title: 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa metabolism in MPTP-treated monkeys: assessment of tracer methodologies for positron emission tomography.
abstract: 6-[18F]Fluoro-L-DOPA (FDOPA) is an L-DOPA analog that is used to assess the functional integrity of central dopaminergic systems in vivo with positron emission tomography (PET). FDOPA metabolites from putamen of normal and MPTP-treated monkeys were characterized to correlate FDOPA metabolism changes with those of the endogenous dopamine system. In MPTP-lesioned putamen, 6-[18F]fluorodopamine and dopamine levels were less than 2% those of controls. Increases in endogenous dopamine metabolism were reflected by similar increases in 6-[18F]fluorodopamine metabolites. These results suggest that changes in the central dopamine system biochemistry can be monitored in vivo with FDOPA and PET.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, 90024.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Melega
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Barrio
mesh_terms: D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008254:Macaca nemestrina; D008297:Male; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; C043437:fluorodopa F 18; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine; D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D004298:Dopamine; D006719:Homovanillic Acid