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  • Title: Structure-distribution relationships for metal-labeled myocardial imaging agents: comparison of a series of cationic gallium (III) complexes with hexadentate bis(salicylaldimine) ligands.
    Author: Tsang BW, Mathias CJ, Fanwick PE, Green MA.
    Journal: J Med Chem; 1994 Dec 09; 37(25):4400-6. PubMed ID: 7996552.
    Abstract:
    A series of 10 cationic gallium(III) complexes with hexadentate bis(salicylaldimine) ligands were synthesized, characterized, radiolabeled with 67Ga, and screened in a rat model to assess their potential as 68Ga radiopharmaceuticals for imaging the heart with positron emission tomography. The tris(salicylaldimine) ligand precursors were synthesized by condensation of either bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine (BAPEN) or bis(2,2-dimethyl-3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine (DM-BAPEN) with 3 equiv of a salicylaldehyde derivative containing alkyl, alkoxy, or alkylamino substituents in the 4, 5, or 6 position of the aromatic ring. The cationic six-coordinate gallium(III) bis(salicylaldimine) complexes were obtained by reaction of these tris(salicylaldimines) with tris(acetylacetonato)gallium(III). X-ray crystallographic confirmation of the molecular structure of Ga[(4,6-(MeO)2sal)2DM-BAPEN]+I- shows the Ga cation to adopt a pseudo-octahedral N4O2 coordination sphere with a trans configuration. All of the 67Ga complexes are lipophilic with measured octanol/water partition coefficients (P) varying from log P = 0.84 to 3.00. These 67Ga-labeled complexes are all found to exhibit significant myocardial uptake following intravenous administration to rats (ranging from 0.34 to 1.08% of the injected dose in myocardium at 1 min postinjection) combined with the desired myocardial retention of tracer.
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