Title: Gallium Complexes for Molecular Imaging of Bone Tissue Author: Bc. Jan Holub Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University Supervisor: RNDr. Vojtěch Kubíček, PhD. Supervisor's Email address: kubicek@natur.cuni.cz ABSTRACT This thesis is focused on preparing new ligands for selective complexation of gallium, which might serve as potential radiopharmaceuticals for 68 Ga-PET bone imaging. Two new ligands were prepared, combining 1,4,7-triazacyclonone-1,4-diacetic acid macrocyclic skeleton and bis(phosphonate) pendant arm, bound to the remaining free nitrogen atom on the macrocycle. Macrocyclic skeleton is responsible for high kinetic and thermodynamic stability of the Ga3+ complex and the bis(phosphonate) pendant arm insures selective delivery of the complex to the bone tissue. Both new ligands were fully characterized by NMR and mass spectroscopy. Complexation of Ga3+ was studied by 31 P and 71 Ga NMR spectroscopy. Binding to bone tissue was simulated by adsorption of the complexes to hydroxoapatite. Radiochemical experiments including study of 68 Ga complexation kinetics and basic in-vivo experiments including biodistribution studies and PET examination were done in cooperation with Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz in Germany. Data obtained from these experiments were...
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:313013 |
Date | January 2011 |
Creators | Holub, Jan |
Contributors | Kubíček, Vojtěch, Vojtíšek, Pavel |
Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
Language | Czech |
Detected Language | English |
Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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