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Raclopride-Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: A Promising Technology for Selective [(11)C]Raclopride Purification

In this work, we developed a novel approach to purify [(11)C]Raclopride ([(11)C]RAC), an important positron emission tomography radiotracer, based on tailored shape-recognition polymers, with the aim to substitute single-pass HPLC purification with an in-flow trap & release process. Molecular im...

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Autores principales: Del Sole, Roberta, Pascali, Giancarlo, Mele, Giuseppe, Perkins, Gary, Mergola, Lucia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9919306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36770098
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16031091
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Sumario:In this work, we developed a novel approach to purify [(11)C]Raclopride ([(11)C]RAC), an important positron emission tomography radiotracer, based on tailored shape-recognition polymers, with the aim to substitute single-pass HPLC purification with an in-flow trap & release process. Molecular imprinting technology (MIT) applied to solid phase extraction (MISPE) was investigated to develop a setting able to selectively extract [(11)C]RAC in a mixture containing a high amount of its precursor, (S)-O-Des-Methyl-Raclopride (DM-RAC). Two imprinted polymers selective for unlabeled RAC and DM-RAC were synthesized through a radical polymerization at 65 °C using methacrylic acid and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate in the presence of template molecule (RAC or DM-RAC). The prepared polymer was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and tested in MISPE experiments. The polymers were used in testing conditions, revealing a high retention capacity of RAC-MISPE to retain RAC either in the presence of similar concentrations of RAC and DM-RAC precursor (96.9%, RSD 6.6%) and in the presence of a large excess of precursor (90%, RSD 4.6%) in the loading solution. Starting from these promising results, preliminary studies for selective purification of [(11)C]Raclopride using this RAC-MISPE were performed and, while generally confirming the selectivity capacity of the polymer, revealed challenging applicability to the current synthetic process, mainly due to high backpressures and long elution times.