title: Mapping of histamine H1 receptors in the human brain using [11C]pyrilamine and positron emission tomography.
abstract: We have studied the characteristics of carbon-11 labeled pyrilamine as a radioligand for investigating histamine H1 receptors in human brain with positron emission tomography (PET). [11C]Pyrilamine is distributed evenly in proportion to cerebral blood flow at initial PET images. Later (after 45-60 min), 11C radioactivity was observed at high concentrations in the frontal and temporal cortex, hippocampus, and thalamus, and at low concentrations in the cerebellum and pons. The regional distribution of the carbon-11 labeled compound in the brain corresponded well with that of the histamine H1 receptors determined in vitro in autopsied materials. In six controls, the frontal and temporal cortices/cerebellum ratio increased during the first 60 min to reach a value of 1.22 +/- 0.071. Intravenous administration of d-chlorpheniramine (5 mg) completely abolished the specific binding in vivo in the frontal cortex and temporal cortex (cortex/cerebellum ratio, 0.955 +/- 0.015). The availability of this method for measuring histamine H1 receptors in vivo in humans will facilitate studies on neurological and psychiatric disorders in which histamine H1 receptors are thought to be abnormal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology I, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hatazawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishiwata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meguro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ido
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D002102:Cadaver; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011738:Pyrilamine / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1; D011738:Pyrilamine