Half-curcumin analogues as PET imaging probes for amyloid beta species

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Mar 21;55(25):3630-3633. doi: 10.1039/c8cc10166c.

Abstract

In this report, we demonstrate that half-curcuminoid could be a better scaffold for PET tracer development. F-CRANAD-101 was designed and found to show significant response to both soluble and insoluble Aβs in the fluorescent spectral tests. PET imaging results indicated that 14 month and 5 month old APP/PS1 AD mice had higher signals in the brain than age-matched wild type mice.

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Brain / pathology
  • Curcumin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / chemistry

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Curcumin