TY - JOUR AU - Schneider, Daniela AU - Oskamp, Angela AU - Holschbach, Marcus AU - Neumaier, Bernd AU - Bier, Dirk AU - Bauer, Andreas TI - Influence of binding affinity and blood plasma level on cerebral pharmacokinetics and PET imaging characteristics of two novel xanthine PET radioligands for the A1 adenosine receptor JO - Nuclear medicine and biology VL - 82-83 SN - 0969-8051 CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] PB - Elsevier Science M1 - FZJ-2019-06608 SP - 1 - 8 PY - 2020 AB - The suitability of novel positron emission tomography (PET) radioligands for quantitative in vivo imaging is affected by various physicochemical and pharmacological parameters. In this study, the combined effect of binding affinity, lipophilicity, protein binding and blood plasma level on cerebral pharmacokinetics and PET imaging characteristics of three xanthine-derived A1 adenosine receptor (A1AR) radioligands was investigated in rats.A comparative evaluation of two novel cyclobutyl-substituted xanthine derivatives, 8-cyclobutyl-3-(3-[18F]fluoropropyl)-1-propylxanthine ([18F]CBX) and 3-(3-[18F]fluoropropyl)-8-(1-methylcyclobutyl)-1-propylxanthine ([18F]MCBX), with the reference A1AR radioligand 8-cyclopentyl-3-(3-[18F]fluoropropyl)-1-propylxanthine ([18F]CPFPX) was conducted. This evaluation included in vitro competition binding assays, in vitro autoradiography and in vivo PET imaging. Differences in cerebral pharmacokinetics and minimal scan duration required for quantification of cerebral distribution volume (VT) were assessed.Measured Ki values of non-labeled CBX, MCBX and CPFPX were 10.0 ± 0.52 nM, 3.3 ± 0.30 nM and 1.4 ± 0.15 nM, respectively (n = 3–4). In vitro autoradiographic binding patterns in rat brain were comparable between the radioligands, as well as the fraction of non-specific binding (1.0–1.9%). In vivo cerebral pharmacokinetics of the novel cyclobutyl-substituted xanthines differed considerably from that of [18F]CPFPX. Brain uptake and VT of [18F]CBX were substantially lower despite the higher concentration of radiotracer in plasma. [18F]MCBX showed comparable uptake and VT, but faster cerebral kinetics than [18F]CPFPX. However, the faster kinetics of [18F]MCBX did not enable the quantification of cerebral VT in a shorter scan time.The combined effect of individual physicochemical and pharmacological properties of a radiotracer on its PET imaging characteristics cannot be readily predicted. In vivo performance of the xanthine A1AR radioligands was mainly influenced by binding affinity; plasma concentrations and cerebral kinetics were of secondary importance. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:31838339 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000528670200001 DO - DOI:10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2019.12.001 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/868015 ER -