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Shegani A, Kealey S, Luzi F, Basagni F, Machado JDM, Ekici SD, Ferocino A, Gee AD, Bongarzone S. Radiosynthesis, Preclinical, and Clinical Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Carbon-11 Labeled Endogenous and Natural Exogenous Compounds. Chem Rev 2022; 123:105-229. [PMID: 36399832 PMCID: PMC9837829 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The presence of positron emission tomography (PET) centers at most major hospitals worldwide, along with the improvement of PET scanner sensitivity and the introduction of total body PET systems, has increased the interest in the PET tracer development using the short-lived radionuclides carbon-11. In the last few decades, methodological improvements and fully automated modules have allowed the development of carbon-11 tracers for clinical use. Radiolabeling natural compounds with carbon-11 by substituting one of the backbone carbons with the radionuclide has provided important information on the biochemistry of the authentic compounds and increased the understanding of their in vivo behavior in healthy and diseased states. The number of endogenous and natural compounds essential for human life is staggering, ranging from simple alcohols to vitamins and peptides. This review collates all the carbon-11 radiolabeled endogenous and natural exogenous compounds synthesised to date, including essential information on their radiochemistry methodologies and preclinical and clinical studies in healthy subjects.
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- Antonio Shegani
- School
of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater
Studiorum−University of Bologna, via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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- Institute
of Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity, Italian National Research Council, via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom,A.G.: email,
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom,S.B.:
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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Microglia as Therapeutic and Imaging Targets in Alzheimer's Disease. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27092780. [PMID: 35566132 PMCID: PMC9102429 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27092780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation and tauopathy are considered the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but attenuation in choline signaling, including decreased nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), is evident in the early phase of AD. Currently, there are no drugs that can suppress the progression of AD due to a limited understanding of AD pathophysiology. For this, diagnostic methods that can assess disease progression non-invasively before the onset of AD symptoms are essential, and it would be valuable to incorporate the concept of neurotheranostics, which simultaneously enables diagnosis and treatment. The neuroprotective pathways activated by nAChRs are attractive targets as these receptors may regulate microglial-mediated neuroinflammation. Microglia exhibit both pro- and anti-inflammatory functions that could be modulated to mitigate AD pathogenesis. Currently, single-cell analysis is identifying microglial subpopulations that may have specific functions in different stages of AD pathologies. Thus, the ability to image nAChRs and microglia in AD according to the stage of the disease in the living brain may lead to the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods. In this review, we summarize and discuss the recent findings on the nAChRs and microglia, as well as their methods for live imaging in the context of diagnosis, prophylaxis, and therapy for AD.
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Goud NS, Bhattacharya A, Joshi RK, Nagaraj C, Bharath RD, Kumar P. Carbon-11: Radiochemistry and Target-Based PET Molecular Imaging Applications in Oncology, Cardiology, and Neurology. J Med Chem 2021; 64:1223-1259. [PMID: 33499603 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The positron emission tomography (PET) molecular imaging technique has gained its universal value as a remarkable tool for medical diagnosis and biomedical research. Carbon-11 is one of the promising radiotracers that can report target-specific information related to its pharmacology and physiology to understand the disease status. Currently, many of the available carbon-11 (t1/2 = 20.4 min) PET radiotracers are heterocyclic derivatives that have been synthesized using carbon-11 inserted different functional groups obtained from primary and secondary carbon-11 precursors. A spectrum of carbon-11 PET radiotracers has been developed against many of the upregulated and emerging targets for the diagnosis, prognosis, prediction, and therapy in the fields of oncology, cardiology, and neurology. This review focuses on the carbon-11 radiochemistry and various target-specific PET molecular imaging agents used in tumor, heart, brain, and neuroinflammatory disease imaging along with its associated pathology.
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- Nerella Sridhar Goud
- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology (NIIR), National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru 560 029, India
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- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology (NIIR), National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru 560 029, India
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- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology (NIIR), National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru 560 029, India
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- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology (NIIR), National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru 560 029, India
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- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology (NIIR), National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru 560 029, India
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- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology (NIIR), National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru 560 029, India
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The chemistry of labeling heterocycles with carbon-11 or fluorine-18 for biomedical imaging. ADVANCES IN HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aihch.2019.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Development and optimization of a novel automated loop method for production of [ 11C]nicotine. Appl Radiat Isot 2018; 140:76-82. [PMID: 29957537 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2018.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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A novel, rapid, and automated loop method for the synthesis of [11C]nicotine was developed and optimized. The method involves, a reaction of the precursor, (+) nornicotine or (-) nornicotine, with a gas-phase produced [11C]CH3I in an 800 µL loop at 75 °C for 5 min followed by a semi-preparatory Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC) purification. The optimized synthesis and purification process was complete in < 30 min and produced [11C]nicotine with > 99.9% Radiochemical Purity (RCP), no [11C]CH3I, no (+) nornicotine, 105 mCi/µmole specific activity, 7.0 - 7.2 pH, and 16.6% ethanol. The current method can be optimized, to reduce the ethanol content (<10%), and can be translated to a cGMP production of [11C]nicotine for human clinical trials.
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Horti AG, Kuwabara H, Holt DP, Dannals RF, Wong DF. Recent PET radioligands with optimal brain kinetics for imaging nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2013; 56:159-66. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.3020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Revised: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Andrew G. Horti
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore; MD; USA
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore; MD; USA
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore; MD; USA
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore; MD; USA
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology; Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore; MD; USA
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Roeda D, Kuhnast B, Hammadi A, Dollé F. The Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot – contributions to PET chemistry over the years. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.1420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Kassiou M, Loc'h C, Dolle F, Musachio JL, Dolci L, Crouzel C, Dannals RF, Mazière B. Preparation of a bromine-76 labelled analogue of epibatidine: a potent ligand for nicotinic acetylcholine receptor studies. Appl Radiat Isot 2002; 57:713-7. [PMID: 12433046 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8043(02)00187-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Epibatidine analogues have been labelled with I-123 for single photon emission computed tomography and with short half-life positron emitters (C-11 and F-18) for PET. For easier radiopharmacological studies the bromo analogue of epibatidine (norchlorobromoepibatidine or exo-7-azabicyclo-2-(2-bromo-5-pyridyl)-[2.2.1]heptane) was labelled with Br-76, a longer half-life positron emitter, (T1/2 = 16.2h). [76Br]-norchlorobromoepibatidine was prepared by using a Cu+ assisted bromodeiodination exchange from the iodo analogue in reducing conditions at 190 degrees C. The tracer purified by RP-HPLC was obtained in 70% radiochemical yield with a specific radioactivity of 20 GBq/micromol. Radiochemical and chemical purities measured by radio-TLC and HPLC were >98%.
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- M Kassiou
- Department of PET and Nuclear Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
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Saji H, Ogawa M, Ueda M, Iida Y, Magata Y, Tominaga A, Kawashima H, Kitamura Y, Nakagawa M, Kiyono Y, Mukai T. Evaluation of radioiodinated 5-iodo-3-(2(S)-azetidinylmethoxy)pyridine as a ligand for SPECT investigations of brain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Ann Nucl Med 2002; 16:189-200. [PMID: 12126044 DOI: 10.1007/bf02996300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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5-Iodo-3-(2(S)-azetidinylmethoxy)pyridine (5IA), an A-85380 analog iodinated at the 5-position of the pyridine ring, was evaluated as a radiopharmaceutical for investigating brain nicotinic acethylcholine receptors (nAChRs) by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). [123/125I]5IA was synthesized by the iododestannylation reaction under no-carrier-added conditions and purified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with high radiochemical yield (50%), high radiochemical purity (> 98%), and high specific radioactivity (> 55 GBq/micromol). The binding affinity of 5IA for brain nAChRs was measured in terms of displacement of [3H]cytisine and [125I]5IA from binding sites in rat cortical membranes. The binding data revealed that the affinity of 5IA was the same as that of A-85380 and more than seven fold higher than that of (-)-nicotine, and that 5IA bound selectively to the alpha4beta2 nAChR subtype. Biodistribution studies in rats indicated that the brain uptake of [125I]51A was rapid and profound. Regional cerebral distribution studies in rats demonstrated that the accumulation of [125I]5IA was consistent with the density of high affinity nAChRs with highest uptake observed in the nAChR-rich thalamus, moderate uptake in the cortex and lowest uptake in the cerebellum. Administration of the nAChR agonists (-)-cytisine and (-)-nicotine reduced the uptake of [125I]5IA in all regions studied with most pronounced reduction in the thalamus, and resulted in similar levels of radioactivity throughout the brain. [125I]5IA binding sites were shown to be saturable with unlabeled 5IA. Behavioral studies in mice demonstrated that 5IA did not show signs of behavioral toxicity. Furthermore, SPECT studies with [123I]5IA in the common marmoset demonstrated appropriate brain uptake and regional localization for a high-affinity nAChR imaging radiopharmaceutical. These results suggested that [123I]5IA is a promising radiopharmaceutical for SPECT studies of central nAChRs in human subjects.
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- Hideo Saji
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan.
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Horti A, Ravert HT, London ED, Dannals RF. Synthesis of a radiotracer for studying nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: (+/−)-exo-2-(2-[18F]fluoro-5-pyridyl)-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1344(199604)38:4<355::aid-jlcr842>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Crooks PA, Dwoskin LP. Contribution of CNS nicotine metabolites to the neuropharmacological effects of nicotine and tobacco smoking. Biochem Pharmacol 1997; 54:743-53. [PMID: 9353128 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00117-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Nicotine, the principal alkaloid in tobacco products, is generally accepted to be the active pharmacological agent responsible for CNS effects resulting from tobacco use. Arguments are presented in this commentary which take issue with this popular dogma, by providing evidence that nicotine metabolites may also be responsible for the CNS effects commonly attributed to nicotine. CNS effects attributed to nicotine include reinforcing effects, mood elevation, arousal, locomotor stimulant effects, and learning and memory enhancement. The reinforcing and locomotor stimulant effects of nicotine have been suggested to be the result of activation of CNS dopaminergic systems, and nicotine-induced modulation of dopaminergic neurotransmission has been studied in detail. Nicotine acts at a family of nicotinic receptor subtypes composed of multiple subunits; however, the exact composition of the subunits in native nicotinic receptors and the functional significance of the receptor subtype diversity are currently unknown. This nicotinic subtype diversity increases the complexity of the potential mechanisms of action of nicotine and its metabolites. Although peripheral metabolism of nicotine has been studied extensively, metabolism in the CNS has not been investigated to any great extent. Recently, studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that several nicotine metabolites are present in the CNS after acute nicotine administration. Moreover, nicotine metabolites are pharmacologically active in neurochemical and behavioral assays. Thus, CNS effects resulting from nicotine exposure may not be due solely to nicotine, but may result, at least in part, from the actions of nicotine metabolites.
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- P A Crooks
- College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0082, USA
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Kämpfer I, Sorger D, Schliebs R, Kärger W, Günther K, Schulze K, Knapp WH. Radioiodination of nicotine with specific activity high enough for mapping nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE 1996; 23:157-62. [PMID: 8925850 DOI: 10.1007/bf01731839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A novel radiochemical method is presented to synthesize 5-[123I/125I/131I]-dL-nicotine by radioiodination of 5-bromonicotine. Radioiodination of the precursor 5-dL-bromonicotine was achieved using a copper (I)-assisted nucleophilic exchange reaction in the presence of reducing agent. The reaction conditions were optimized by varying pH, concentration of Sn(II) salt, ascorbic acid, Cu(I)chloride and reaction temperature. After purification by high-performance liquid chromatography the radiochemical purity of the product exceeded 98%, with a radiochemical yield of 55% and a specific activity > or =5 GBq/micromol. Specific binding of the iodinated nicotine was demonstrated in rat brain by autoradiography. The radioactivity from the specific structures was displaced by an excess of non-radioactive nicotine (10(-3)M) with KD and Bmax of 13.1+/-7.8 nM and 22+/-2.7 fmol/mg protein and unspecific binding of about 40%. The in vivo distribution of 5-[131I]iodonicotine was determined in 20 female Wistar rats at various time intervals of 15s to 90 min post injection (p.i.) by well counting and autoradiography. Brain activity peaked within 0.5 min p.i., and then showed a biexponential washout. Initially, activity within the cerebral cortex exceeded that of the cerebellum by a factor of 1.5-2.0. It was also increased in the striatum and thalamus. However, as soon as 15 min p.i. activity was almost homogeneously distributed. In conclusion, synthesis of 5-iodo-dL-nicotine (labelled with 131I, 125I or 123I, respectively) with appropriately high specific activity for receptor studies was achieved and specific binding to nicotine receptors in rat brain was demonstrated; following intravenous injection, however, there is considerable unspecific binding, obviously due to highly flow-dependent tissue retention.
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- I Kämpfer
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 20a, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Maziere M. Cholinergic neurotransmission studied in vivo using positron emission tomography or single photon emission computerized tomography. Pharmacol Ther 1995; 66:83-101. [PMID: 7630931 DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(95)00003-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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During the past decade, considerable efforts have been made in the development of radiopharmaceuticals for the in vivo study of the cholinergic neurotransmission using positron emission tomography or single photon emission computerized tomography. The main cholinergic radioligands, labelled with positron- or gamma-photon-emitting radionuclides, are reviewed with respect to use as in vivo markers of either acetylcholinesterase, vesicular acetylcholine transporter, brain and heart muscarinic receptors, or cholinergic nicotinic receptors. The main results obtained in the in vivo study of the physiology, pharmacology or pathology of the different steps of the cholinergic neurotransmission using single photon emission computerized tomography and positron emission tomography are discussed.
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- M Maziere
- CNRS URA 1285, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, DRIPP, CEA, Orsay, France
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Nybäck H, Halldin C, Ahlin A, Curvall M, Eriksson L. PET studies of the uptake of (S)- and (R)-[11C]nicotine in the human brain: difficulties in visualizing specific receptor binding in vivo. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1994; 115:31-6. [PMID: 7862909 DOI: 10.1007/bf02244748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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(S)- and (R)-[11C]nicotine were synthesized by methylation of (S)- and (R)-nornicotine using [11C]methyl iodide. Following their intravenous injection in tracer doses to smoking and nonsmoking healthy males the radioactivity in arterial blood showed a sharp peak at about 1 min followed by a plateau level for the remaining 50 min of recording. Uptake in the brain, as measured by positron emission tomography (PET), was rapid with a peak at 5 min followed by a steady decline towards the end of the measurement. The regional distribution of radioactivity followed essentially the distribution of gray matter with high uptake in the cortex, the thalamus and the basal ganglia and low uptake in the pons, cerebellum and white matter. Levels of the labelled natural enantiomer, (S)-[11C]nicotine, were higher than those of the synthetic enantiomer, (R)-[11C]nicotine, particularly in the smokers. The time-activity curves of (S)-[11C]nicotine uptake were not changed by co-administration of 1.0 mg of unlabelled nicotine with the labelled nicotine. Similarly administration of unlabelled nicotine at the peak of radioactivity, 6 min following (S)-[11C]nicotine, had no effect on the time-activity curves. Thus essential criteria for visualizing receptor binding with the PET technique could not be fulfilled. Calculation of kinetic constants using a two-compartment model gave values indicating that the brain uptake of [11C]nicotine is mainly determined by the cerebral blood flow, extraction of the tracer over the blood-brain barrier and unspecific binding. Thus 11C-labelled nicotine does not seem to be a suitable tracer for PET studies of nicotinic cholinergic receptors in the human brain.
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- H Nybäck
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Iida Y, Saji H, Magata Y, Konishi J, Nakatsuka I, Yoshitake A, Yokoyama A. 11C-labeled 2'-iododiazepam for PET studies of benzodiazepine receptors: synthesis and comparison of biodistribution with its radioiodinated compound. Ann Nucl Med 1994; 8:17-22. [PMID: 8204393 DOI: 10.1007/bf03164982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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For PET studies of benzodiazepine receptors, N-11C-methyl-2'-iododiazepam (2'-IDZ) was synthesized by N-methylation of its desmethyl derivative with 11C-methyl iodide, and was subsequently purified by HPLC. The labeling and purification procedures were completed within 45 min after 11C-methyl iodide trapping, and the radiochemical yield (corrected for decay) was approximately 40% based on the initial trapped radioactivity of 11C-methyl iodide. Biodistribution studies in mice demonstrated that 11C-2'-IDZ was rapidly and noticeably accumulated in the brain, and subsequently decreased with time. Accumulation was greater in the cortex than in other brain regions. When compared with 125I-2'-IDZ, the distribution was almost the same until 5 min after injection, but levels were low after 20 min. Metabolic studies indicated that the difference between these two compounds in the time course of brain radioactivity distribution may be due to N-demethylation in vivo.
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- Y Iida
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
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