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作者: Guo, Yan ; Abbadie, Catherine ; Jin, Hong ; Chobanian, Harry ; Sanabria, Sandra ; Salituro, Gino ; Posavec, Diane ; Chioda, Marc ; Shiao, Lin-Lin ; Chang, Linda ; Madeira, Maria ; Hamill, Terence G ; DeVita, Robert J ; Hong, Qingmei ; Holahan, Marie ; Jochnowitz, Nina ; Alexander, Jessica ; Rosenbach, Mark ; Lin, Linus S ; Purcell, Mona ; Terebetski, Jenna L ; Powell, Joyce ; O'Malley, Stacey ; Hajdu, Richard ; Chen, Tsing-Bau ; Karanam, Bindhu ; Nargund, Ravi P ; Bakshi, Raman ; Cook, Jacquelynn ; Sullivan, Kathleen A ; Mandala, Suzanne ; Dellureficio, James ; Williams, David ; Liu, Ping ; Riffel, Kerry ; Miller, Patricia ; Hargreaves, Richard ; Williams, Mangay ; Leone, Joseph F ; Zeng, Zhizhen ; Joshi, Aniket ; Li, Wenping ; Xu, Ling ; Fung, Selena
We report herein the discovery of a fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) positron emission tomography (PET) tracer. Starting from a pyrazole lead, medicinal chemistry efforts directed toward reducing lipophilicity led to the synthesis of a series of imidazole analogues. Compound 6 was chosen for further profiling due to its appropriate physical chemical properties and excellent FAAH inhibition potency across species. [(11)C]-6 (MK-3168) exhibited good brain uptake and FAAH-specific signal in rhesus monkeys and is a suitable PET tracer for imaging FAAH in the brain.