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Pre- and postsynaptic dopamine SPECT in the early phase of idiopathic parkinsonism: a population-based study
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Sciences, Diagnostic Radiology.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Neurology.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Neurology.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiation Sciences, Radiation Physics.
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2010 (English)In: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, ISSN 1619-7070, E-ISSN 1619-7089, Vol. 37, no 11, p. 2154-2164Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic contribution of pre- and postsynaptic dopamine SPECT in drug-naïve patients with early idiopathic parkinsonism and to investigate possible differences between idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonian syndromes (APS) and possible differences in motor subtypes of parkinsonism.

METHODS: A group of 128 newly diagnosed idiopathic parkinsonian patients and 48 healthy controls was studied. Presynaptic baseline SPECT with (123)I-FP-CIT was performed in all patients and in 120 patients also a baseline postsynaptic SPECT with (123)I-IBZM. Clinical diagnoses were reassessed after 12 months.

RESULTS: Presynaptic uptake in the putamen and caudate was significantly reduced in patients compared to controls. Presynaptic uptake ratios were not different between PD patients and patients with APS, and postsynaptic uptake in APS was not significantly reduced compared to PD or controls. In half of the APS patients both pre- and postsynaptic uptake ratios were reduced on the same side in the striatum. Impaired motor performance was associated with decreased presynaptic uptake in the putamen in PD. The postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD) subtype of PD had lower presynaptic uptake ratios than patients with tremor-dominated (TD) symptoms.

CONCLUSION: Not only presynaptic putamen uptake ratios, but also caudate ratios were reduced in a majority of the patients in our study. At baseline scan, i.e. in an early stage of the disease, the accuracy of excluding APS in the whole study population was 85% using a combination of pre- and postsynaptic SPECT. Already at baseline, lower presynaptic SPECT ratios were seen in PD with PIGD at onset compared to those with TD subtype.

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2010. Vol. 37, no 11, p. 2154-2164
Keywords [en]
Parkinson’s disease, Parkinsonian syndromes, 123I-IBZM, 123I-FP-CIT, SPECT
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
Research subject
Radiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-36641DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1520-3ISI: 000282424400018PubMedID: 20593284Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-77958466799OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-36641DiVA, id: diva2:355348
Available from: 2010-10-06 Created: 2010-10-06 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved
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1. Nuclear medicine methods in idiopathic Parkinsonism: pre- and postsynaptic dopamine SPECT
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Nuclear medicine methods in idiopathic Parkinsonism: pre- and postsynaptic dopamine SPECT
2013 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Alternative title[sv]
Nuklearmedicinska metoder vid idiopatisk Parkinsonism : pre- och postsynaptisk dopamin SPECT
Abstract [en]

Background: Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with dopamine transporter (DAT) and dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) ligands can visualise the integrity of the nigrostriatal dopamine system. Parkinson’s disease (PD) and the atypical parkinsonian diseases (APD), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and multiple system atrophy (MSA), have similar symptoms and dopamine depletion, but differ in pharmacological response and prognosis. Clinical differentiation between PD and APD is often difficult in the early stages. The aims of the thesis were to evaluate the differential diagnostic and prognostic value of SPECT in early PD, MSA and PSP, to map the pattern of progression with dopamine SPECT, and map the pattern of dopamine SPECT in non-affected elderly volunteers with a prospective approach. Also, we evaluated the methodological aspects of dopamine SPECT with respect to image evaluation tools, reconstruction parameters and gamma cameras.

Methods: 172 patients, included in an on-going clinical prospective study on idiopathic parkinsonism, participated in the SPECT study. Also, 31 age-matched healthy controls (HC) were followed within this study. SPECT was done with 123I-FP-Cit (DAT SPECT) and 123I-IBZM (D2R SPECT). Regions of interest (ROI) were used as a standard method for semi-quantitative image analysis.

Results: SPECT uptake ratios from different gamma cameras could be equalised through correction equations derived from images of a brain-like phantom, provided that attenuation correction was applied. The ROI method had high reproducibility. SPECT uptake  in HC, measured with the ROI method and a volume based (VOI) method rendered similar trends, but gender and age differences in SPECT uptake were more marked with the VOI method, and less pronounced in DAT SPECT compared to D2R SPECT with both methods. The DAT SPECT uptake was significantly reduced in very early disease stage of PD and APD compared to HC. DATSPECT uptake was more reduced in PD with postural and gait disturbance (PIGD) compared to tremor-dominant PD. Decline in DAT SPECT uptake during the first year was more pronounced in PD and PSP compared to HC. D2R SPECT uptake overlapped between untreated PD and APD. After initiated treatment, the D2R SPECT uptake was significantly higher in MSA patients compared to PD, PSP and HC. Decline in D2R SPECT uptake during the first year was not significantly different between patients or compared to HC.

Conclusions: 123I-FP-Cit SPECT is a valuable and sensitive method to detect early stage idiopathic parkinsonism. A different level of uptake between PIGD-PD compared to TD-PD indicates a prognostic potential. It is not possible to differ between PD, MSA and PSP in early stage with 123I-FP-Cit SPECT and no differential diagnostic value was found using 123I-IBZM SPECT in the early, untreated stage of PD, MSA and PSP. A different pattern of uptake of this ligand in MSA compared to PD and PSP during the first years of L-dopa treatment may, however, indicate a diagnostic value during the follow-up period.

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Umeå: Umeå Universitet, 2013. p. 69
Series
Umeå University medical dissertations, ISSN 0346-6612 ; 1550
Keywords
Nuclear medicine, SPECT, 123I-FP-Cit, 123I-IBZM, dopamine, parkinsonism, Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy
National Category
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
Research subject
Radiology
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urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-70275 (URN)978-91-7459-557-4 (ISBN)978-91-7459-646-5 (ISBN)
Public defence
2013-06-05, Sal 206, byggnad 3A, Norrlands Universitetssjukhus, Umeå, 09:00 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2013-05-15 Created: 2013-05-12 Last updated: 2018-06-08Bibliographically approved

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