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Validating novel tau positron emission tomography tracer [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 (T807) on postmortem brain tissue

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Marquié, Marta, Normandin, Marc D., Vanderburg, Charles R., Costantino, Isabel M., Bien, Elizabeth A., Rycyna, Lisa G., Klunk, William E., Mathis, Chester A. +10 more·2015·Annals of Neurology

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Objective: To examine region‐ and substrate‐specific autoradiographic and in vitro binding patterns of positron emission tomography tracer [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 (previously known as T807), tailored to allow in vivo detection of paired helical filament‐tau–containing lesions, and to determine whether there is off‐target binding to other amyloid/non‐amyloid proteins. Methods: We applied [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 phosphor screen autoradiography, [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 nuclear emulsion autoradiography, and [H‐3]‐AV‐1451 in vitro binding assays to the study of postmortem samples from patients with a definite pathological diagnosis of Alzheimer disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration–tau, frontotemporal lobar degeneration–transactive response DNA binding protein 43 (TDP‐43), progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies, multiple system atrophy, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and elderly controls free of pathology. Results: Our data suggest that [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 strongly binds to tau lesions primarily made of paired helical filaments in Alzheimer brains (eg, intraneuronal and extraneuronal tangles and dystrophic neurites), but does not seem to bind to a significant extent to neuronal and glial inclusions mainly composed of straight tau filaments in non‐Alzheimer tauopathy brains or to lesions containing β‐amyloid, α‐synuclein, or TDP‐43. [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 off‐target binding to neuromelanin‐ and melanin‐containing cells and, to a lesser extent, to brain hemorrhagic lesions was identified. Interpretation: Our data suggest that [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 holds promise as a surrogate marker for the detection of brain tau pathology in the form of tangles and paired helical filament‐tau–containing neurites in Alzheimer brains but also point to its relatively lower affinity for lesions primarily made of straight tau filaments in non‐Alzheimer tauopathy cases and to the existence of some [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 off‐target binding. These findings provide important insights for interpreting in vivo patterns of [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 retention. Ann Neurol 2015 Ann Neurol 2015;78:Ann Neurol 2015;78:679–696

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  • Previous post-mortem work has demonstrated some binding of 18F-AV-1451 to FTLD pathologies, albeit at a lower magnitude than that seen with Alzheimer's pathology.

    “Supporting our use of 18F-AV-1451 as a marker of non-amyloid-β protein aggregation, previous post-mortem work has demonstrated some binding to FTLD pathologies, albeit at a lower magnitude than that seen with Alzheimer’s pathology (Marquié et al., 2015; Lowe et al., 2016; Mcmillan et al., 2016; Sander et al., 2016).”

    From Neuroinflammation and protein aggregation co-localize across the frontotemporal dementia spectrum (2020) · cites this paper as Marquié et al., 2015

    The Results ([H-3]-AV-1451 binding assays; page unavailable) report lower binding in non-AD tauopathy and TDP-43-containing brain tissue than in AD tissue. But the autoradiography Results found no detectable binding to the FTLD lesions themselves; incidental binding in non-AD cases was associated with age-related PHF tangles. Tissue-level binding therefore does not demonstrate binding to FTLD pathologies. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The molecular target in FTD associated with TDP43 is as yet undetermined, but is unlikely to be TDP43 itself.

    “The molecular target in FTD associated with TDP43 is also as yet undetermined, but is unlikely to be TDP43 itself (Marquié et al., 2015; Lowe et al., 2016; Sander et al., 2016).”

    From Neuroinflammation and protein aggregation co-localize across the frontotemporal dementia spectrum (2020) · cites this paper as Marquié et al., 2015

    The Results (phosphor screen autoradiography; page not provided) report no detectable AV-1451 binding in brain slices containing TDP-43 inclusions, supporting the claim that TDP-43 itself is an unlikely target. The paper does not identify or explicitly discuss an undetermined molecular target for tracer signal in TDP-43-associated FTD; its finding in those slices is largely an absence of binding. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Flortaucipir binds weakly or not at all to sole 4R or sole 3R tau deposits in primary tauopathies.

    “Flortaucipir binds weakly or not at all to sole 4R or sole 3R tau deposits in primary tauopathies [126–128].”
  • 18F-AV-1451 can have other non-tau, non-TDP-43 targets such as neuromelanin and mono-amine oxidase, and such off-target binding is an important caveat in clinical studies using 18F-AV-1451.

    “18F-AV-1451 can have other non-tau, non-TDP-43, targets such as neuromelanin (Marquié et al., 2015) and mono-amine oxidase (MAO) (Vermeiren et al., 2018), and such off-target binding is an important caveat in clinical studies using 18F-AV-1451 (Baker et al., 2019).”
  • The affinity of [18F]AV-1451 for 4-repeat tau in non-AD tauopathies such as PSP is lower than its affinity for 3/4-repeat AD-related tau pathology.

    “Nevertheless, we acknowledge that the affinity of [18F]AV-1451 to the 4-repeat tau in non-AD tauopathies as PSP is lower than its affinity to 3/4-repeat AD-related tau pathology29,30.”

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Marquié, M., Normandin, M. D., Vanderburg, C. R., Costantino, I. M., Bien, E. A., Rycyna, L. G., Klunk, W. E., Mathis, C. A., Ikonomovic, M. D., Debnath, M. L., Vasdev, N., Dickerson, B. C., Gomperts, S. N., Growdon, J. H., Johnson, K. A., Frosch, M. P., Hyman, B. T., & Gómez‐Isla, T.
Affiliations
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Department of Neurology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh PA
Corresponding author
Gómez‐Isla, Teresa
Venue
Annals of Neurology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-09-25
Volume
78
Issue
5
Pages
787-800
ISSN
  • 0364-5134 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-8249
OpenAlex
W2170937822
Cited by
615
References
28
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FWCI
56.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annals of Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • NIH (U01NS086659, R01MH100350)
  • Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center (Boston, MA)
  • NIH National Institute on Aging (AG005133, AG025204, AG014449, AG005134)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
Keywords
tau PET tracers, paired helical filaments, tau pathology, Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, TDP-43, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies, multiple system atrophy, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, off-target binding, autoradiography, in vitro binding, postmortem brain
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Amyloid, Autoradiography, Brain, Cadaver, Carbolines, Inclusion Bodies, Dementia, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, tau Proteins, Radiopharmaceuticals, Intracranial Hemorrhages, Tauopathies, Positron-Emission Tomography, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, TDP-43 Proteinopathies

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