets of structurally related ligands.The second part of the thesis describes the exploration of different aspects of palladium-mediated 11C/12C-carbonylation reactions. The utilization of unactivated alkyl iodides and bromides as coupling partners in a carbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura reaction was described in paper III. The combination of palladium-catalysis together with visible light irradiation enabled their functionalization via an alkyl radical. The mild conditions, namely the ambient temperature and pressure of carbon monoxide, and the accessible reaction set-up further added to the utility of the method. A palladium(II)-mediated oxidative 11C-carbonylation for synthesis of 11C-labeled ureas was described in paper IV. Utilizing only amines in addition to a palladium-source and [11C]carbon monoxide, the method proved to be facile and robust, thus representing a simplification in relation to methods using other 11C-synthons for synthesis of 11C-labeled ureas. Finally, a palladium(0)-catalyzed carbonylation reaction for synthesis of acylamidines was presented in paper V. The versatility of the method was demonstrated by one-pot cyclizations to form oxadiazoles and triazoles together with the corresponding 11C-carbonylation reaction to produce 11C-labeled acylamidines and an oxadiazole.The work described herein has thus contributed structural information in the search for a PET tracer for VAChT and identified a viable lead structure for future investigations. Furthermore, investigation of reaction conditions that would allow use of either elusive or accessible substrates led to the development of methods for synthesis and/or 11C-labeling of various carbonylated compounds.
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- Andersen, Thomas L., et al.
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Application of Methyl Bisphosphine-Ligated Palladium Complexes for Low Pressure N-C-11-Acetylation of Peptides
- 2017
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Ingår i: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. - : Wiley. - 1433-7851 .- 1521-3773. ; 56:16, s. 4549-4553
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A mild and effective method is described for C-11-labeling of peptides selectively at the N-terminal nitrogen or at internal lysine positions. The presented method relies on the use of specific biphosphine palladium-methyl complexes and their high reactivity towards amino-carbonylation of amine groups in the presence [C-11] carbon monoxide. The protocol facilitates the production of native N-C-11-acetylated peptides, without any structural modifications and has been applied to a selection of bioactive peptides.
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- Eriksson, Jonas, et al.
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Synthesis of [1-C-11]propyl and [1-C-11]butyl iodide from [C-11]carbon monoxide and their use in alkylation reactions
- 2006
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Ingår i: Journal of labelled compounds & radiopharmaceuticals. - : Wiley. - 0362-4803 .- 1099-1344. ; 49:12, s. 1105-1116
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A method to prepare [1-C-11]propyl iodide and [1-C-11]butyl iodide from [C-11]carbon monoxide via a three step reaction sequence is presented. Palladium mediated formylation of ethene with [C-11]carbon monoxide and hydrogen gave [1-C-11]propionaldehyde and [1-C-11]propionic acid. The carbonylation products were reduced and subsequently converted to [1-C-11]propyl iodide. Labelled propyl iodide was obtained in 58 +/- 4% decay corrected radiochemical yield and with a specific radioactivity of 270 +/- 33 GBq/mu mol within 15 min from approximately 12 GBq of [C-11]carbon monoxide. The position of the label was confirmed by C-13-labelling and C-13-NMR analysis. [1-C-11]Butyl iodide was obtained correspondingly from propene and approximately 8 GBq of [C-11]carbon monoxide, in 34 +/- 2% decay corrected radiochemical yield and with a specific radioactivity of 146 +/- 20 GBq/mu mol. The alkyl iodides were used in model reactions to synthesize [O-propyl-1-C-11]propyl and [O-butyl-1-C-11]butyl benzoate. Propyl and butyl analogues of etomidate, a (beta-11-hydroxylase inhibitor, were also synthesized.
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- Frank, Richard A., et al.
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The Imaging Continuum : Bench to Biomarkers to Diagnostics
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of labelled compounds & radiopharmaceuticals. - : Wiley. - 0362-4803 .- 1099-1344. ; 50:9-10, s. 746-769
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Innovation in basic and applied science has brought radiotracers to fruition as diagnostics. Non-invasive, longitudinal, and quantifiable molecular imaging is the key to diagnosing and monitoring numerous illnesses, with more to come from characterization of the clinical relevance of findings from genomics research. Radiotracers enable real-time in vivo studies of the effects of drug candidates on receptors, pathways, pharmacodynamics, and clinically relevant endpoints, thereby providing both early detection of pathophysiology to enable early intervention, and then monitoring of treatment responses to enable individualization of treatment regimens. We review developments which have translated imaging from bench to bedside, or biomarkers to diagnostics. Notable developments include (1) synthesis methods for rapid 11C labeling of biomolecules to high specific radioactivity; (2) ligand-binding assays for screening molecular imaging agents rather than drugs; (3) in vivo imaging of radiotracers in animals; (4) discovering the imaging advantages of 99mTc, 11C, and 18F; (5) co-registration and automated quantitative assessment of high spatial resolution CT and MR images with molecular images from PET for longitudinal studies of treatment effect.
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