TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative Multi-modal Brain Autoradiography of Glutamatergic, Dopaminergic, Cannabinoid, and Nicotinic Receptors in Mutant Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) Mice
AU - Kim, Jongho
AU - Horti, Andrew G.
AU - Mathews, William B.
AU - Pogorelov, Vladimir
AU - Valentine, Heather
AU - Brasic, James R.
AU - Holt, Daniel P.
AU - Ravert, Hayden T.
AU - Dannals, Robert F.
AU - Zhou, Luewi
AU - Jedynak, Bruno
AU - Kamiya, Atsushi
AU - Pletnikov, Mikhail V.
AU - Wong, Dean F.
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was supported by ARRA RO1NIMH (MVP), NARSAD (MVP, AK), NH094268 (MVP, AK), and NIH (NIBIB, NIDA, and NIAAA) Training grant for Clinician Scientists in Imaging Research (5T32EB006351-05) (JK), NIDA 5R33DA016182-05 (W.B.M). The authors would like to thank Drs Adjmal Nahimi (Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark) and Albert H. Gjedde (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) for the protocol for autoradiography and Emily Gean for her assistance with the preparation of this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, World Molecular Imaging Society.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Purpose: Disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) is a promising genetic susceptibility factor for major psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia. We hypothesized that the mutant DISC1 alters the homeostasis of multi-receptor interactions between dopaminergic [dopamine 2/3 (D2/3R)], glutamatergic [metabotropic glutamate 5 (mGluR5)], cannabinoid 1 (CB1R), and nicotinic acetylcholine (α4β2-nAChR) receptors in the brains of mice with inducible forebrain neuronal expression of dominant-negative mutant DISC1.Procedures: The quantitative in vitro autoradiography was performed with positron emission tomography (PET) ligands using [11C]raclopride (D2/3R), [11C]ABP688 (mGluR5), [11C]OMAR (CB1R), and [18F]AZAN (nAChR). Total binding (pmol/cc) from standard and binding index, defined as [(region of interest − reference) / reference], was analyzed in the parasagittal sections. The cerebellum was used as a reference for D2/3R, mGluR5, and α4β2-nAChR, while the midbrain was the reference tissue for CB1R, because of the high density of CB1R in the cerebellum.Results: We observed a significant positive correlation between mGluR5 and D2/3R in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in mutant DISC1 (rho = 0.6, p = 0.04; y = 0.02 x + 6.7) and a trend of negative correlation between those receptors in the dorsal striatum (DS) in control animals (rho = −0.5, p = 0.09; y = −0.03 x + 23), suggesting a co-release of dopamine (DA) and glutamate (Glu) in the NAc, but not in the DS. There were trends of an inverse relationship between striatal CB1R and D2/3R (rho = −0.7, p = 0.07) as well as between dorsal thalamic nAChR and striatal D2/3R (rho = −0.5, p = 0.08). There was no statistically significant difference of the individual receptor density in the majority of brain regions.Conclusions: The mutant DISC1 altered the homeostasis of multi-receptor interactions of coincident signaling of DA and Glu in the NAc, but not in the DS, and mutually negative control of striatal CB1R and D2/3R. Multi-receptor mapping with PET ligands in relevant animal models could be a valuable translational approach for psychiatric drug development.
AB - Purpose: Disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) is a promising genetic susceptibility factor for major psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia. We hypothesized that the mutant DISC1 alters the homeostasis of multi-receptor interactions between dopaminergic [dopamine 2/3 (D2/3R)], glutamatergic [metabotropic glutamate 5 (mGluR5)], cannabinoid 1 (CB1R), and nicotinic acetylcholine (α4β2-nAChR) receptors in the brains of mice with inducible forebrain neuronal expression of dominant-negative mutant DISC1.Procedures: The quantitative in vitro autoradiography was performed with positron emission tomography (PET) ligands using [11C]raclopride (D2/3R), [11C]ABP688 (mGluR5), [11C]OMAR (CB1R), and [18F]AZAN (nAChR). Total binding (pmol/cc) from standard and binding index, defined as [(region of interest − reference) / reference], was analyzed in the parasagittal sections. The cerebellum was used as a reference for D2/3R, mGluR5, and α4β2-nAChR, while the midbrain was the reference tissue for CB1R, because of the high density of CB1R in the cerebellum.Results: We observed a significant positive correlation between mGluR5 and D2/3R in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in mutant DISC1 (rho = 0.6, p = 0.04; y = 0.02 x + 6.7) and a trend of negative correlation between those receptors in the dorsal striatum (DS) in control animals (rho = −0.5, p = 0.09; y = −0.03 x + 23), suggesting a co-release of dopamine (DA) and glutamate (Glu) in the NAc, but not in the DS. There were trends of an inverse relationship between striatal CB1R and D2/3R (rho = −0.7, p = 0.07) as well as between dorsal thalamic nAChR and striatal D2/3R (rho = −0.5, p = 0.08). There was no statistically significant difference of the individual receptor density in the majority of brain regions.Conclusions: The mutant DISC1 altered the homeostasis of multi-receptor interactions of coincident signaling of DA and Glu in the NAc, but not in the DS, and mutually negative control of striatal CB1R and D2/3R. Multi-receptor mapping with PET ligands in relevant animal models could be a valuable translational approach for psychiatric drug development.
KW - Autoradiography
KW - CBR
KW - DR
KW - Disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) gene
KW - mGluR
KW - nAChR
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84939881694
U2 - 10.1007/s11307-014-0786-4
DO - 10.1007/s11307-014-0786-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 25296765
AN - SCOPUS:84939881694
SN - 1536-1632
VL - 17
SP - 355
EP - 363
JO - Molecular Imaging and Biology
JF - Molecular Imaging and Biology
IS - 3
ER -