TY  - JOUR
A1  - Werner, Rudolf A.
A1  - Ordonez, Alvaro A.
A1  - Sanchez-Bautista, Julian
A1  - Marcus, Charles
A1  - Lapa, Constantin
A1  - Rowe, Steven P.
A1  - Pomper, Martin G.
A1  - Leal, Jeffrey P.
A1  - Lodge, Martin A.
A1  - Javadi, Mehrbod S.
A1  - Jain, Sanjay K.
A1  - Higuchi, Takahiro
T1  - Novel functional renal PET imaging with 18F-FDS in human subjects
JF  - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
N2  - The novel PET probe 2-deoxy-2-18F-fluoro-D-sorbitol (18F-FDS) has demonstrated favorable renal kinetics in animals. We aimed to elucidate its imaging properties in two human volunteers. 18F-FDS was produced by a simple one-step reduction from 18F-FDG. On dynamic renal PET, the cortex was delineated and activity gradually transited in the parenchyma, followed by radiotracer excretion. No adverse effects were reported. Given the higher spatiotemporal resolution of PET relative to conventional scintigraphy, 18F-FDS PET offers a more thorough evaluation of human renal kinetics. Due to its simple production from 18F-FDG, 18F-FDS is virtually available at any PET facility with radiochemistry infrastructure.
KW  - 2-deoxy-2-18F-fluoro-D-sorbitol
KW  - Positronen-Emissions-Tomografie
KW  - 18F-FDS
KW  - renal imaging
KW  - Positron-Emission Tomography
KW  - split renal function
KW  - kidney
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-174634
SN  - 0363-9762
VL  - 44
IS  - 5
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Werner, Rudolf A.
A1  - Wakabayashi, Hiroshi
A1  - Chen, Xinyu
A1  - Hayakawa, Nobuyuki
A1  - Lapa, Constantin
A1  - Rowe, Steven P.
A1  - Javadi, Mehrbod S.
A1  - Robinson, Simon
A1  - Higuchi, Takahiro
T1  - Ventricular distribution pattern of the novel sympathetic nerve PET radiotracer \(^{18}\)F-LMI1195 in Rabbit Hearts
JF  - Scientific Reports
N2  - We aimed to determine a detailed regional ventricular distribution pattern of the novel cardiac nerve PET radiotracer \(^{18}\)F-LMI1195 in healthy rabbits. Ex-vivo high resolution autoradiographic imaging was conducted to identify accurate ventricular distribution of \(^{18}\)F-LMI1195. In healthy rabbits, \(^{18}\)F-LMI1195 was administered followed by the reference perfusion marker \(^{201}\)Tl for a dual-radiotracer analysis. After 20 min of \(^{18}\)F-LMI1195 distribution time, the rabbits were euthanized, the hearts were extracted, frozen, and cut into 20-μm short axis slices. Subsequently, the short axis sections were exposed to a phosphor imaging plate to determine \(^{18}\)F-LMI1195 distribution (exposure for 3 h). After complete \(^{18}\)F decay, sections were re-exposed to determine 201Tl distribution (exposure for 7 days). For quantitative analysis, segmental regions of Interest (ROIs) were divided into four left ventricular (LV) and a right ventricular (RV) segment on mid-ventricular short axis sections. Subendocardial, mid-portion, and subepicardial ROIs were placed on the LV lateral wall. \(^{18}\)F-LMI1195 distribution was almost homogeneous throughout the LV wall without any significant differences in all four LV ROIs (anterior, posterior, septal and lateral wall, 99 ± 2, 94 ± 5, 94 ± 4 and 97 ± 3%LV, respectively, n.s.). Subepicardial \(^{201}\)Tl uptake was significantly lower compared to the subendocardial portion (subendocardial, mid-portion, and subepicardial activity: 90 ± 3, 96 ± 2 and *80 ± 5%LV, respectively, *p < 0.01 vs. mid-portion). This was in contradistinction to the transmural wall profile of \(^{18}\)F-LMI1195 (90 ± 4, 96 ± 5 and 84 ± 4%LV, n.s.). A slight but significant discrepant transmural radiotracer distribution pattern of \(^{201}\)Tl in comparison to \(^{18}\)F-LMI1195 may be a reflection of physiological sympathetic innervation and perfusion in rabbit hearts.
KW  - Cardiovascular diseases
KW  - Heart failure
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-202707
VL  - 9
ER  -