[ 123I]Epidepride neuroimaging of dopamine D 2/D 3 receptor in chronic MK-801-induced rat schizophrenia model

Yuan Ruei Huang, Jun Ming Shih, Kang Wei Chang, Chieh Huang, Yu Lung Wu, Chia Chieh Chen

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Purpose: [ 123I]Epidepride is a radio-tracer with very high affinity for dopamine D 2/D 3 receptors in brain. The importance of alteration in dopamine D 2/D 3 receptor binding condition has been wildly verified in schizophrenia. In the present study we set up a rat schizophrenia model by chronic injection of a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801, to examine if [ 123I]epidepride could be used to evaluate the alterations of dopamine D 2/D 3 receptor binding condition in specific brain regions. Method: Rats were given repeated injection of MK-801 (dissolved in saline, 0.3mg/kg) or saline for 1month. Afterwards, total distance traveled (cm) and social interaction changes were recorded. Radiochemical purity of [ 123I]epidepride was analyzed by Radio-Thin-Layer Chromatography (chloroform: methanol, 9:1, v/v) and [ 123I]epidepride neuroimages were obtained by ex vivo autoradiography and small animal SPECT/CT. Data obtained were then analyzed to determine the changes of specific binding ratio. Result: Chronic MK-801 treatment for a month caused significantly increased local motor activity and induced an inhibition of social interaction. As shown in [ 123I]epidepride ex vivo autoradiographs, MK-801 induced a decrease of specific binding ratio in the striatum (24.01%), hypothalamus (35.43%), midbrain (41.73%) and substantia nigra (37.93%). In addition, [ 123I]epidepride small animal SPECT/CT neuroimaging was performed in the striatum and midbrain. There were statistically significant decreases in specific binding ratio in both the striatum (P<.01) and midbrain (P<.05) between the saline and MK-801 group. Conclusion: These results suggest that [ 123I]epidepride is a useful radio-tracer to reveal the alterations of dopamine D 2/D 3 receptor binding in a rat schizophrenia model and is also helpful to evaluate therapeutic effects of schizophrenia in the future.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)826-832
頁數7
期刊Nuclear Medicine and Biology
39
發行號6
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 8月 1 2012
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 分子醫學
  • 放射學、核子醫學和影像學
  • 癌症研究

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