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Journal Article
PET imaging of brain aromatase in humans and rhesus monkeys by 11C-labeled cetrozole analogs
2021
Overview
Aromatase is an estrogen synthetic enzyme that plays important roles in brain functions. To quantify aromatase expression in the brain by positron emission tomography (PET), we had previously developed [
11
C]cetrozole, which showed high specificity and affinity. To develop more efficient PET tracer(s) for aromatase imaging, we synthesized three analogs of cetrozole. We synthesized meta-cetrozole, nitro-cetrozole, and iso-cetrozole, and prepared the corresponding
11
C-labeled tracers. The inhibitory activities of these three analogs toward aromatase were evaluated using marmoset placenta, and PET imaging of brain aromatase was performed using the
11
C-labeled tracers in monkeys. The most promising analog in the monkey study, iso-cetrozole, was evaluated in the human PET study. The highest to lowest inhibitory activity of the analogs toward aromatase in the microsomal fraction from marmoset placenta was in the following order: iso-cetrozole, nitro-cetrozole, cetrozole, and meta-cetrozole. This order showed good agreement with the order of the binding potential (BP) of each
11
C-labeled analog to aromatase in the rhesus monkey brain. A human PET study using [
11
C]iso-analog showed a similar distribution pattern of binding as that of [
11
C]cetrozole. The time–activity curves showed that elimination of [
11
C]iso-cetrozole from brain tissue was faster than that of
11
C-cetrozole, indicating more rapid metabolism of [
11
C]iso-cetrozole. [
11
C]Cetrozole has preferable metabolic stability for brain aromatase imaging in humans, although [
11
C]iso-cetrozole might also be useful to measure aromatase level in living human brain because of its high binding potential.
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Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
