Design of Novel F-Labeled Amino Acid Tracers Using Sulfur F-Fluoride Exchange Click Chemistry.

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Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China.

Published: February 2024


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[F]Gln-OSOF, [F]Arg-OSOF, and [F]FSY-OSOF were designed by introducing sulfonyl F-fluoride onto glutamine, arginine, and tyrosine, respectively. [F]FSY-OSOF can be prepared directly by sulfur F-fluoride exchange, while [F]Gln-OSOF and [F]Arg-OSOF require a two-step labeling method. Those tracers retain their typical transport characteristics for unmodified amino acids. Both PET imaging and biodistribution confirmed that [F]FSY-OSOF visualized MCF-7 and 22Rv1 subcutaneous tumors with high contrast, and its tumor-to-muscle ratio was better than that of [F]FET. However, [F]Gln-OSOF and [F]Arg-OSOF poorly image MCF-7 subcutaneous tumors, possibly due to differences in the types and amounts of transporters expressed in tumors. All three tracers can visualize the U87MG glioma. According to our biological evaluation, none of the tracers evaluated in this study exhibited obvious defluorination, and subtle structural changes led to different imaging characteristics, indicating that the application of sulfur F-fluoride exchange click chemistry in the design of radioactive sulfonyl fluoride amino acids is feasible and offers significant advantages.

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