ISSN:
1619-7089
Keywords:
Key words: Blood-brain barrier
;
Brain uptake
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Serotonin receptor binding
;
technetium-99m complexes
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pKa values
;
Lipophilicity
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract. Low brain uptake is a generally accepted problem in developing technetium-99m brain receptor imaging agents. For a class of potential 5-HT2A receptor-binding agents we tried to improve the original low brain uptake of 0.4% injected dose (ID) in rats 5 min p.i. by modifying the lipophilic properties of the molecules. Because of the presence of a protonable nitrogen, which according to the pK a value leads to ionization of the molecule at blood pH, the pK a value was considered to be the parameter most suitable for adjustment of lipophilicity. Insertion of ether-oxygen in the molecule of five candidates lowers the apparent pK a value from 10.0 to 8.3 and dramatically increases the brain uptake to 1.3% ID at 5 min. The direct relationship between brain uptake and apparent pK a cannot be simply explained by the increase in the pK a-governed proportion of the neutral species.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01728770
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