Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Nuclear Medicine Section, IRCCS Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy.
Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Nov 30;22(23):13002. doi: 10.3390/ijms222313002.
Abnormal accumulation of Tau protein is closely associated with neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment and it is a biomarker of neurodegeneration in the dementia field, especially in Alzheimer's disease (AD); therefore, it is crucial to be able to assess the Tau deposits in vivo. Beyond the fluid biomarkers of tauopathy described in this review in relationship with the brain glucose metabolic patterns, this review aims to focus on tauopathy assessment by using Tau PET imaging. In recent years, several first-generation Tau PET tracers have been developed and applied in the dementia field. Common limitations of first-generation tracers include off-target binding and subcortical white-matter uptake; therefore, several institutions are working on developing second-generation Tau tracers. The increasing knowledge about the distribution of first- and second-generation Tau PET tracers in the brain may support physicians with Tau PET data interpretation, both in the research and in the clinical field, but an updated description of differences in distribution patterns among different Tau tracers, and in different clinical conditions, has not been reported yet. We provide an overview of first- and second-generation tracers used in ongoing clinical trials, also describing the differences and the properties of novel tracers, with a special focus on the distribution patterns of different Tau tracers. We also describe the distribution patterns of Tau tracers in AD, in atypical AD, and further neurodegenerative diseases in the dementia field.
Tau 蛋白的异常积累与神经退行性变和认知障碍密切相关,是痴呆领域神经退行性变的生物标志物,特别是在阿尔茨海默病(AD)中;因此,能够在体内评估 Tau 沉积物至关重要。除了本文中描述的与大脑葡萄糖代谢模式相关的神经tau 病的液体生物标志物外,本篇综述旨在重点关注使用 Tau PET 成像进行 tau 病评估。近年来,已经开发出并应用于痴呆领域的几种第一代 Tau PET 示踪剂。第一代示踪剂的常见局限性包括非靶标结合和皮质下白质摄取;因此,一些机构正在开发第二代 Tau 示踪剂。对第一代和第二代 Tau PET 示踪剂在大脑中的分布的了解不断增加,可能会支持医生对 Tau PET 数据进行解释,无论是在研究领域还是在临床领域,但尚未报告不同 Tau 示踪剂之间的分布模式差异,以及不同临床情况下的分布模式差异。我们概述了正在进行的临床试验中使用的第一代和第二代示踪剂,还描述了新型示踪剂的差异和特性,特别关注不同 Tau 示踪剂的分布模式。我们还描述了 Tau 示踪剂在 AD、非典型 AD 以及痴呆领域的其他神经退行性疾病中的分布模式。
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