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Novel 18F-Labeled Arylquinoline Derivatives for Noninvasive Imaging of Tau Pathology in Alzheimer Disease

Nobuyuki Okamura, Shozo Furumoto, Ryuichi Harada, Tetsuro Tago, Takeo Yoshikawa, Michelle Fodero-Tavoletti, Rachel S. Mulligan, Victor L. Villemagne, Hiroyasu Akatsu, Takayuki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Arai, Ren Iwata, Kazuhiko Yanai and Yukitsuka Kudo
Journal of Nuclear Medicine August 2013, 54 (8) 1420-1427; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.112.117341
Nobuyuki Okamura
1Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Shozo Furumoto
1Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
2Division of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Ryuichi Harada
1Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Tetsuro Tago
2Division of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Takeo Yoshikawa
1Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Michelle Fodero-Tavoletti
3Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Rachel S. Mulligan
4Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Victor L. Villemagne
4Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Hiroyasu Akatsu
5Choju Medical Institute, Fukushimura Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan
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Takayuki Yamamoto
5Choju Medical Institute, Fukushimura Hospital, Toyohashi, Japan
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Hiroyuki Arai
6Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; and
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Ren Iwata
2Division of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Kazuhiko Yanai
1Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Yukitsuka Kudo
7Clinical Research, Innovation and Education Center, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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    Chemical structures of 18F-THK-5105, 18F-THK-5116, 18F-THK-5117, and 18F-THK-523.

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    Radiosynthesis scheme of 18F-2-arylquinolines.

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    Competitive inhibition of 18F-THK-5105 binding by 2-arylquinolines and FDDNP to tau protein fibrils. Ki values for inhibition of 18F-THK-5105 binding to tau are shown.

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    Neuropathologic staining of brain sections from AD patients. Neurofibrillary tangles and neuropil threads were clearly stained with THK-5105 (A and C). These stainings were consistent with tau immunostaining (B) and Gallyas–Braak staining (D) in same sections. Bar = 50 μm.

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    (A) Autoradiographic images of 18F-THK-5105, 18F-THK-5117, and 11C-PiB binding in mesial temporal section from AD patient. (B) Gallyas–Braak silver staining (left) and immunostaining with anti-tau (center) and anti-Aβ (right) antibodies in adjacent brain sections. Arrowheads = CA1 area of hippocampus; longer arrows = entorhinal cortex.

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    (A) Autoradiography of hemibrain sections from AD patient with 18F-THK-5105 and tau immunostaining in neighboring section. (B) Region-of-interest analysis indicated that percentage areas of 18F-THK-5105 binding (line plots) were significantly correlated with percentage areas of tau immunostaining (gray bars) but not with that of Aβ immunostaining (white bars). CG = cingulate gyrus; HIP = hippocampus; FUG = fusiform gyrus; IHC = immunohistochemistry; INS = insula; ITG = inferior temporal gyrus; MTG = middle temporal gyrus; PCL = paracentral lobule; PHG = parahippocampal gyrus; POG = postcentral gyrus; PRG = precentral gyrus; SFG = superior frontal gyrus; STG = superior temporal gyrus.

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    Time–activity curves after intravenous administration of 18F-THK-5105 (A) and 18F-THK-5117 (B) in mice.

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    Log P and Brain Uptake After Intravenous Administration of 18F-Labeled Compounds in Mice

    Brain uptake (%ID/g)
    CompoundLog P2 min after injection30 min after injection60 min after injectionBrain uptake ratio (2 min/60 min)
    18F-THK-5232.402.721.471.461.86
    18F-THK-51053.039.203.611.009.20
    18F-THK-51161.573.360.750.575.89
    18F-THK-51172.326.060.590.2623.1
    18F-FDDNP3.716.232.022.142.91
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    Kd and Bmax Values of 18F-THK-5105 for Synthetic Tau and Aβ1–42 Fibrils

    ProteinKd1Bmax1Kd2Bmax2
    Tau1.456.897.4020.05
    Aβ1–4235.961.6
    • Kd are in nM and Bmax are in pmol 18F-THK-5105/nmol fibrils.

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Novel 18F-Labeled Arylquinoline Derivatives for Noninvasive Imaging of Tau Pathology in Alzheimer Disease
Nobuyuki Okamura, Shozo Furumoto, Ryuichi Harada, Tetsuro Tago, Takeo Yoshikawa, Michelle Fodero-Tavoletti, Rachel S. Mulligan, Victor L. Villemagne, Hiroyasu Akatsu, Takayuki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Arai, Ren Iwata, Kazuhiko Yanai, Yukitsuka Kudo
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