title: Radiochemistry devoted to the production of monoamine oxidase (MAO-A and MAO-B) ligands for brain imaging with positron emission tomography.
abstract: Monoamine oxidase (MAO) belongs to a family of flavin-containing integral enzymes that are present in the outer mitochondrial membrane in neurons and glial cells in the central nervous system. These enzymes catalyze the oxidative deamination of various neurotransmitters, biogenic amines, and xenobiotics, thereby influencing their availability and physiological activity in brain and body. Over the past decades, many potential positron emission tomography tracers have been put forward to visualize MAO in the brain with varying success, and recent publications on the topic illustrate the continuing interest in the field. The present review gives an overview of the compounds that have been put forward as possible MAO tracers in the brain and focuses on the radiochemical procedures that have been developed to produce them up till now. Relevant radioligands are grouped by the main radiochemical strategies that have been employed to synthesize them, and some interesting details and findings that are crucial to the radiosyntheses are provided.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Radiopharmacy, Gent University, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kersemans
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Van Laeken
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Vos
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D008024:Ligands; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D008024:Ligands; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase
keywords: PET; brain imaging; monoamine oxidases; radiochemistry