title: Selection, design and evaluation of new radioligands for PET studies of cardiac adrenoceptors.
abstract: Changes in the numbers of human cardiac adrenoceptors (ARs) are associated with various diseases, such as myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy and hypertension. There is a clear need for capability to assess human cardiac ARs directly in vivo. Positron emission tomography (PET) is an imaging technique that provides this possibility, if effective radioligands can be developed for the targeted ARs. Here, the status of myocardial AR radioligand development for PET is described. Currently, there exist effective radioligands for imaging beta-ARs in human myocardium. One of these, [11C](S)-CGP 12177, is applied extensively to clinical research with PET, sometimes with other tracers of other aspects of the noradrenalin system. Alternative radioligands are in development for beta-ARs, including beta 1-selective radioligands. A promising radioligand for imaging myocardial alpha 1-ARs, [11C]GB67, is now being evaluated in human PET experiments.
authors.affiliation: MRC Cyclotron Unit, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. victor.pike@csc.mrc.ac.uk
authors.forename: V W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Pike
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rimoldi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giardinà
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Camici
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015195:Drug Design; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic