Yale School of Medicine, Yale PET Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2022 Aug;42(8):1398-1409. doi: 10.1177/0271678X221084416. Epub 2022 Feb 25.
The NMDA receptor GluN2B subunit is a target of interest in neuropsychiatric disorders but to date there is no selective radiotracer available to quantify its availability . Here we report direct comparisons in non-human primates of three GluN2B-targeting radioligands: -[C]NR2B-Me, -[F]OF-Me-NB1, and -[F]OF-NB1. Plasma free fraction, metabolism, tissue distribution and kinetics, and quantitative kinetic modeling methods and parameters were evaluated in two adult rhesus macaques. Free fraction in plasma was <2% for -[C]NR2B-Me and -[F]OF-Me-NB1 and higher for -[F]OF-NB1 (15%). All radiotracers showed good brain uptake and distribution throughout grey matter, with substantial (>68%) blockade across the brain by the GluN2B-targeting drug Co-101,244 (0.25 mg/kg), including in the cerebellum. Time-activity curves were well-fitted by the one-tissue compartment model, with volume of distribution values of 20-40 mL/cm for -[C]NR2B-Me, 8-16 mL/cm for -[F]OF-Me-NB1, and 15-35 mL/cm for -[F]OF-NB1. Estimates of regional non-displaceable binding potential were in the range of 2-3 for -[C]NR2B-Me and -[F]-OF-NB1, and 0.5-1 for -[F]OF-Me-NB1. Altogether, each radiotracer showed an acceptable profile for quantitative imaging of GluN2B. -[F]OF-NB1 has particularly promising imaging characteristics for potential translation into humans. However, the source of unexpected displaceable binding in the cerebellum for each of these compounds requires further investigation.
NMDA 受体 GluN2B 亚基是神经精神疾病的研究靶点,但目前尚无可用的选择性放射性示踪剂来定量其可用性。在此,我们在非人类灵长类动物中直接比较了三种 GluN2B 靶向放射性配体:-[C]NR2B-Me、-[F]OF-Me-NB1 和-[F]OF-NB1。在两只成年恒河猴中评估了其血浆游离分数、代谢、组织分布和动力学以及定量动力学建模方法和参数。-[C]NR2B-Me 和-[F]OF-Me-NB1 的血浆游离分数<2%,而-[F]OF-NB1 的血浆游离分数较高(15%)。所有放射性示踪剂在大脑中的摄取和分布均良好,且 GluN2B 靶向药物 Co-101,244(0.25mg/kg)可使大脑中放射性示踪剂的分布阻断>68%,包括小脑。放射性示踪剂的时间-活性曲线均由单室模型拟合,-[C]NR2B-Me 的分布容积值为 20-40mL/cm,-[F]OF-Me-NB1 的为 8-16mL/cm,-[F]OF-NB1 的为 15-35mL/cm。-[C]NR2B-Me 和-[F]OF-NB1 的估计区域非占有率结合量在 2-3 之间,而-[F]OF-Me-NB1 的在 0.5-1 之间。总的来说,每种放射性示踪剂在 GluN2B 的定量成像方面均表现出可接受的特征。-[F]OF-NB1 具有特别有前景的成像特征,可能适合转化为人类研究。然而,这些化合物在小脑中出现意外可置换结合的原因仍需进一步研究。