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A PET Radiotracer for Studying Serotonin Uptake Sites: Carbon-11-McN-5652Z

Division of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland

Correspondence: For reprints correspondence contact: Ursula Scheffel, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 615 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205-2179.

ABSTRACT

A radioligand for imaging central serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) uptake sites by positron emission tomography (PET) has yet to be developed. Such a tracer would be useful for the study of normal and altered serotonergic neurotransmission as well as for the detection of serotonergic neurotoxicity. This paper describes the labeling of the highly potent serotonin (5-HT) uptake blocker, McN-5652-Z (trans-1,2,3,5,6,10ß-hexahydro-6-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]pyrrolo[2,1-a]-isoquinoline; racemic mixture), with ¹¹C and the evaluation of this radiotracer in rodents with respect to its in vivo binding characteristics. In mouse brain, ¹¹C-McN-5652-Z accumulated rapidly in regions with high densities of 5-HT uptake sites. The ratio between hypothalamus and cerebellum was 1.5:1 at 15 min and increased with time to 4.6:1 at 90 min after injection. The distribution of ¹¹C-McN-5652 in rat brain at 60 min correlated well with regional concentrations of 5-HT uptake sites (r = 0.86). The specificity and selectivity of ¹¹C-McN-5652 binding to the 5-HT transporter were tested by preinjecting blocking doses of known 5-HT, dopamine and norepinephrine uptake inhibitors, and a 5-HT₂ receptor blocker before injection of the radiotracer. Preinjection of increasing doses of unlabeled McN-5652-Z inhibited ¹¹C-McN 5652-Z binding in a dose-dependent fashion. These results suggest that the in vivo binding of the radiotracer was specific, selective for 5-HT uptake sites, saturable and that ¹¹C-McN-5652-Z holds promise as a radiotracer for PET imaging of 5-HT uptake sites in the mammalian brain.

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