Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of Colony Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor (CSF1R) is a new strategy for quantifying both neuroinflammation and inflammation in the periphery since CSF1R is expressed on microglia and macrophages. AZ683 has high affinity for CSF1R (K = 8 nM; IC = 6 nM) and >250-fold selectivity over 95 other kinases. In this paper, we report the radiosynthesis of [C]AZ683 and initial evaluation of its use in CSF1R PET. [C]AZ683 was synthesized by C-methylation of the desmethyl precursor with [C]MeOTf in 3.0% non-corrected activity yield (based upon [C]MeOTf), >99% radiochemical purity and high molar activity. Preliminary PET imaging with [C]AZ683 revealed low brain uptake in rodents and nonhuman primates, suggesting that imaging neuroinflammation could be challenging but that the radiopharmaceutical could still be useful for peripheral imaging of inflammation.
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Center for Converging Humanities, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
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December 2024
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Background: The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) has become a dominant regimen in modern cancer therapy, however immune resistance induced by tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) with immune suppressive and evasion properties limits responses. Therefore, the rational design of immune modulators that can control the immune suppressive properties of TAMs and polarize them, as well as dendritic cells (DCs), toward a more proinflammatory phenotype is a principal objective in cancer immunotherapy.
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Department of Oncology, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Jonkoping County, Sweden
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January 2025
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hamamatsu Medical Center, Hamamatsu, Japan.
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December 2024
Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
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