Factors that limit positron emission tomography imaging of p-glycoprotein density at the blood-brain barrier.
Mol Pharm
; 10(6): 2222-9, 2013 Jun 03.
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| ID: mdl-23597242
ABSTRACT
Efflux transporters located at the blood-brain barrier, such as P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), regulate the passage of many drugs in and out of the brain. Changes in the function and density of these proteins, in particular P-gp, may play a role in several neurological disorders. Several radioligands have been developed for measuring P-gp function at the blood-brain barrier of human subjects with positron emission tomography (PET). However, attempts to measure P-gp density with radiolabeled inhibitors that bind to these proteins in vivo have not thus far provided useful, quantifiable PET signals. Herein, we argue that not only the low density of transporters in the brain as a whole but also their very high density in brain capillaries act to lower the concentration of ligand in the plasma and thereby contribute to absent or low signals in PET studies of P-gp density. Our calculations, based on published data and theoretical approximations, estimate that whole brain densities of many efflux transporters at the blood-brain barrier range from 0.04 to 5.19 nM. We conclude that the moderate affinities (>5 nM) of currently labeled inhibitors may not allow measurement of efflux transporter density at the blood-brain barrier, and inhibitors with substantially higher affinity will be needed for density imaging of P-gp and other blood-brain barrier transporters.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Barreira Hematoencefálica
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Membro 1 da Subfamília B de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP
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Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mol Pharm
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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FARMACIA
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FARMACOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos