title: Synthesis of [1-11C], [2-11C], [1-11C](2H3) and [2-11C](2H3)acetate for in vivo studies of myocardium using PET.
abstract: Four isotopically-labelled acetates ([1-11C], [2-11C], [1-11C](2H3) and [2-11C](2H3)acetate) were synthesized and used in positron emission tomography (PET) studies of pig myocardium. The [1-11C]acetates were synthesized by carboxylation of the appropriate 1H or 2H methyl Grignard reagents immobilized on a C2 solid phase extraction column (SPE). Purification by reverse-phase HPLC, resulted in 35-45% decay-corrected radiochemical yield with a total synthesis time of 25 min, and a radiochemical purity higher than 99%. The [2-11C]acetates were synthesized by carboxylation of 11C-labelled 1H or 2H methyl lithium. Purification as above resulted in 35-55% decay-corrected radiochemical yield with a total synthesis time of 30 min, and a radiochemical purity higher than 99%. Position-specific labelling was assessed by 13C-labelling and NMR. Multiple isotopic labelling by the combination of position-specific 11C-labelling and 2H substitution, has the potential to highlight different aspects of a complex biochemical system using a selected set of tracers in comparative PET studies. An illustration of this principle is given using acetate, where citric acid cycle metabolism results in a position-specific kinetic for the 11C-label, and deuteration opens up the possibility for the proton-abstracting processes within the citric acid cycle to be assessed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kihlberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valind
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Långström
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003903:Deuterium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011854:Radiochemistry; D013552:Swine; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003903:Deuterium