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In vivo imaging of astrocytosis in Alzheimer's disease: an (11)C-L: -deuteriodeprenyl and PIB PET study.

Santillo, Alexander LU orcid ; Gambini, Juan Pablo ; Lannfelt, Lars ; Långström, Bengt ; Luohija, Ulla-Maja ; Kilander, Lena and Engler, Henry (2011) In European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 38(12). p.2202-2208
Abstract
PURPOSE: Astrocytosis is an important feature of the neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet there is currently no way of detecting this phenomenon in vivo. METHODS: In this study we examine the retention of the positron emission tomography (PET) tracer (11)C-L: -deuteriodeprenyl (DED), thought to bind activated astrocytes, in 9 patients with moderate to severe AD compared with 11 healthy controls. As a measure of amyloid load, (11)C-labelled Pittsburgh Compound B (PIB) retention was determined. RESULTS: Results show a significantly higher (11)C-L: -DED retention in the frontal (35.1% increase, p = 0.001), parietal (35.2%, p = 0.001), temporal (30.9%, p = 0.0001) and medial temporal lobes (22.3%, p = 0.001) in AD compared to... (More)
PURPOSE: Astrocytosis is an important feature of the neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet there is currently no way of detecting this phenomenon in vivo. METHODS: In this study we examine the retention of the positron emission tomography (PET) tracer (11)C-L: -deuteriodeprenyl (DED), thought to bind activated astrocytes, in 9 patients with moderate to severe AD compared with 11 healthy controls. As a measure of amyloid load, (11)C-labelled Pittsburgh Compound B (PIB) retention was determined. RESULTS: Results show a significantly higher (11)C-L: -DED retention in the frontal (35.1% increase, p = 0.001), parietal (35.2%, p = 0.001), temporal (30.9%, p = 0.0001) and medial temporal lobes (22.3%, p = 0.001) in AD compared to healthy controls after blood flow correction. DED retention in the sensorimotor and occipital cortices, and in white matter and subcortical structures, did not differ between groups. There was a moderate but statistically significant (r = 0.492, p = 0.01) correlation between DED and PIB retention values. CONCLUSION: Our conclusion is that DED may serve as an in vivo marker for astrocytosis in AD, providing a window into intermediate processes between amyloidosis and neuronal loss and a means of monitoring immunotherapy. (Less)
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Pittsburgh Compound B, C-11-L-deuteriodeprenyl, Astrocytosis, Alzheimer's disease, Positron emission tomography
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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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38
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12
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2202 - 2208
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Springer
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  • wos:000297732700012
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1619-7070
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10.1007/s00259-011-1895-9
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English
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  author       = {{Santillo, Alexander and Gambini, Juan Pablo and Lannfelt, Lars and Långström, Bengt and Luohija, Ulla-Maja and Kilander, Lena and Engler, Henry}},
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  series       = {{European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging}},
  title        = {{In vivo imaging of astrocytosis in Alzheimer's disease: an (11)C-L: -deuteriodeprenyl and PIB PET study.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/1347417/2295361.pdf}},
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  volume       = {{38}},
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