title: PET study of the distribution of [11C]fluoxetine in a monkey brain.
abstract: No-carrier-added [11C]fluoxetine (2) was synthesized by methylation of norfluoxetine (1) with [11C]H3I in 20% radiochemical yield in a synthesis time of 40 min from EOB with a specific activity of 0.48 Ci/microM (EOB). In vivo study in mouse indicated that the uptake of 2 in mouse tissues was high and the radioactivity remained constant throughout the study. The uptake of 2 in mouse brain was 4%/g. PET study in a Rhesus monkey also showed that the uptakes of 2 in different brain regions were similar and the retention of radioactivity in these regions remained constant throughout the study (80 min). Analysis of arterial plasma by HPLC showed that only 20% of radioactivity in the plasma remained as 2 at 30 min post-injection. These results suggest that the uptake of fluoxetine in monkey brain is probably not receptor mediated. Rather, blood flow, lipophilicity or other transport mechanisms may play a role in its uptake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Shiue
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Shiue
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Cornish
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005260:Female; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005473:Fluoxetine