Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital & Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Center of Cyclotron and PET Radiopharmaceuticals, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT-MRI Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2020 Nov 1;30(21):127513. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127513. Epub 2020 Aug 27.
Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) exerts its main function in the catabolism of the endogenous chemical messenger anandamide (AEA), thus modulating the endocannabinoid (eCB) pathway. Inhibition of FAAH may serve as an effective strategy to relieve anxiety and possibly other central nervous system (CNS)-related disorders. Positron emission tomography (PET) would facilitate us to better understand the relationship between FAAH in certain disease conditions, and accelerate clinical translation of FAAH inhibitors by providing in vivo quantitative information. So far, most PET tracers show irreversible binding patterns with FAAH, which would result in complicated quantitative processes. Herein, we have identified a new FAAH inhibitor (1-((1-methyl-1H-indol-2-yl)methyl)piperidin-4-yl)(oxazol-2-yl)methanone (8) which inhibits the hydrolysis of AEA in the brain with high potency (IC value 11 nM at a substrate concentration of 0.5 µM), and without showing time-dependency. The PET tracer [C]8 (also called [C]FAAH-1906) was successfully radiolabeled with [C]MeI in 17 ± 6% decay-corrected radiochemical yield (n = 7) with >74.0 GBq/μmol (2 Ci/μmol) molar activity and >99% radiochemical purity. Ex vivo biodistribution and blocking studies of [C]8 in normal mice were also conducted, indicating good brain penetration, high brain target selectivity, and modest to excellent target selectivity in peripheral tissues. Thus, [C]8 is a potentially useful PET ligand with enzyme inhibitory and target binding properties consistent with a reversible mode of action.
脂肪酸酰胺水解酶(FAAH)在分解内源性化学信使花生四烯酸乙醇酰胺(AEA)方面发挥主要作用,从而调节内源性大麻素(eCB)途径。抑制 FAAH 可能是缓解焦虑症和其他中枢神经系统(CNS)相关疾病的有效策略。正电子发射断层扫描(PET)将有助于我们更好地理解 FAAH 在某些疾病状态下的关系,并通过提供体内定量信息,加速 FAAH 抑制剂的临床转化。到目前为止,大多数 PET 示踪剂与 FAAH 表现出不可逆的结合模式,这将导致复杂的定量过程。在此,我们鉴定了一种新型 FAAH 抑制剂(1-((1-甲基-1H-吲哚-2-基)甲基)哌啶-4-基)(恶唑-2-基)甲酮(8),它在脑内以高亲和力抑制 AEA 的水解(在 0.5 μM 底物浓度下的 IC 值为 11 nM),且无时间依赖性。PET 示踪剂 [C]8(也称为 [C]FAAH-1906)通过 [C]MeI 成功放射性标记,在 17 ± 6%的放射性化学产率(n = 7)下进行放射性标记,放射性化学纯度 >74.0 GBq/μmol(2 Ci/μmol)摩尔活度和 >99%。在正常小鼠中还进行了 [C]8 的体外生物分布和阻断研究,表明具有良好的脑穿透性、高脑靶标选择性以及在外周组织中适中至优异的靶标选择性。因此,[C]8 是一种具有酶抑制和靶标结合特性的潜在有用的 PET 配体,其作用模式与可逆模式一致。
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