Radiolabelling and positron emission tomography of PT70, a time-dependent inhibitor of InhA, the Mycobacterium tuberculosis enoyl-ACP reductase

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2015 Nov 1;25(21):4782-4786. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.07.019. Epub 2015 Jul 14.

Abstract

PT70 is a diaryl ether inhibitor of InhA, the enoyl-ACP reductase in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis fatty acid biosynthesis pathway. It has a residence time of 24 min on the target, and also shows antibacterial activity in a mouse model of tuberculosis infection. Due to the interest in studying target tissue pharmacokinetics of PT70, we developed a method to radiolabel PT70 with carbon-11 and have studied its pharmacokinetics in mice and baboons using positron emission tomography.

Keywords: Carbon-11; InhA enoyl-ACP reductase; PK–PD; Positron emission tomography; Residence time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antirheumatic Agents / chemistry
  • Antirheumatic Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Antirheumatic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacokinetics
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Mice
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / enzymology*
  • Oxidoreductases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism
  • Papio
  • Phenyl Ethers / chemistry
  • Phenyl Ethers / pharmacokinetics
  • Phenyl Ethers / pharmacology*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology

Substances

  • 2-(2-tolyloxy)-5-hexylphenol
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Phenyl Ethers
  • Oxidoreductases
  • InhA protein, Mycobacterium