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Within-subject comparison of [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO and [(11)C]raclopride sensitivity to acute amphetamine challenge in healthy humans.

ABSTRACT: [(11)C]PHNO is a D(2)/D(3) agonist positron emission tomography radiotracer, with higher in vivo affinity for D(3) than for D(2) receptors. As [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO is an agonist, its in vivo binding is expected to be more affected by acute fluctuations in synaptic dopamine than that of antagonist radiotracers such as [(11)C]raclopride. In this study, the authors compared the effects of an oral dose of the dopamine releaser amphetamine (0.3?mg/kg) on in vivo binding of [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO and [(11)C]raclopride in healthy subjects, using a within-subjects, counterbalanced, open-label design. In the dorsal striatum, where the density of D(3) receptors is negligible and both tracers predominantly bind to D(2) receptors, the reduction of [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO binding potential (BP(ND)) was 1.5 times larger than that of [(11)C]raclopride. The gain in sensitivity associated with the agonist [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO implies that ?65% of D(2) receptors are in the high-affinity state in vivo. In extrastriatal regions, where [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO predominantly binds to D(3) receptors, the amphetamine effect on [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO BP(ND) was even larger, consistent with the higher affinity of dopamine for D(3). This study indicates that [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO is superior to [(11)C]raclopride for studying acute fluctuations in synaptic dopamine in the human striatum. [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO also enables measurement of synaptic dopamine in D(3) regions.

SUBMITTER: Shotbolt P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3323295 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

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Within-subject comparison of [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO and [(11)C]raclopride sensitivity to acute amphetamine challenge in healthy humans.

Shotbolt Paul P Tziortzi Andri C AC Searle Graham E GE Colasanti Alessandro A van der Aart Jasper J Abanades Sergio S Plisson Christophe C Miller Sam R SR Huiban Mickael M Beaver John D JD Gunn Roger N RN Laruelle Marc M Rabiner Eugenii A EA

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 20110831 1

[(11)C]PHNO is a D(2)/D(3) agonist positron emission tomography radiotracer, with higher in vivo affinity for D(3) than for D(2) receptors. As [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO is an agonist, its in vivo binding is expected to be more affected by acute fluctuations in synaptic dopamine than that of antagonist radiotracers such as [(11)C]raclopride. In this study, the authors compared the effects of an oral dose of the dopamine releaser amphetamine (0.3 mg/kg) on in vivo binding of [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO and [(11)C]rac ...[more]

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Project description:Previous imaging studies with positron emission tomography (PET) have reliably demonstrated an age-associated decline in the dopamine system. Most of these studies have focused on the densities of dopamine receptor subtypes D2/3R (D2R family) in the striatum using antagonist radiotracers that are largely nonselective for D2R vs. D3R subtypes. Therefore, less is known about any possible age effects in D3-rich extrastriatal areas such as the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area (SN/VTA) and hypothalamus. This study sought to investigate whether the receptor availability measured with [(11)C](+)PHNO, a D3R-preferring agonist radiotracer, also declines with age.Forty-two healthy control subjects (9 females, 33 males; age range 19-55 years) were scanned with [(11)C](+)PHNO using a High Resolution Research Tomograph (HRRT). Parametric images were computed using the simplified reference tissue model (SRTM2) with cerebellum as the reference region. Binding potentials (BPND) were calculated for the amygdala, caudate, hypothalamus, pallidum, putamen, SN/VTA, thalamus, and ventral striatum and then confirmed at the voxel level with whole-brain parametric images.Regional [(11)C](+)PHNO BPND displayed a negative correlation between receptor availability and age in the caudate (r=-0.56, corrected p=0.0008) and putamen (r=-0.45, corrected p=0.02) in healthy subjects (respectively 8% and 5% lower per decade). No significant correlations with age were found between age and other regions (including the hypothalamus and SN/VTA). Secondary whole-brain voxel-wise analysis confirmed these ROI findings of negative associations and further identified a positive correlation in midbrain (SN/VTA) regions.In accordance with previous studies, the striatum (an area rich in D2R) is associated with age-related declines of the dopamine system. We did not initially find evidence of changes with age in the SN/VTA and hypothalamus, areas previously found to have a predominantly D3R signal as measured with [(11)C](+)PHNO. A secondary analysis did find a significant positive correlation in midbrain (SN/VTA) regions, indicating that there may be differential effects of aging, whereby D2R receptor availability decreases with age while D3R availability stays unchanged or is increased.

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Within-subject comparison of [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO and [(11)C]raclopride sensitivity to acute amphetamine challenge in healthy humans.

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Within-subject comparison of [(11)C]-(+)-PHNO and [(11)C]raclopride sensitivity to acute amphetamine challenge in healthy humans.

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