Çiğdem İçhedef, Ahmet Murat Senisik, D. Göksoy, Ayfer Yurt Kilcar, Serap Teksöz, Kadir Ari, Bedriye Elvan Sayit Bilgin, Yasemin Parlak, Eser Uçar, Vocational School of Health Services/Radiotheraphy, Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Bağcılar, İstanbul 34217, Turkey, Department of Nuclear Applications, Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Ege University, Bornova, İzmir 35100, Turkey, Departmant of Nuclear Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, 45030, Turkey, and Şenışık, A. M.
KILCAR, AYFER YURT/0000-0003-0866-7515; Senisik, Ahmet Murat/0000-0002-7781-3355; KILCAR, AYFER YURT/0000-0003-0866-7515; ichedef, cigdem/0000-0002-1586-9521 WOS:000431040600006 This study describes a single step conjugation of Glycylglycine (GlyGly) which is a small peptide, with [F-18]FDG via oxime formation. Amiooxy-functionalization of GlyGly (AO-GlyGly) was accomplished through the reaction of Boc-aminooxy succinimide ester. Conjugation reaction was performed at 100 A degrees C for 30 min in a vial containing AO-GlyGly and [F-18]FDG solution. The radiolabeled product ([F-18]FDG-GlyGly) was obtained with 98.65 +/- 0.35% yield without any purification step which makes this method more attractive for F-18 radiolabeling. The present study is concluded with an in vivo pilot animal PET study to assess biodistribution and kinetics of chemoselectively [F-18]FDG tagged GlyGly in vivo. Ege University Scientific Research Project (Bomova, Izmir, Turkey)Ege University [2012 NBE 004] This study was financially supported by the Ege University Scientific Research Project numbered 2012 NBE 004 (Bomova, Izmir, Turkey).