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Shegani A, Kealey S, Luzi F, Basagni F, Machado JDM, Ekici SD, Ferocino A, Gee AD, Bongarzone S. Radiosynthesis, Preclinical, and Clinical Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Carbon-11 Labeled Endogenous and Natural Exogenous Compounds. Chem Rev 2022; 123:105-229. [PMID: 36399832 PMCID: PMC9837829 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The presence of positron emission tomography (PET) centers at most major hospitals worldwide, along with the improvement of PET scanner sensitivity and the introduction of total body PET systems, has increased the interest in the PET tracer development using the short-lived radionuclides carbon-11. In the last few decades, methodological improvements and fully automated modules have allowed the development of carbon-11 tracers for clinical use. Radiolabeling natural compounds with carbon-11 by substituting one of the backbone carbons with the radionuclide has provided important information on the biochemistry of the authentic compounds and increased the understanding of their in vivo behavior in healthy and diseased states. The number of endogenous and natural compounds essential for human life is staggering, ranging from simple alcohols to vitamins and peptides. This review collates all the carbon-11 radiolabeled endogenous and natural exogenous compounds synthesised to date, including essential information on their radiochemistry methodologies and preclinical and clinical studies in healthy subjects.
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- Antonio Shegani
- School
of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater
Studiorum−University of Bologna, via Belmeloro 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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- Institute
of Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity, Italian National Research Council, via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom,A.G.: email,
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- School
of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom,S.B.:
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Altinoz MA, Ozpinar A, Seyfried TN. Caprylic (Octanoic) Acid as a Potential Fatty Acid Chemotherapeutic for Glioblastoma. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2020; 159:102142. [PMID: 32512365 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2020.102142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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High grade glial tumors (HGGs) including anaplastic astrocytoma (WHO Grade-III) and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM, WHO Grade-IV) are among the most malignant cancers known to man. Due to their defective mitochondria, HGG cells consume glucose via glycolysis even in the presence of oxygen. Overall survival is worse in HGG patients that are hyperglycemic. Unlike normal neural cells, HGG cells cannot efficiently metabolize ketone bodies for energy. Thus, a metabolic treatment based on therapeutic ketosis (reduced glucose with elevated ketone bodies) was proposed to treat GBM and was supoported from preclinical studies. Caprylic (octanoic) acid, a monocarboxylated saturated fatty acid, is among the best producers of ketone bodies and induces necrosis of experimental tumors at high dose. Caprylic acid is enriched in coconut and in goat's milk. It is also a posttranslational modifier of the ghrelin hormone and is produced in trace amounts in human tissues. Caprylic acid is a straight-chain isomer of the antiepileptic valproic acid, which is used in treatment of HGG-associated seizures and which may increase survival in GBM patients according to epidemiological observations. Among the valproic acids analogs tested, caprylic acid is the most potent molecule to block C6 astrocytoma cell growth in vitro and accumulates selectively within glial cells as shown by Positron Emission Tomography in vivo. Caprylic acid blocks glycolysis both in healthy liver and in malignant liver cells, which is more prominent in the latter and also lowers blood glucose. Noteworthy, caprylic acid exerts neuroprotective- and mitochondria-protective effects in several models of neurodegenerative diseases. Boost injections of caprylic acid at non-toxic levels during classical ketogenic metabolic therapy may fortify antitumor actions and reduce systemic toxicity by differential programming of mitochondrial and other metabolic pathways.
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- Meric A Altinoz
- Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Psychiatry, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Holland.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
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von Reutern B, Grünecker B, Yousefi BH, Henriksen G, Czisch M, Drzezga A. Voxel-based analysis of amyloid-burden measured with [(11)C]PiB PET in a double transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Mol Imaging Biol 2014; 15:576-84. [PMID: 23572425 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-013-0625-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to validate the feasibility of a voxel-based analysis of in vivo amyloid-β positron emission tomography (PET) imaging studies in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. PROCEDURES We performed [(11)C]PiB PET imaging in 20 APP/PS1 mice and 16 age-matched controls, and histologically determined the individual amyloid-β plaque load. Using SPM software, we performed a voxel-based group comparison plus a regression analysis between PiB retention and actual plaque load, both thresholded at p FWE < 0.05. In addition, we carried out an individual ROI analysis in every animal. RESULTS The automated voxel-based group comparison allowed us to identify voxels with significantly increased PiB retention in the cortical and hippocampal regions in transgenic animals compared to controls. The voxel-based regression analysis revealed a significant association between this signal increase and the actual cerebral plaque load. The validity of these results was corroborated by the individual ROI-based analysis. CONCLUSIONS Voxel-based analysis of in vivo amyloid-β PET imaging studies in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease is feasible and allows studying the PiB retention patterns in whole brain maps. Furthermore, the selected approach in our study also allowed us to establish a quantitative relation between tracer retention and actual plaque pathology in the brain in a voxel-wise manner.
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- Boris von Reutern
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany,
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Preparation and evaluation of ethyl [(18)F]fluoroacetate as a proradiotracer of [(18)F]fluoroacetate for the measurement of glial metabolism by PET. Nucl Med Biol 2009; 36:155-62. [PMID: 19217527 DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2008.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2008] [Revised: 11/05/2008] [Accepted: 11/11/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Changes in glial metabolism in brain ischemia, Alzheimer's disease, depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy and manganese neurotoxicity have been reported in recent studies. Therefore, it is very important to measure glial metabolism in vivo for the elucidation and diagnosis of these diseases. Radiolabeled acetate is a good candidate for this purpose, but acetate has little uptake in the brain due to its low lipophilicity. We have designed a new proradiotracer, ethyl [(18)F]fluoroacetate ([(18)F]EFA), which is [(18)F]fluoroacetate ([(18)F]FA) esterified with ethanol, to increase the lipophilicity of fluoroacetate (FA), allowing the measurement of glial metabolism. METHODS The synthesis of [(18)F]EFA was achieved using ethyl O-mesyl-glycolate as precursor. The blood-brain barrier permeability of ethyl [1-(14)C]fluoroacetate ([(14)C]EFA) was estimated by a brain uptake index (BUI) method. Hydrolysis of [(14)C]EFA in the brain was calculated by the fraction of radioactivity in lipophilic and water fractions of homogenized brain. Using the plasma of five animal species, the stability of [(14)C]EFA was measured. Biodistribution studies of [(18)F]EFA in ddY mice were carried out and compared with [(18)F]FA. Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning using common marmosets was performed for 90 min postadministration. At 60 min postinjection of [(18)F]EFA, metabolite studies were performed. Organs were dissected from the marmosets, and extracted metabolites were analyzed with a thin-layer chromatography method. RESULTS The synthesis of [(18)F]EFA was accomplished in a short time (29 min) and with a reproducible radiochemical yield of 28.6+/-3.6% (decay corrected) and a high radiochemical purity of more than 95%. In the brain permeability study, the BUI of [(14)C]EFA was 3.8 times higher than that of sodium [1-(14)C]fluoroacetate. [(14)C]EFA was hydrolyzed rapidly in rat brains. In stability studies using the plasma of five animal species, [(14)C]EFA was stable only in primate plasma. Biodistribution studies in mice showed that the uptake of [(18)F]EFA in selected organs was higher than that of [(18)F]FA. From nonprimate PET studies, [(18)F]EFA was initially taken into the brain after injection. Metabolites related to the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle were detected in common marmoset brain. CONCLUSION [(18)F]EFA rapidly enters the brain and is then converted into TCA cycle metabolites in the brains of common marmosets. [(18)F]EFA shows promise as a proradiotracer for the measurement of glial metabolism.
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Hücking K, Hsu IR, Ionut V, Bergman RN. Deconvolution as a novel approach to analyze moment-to-moment free fatty acid release. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2007; 15:2416-23. [PMID: 17925467 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recent studies have shown that free fatty acid (FFA) release is pulsatile and that this pattern is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system. It is, then, necessary to understand and characterize adipose tissue lipolysis to elucidate its effect on metabolism. In this study, we introduce deconvolution as a method to detect and quantify pulsatile FFA release. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES Octanoate, a medium-chain fatty acid, was infused in male mongrel dogs (n = 7) to mimic the pulsatile appearance of plasma FFAs. Deconvolution analysis was used to reconstruct the number and timing of infused octanoate pulses from plasma FFA concentrations. RESULTS Deconvolution analysis was able to reconstruct the exogenously infused pulses of octanoate used to mimic pulsatile appearance of FFAs (pulse frequency, 8 per hour; interpulse interval, 7 minutes). However, determination of pulse mass was less accurate (1.0 +/- 0.0 vs. 0.54 +/- 0.1 mM). The addition of varying levels of Gaussian noise to non-oscillatory FFA time series did not lead to detection of extraneous FFA pulses. However, goodness of fit declined with increasing variability. DISCUSSION These results support the use of deconvolution as an accurate approach to determine the temporal sequence of endogenous FFA release.
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- Katrin Hücking
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, Mudd Memorial Research 626, Los Angeles CA 90033, USA
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Kuge Y, Hikosaka K, Seki KI, Ohkura K, Nishijima KI, Tsukamoto E, Tamaki N. In vitro uptake of [1-14C]Octanoate in brain slices of rats: basic studies for assessing [1-11C]Octanoate as a PET tracer of glial functions. Nucl Med Biol 2002; 29:303-6. [PMID: 11929699 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8051(01)00309-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To clarify the contribution of glial cells to octanoate uptake into the brain, we determined the effects of fluoroacetate, a selective inhibitor of glial metabolism, on in vitro brain uptake of [1-14C]octanoate, using rat brain slices. The [1-14C]octanoate uptake significantly decreased, depending on the concentration of fluoroacetate (p = 0.001). The [1-14C]octanoate uptakes at 5 mM (0.23 +/- 0.05% uptake/mg slice) and 25 mM fluoroacetate (0.12 +/- 0.01% uptake/mg slice) were significantly lower than that at control (0.29 +/- 0.02% uptake/mg slice, p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively). The results demonstrate the contribution of glial cells to octanoate uptake into the brain. The potential of [1-11C]octanoate as a PET tracer for studying glial functions is suggested.
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- Yuji Kuge
- Department of Tracer Kinetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 15 Nishi 7, Kita-ku, 060-8638, Sapporo, Japan.
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Kuge Y, Kawashima H, Hashimoto T, Imanishi M, Shiomi M, Minematsu K, Hasegawa Y, Yamaguchi T, Miyake Y, Hashimoto N. Preliminary evaluation of [1-11C]octanoate as a PET tracer for studying cerebral ischemia: a PET study in rat and canine models of focal cerebral ischemia. Ann Nucl Med 2000; 14:69-74. [PMID: 10770584 DOI: 10.1007/bf02990482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Octanoate is taken up into the brain and is converted in astrocytes to glutamine through the TCA cycle after beta-oxidation. We speculate that [1-11C]octanoate may be used as a tracer for astroglial functions and/or fatty acid metabolism in the brain and may be useful for studying cerebral ischemia. In the present study we investigated brain distribution of [1-11C]octanoate and compared it with cerebral blood flow (CBF) by using rat and canine models of middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion and a high resolution PET. In rats brain distribution of [15O]H2O measured 1-2 h and 5-6 h after insult was compared with that of [1-11C]octanoate measured 3-4 h after insult. Radioactivity ratios of lesioned to normal hemispheres determined with [15O]H2O were lower than those determined with [1-11C]octanoate. These results were confirmed by a study on a canine model of MCA-occlusion. Twenty-four hours after insult, CBF decreased in the MCA-territory of the occluded hemisphere, whereas normal or higher accumulation of [1-11C]octanoate was observed in the ischemic regions. The uptake of [1-11C]octanoate-derived radioactivity therefore increased relative to CBF in the ischemic regions, indicating that [1-11C]octanoate provides functional information different from CBF. In conclusion, we found that [1-11C]octanoate is a potential radiopharmaceutical for studying the pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia.
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- Y Kuge
- Institute for Biofunctional Research Co., Ltd. Department of Tracer Kinetics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
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Kawashima H, Kuge Y, Yajima K, Miyake Y, Hashimoto N. Development of step-specific PET tracers for studying fatty acid beta-oxidation: biodistribution of [1-(11)C] octanoate analogs in rats and a cat. Nucl Med Biol 1998; 25:543-8. [PMID: 9751421 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8051(98)00027-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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To evaluate the potential of [1-(11)C]-3-(R,S)-methyloctanoate (BMOA), [1-(11)C]-2-octynoate, and [1-(11)C]-2-decynoate as PET tracers for studying particular steps in fatty acid beta-oxidation, we examined the pharmacokinetics of these compounds in rats and a cat. In rats given these compounds, high levels of radioactivity accumulated in the heart, liver, and kidneys, suggesting their potential as tracers for studying beta-oxidation in these tissues. These organs were clearly visible with PET in a cat given BMOA, indicating the utility of BMOA for imaging these organs.
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- H Kawashima
- Institute for Biofunctional Research, Suita-City, Osaka, Japan
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