GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF REVERSIBLE RADIOLIGAND BINDING FROM TIME ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS APPLIED TO [N-C-11-METHYL]-(-)-COCAINE PET STUDIES IN HUMAN-SUBJECTS
GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF REVERSIBLE RADIOLIGAND BINDING FROM TIME ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS APPLIED TO [N-C-11-METHYL]-(-)-COCAINE PET STUDIES IN HUMAN-SUBJECTS
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DOI:
10.1038/jcbfm.1990.127
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发表时间:
1990-09-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
CHRISTMAN, DR
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作者:
LOGAN, J;FOWLER, JS;CHRISTMAN, DR
A graphical method of analysis applicable to ligands that bind reversibly to receptors or enzymes requiring the simultaneous measurement of plasma and tissue radioactivities for multiple times after the injection of a radiolabeled tracer is presented. It is shown that there is a time t.intg. after which a plot of .intg.toROI(t'')dt''/ROI(t) versus .intg.toCp(t'')dt''/ROI(t) (where ROI and Cp are functions of time describing the variation of tissue radioactivity and plasma radioactivity, respectively) is linear with a slope that corresponds to the steady-state space of the ligand plus the plasma volume, Vp. For a two-compartment model, the slope is given by .lambda. + Vp, where .lambda. is the partition coefficient and the intercept is -1/[k2(1 + Vp/.lambda.)]. For a three-compartment model, the slope is .lambda.(1 + Bmax/Kd)+Vp and the intercept is - { (1 + Bmax/Kd/k2 + [koff (1 + Kd/Bmax)]-1} [1 +Vp/.lambda.(1 + Bmax/Kd)]-1 (where Bmax represents the concentration of ligand binding sites and Kd the equilibrium dissociation constant of the ligand-binding site complex, koff (k4) the ligand-binding site dissociation constant, and k2 is the transfer constant from tissue to plasma). This graphical method provides the ratio Bmax/Kd from the slope for comparison with in vitro measures of the same parameter. It also provides an easy, rapid method for comparison of the reproducibility of repeated measures in a single subject, for longitudinal or drug intervention protocols, or for comparing experimental results between subjects. Although the linearity of this plot holds when ROI/Cp is constant, it can be shown that, for many systems, linearity is effectively reached some time before this. This analysis has been applied to data from [N-methyl11C]-(-)-cocaine ([11C]cocaine) studies in normal human volunteers and the results are compared to the standard non-linear least-squares analysis. The calculated value of Bmax/Kd for the high-affinity binding site for cocaine is 0.62 .+-. 0.20, in agreement with literature values.