Comparative in vivo study of iodine-123-labeled beta-CIT and nor-beta-CIT binding to serotonin transporters in rat brain

L. Reneman, J. Booij, J. Lavalaye, K. de Bruin, F. A. de Wolff, R. P. Koopmans, J. C. Stoof, G. J. den Heeten

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Abstract

Both iodine-123-labeled beta-CIT (2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)tropane) and nor-beta-CIT (2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl)nortropane) have shown to be suitable radioligands for imaging serotonin (5-HT) transporters. [(123)I]nor-beta-CIT has the highest in vitro affinity for 5-HT transporters among beta-CIT analogs reported so far. However, no direct comparison-studies of these two radiotracers as to their in vivo binding to 5-HT transporters have been reported so far. Therefore, it is still unclear which of the two radiotracers is more suitable for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging of 5-HT transporters. The purpose of this study was to compare directly in a controlled design the in vivo [(123)I]beta-CIT and [(123)I]nor-beta-CIT binding to 5-HT transporters under the same conditions in rats with the focus on brain kinetic characteristics by means of a two-compartment analysis. We observed that [(123)I]beta-CIT has a higher binding potential and faster kinetics for 5-HT transporters than [(123)I]nor-beta-CIT, suggesting that [(123)I]beta-CIT may be a more suitable radioligand than [(123)I]nor-beta-CIT for imaging 5-HT transporters with SPECT
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77-80
JournalSynapse (New York, N.Y.)
Volume34
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999

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