Imaging dopamine release with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and 11C-raclopride in freely moving animals

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作者
Patel, Vinal D. [1 ]
Lee, Dianne E. [1 ,2 ]
Alexoff, David L. [1 ]
Dewey, Stephen L. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Schiffer, Wynne K. [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Dept Med, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[2] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Mol & Cellular Pharmacol, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
[3] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY 10016 USA
关键词
positron emission tomography (PET); awake; methamphetamine; stress; dopamine; GABA; gamma-vinyl GABA (GVG);
D O I
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.065
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
We investigated an imaging strategy that provides simultaneous measurements of radiotracer binding and behavior in awake, freely moving animals. In this strategy, animals are injected intravenously (i. v.) through a catheterized line and permitted to move freely for 30 min during uptake of the imaging agent, in this case C-11-raclopride. After this Awake Uptake period, animals are anesthetized and scanned for 25 min. We tested the utility of this strategy for measuring changes in striatal C-11-raclopride binding under control conditions (awake and freely moving in the home cage) and with several drug challenges: a loading dose of unlabeled raclopride, pretreatment with methamphetamine (METH) or pretreatment with gamma-vinyl-GABA [S(+)-GVG] followed by METH. An additional group of animals underwent a stress paradigm that we have previously shown increases brain dopamine. For drug challenge experiments, the change in C-11-raclopride binding was compared to data from animals that were anesthetized for the uptake period ("Anesthetized Uptake") and full time activity curves were used to calculate C-11-raclopride binding. Regardless of the drug treatment protocol, there was no difference in 11C-raclopride striatum to cerebellum ratio between the Awake versus the Anesthetized Uptake conditions. Awake and Anesthetized groups demonstrated over 90% occupancy of dopamine receptors with a loading dose of cold raclopride, both groups demonstrated a similar to 30% reduction in C-11-raclopride binding from METH pretreatment and this effect was modulated to the same degree by GVG under both uptake conditions. Restraint during Awake Uptake decreased C-11-raclopride binding by 29%. These studies support a unique molecular imaging strategy in which radiotracer uptake occurs in freely moving animals, after which they are anesthetized and scanned. This imaging strategy extends the applicability of small animal PET to include functional neurotransmitter imaging and the neurochemical correlates of behavioral tasks. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:1051 / 1066
页数:16
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