title: Complex formed from 3-hydroxy-4-formylpyridine, glutamic acid, and technetium--a possible cholescintigraphic agent.
abstract: In order to obtain a technetium-99m-labeled cholescintigraphic agent suitable for kit preparation, reactions of a variety of aromatic aldehydes, amino acids, and [99mTc] pertechnetate were examined under mild conditions. Aqueous solutions of the three reactants were heated in a boiling-water bath and the products analyzed by means of thin-layer chromatography for the formation of organic technetium complexes. 3-Hydroxy-4-formylpyridine (HFP) and 1-methyl-3-hydroxy-4-formylpyridinium chloride (N-Me-HFP) formed the complex with excellent yields, whereas 3-hydroxy-2-formylpyridine, 4-nitrosalicylaldehyde, salicylaldehyde, and isonicotinaldehyde did not. The complex is concluded to be the Tc-99m chelate of the Schiff base formed from the aldehyde and amino acbbits administered with the complex of HFP, glutamic acid and Tc-99m. The results indicate that it is promising as a cholescintigraphic agent.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D005971:Glutamates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013667:Technetium; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D005971:Glutamates; D011725:Pyridines; C019187:3-hydroxy-4-formylpyridine; D013667:Technetium