2020
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Evaluation of a Novel 18F‑Labeled Sigma‑1 Receptor Radioligand in Cynomolgus Monkeys
Jia H, Cai Z, Holden D, He Y, Lin SF, Li S, Baum E, Shirali A, Kapinos M, Gao H, Ropchan J, Huang Y. Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Evaluation of a Novel 18F‑Labeled Sigma‑1 Receptor Radioligand in Cynomolgus Monkeys. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2020, 11: 1673-1681. PMID: 32356969, DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00171.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Synthesis and in Vivo Evaluation of a Novel PET Radiotracer for Imaging of Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) in Nonhuman Primates
Li S, Cai Z, Wu X, Holden D, Pracitto R, Kapinos M, Gao H, Labaree D, Nabulsi N, Carson RE, Huang Y. Synthesis and in Vivo Evaluation of a Novel PET Radiotracer for Imaging of Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A (SV2A) in Nonhuman Primates. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2018, 10: 1544-1554. PMID: 30396272, PMCID: PMC6810685, DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2AStandardized uptake valuePET radiotracersNonhuman primatesAlterations of synapsesC-UCBPeak standardized uptake valueVivo evaluationHigh brain uptakeNovel PET radiotracersBrain uptakeSynaptic densityExcellent radiotracerPsychiatric disordersUptake valueCingulate cortexAlzheimer's diseaseBrain disordersNovel radiotracersRhesus monkeysNeurodegenerative diseasesTissue kineticsDiseaseAttractive imaging propertiesLevetiracetam
2017
PET Imaging Evaluation of Four σ1 Radiotracers in Nonhuman Primates
Baum E, Cai Z, Bois F, Holden D, Lin SF, Lara-Jaime T, Kapinos M, Chen Y, Deuther-Conrad W, Fischer S, Dukic-Stefanovic S, Bunse P, Wünsch B, Brust P, Jia H, Huang Y. PET Imaging Evaluation of Four σ1 Radiotracers in Nonhuman Primates. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2017, 58: 982-988. PMID: 28232607, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.116.188052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImaging evaluationHigh specific binding signalsRhesus monkeysFast tissue kineticsAdult male rhesus monkeysHigh brain uptakeMale rhesus monkeysBrain uptakeDistribution volume valuesBaseline scanRhesus brainVariety of diseasesSpecific binding signalsTime-activity curvesCingulate cortexAlzheimer's diseaseBrain regionsDistribution volumeRadiotracer bindingArterial input functionPET radiotracersPET tracersNonhuman primatesSame monkeysTissue kineticsThe Search for a Subtype-Selective PET Imaging Agent for the GABAA Receptor Complex: Evaluation of the Radiotracer [11C]ADO in Nonhuman Primates
Lin SF, Bois F, Holden D, Nabulsi N, Pracitto R, Gao H, Kapinos M, Teng JK, Shirali A, Ropchan J, Carson RE, Elmore CS, Vasdev N, Huang Y. The Search for a Subtype-Selective PET Imaging Agent for the GABAA Receptor Complex: Evaluation of the Radiotracer [11C]ADO in Nonhuman Primates. Molecular Imaging 2017, 16: 1536012117731258. PMID: 28929924, PMCID: PMC5912275, DOI: 10.1177/1536012117731258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonhuman primatesNovel positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracerAbsolute test-retest variabilityFast tissue kineticsSubtype-selective GABATissue kineticsHigh brain uptakeGABAA receptor complexRegional binding potentialPositron emission tomography (PET) radiotracerPET imaging agentRegional distribution volumesTest-retest variabilityNondisplaceable volumeUndesirable side effectsRegion-specific distributionΓ-amino butyric acidAnticonvulsive effectBrain uptakeAnxiolytic effectsMinutes postinjectionOne-tissue compartment modelGABA sitesStriatal regionsRegional time-activity curves