Yousefzadeh-Nowshahr, Elham; Winter, Gordon; Bohn, Karl; Kneer, Katharina; von Arnim, Christine A F; Otto, Markus; Solbach, Christoph; Anderl-Straub, Sarah; Polivka, Dörte; Fissler, Patrick; Strobel, Joachim; Kletting, Peter; Riepe, Matthias W; Higuchi, Makoto; Glatting, Gerhard; Ludolph, Albert; Beer, Ambros J (2022). Quantitative analysis of regional distribution of tau pathology with 11C-PBB3-PET in a clinical setting. PLoS ONE, 17(4), e0266906. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0266906
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PURPOSE
The recent developments of tau-positron emission tomography (tau-PET) enable in vivo assessment of neuropathological tau aggregates. Among the tau-specific tracers, the application of 11C-pyridinyl-butadienyl-benzothiazole 3 (11C-PBB3) in PET shows high sensitivity to Alzheimer disease (AD)-related tau deposition. The current study investigates the regional tau load in patients within the AD continuum, biomarker-negative individuals (BN) and patients with suspected non-AD pathophysiology (SNAP) using 11C-PBB3-PET.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A total of 23 memory clinic outpatients with recent decline of episodic memory were examined using 11C-PBB3-PET. Pittsburg compound B (11C-PIB) PET was available for 17, 18F-flurodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET for 16, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein levels for 11 patients. CSF biomarkers were considered abnormal based on Aβ42 (< 600 ng/L) and t-tau (> 450 ng/L). The PET biomarkers were classified as positive or negative using statistical parametric mapping (SPM) analysis and visual assessment. Using the amyloid/tau/neurodegeneration (A/T/N) scheme, patients were grouped as within the AD continuum, SNAP, and BN based on amyloid and neurodegeneration status. The 11C-PBB3 load detected by PET was compared among the groups using both atlas-based and voxel-wise analyses.
RESULTS
Seven patients were identified as within the AD continuum, 10 SNAP and 6 BN. In voxel-wise analysis, significantly higher 11C-PBB3 binding was observed in the AD continuum group compared to the BN patients in the cingulate gyrus, tempo-parieto-occipital junction and frontal lobe. Compared to the SNAP group, patients within the AD continuum had a considerably increased 11C-PBB3 uptake in the posterior cingulate cortex. There was no significant difference between SNAP and BN groups. The atlas-based analysis supported the outcome of the voxel-wise quantification analysis.
CONCLUSION
Our results suggest that 11C-PBB3-PET can effectively analyze regional tau load and has the potential to differentiate patients in the AD continuum group from the BN and SNAP group.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Clinic of Nuclear Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bohn, Karl Peter |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
Publisher: |
Public Library of Science |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
12 Apr 2022 15:58 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:18 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0266906 |
PubMed ID: |
35404966 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/169218 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/169218 |
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