@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00047552,
 author = {Kikuchi, Tatsuya and Okamura, Toshimitsu and Okada, Maki and Ogawa, Masanao and Suzuki, Chie and Wakizaka, Hidekatsu and Yui, Joji and Fukumura, Toshimitsu and D, Gee Antony and Zhang, Ming-Rong and 菊池 達矢 and 岡村 敏充 and 岡田 真希 and 小川 政直 and 鈴木 千恵 and 脇坂 秀克 and 由井 譲二 and 福村 利光 and 張 明栄},
 issue = {12},
 journal = {Journal of Medicinal Chemistry},
 month = {May},
 note = {Multidrug resistance-associated protein 4 (MRP4) and organic anion transporter 3 (OAT3) mediate the efflux of organic anions from the brain and heart. In this study, we have developed a probe for estimating the activity of these transporters in these tissues using positron emission tomography. Several 11C-labeled hippuric acid ester derivatives were screened with the expectation that they would be hydrolyzed in situ to form the corresponding 11C-labeled organic acids in target tissues. Among the compounds screened, benzyl [11C]hippurate showed favorable hydrolysis rates and uptake properties in the target tissues of mice. Subsequent evaluation using transporter knockout mice revealed that radioactivity was retained in the brain and heart of Oat3(-/-) and Mrp4(-/-) mice, respectively, compared with that of control mice after the intravenous administration of benzyl [11C]hippurate. Benzyl [11C]hippurate could therefore be used as a probe for estimating the activities of OAT3 and MRP4 in mouse brain and heart, respectively.},
 pages = {5847--5856},
 title = {Benzyl [11C]Hippurate as an Agent for Measuring the Activities of Organic Anion Transporter 3 in the Brain and Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 4 in the Heart of Mice.},
 volume = {59},
 year = {2016}
}