Adequacy of a compartment model for CMRO2_{2} quantitation using 15^{15}O-labeled oxygen and PET: a clearance measurement of 15^{15}O-radioactivity following intracarotid bolus injection of 15^{15}O-labeled oxyhemoglobin on Macaca fascicularis

We aimed at evaluating the adequacy of the commonly employed compartmental model for quantitation of cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2) using 15O-labeled oxygen (15O2) and positron emission tomography (PET). Sequential PET imaging was carried out on monkeys following slow bolus injection of blood samples containing 15O2–oxyhemoglobin (15O2–Hb), 15O-labeled water (H215O), and C15O-labeled hemoglobin (C15O–Hb) into the internal carotid artery (ICA). Clearance slopes were assessed in the middle cerebral artery territory of the injected hemisphere. The time–activity curves were bi-exponential for both 15O2–Hb and H215O. Single exponential fitting to the early (5 to 40 seconds) and late (80 to 240 seconds) periods after the peak was performed and the 15O2–Hb and H215O results were compared. It was found that a significant difference between the clearance rates of the 15O2–Hb and H215O injections is unlikely, which supports the mathematical model that is widely used to describe the kinetics of 15O2–Hb and H215O in cerebral tissues and is the basis of recent approaches to simultaneously assess CMRO2 and cerebral blood flow in a single PET session. However, it should be noted that more data are necessary to unequivocally confirm the result

Supramolecular Assistance for the Selective Monofunctionalization of a Calix[6]arene Tris-carboxylic Acid-Based Receptor

The selective functionalization of macrocyclic receptors remains extremely challenging because it generally requires the transformation of one and only one functional group among several identical groups. Recently, some of us described that the host-guest properties of a calix[6]arene-based Zn complex could be exploited for its selective monofunctionalization. Herein, we report on the extension of this synthetic strategy to a calix[6]arene-based receptor displaying a different recognition pattern with its guest. More precisely, a calix[6]arene tris-carboxylic acid-based receptor bearing three azido groups at the large rim was selectively monofunctionalized through an intramolecular thermal Huisgen reaction with a hexynNH3(+) ion accommodated into the cavity. This work shows that the monofunctionalization methodology can also be performed efficiently with host-guest systems involving ionic/H-bonding interactions, and it is thus not limited only to the use of metal-ligand interactions. In other words, this supramolecular methodology can be used as a general tool for the selective functionalization of molecular receptors.JOURNAL ARTICLESCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe