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In Silico Discovery and Subsequent Characterization of Potent 4R-Tauopathy Positron Emission Tomography Radiotracers

[Image: see text] A chemical fingerprint search identified Z3777013540 (1-(5-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-2-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl)piperidin-4-ol; 1) as a potential 4R-tau binding ligand. Binding assays in post-mortem Alzheimer’s disease (AD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal degeneration (CB...

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Autores principales: Graham, Thomas J. A., Lindberg, Anton, Tong, Junchao, Stehouwer, Jeffrey S., Vasdev, Neil, Mach, Robert H., Mathis, Chester A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2023
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10424182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37487189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00775
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Sumario:[Image: see text] A chemical fingerprint search identified Z3777013540 (1-(5-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-2-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl)piperidin-4-ol; 1) as a potential 4R-tau binding ligand. Binding assays in post-mortem Alzheimer’s disease (AD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) brain with [(3)H]1 provided K(D) (nM) values in AD = 4.0, PSP = 5.1, and CBD = 4.5. In vivo positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in rats with [(18)F]1 demonstrated good brain penetration and rapid clearance from normal brain tissues. A subsequent molecular similarity search using 1 as the query revealed an additional promising compound, Z4169252340 (4-(5-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-2-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl)morpholine; 21). Binding assays with [(3)H]21 provided K(D) (nM) values in AD = 1.2, PSP = 1.6, and CBD = 1.7 and lower affinities for binding aggregated α-synuclein and amyloid-beta. PET imaging in rats with [(18)F]21 demonstrated a higher brain penetration than [(18)F]1 and rapid clearance from normal brain tissues. We anticipate that 1 and 21 will be useful for the identification of other potent novel 4R-tau radiotracers.