TY - JOUR TI - Quantification of cerebral nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by PET using 2-F-18 fluoro-A-85380 and the multi-injection approach AB - The multi-injection approach was used to study in vivo interactions between {alpha}4{beta}2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and 2-[{sup 18}F] fluoro-A-85380 in baboons. The ligand kinetics was modeled by the usual nonlinear compartment model composed of three compartments (arterial plasma, free and specifically bound ligand in tissue). Arterial blood samples were collected to generate a metabolite-corrected plasma input function. The experimental protocol, which consisted of three injections of labeled or unlabeled ligand, was aiming at identifying all parameters in one experiment. Various parameters, including B'max (the binding sites density) and K{sub d}V{sub R} (the apparent in vivo affinity of 2-[{sup 18}F]fluoro-A-85380) could then be estimated in thalamus and in several receptor-poor regions. B'max estimate was 3.0 {+-} 0.3 pmol/ml in thalamus, and ranged from 0.25 to 1.58 pmol/ml in extra-thalamic regions. Although K{sub d}V{sub R} could be precisely estimated, the association and dissociation rate constants kon/V{sub R} and koff could not be identified separately. A second protocol was then used to estimate koff more precisely in the thalamus. Having estimated all model parameters, we performed simulations of 2-[{sup 18}F]fluoro-A-85380 kinetics to test equilibrium hypotheses underlying simplified approaches. These showed that a pseudo-equilibrium is quickly reached between the free and bound compartments, a favorable situation to apply Logan graphical analysis. In contrast, the pseudo-equilibrium between the plasma and free compartments is only reached after several hours. The ratio of radioligand concentration in these two compartments then overestimates the true equilibrium value, an unfavorable situation to estimate distribution volumes from late images after a bolus injection. (authors) AU - "Gallezot, J D" AU - "Bottlaender, M A" AU - "Delforge, J" AU - "Valette, H" AU - "Saba, W" AU - "Dolle, F" AU - "Coulon, C M" AU - "Ottaviani, M P" AU - "Hinnen, F" AU - "Syrota, A [CEA, DSV, Serv Hosp Frederic Joliot, I2BM, F-91401 Orsay (France)]" AU - "Gregoire, M C [CEA, Serv Hosp Frederic Joliot, CNRS, URA 2210, F-91401 Orsay (France)]" KW - "62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE" KW - "ACETYLCHOLINE" KW - "AFFINITY" KW - "BABOONS" KW - "CARBON 11" KW - "FLUORINE 18" KW - "IN VIVO" KW - "KINETICS" KW - "NMR IMAGING" KW - "POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY" KW - "RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS" KW - "RATS" KW - "THALAMUS" KW - "TRACER TECHNIQUES" DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/SJ.JCBFM.9600505 UR - PB - CY - France PY - 2008 DA - 2008-07-01 LA - English J2 - [] VL - 28 C1 - C2 - C3 - C4 - C5 - Available from doi: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600505>;INIS L3 - Journal Name: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism; Journal Volume: 28; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: 72 refs ER -