Acetoxymethoxycarbonyl nitroxides as electron paramagnetic resonance proimaging agents to measure O2 levels in mouse brain: a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study.
Measurement of O(2) concentration and distribution in brain is essential to understanding the pathophysiology of stroke. Low-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy with a paramagnetic probe is an attractive imaging modality that can potentially map O(2) concentration in the brain. In a previous study, we demonstrated that, after intraperitoneal administration of 3-acetoxymethoxycarbonyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-pyrrolidinyloxyl (1) to mice, this nitroxide crossed the blood-brain barrier into brain tissue where, after hydrolysis, 3-carboxy-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-pyrrolidinyloxyl (2) was liberated and entrapped. This pilot study suggested that nitroxide 1 is a proimaging agent that can deliver nitroxide 2 to brain tissue, where O(2) levels can be estimated. In the present study, we conducted a series of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic experiments designed to assess the uptake of structurally disparate nitroxides into brain tissue and retention, after hydrolysis, of the anions of the corresponding nitroxide acids. From these findings, nitroxide 1 and trans-3,4-di(acetoxymethoxycarbonyl)-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-pyrrolidinyloxyl (5) meet the requirement as EPR proimaging agents for mapping O(2) distribution in the brain following stroke.
Miyake
Minoru
M
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.
Shen
Jiangang
J
Liu
Shimin
S
Shi
Honglian
H
Liu
Wenlan
W
Yuan
Zhongrui
Z
Pritchard
Aaron
A
Kao
Joseph P Y
JP
Liu
Ke Jian
KJ
Rosen
Gerald M
GM
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats; D020521:Stroke / Q000378:metabolism
D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D010100:Oxygen