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Synthesis and evaluation of an AZD2461 [ 18 F]PET probe in non-human primates reveals the PARP-1 inhibitor to be non-blood-brain barrier penetrant

  • Sean W. Reilly
  • , Laura N. Puentes
  • , Alexander Schmitz
  • , Chia Ju Hsieh
  • , Chi Chang Weng
  • , Catherine Hou
  • , Shihong Li
  • , Yin Ming Kuo
  • , Prashanth Padakanti
  • , Hsiaoju Lee
  • , Aladdin A. Riad
  • , Mehran Makvandi*
  • , Robert H. Mach
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Pennsylvania

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Abstract

Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 inhibitor (PARPi) AZD2461 was designed to be a weak P-glycoprotein (P-gp) analogue of FDA approved olaparib. With this chemical property in mind, we utilized the AZD2461 ligand architecture to develop a CNS penetrant and PARP-1 selective imaging probe, in order to investigate PARP-1 mediated neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Our work led to the identification of several high-affinity PARPi, including AZD2461 congener 9e (PARP-1 IC 50 = 3.9 ± 1.2 nM), which was further evaluated as a potential 18 F-PET brain imaging probe. However, despite the similar molecular scaffolds of 9e and AZD2461, our studies revealed non-appreciable brain-uptake of [ 18 F]9e in non-human primates, suggesting AZD2461 to be non-CNS penetrant.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)242-249
Number of pages8
JournalBioorganic Chemistry
Volume83
DOIs
StatePublished - 03 2019
Externally publishedYes

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© 2018 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

  • AZD2461
  • Blood-brain barrier
  • MicroPET imaging
  • P-glycoprotein
  • PARP-1 inhibitor

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