Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2023
Peptides,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
179, P. 171268 - 171268
Published: June 28, 2024
Language: Английский
Selective Mu-Opioid Receptor Imaging Using 18F-Labeled Carfentanils
So Jeong Lee,
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Torben D. Pearson,
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Maëva Dhaynaut
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et al.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 7, 2025
Carfentanil,
a
highly
potent
synthetic
opioid,
paradoxically
serves
as
crucial
positron
emission
tomography
(PET)
imaging
tool
in
neurobiological
studies
of
the
mu-opioid
receptor
(MOR)
system
when
labeled
with
carbon-11
([11C]CFN).
However,
its
clinical
research
use
is
hindered
by
extreme
potency
and
limited
availability
short-lived
(t1/2
=
20.4
min).
We
present
fluorine-18-labeled
fluorocarfentanils
([18F]FCFNs),
which
can
be
produced
at
higher
molar
activity,
allowing
for
lower
mass
doses
benefiting
from
longer
half-life
fluorine-18
109.8
min),
facilitating
broader
accessibility.
Using
copper-mediated
radiofluorination,
we
synthesized
small
[18F]FCFN
library
conducted
preclinical
evaluations.
Two
candidates,
o-18F-1
p-18F-2,
showed
optimal
brain
uptake,
favorable
pharmacokinetics,
high
MOR-specific
binding.
Selectivity
was
confirmed
through
vitro
binding
assays
vivo
PET
scans.
These
[18F]FCFNs
are
promising
accessible
human
MOR
imaging.
Language: Английский
Decreased opioid receptor availability and impaired neurometabolic coupling as signatures of morphine tolerance in male rats: A positron emission tomography study
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
183, P. 117848 - 117848
Published: Jan. 16, 2025
Language: Английский
Brain PET imaging using 11C-flumazenil and 11C-buprenorphine does not support the hypothesis of a mutual interaction between buprenorphine and benzodiazepines at the neuroreceptor level
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
44(3), P. 449 - 458
Published: Dec. 14, 2023
Among
opioids,
buprenorphine
presents
a
favorable
safety
profile
with
limited
risk
of
respiratory
depression.
However,
fatalities
have
been
reported
when
is
combined
to
benzodiazepine.
Potentiation
interaction
opioid
receptors
(ORs)
benzodiazepines,
and/or
vice
versa,
hypothesized
explain
this
drug-drug
(DDI).
The
mutual
DDI
between
and
benzodiazepines
was
investigated
at
the
neuroreceptor
level
in
nonhuman
primates
(n
=
4
individuals)
using
brain
PET
imaging
kinetic
modelling.
binding
potential
(BP
ND
)
benzodiazepine
receptor
(BzR)
assessed
11
C-flumazenil
before
after
administration
(0.2
mg,
i.v.).
Moreover,
kinetics
were
same
individuals
C-buprenorphine
diazepam
(10
Outcome
parameters
compared
two-way
ANOVA.
Buprenorphine
did
not
impact
plasma
nor
C-flumazenil.
BP
unchanged
following
exposure,
any
region
(p
>
0.05).
Similarly,
or
C-buprenorphine.
volume
distribution
(
V
T
To
conclude,
our
findings
do
support
neuropharmacokinetic
neuroreceptor-related
mechanism
buprenorphine/benzodiazepine
interaction.
Language: Английский