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ArticleAlzheimer's research & therapy2017

Comparative binding properties of the tau PET tracers THK5117, THK5351, PBB3, and T807 in postmortem Alzheimer brains.

Laetitia Lemoine, Per-Göran Gillberg, Marie Svedberg, Vladimir Stepanov, Zhisheng Jia, Jinghai Huang, Sangram Nag, He Tian, Bernardino Ghetti, Nobuyuki Okamura and 3 more

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Article in Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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13 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Laetitia LemoineDivision of Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Per-Göran GillbergDivision of Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Marie SvedbergDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatric Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Vladimir StepanovDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatric Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Zhisheng JiaDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatric Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jinghai HuangInstitute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Sangram NagDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatric Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
He TianInstitute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Bernardino GhettiDepartment of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Nobuyuki OkamuraDivision of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Tohoku, Japan.
Makoto HiguchiNational Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan.
Christer HalldinDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Psychiatric Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Agneta NordbergDivision of Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Agneta.K.Nordberg@ki.se.
Karolinska Institutet · SEEast China University of Science and Technology · CNIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USKarolinska University Hospital · SENational Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology · JPTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University · JP

Funding

swedish research council 05817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this study was to compare the binding properties of several tau positron emission tomography tracers-THK5117, THK5351, T807 (also known as AV1451; flortaucipir), and PBB3-head to head in the same human brain tissue.

methodsBinding assays were performed to compare the regional distribution of

resultsRegional binding of

conclusionsTHK5351, THK5117, and T807 seem to target similar binding sites, but with different affinities, whereas PBB3 seems to target its own binding site. Both THK5117 and T807 demonstrated off-target binding in the hippocampus and putamen with a ten times lower binding affinity to the MAO-B inhibitor deprenyl compared with

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Positron-Emission TomographyAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseAutopsyAutoradiographyBinding, CompetitiveBrainDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMaleMiddle AgedMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsRadiopharmaceuticalsMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsRadiopharmaceuticals11C-THK5351Alzheimer’s diseaseautoradiographyAV1451DeprenylPBB3T807Tau imagingTau PETTau PET tracersTHK5117

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PMID29229003
PMCPMC5725799
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