scholarly journals Quantification of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 availability with both [11C]ABP688 and [18F]FPEB positron emission tomography in the Sapap3 knockout mouse model for obsessive compulsive-like behavior

Author(s):  
Dorien Glorie ◽  
Jeroen Verhaeghe ◽  
Alan Miranda ◽  
Stef De Lombaerde ◽  
Sigrid Stroobants ◽  
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US Neurology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 05 (02) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Rosario Sanchez-Pernaute ◽  
Anna-Liisa Brownell ◽  
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Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR)s are G-protein-coupled receptors that function as modulators of synaptic function and glutamate transmission. Post-synaptically localized subtype 5 mGlu5 receptors are co-localized with adenosine A2a, dopamine, and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and regulate local protein synthesis and messenger RNA (mRNA) translation at synapses, and are thus ideally positioned to control synaptic plasticity. Aberrant synaptic plasticity appears to be involved in a number of developmental and degenerative neuropsychiatric disorders, including Parkinson’s disease. Pharmacological modulation of mGluR5 could potentially open new therapeutic avenues for the treatment of such disorders, for both symptomatic and neuroprotective purposes. In this review, we summarize a series ofin vivostudies we performed in order to delineate the anatomical basis and functional role of mGluR5 antagonists in Parkinson’s disease models, taking advantage of high-resolution positron emission tomography (PET) and the recent development of novel specific radiopharmaceuticals. Our findings of a prevalent distribution of mGluR5 in the striatum and limbic structures and a significant binding enhancement following dopamine lesions support the role of mGlu5 receptors in modulating dopamine- and glutamate-dependent signaling and synaptic plasticity within the basal ganglia cortico–subcortical loops.







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