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A first-in-man PET study of [¹⁸F]PSS232, a fluorinated ABP688 derivative for imaging metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5

Authors: Geoffrey Warnock, Michael Sommerauer, Linjing Mu, Gloria Pla Gonzalez, Susanne Geistlich, Valerie Treyer, Roger Schibli, Alfred Buck, Stefanie D. Krämer, Simon M. Ametamey

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 6/2018

Abstract

Purpose

Non-invasive imaging of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu₅) in the brain using PET is of interest in e.g., anxiety, depression, and Parkinson’s disease. Widespread application of the most widely used mGlu₅ tracer, [¹¹C]ABP688, is limited by the short physical half-life of carbon-11. [¹⁸F]PSS232 is a fluorinated analog with promising preclinical properties and high selectivity and specificity for mGlu₅. In this first-in-man study, we evaluated the brain uptake pattern and kinetics of [¹⁸F]PSS232 in healthy volunteers.

Methods

[¹⁸F]PSS232 PET was performed with ten healthy male volunteers aged 20–40 years. Seven of the subjects received a bolus injection and the remainder a bolus/infusion protocol. Cerebral blood flow was determined in seven subjects using [¹⁵O]water PET. Arterial blood activity was measured using an online blood counter. Tracer kinetics were evaluated by compartment modeling and parametric maps were generated for both tracers.

Results

At 90 min post-injection, 59.2 ± 11.1% of total radioactivity in plasma corresponded to intact tracer. The regional first pass extraction fraction of [¹⁸F]PSS232 ranged from 0.41 ± 0.06 to 0.55 ± 0.03 and brain distribution pattern matched that of [¹¹C]ABP688. Uptake kinetics followed a simple two-tissue compartment model. The volume of distribution of total tracer (V _T, ml/cm³) ranged from 1.18 ± 0.20 for white matter to 2.91 ± 0.51 for putamen. The respective mean distribution volume ratios (DVR) with cerebellum as the reference tissue were 0.88 ± 0.06 and 2.12 ± 0.10, respectively. The tissue/cerebellum ratios of a bolus/infusion protocol (30/70 dose ratio) were close to the DVR values.

Conclusions

Brain uptake of [¹⁸F]PSS232 matched the distribution of mGlu₅ and followed a two-tissue compartment model. The well-defined kinetics and the possibility to use reference tissue models, obviating the need for arterial blood sampling, make [¹⁸F]PSS232 a promising fluorine-18 labeled radioligand for measuring mGlu₅ density in humans.

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Title: A first-in-man PET study of [18F]PSS232, a fluorinated ABP688 derivative for imaging metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5
Authors: Geoffrey Warnock
Michael Sommerauer
Linjing Mu
Gloria Pla Gonzalez
Susanne Geistlich
Valerie Treyer
Roger Schibli
Alfred Buck
Stefanie D. Krämer
Simon M. Ametamey
Publication date: 01-06-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-017-3879-x

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A first-in-man PET study of [¹⁸F]PSS232, a fluorinated ABP688 derivative for imaging metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5

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Conclusions

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