Longitudinal evaluation of a novel BChE PET tracer as an early in vivo biomarker in the brain of a mouse model for Alzheimer disease

The increase in butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) activity in the brain of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients and animal models of AD position this enzyme as a potential biomarker of the disease. However, the information on the ability of BChE to serve as AD biomarker is contradicting, also due to scarce lo...

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Published in:Theranostics 2021-01, Vol.11 (13), p.6542-6559
Main Authors: Rejc, Luka, Gómez-Vallejo, Vanessa, Joya, Ana, Moreno, Oscar, Egimendia, Ander, Castellnou, Pilar, Ríos-Anglada, Xabier, Cossío, Unai, Baz, Zuriñe, Passannante, Rossana, Tobalina-Larrea, Ignacio, Ramos-Cabrer, Pedro, Giralt, Albert, Sastre, Magdalena, Capetillo-Zarate, Estibaliz, Košak, Urban, Knez, Damijan, Gobec, Stanislav, Marder, Mariel, Martin, Abraham, Llop, Jordi
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Language:English
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Age
Animal cognition
Biodistribution
Biomarkers
Brain
Enzymes
Investigations
Metabolism
Metabolites
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Summary:The increase in butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) activity in the brain of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients and animal models of AD position this enzyme as a potential biomarker of the disease. However, the information on the ability of BChE to serve as AD biomarker is contradicting, also due to scarce longitudinal studies of BChE activity abundance. Here, we report C-labeling, stability, biodistribution, and longitudinal study on BChE abundance in the brains of control and 5xFAD (AD model) animals, using a potent BChE selective inhibitor, [ C] , and positron emission tomography (PET) in combination with computerised tomography (CT). We correlate the results with amyloid beta (Aβ) deposition, longitudinally assessed by [ F]florbetaben-PET imaging. : [ C] was radiolabelled through C-methylation. Metabolism studies were performed on blood and brain samples of female wild type (WT) mice. Biodistribution studies were performed in female WT mice using dynamic PET-CT imaging. Specific binding was demonstrated by and PET imaging blocking studies in female WT and 5xFAD mice at the age of 7 months. Longitudinal PET imaging of BChE was conducted in female 5xFAD mice at 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 months of age and compared to age-matched control animals. Additionally, Aβ plaque distribution was assessed in the same mice using [ F]florbetaben at the ages of 2, 5, 7 and 11 months. The results were validated by staining of BChE at 4, 8, and 12 months and Aβ at 12 months on brain samples. : [ C] was produced in sufficient radiochemical yield and molar activity for the use in PET imaging. Metabolism and biodistribution studies confirmed sufficient stability , the ability of [ C] to cross the blood brain barrier (BBB) and rapid washout from the brain. Blocking studies confirmed specificity of the binding. Longitudinal PET studies showed increased levels of BChE in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, striatum, thalamus, cerebellum and brain stem in aged AD mice compared to WT littermates. [ F]Florbetaben-PET imaging showed similar trend of Aβ plaques accumulation in the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus of AD animals as the one observed for BChE at ages 4 to 8 months. Contrarily to the results obtained by staining, lower abundance of BChE was observed at 10 and 12 months than at 8 months of age. The BChE inhibitor [ C] crosses the BBB and is quickly washed out of the brain of WT mice. Comparison between AD and WT mice shows accumulation of the radiotracer in the AD-affected areas of the
ISSN:1838-7640
1838-7640
DOI:10.7150/thno.54589