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Imaging Imidazoline-I2 Binding Sites in Porcine Brain Using 11C-BU99008

Steven Kealey, Emma M. Turner, Stephen M. Husbands, Cristian A. Salinas, Steen Jakobsen, Robin J. Tyacke, David J. Nutt, Christine A. Parker and Antony D. Gee
Journal of Nuclear Medicine January 2013, 54 (1) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.112.108258
Steven Kealey
1Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
2Imanova Ltd., Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Emma M. Turner
3Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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Stephen M. Husbands
3Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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Cristian A. Salinas
2Imanova Ltd., Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Steen Jakobsen
4PET Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Robin J. Tyacke
5Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; and
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David J. Nutt
5Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; and
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Christine A. Parker
2Imanova Ltd., Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
5Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; and
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Antony D. Gee
6Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomechanical Engineering, King’s College London, Rayne Institute, London, United Kingdom
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    Synthesis of 11C-BU99008.

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    Summed PET images in porcine brain. Transverse (left), coronal (middle), and sagittal (right) images and tissue time–activity curves for 11C-BU99008 for selected ROIs in porcine brain (scale bar expresses percentage injected dose per liter; lines represent 1TC model fits). (A) Baseline 11C-BU99008 scan. (B) 11C-BU99008 scan after administration of BU224 (5 mg/kg).

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    Fraction of unchanged 11C-BU99008 present in plasma.

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    VT estimates for selected ROIs using 1TC model for baseline 11C-BU99008 scans (n = 3; mean ± SD) and scans after administration of BU224 (0.01 mg/kg, n = 1, and 5.00 mg/kg, n = 1).

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    Plot of PET data obtained from 1TC model to estimate occupancy of I2 binding sites after administrations of BU224 at 0.01 and 5.00 mg/kg.

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    In vitro affinities of imidazoline I2 binding site ligands.

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    Graph showing correlation of baseline 11C-BU99008 VT values against autoradiographic distribution of I2 ligands using 3H-2-BFI (triangles) and 3H-idazoxan (squares) in rat whole brain.

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    VT Estimates for Selected ROIs Using 1TC Model for Baseline 11C-BU99008 Scans and Scans After Administration of BU224

    VTCerebellumFrontal cortexHippocampusStriatumThalamus
    Baseline (mL/cm3)*26.6 ± 4.129.3 ± 4.736.2 ± 7.943.6 ± 7.949.7 ± 11.0
    After BU224 administration
     0.01 mg/kg†17.018.320.625.428.3
     5.00 mg/kg†8.18.810.510.610.9
    • ↵* Data are mean ± SD; n = 3.

    • ↵† n = 1.

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Imaging Imidazoline-I2 Binding Sites in Porcine Brain Using 11C-BU99008
Steven Kealey, Emma M. Turner, Stephen M. Husbands, Cristian A. Salinas, Steen Jakobsen, Robin J. Tyacke, David J. Nutt, Christine A. Parker, Antony D. Gee
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Jan 2013, 54 (1) 139-144; DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.108258

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Steven Kealey, Emma M. Turner, Stephen M. Husbands, Cristian A. Salinas, Steen Jakobsen, Robin J. Tyacke, David J. Nutt, Christine A. Parker, Antony D. Gee
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Jan 2013, 54 (1) 139-144; DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.108258
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