TY - JOUR
T1 - Brain and whole-body imaging in nonhuman primates of [11C]PBR28, a promising PET radioligand for peripheral benzodiazepine receptors
AU - Imaizumi, Masao
AU - Briard, Emmanuelle
AU - Zoghbi, Sami S.
AU - Gourley, Jonathan P.
AU - Hong, Jinsoo
AU - Fujimura, Yota
AU - Pike, Victor W.
AU - Innis, Robert B.
AU - Fujita, Masahiro
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Intramural Program of NIMH (project #Z01-MH-002795-04). We thank Jeih-San Liow, PhD for processing PET data; John Bacher, DVM for veterinarian services; Robert Gladding for acquiring the PET data; PMOD Technologies for providing its image analysis and modeling software; the staff of the PET Department for successful completion of the studies; and Amanda Farris, BS for manuscript preparation. In vitro receptor screening at all sites other than that labeled with [ 3 H]PK 11195 were performed by the NIMH Psychoactive Drug Screening Program (contract # NO1MH32004).
PY - 2008/2/1
Y1 - 2008/2/1
N2 - Objectives: Peripheral benzodiazepine receptors (PBRs) are upregulated on activated microglia and are thereby biomarkers of neuroinflammation. We developed a PET ligand with an aryloxyanilide structure, [O-methyl-11C]N-acetyl-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenoxy-5-pyridinamine ([11C]PBR28), to image PBRs. The objectives of the current study were to evaluate kinetics of brain uptake, and the influence of the peripheral binding on the arterial input function in rhesus monkey. Methods: Brain (baseline: n = 6, blocking: n = 1) and whole-body PET imaging (baseline: n = 3, blocking: n = 1) of [11C]PBR28 were performed with the measurement of radiometabolite-corrected arterial input function in all brain and two whole body scans. Results: Saturating doses of nonradioactive PBR ligands markedly increased [11C]PBR28 in plasma (∼ 400% increase) and brain (∼ 200%) at 2 min by displacing radioligand from PBRs in peripheral organs. Brain uptake of radioactivity peaked in baseline scans at ∼ 40 min after injection of [11C]PBR28 and was high (∼ 300% standardized uptake value). The images showed no receptor-free region that could be used for reference tissue analysis. Thus, quantitation of receptor density required measurement of parent radioligand in arterial plasma. Nondisplaceable uptake was estimated from the blocked scans and was only ∼ 5% of total distribution volume measured under baseline conditions. Distribution volume of [11C]PBR28 was stably determined within 110 min of scanning. Conclusions: Regional brain uptake of [11C]PBR28 in monkey could be quantified as a value proportional to the density of receptors-namely, as equilibrium distribution volume. [11C]PBR28 had high levels of specific binding in brain and should provide a sensitive measure of changes in PBRs.
AB - Objectives: Peripheral benzodiazepine receptors (PBRs) are upregulated on activated microglia and are thereby biomarkers of neuroinflammation. We developed a PET ligand with an aryloxyanilide structure, [O-methyl-11C]N-acetyl-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)-2-phenoxy-5-pyridinamine ([11C]PBR28), to image PBRs. The objectives of the current study were to evaluate kinetics of brain uptake, and the influence of the peripheral binding on the arterial input function in rhesus monkey. Methods: Brain (baseline: n = 6, blocking: n = 1) and whole-body PET imaging (baseline: n = 3, blocking: n = 1) of [11C]PBR28 were performed with the measurement of radiometabolite-corrected arterial input function in all brain and two whole body scans. Results: Saturating doses of nonradioactive PBR ligands markedly increased [11C]PBR28 in plasma (∼ 400% increase) and brain (∼ 200%) at 2 min by displacing radioligand from PBRs in peripheral organs. Brain uptake of radioactivity peaked in baseline scans at ∼ 40 min after injection of [11C]PBR28 and was high (∼ 300% standardized uptake value). The images showed no receptor-free region that could be used for reference tissue analysis. Thus, quantitation of receptor density required measurement of parent radioligand in arterial plasma. Nondisplaceable uptake was estimated from the blocked scans and was only ∼ 5% of total distribution volume measured under baseline conditions. Distribution volume of [11C]PBR28 was stably determined within 110 min of scanning. Conclusions: Regional brain uptake of [11C]PBR28 in monkey could be quantified as a value proportional to the density of receptors-namely, as equilibrium distribution volume. [11C]PBR28 had high levels of specific binding in brain and should provide a sensitive measure of changes in PBRs.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.09.063
DO - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.09.063
M3 - Article
C2 - 18024084
AN - SCOPUS:37849018674
SN - 1053-8119
VL - 39
SP - 1289
EP - 1298
JO - NeuroImage
JF - NeuroImage
IS - 3
ER -