RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 AMG 580: A Novel Small Molecule Phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) Positron Emission Tomography Tracer JF Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics JO J Pharmacol Exp Ther FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics SP 327 OP 337 DO 10.1124/jpet.114.220517 VO 352 IS 2 A1 Hang Chen A1 Dianna Lester-Zeiner A1 Jianxia Shi A1 Silke Miller A1 Charlie Glaus A1 Essa Hu A1 Ning Chen A1 Jessica Able A1 Christopher Biorn A1 Jamie Wong A1 Ji Ma A1 Klaus Michelsen A1 Geraldine Hill Della Puppa A1 Tim Kazules A1 Hui Hannah Dou A1 Santosh Talreja A1 Xiaoning Zhao A1 Ada Chen A1 Shannon Rumfelt A1 Roxanne K. Kunz A1 Hu Ye A1 Oliver R. Thiel A1 Toni Williamson A1 Carl Davis A1 Amy Porter A1 David Immke A1 Jennifer R. Allen A1 James Treanor YR 2015 UL http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/352/2/327.abstract AB Phosphodiesterase 10A (PDE10A) inhibitors have therapeutic potential for the treatment of psychiatric and neurologic disorders, such as schizophrenia and Huntington’s disease. One of the key requirements for successful central nervous system drug development is to demonstrate target coverage of therapeutic candidates in brain for lead optimization in the drug discovery phase and for assisting dose selection in clinical development. Therefore, we identified AMG 580 [1-(4-(3-(4-(1H-benzo[d]imidazole-2-carbonyl)phenoxy)pyrazin-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl)-2-fluoropropan-1-one], a novel, selective small-molecule antagonist with subnanomolar affinity for rat, primate, and human PDE10A. We showed that AMG 580 is suitable as a tracer for lead optimization to determine target coverage by novel PDE10A inhibitors using triple-stage quadrupole liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry technology. [3H]AMG 580 bound with high affinity in a specific and saturable manner to both striatal homogenates and brain slices from rats, baboons, and human in vitro. Moreover, [18F]AMG 580 demonstrated prominent uptake by positron emission tomography in rats, suggesting that radiolabeled AMG 580 may be suitable for further development as a noninvasive radiotracer for target coverage measurements in clinical studies. These results indicate that AMG 580 is a potential imaging biomarker for mapping PDE10A distribution and ensuring target coverage by therapeutic PDE10A inhibitors in clinical studies.