Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences of ETH-PSI-USZ, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, 8091, Switzerland.
Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2019 Mar;40(3):351-357. doi: 10.1038/s41401-018-0035-5. Epub 2018 Jun 19.
Cannabinoid receptor CB (CBR) is upregulated on activated microglia and astrocytes in the brain under inflammatory conditions and plays important roles in many neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and ischemic stroke. The advent of positron emission tomography (PET) using CBR radiotracers has enabled the visualization of CBR distribution in vivo in animal models of central nervous system inflammation, however translation to humans has been less successful. Several novel CBR radiotracers have been developed and evaluated to quantify microglial activation. In this review, we summarize the recent preclinical and clinical imaging results of CBR PET tracers and discuss the prospects of CBR imaging using PET.
大麻素受体 CB(CBR)在炎症条件下在大脑中活化的小胶质细胞和星形胶质细胞上上调,并在许多神经疾病中发挥重要作用,如阿尔茨海默病、肌萎缩侧索硬化症和缺血性中风。正电子发射断层扫描(PET)使用 CBR 放射性示踪剂的出现使中枢神经系统炎症动物模型中 CBR 分布的可视化成为可能,然而向人类的转化则不太成功。已经开发和评估了几种新型 CBR 放射性示踪剂来定量测量小胶质细胞的激活。在这篇综述中,我们总结了 CBR PET 示踪剂的最新临床前和临床成像结果,并讨论了使用 PET 进行 CBR 成像的前景。