title: Synthesis, characterization and biodistribution of neutral and lipid-soluble 99mTc-PAT-HM and 99mTc-TMR for brain imaging.
abstract: Two new ligand systems for complexation with 99mTc were prepared. The two analogs of bisaminoethanethiol (BAT): N,N'-bis(2-methyl-2-mercaptopropyl)-2,2-dimethylpropylenediamin e (PAT-HM) and N,N'-bis[2-(2-ethyl-1-mercaptopropyl)] ethylenediamine (TMR), form neutral and lipid soluble complexes with 99mTc that readily penetrate the blood-brain barrier following i.v. injection into rats. Although the 99mTc chelates do not display the prolonged brain retention required for use in single photon emission computed tomographic imaging studies, the fact that each ligand forms a neutral and lipid-soluble complex of high chemical stability when coordinated with 99mTc warrants further investigation to increase the site- and organ-specificity of these agents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Mach
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Subramanyam
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Calabrese
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003461:Crystallography; D008297:Male; D015394:Molecular Structure; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C063045:technetium Tc 99m N,N'-bis(2-(2-ethyl-1-mercaptopropyl))ethylenediamine; C063046:technetium Tc 99m N,N'-bis(2-methyl-2-mercaptopropyl)-2,2-dimethylpropylenediamine