title: Aurones serve as probes of beta-amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: A novel series of aurone derivatives for in vivo imaging of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain of Alzheimer's disease (AD) were synthesized and characterized. When in vitro binding studies using Abeta(1-42) aggregates were carried out with aurone derivatives, they showed high binding affinities for Abeta(1-42) aggregates at the K(i) values ranging from 1.2 to 6.8 nM. When in vitro plaque labeling was carried out using double transgenic mice brain sections, the aurone derivatives intensely stained beta-amyiloid plaques. Biodistribution studies in normal mice after i.v. injection of the radioiodinated aurones displayed high brain uptake (1.9-4.6% ID/g at 2 min) and rapid clearance from the brain (0.11-0.26% ID/g at 60 min), which is highly desirable for amyloid imaging agents. The results in this study suggest that novel radiolabeled aurones may be useful amyloid imaging agents for detecting beta-amyloid plaques in the brain of AD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygienic Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan. mono@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maya
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haratake
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Morio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001597:Benzylidene Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis*; D058225:Plaque, Amyloid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: C522913:2-((4-aminophenyl)methylene)-5-iodo-3(2H)-benzofuranone; C522915:2-((4-dimethylaminophenyl)methylene)-5-iodo-3(2H)-benzofuranone; C522914:5-iodo-2-((4-methylaminophenyl)methylene)-3(2H)-benzofuranone; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D001572:Benzofurans; D001597:Benzylidene Compounds; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C075222:amyloid beta-protein (1-42)