title: Quick assembly of 1,4-diphenyltriazoles as probes targeting beta-amyloid aggregates in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Accumulation of beta-amyloid aggregates (Abeta) in the brain is linked to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We report a novel approach for producing 1,4-diphenyltriazoles as probes for targeting Abeta aggregates in the brain. The imaging probes, a series of substituted tricyclic 1,4-diphenyltriazoles showing excellent binding affinities to Abeta aggregates (Ki = 4-30 nM), were conveniently assembled by "click chemistry." Two radioiodinated probes, [125I]10a and [125I]10b, and two radiofluorinated probes, [18F]17a and [18F]17b, exhibited moderate lipophilicities and showed excellent initial brain penetrations and fast washouts from the normal mouse brain. In vitro autoradiography of postmortem AD brain sections and homogenates showed that these triazoles were binding to Abeta plaques. Preliminary results strongly suggest that use of click chemistry, which led to a 1,4-diphenyltriazole-based core, is a highly convenient and flexible approach for assembling novel imaging agents for targeting Abeta aggregates in senile plaques in the living human brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Wenchao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Mei-Ping
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oya
authors.forename: Hank F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Kung
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051379:Mice; D015335:Molecular Probes; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D015335:Molecular Probes; D014230:Triazoles