title: Thallium-201 diethyldithiocarbamate: an alternative to iodine-123 N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine.
abstract: The study of cerebral blood flow by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) requires lipophilic radiopharmaceuticals. The high cost and limited availability of N-isopropyl-p-[I-123]-iodoamphetamine ( [123I]IMP) led us to search for alternatives. Following our recent development of thallium-201 diethyldithiocarbamate ( [201TI]DDC), we have compared the brain uptake of [123I]IMP and [201TI]DDC in rabbits. The brain bound 1.14 +/- 0.28% (s.e.m.) of the dose of the injected [123I]IMP and 1.46 +/- 0.28% of the [201TI]DDC. Brain activity of [201TI]DDC remained stable from 1.5 min after injection up to at least 1 hr. The [201TI]DDC uptake was more instantaneous than that of [123I]IMP. The ratios of gray to white matter distribution were about equal: 1.41 for [123I]IMP and 1.44 for [201TI]DDC. The lungs retained 8.32% of the dose of [123I]IMP and only 0.53% of the [201TI]DDC. In brain macroautoradiography [201TI]DDC yielded images of good quality with excellent demarcation of gray and white matter, persisting for at least 45 min after injection. We conclude that [123I]IMP and [201TI]DDC are equally suitable for blood flow study of the rabbit brain. The first human tomographic results obtained in two healthy volunteers demonstrate that clinical application of SPECT [201TI]DDC may be feasible.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: de Bruine
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: van Royen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vyth
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: van der Schoot
mesh_terms: D000662:Amphetamines / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D004050:Ditiocarb / Q000378:metabolism; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D020367:Iofetamine; D011817:Rabbits; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011868:Radioisotopes; D012995:Solubility; D013793:Thallium; D013859:Thiocarbamates; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D013859:Thiocarbamates; D004050:Ditiocarb; D013793:Thallium; D020367:Iofetamine