Common anesthetic used in preclinical PET imaging inhibits metabolism of the PET tracer [18F]3F4AP

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Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging studies in laboratory animals are almost always performed under isoflurane anesthesia to ensure that the subject stays still during the image acquisition. Isoflurane is effective, safe, and easy to use, and it is generally assumed to not have an impact on the imaging results. Motivated by marked differences observed in the brain uptake and metabolism of the PET tracer 3-[18F]fluoro-4-aminopyridine [(18F]3F4AP) between human and nonhuman primate studies, this study investigates the possible effect of isoflurane on this process. Mice received [18F]3F4AP injection while awake or under anesthesia and the tracer brain uptake and metabolism was compared between groups. A separate group of mice received the known cytochrome P450 2E1 inhibitor disulfiram prior to tracer administration. Isoflurane was found to largely abolish tracer metabolism in mice (74.8 ± 1.6 vs. 17.7 ± 1.7% plasma parent fraction, % PF) resulting in a 4.0-fold higher brain uptake in anesthetized mice at 35 min post-radiotracer administration. Similar to anesthetized mice, animals that received disulfiram showed reduced metabolism (50.0 ± 6.9% PF) and a 2.2-fold higher brain signal than control mice. The higher brain uptake and lower metabolism of [18F]3F4AP observed in anesthetized mice compared to awake mice are attributed to isoflurane's interference in the CYP2E1-mediated breakdown of the tracer, which was confirmed by reproducing the effect upon treatment with the known CYP2E1 inhibitor disulfiram. These findings underscore the critical need to examine the effect of isoflurane in PET imaging studies before translating tracers to humans that will be scanned without anesthesia.

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UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2023 Dec 14;:. - PMID 38168265

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Journal of neurochemistry - (2024) vom: 01. Mai

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Englisch

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Ramos-Torres, Karla [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Kazue [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yu-Peng [VerfasserIn]
Brugarolas, Pedro [VerfasserIn]

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[18F]3F4AP
Anesthesia
Journal Article
Metabolism
PET imaging
Radiometabolites
Radiotracer

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Date Revised 13.05.2024

published: Print-Electronic

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2023 Dec 14;:. - PMID 38168265

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10.1111/jnc.16118

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NLM371794870