Review Article

In Vivo and In Vitro Characteristics of Radiolabeled Vesamicol Analogs as the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Imaging Agents

Table 1

Binding affinity of vesamicol analogs for VAChT, σ1, and σ2.

The ratio of vesamicol analogs (122) to vesamicol for Ki valueTissue preparations for VAChT
VAChTσ1σ2

Vesamicol111
Benzovesamicol (BV)0.560.800.86Rat brain membranes
Decalinvesamicol (DV)0.502.750.31Rat brain membranes
(−)-IBVM (1)
(−)-FEOBV (2) [45]0.4110.25rVAChT-PC12 cell
(−)-MABV (3) [48]
(−)-NEFA (4) [49]0.32Torpedo californica
(5) [51]1.1722.8411.38rVAChT-PC12 cell
(6) [53]0.493.190.54rVAChT-PC12 cell
(7) [53]0.140.442.30rVAChT-PC12 cell
MIBT (8) [55]0.0653.545.59Torpedo californica
(+)-MIBT (8) [55]0.110.130.51Rat brain membranes
FBT (9) [55]0.250.040.66Rat brain membranes
(+)-FBT (9) [60]0.220.841.04Torpedo californica
oIV(10) [62]0.420.0770.83Rat brain membranes
(−)-oIV (10) [62]1.150.831.32Rat brain membranes
(−)-OMV (11) [63]1.520.460.77Rat brain membranes
3′-IBVM (12) [64]0.215.751.37Torpedo californica
OIDV (13) [65]0.6110.941.37Rat brain membranes
(−)-OIDV (13) [66]0.958.660.86Rat brain membranes
OBDV (14) [67]0.416.821.59Rat brain membranes
OMDV (15) [68]0.563.380.31Rat brain membranes
FAMV (16) [69]rVAChT-PC12 cell
FBMV (17) [70]rVAChT-PC12 cell
(−)-FBBV (18) [71]0.5113.909.25Torpedo californica
(−)-19rVAChT-PC12 cell
(−)-TZ659 (20)rVAChT-PC12 cell
(−)-VAT (21)rVAChT-PC12 cell
(−)-22rVAChT-PC12 cell

The affinity of these vesamicol analogs for VAChT, σ1, and σ2 had not been reported. The affinity of vesamicol, as a reference, for VAChT, σ1, and σ2 was not investigated by the same in vitro binding assay method.