NONINVASIVE QUANTIFICATION OF MUSCARINIC RECEPTORS INVIVO WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN THE DOG HEART
NONINVASIVE QUANTIFICATION OF MUSCARINIC RECEPTORS INVIVO WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN THE DOG HEART
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.82.4.1494
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发表时间:
1990-10-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
MAZOYER, BM
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作者:
DELFORGE, J;JANIER, M;MAZOYER, BM
The in vivo quantification of myocardial muscarinic receptors has been obtained in six closed-chest dogs by using positron emission tomography. The dogs were injected with a trace amount of 11C-labeled methylquinuclidinyl benzilate (MQNB), a nonmetabolized antagonist of the muscarinic receptor. This was followed 30 minutes later by an injection of an excess of unlabeled MQNB (displacement experiment). Two additional injections of unlabeled MQNB with [11C]MQNB (coinjection experiment) and without [11C]MQNB (second displacement experiment) were administered after 70 and 120 minutes, respectively, This protocol allowed a separate evaluation of the quantity of available receptors (B''max) as well as the association and dissociation rate constants (k+1 and k-1) in each dog. The parameters were calculated by using a nonlinear mathematical model in regions of interest over the left ventricle and the interventricular septum. The average value of B''max was 42.+-.11 pmol/ml tissue, the rate constants k+1, k-1, and Kd were 0.6.+-.0.1 ml .cntdot. pmol-1 .cntdot. min-1, 0.27.+-. 0.03 ml .cntdot. pmol-1 .cntdot. min -1, and 0.49.+-.0.14 pmol .cntdot. ml-1, respectively, taking into account the MQNB reaction volume estimated to 0.15 ml/ml tissue. Although [11C]MQNB binding would appear ireeversible our findings indicate that the association of the antagonist is very rapid and that the dissociation is far from negligible. The dissociated ligand, however, has a high probability of rebinding to a free receptor site instead of escaping into the microcirculation. We deduce that the positron emission tomographic images obtained after injecting a trace amount of [11C]MQNB are more representative of blood flow than of receptor density or affinity. We also suggest a simplified protocol consisting of a tracer injection of [11C]MQNB and a second injection of an excess of cold MQNB, which is sufficient to measure B''max and Kd in humans.