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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
[(11)C]PK11195 is used in positron emission tomography (PET) studies for imaging brain inflammation in vivo as it binds to the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) expressed by reactive glia and macrophages. However, features of the cellular reaction required to induce a positive [(11)C]PK11195 signal are not well characterized. We performed [(11)C]PK11195 PET and autoradiography in rats after transient focal cerebral ischemia. We determined [(3)H]PK11195 binding and PBR expression in brain tissue and examined the lesion with several markers. [(11)C]PK11195 standard uptake value increased at day 4 and grew further at day 7 within the ischemic core. Accordingly, ex vivo [(3)H]PK11195 binding increased at day 4, and increases further at day 7. The PET signal also augmented in peripheral regions, but to a lesser extent than in the core. Binding in the region surrounding infarction was supported by [(11)C]PK11195 autoradiography at day 7 showing that the radioactive signal extended beyond the infarcted core. Enhanced binding was preceded by increases in PBR mRNA expression in the ipsilateral hemisphere, and a 18-kDa band corresponding to PBR protein was detected. Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor immunohistochemistry showed subsets of ameboid microglia/macrophages within the infarcted core showing a distinctive strong PBR expression from day 4. These cells were often located surrounding microhemorrhages. Reactive astrocytes forming a rim surrounding infarction at day 7 also showed some PBR immunostaining. These results show cellular heterogeneity in the level of PBR expression, supporting that PBR is not a simple marker of inflammation, and that the extent of [(11)C]PK11195 binding depends on intrinsic features of the inflammatory cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0271-678X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1975-86
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Autoradiography, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Cerebral Hemorrhage, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Cerebral Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Ischemic Attack, Transient, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Isoquinolines, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Positron-Emission Tomography, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Radiopharmaceuticals, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Receptors, GABA-A, pubmed-meshheading:17457364-Reperfusion Injury
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Imaging brain inflammation with [(11)C]PK11195 by PET and induction of the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor after transient focal ischemia in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Brain Ischemia and Neurodegeneration, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona (IIBB)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't