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Erschienen in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 4/2006

01.04.2006 | Original article

Long-term assessment of striatal dopamine transporters in parkinsonian patients with intrastriatal embryonic mesencephalic grafts

verfasst von: Oliver Pogarell, Walter Koch, Franz J. Gildehaus, Andreas Kupsch, Olle Lindvall, Wolfgang H. Oertel, Klaus Tatsch

Erschienen in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Ausgabe 4/2006

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Abstract

Purpose

Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of striatal dopamine transporters (DAT) has been used to demonstrate presynaptic dopaminergic dysfunction and to monitor the progression of Parkinson’s disease. In parkinsonian patients who were implanted with embryonic mesencephalic tissue in the striatum, positron emission tomography (PET) has shown an increase in striatal [18F]dopa uptake as an indicator of graft survival and striatal reinnervation. The aim of this study was to investigate two patients who had undergone bilateral intrastriatal transplantation of human embryonic mesencephalic tissue using SPECT and the 123I-labelled DAT ligand N-(3-iodopropen-2-yl)-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-chlorophenyl) tropane (IPT).

Methods

Two patients were subjected to [123I]IPT SPECT according to a standardised protocol prospectively and repeatedly up to 8 years after transplantation.

Results

From baseline to year 3 after transplantation, mean striatal DAT availability increased by a mean of 61% (93% and 29% in patients 1 and 2, respectively). It then remained relatively stable up to 8 years in patient 2, but increased further by another 77% of baseline values in patient 1. Clinically, both patients experienced a moderate improvement in motor performance but developed moderate (patient 2) to severe (patient 1) off-medication dyskinesias.

Conclusion

Our data indicate that DAT imaging using IPT and SPECT can be used to demonstrate graft survival following dopaminergic tissue implantation. Because SPECT with DAT ligands is widely available in the routine clinical setting, this methodology may be a useful alternative to [18F]dopa PET for repeated scanning of grafted parkinsonian patients. The relevance of the long-term increase in DAT binding for the development of off-medication dyskinesias remains to be elucidated further.
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Metadaten
Titel
Long-term assessment of striatal dopamine transporters in parkinsonian patients with intrastriatal embryonic mesencephalic grafts
verfasst von
Oliver Pogarell
Walter Koch
Franz J. Gildehaus
Andreas Kupsch
Olle Lindvall
Wolfgang H. Oertel
Klaus Tatsch
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2006
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Ausgabe 4/2006
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Elektronische ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-005-0032-z

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