Abstract
The uptake rate constant and the loss rate constant that expresses the reversibility of the uptake process of 6-[18F]fluoro-L-Dopa (FDOPA) were measured by positron emission tomography in the striatum of normal rhesus monkeys and in monkeys with unilateral lesions of the dopaminergic nigro-striatal pathway, induced by intracarotid injection of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). Each animal was studied twice: with and without pretreatment of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor Ro 40-7592, tolcapone. After pretreatment with tolcapone, there was a very significant increase in plasma FDOPA throughout the course of the study, accompanied by a significant decrease in its main metabolite, 3-O-methylfluorodopa. Tolcapone did not induce a significant change in the uptake rate constant in either the normal or the MPTP-treated striatum. However, after tolcapone pretreatment, there was a significant decrease in the loss rate constant in the MPTP-treated striatum (25%) and a smaller, non-significant decrease in the normal striatum (13%). It is concluded that the COMT inhibitor tolcapone exhibits clear peripheral and central activity. As compared to peripheral COMT inhibitors, this central effect may help pres...Continue Reading
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