Temporal Changes in Phosphatidylserine Expression and Glucose Metabolism after Myocardial Infarction: An in Vivo Imaging Study in Mice

Temporal Changes in Phosphatidylserine Expression and Glucose Metabolism after Myocardial Infarction: An in Vivo Imaging Study in Mice

Positron emission tomography (PET) for in vivo monitoring of phosphatidylserine externalization and glucose metabolism can potentially provide early predictors of outcome of cardioprotective therapies after myocardial infarction. We performed serial [ 68 Ga]annexin A5 PET (annexin-PET) and [ 18 F]fl...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Lehner, Andrei Todica, Stefan Brunner, Christopher Uebleis, Hao Wang, Carmen Wängler, Nadja Herbach, Tanja Herrler, Guido Böning, Rüdiger Paul Laubender, Paul Cumming, Ralf Schirrmacher, Wolfgang Franz, Marcus Hacker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-11-01
Series:Molecular Imaging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2310/7290.2012.00010
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Summary:Positron emission tomography (PET) for in vivo monitoring of phosphatidylserine externalization and glucose metabolism can potentially provide early predictors of outcome of cardioprotective therapies after myocardial infarction. We performed serial [ 68 Ga]annexin A5 PET (annexin-PET) and [ 18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET (FDG-PET) after myocardial infarction to determine the time of peak phosphatidylserine externalization in relation to impaired glucose metabolism in infracted tissue. Annexin- and FDG-PET recordings were obtained in female (C57BL6/N) mice on days 1 to 4 after ligation of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery. [ 68 Ga]annexin A5 uptake (%ID/g) in the LAD artery territory increased from 1.7 ± 1.1 on day 1 to 5.0 ± 3.3 on day 2 and then declined to 2.0 ± 1.4 on day 3 (p = .047 vs day 2) and 1.6 ± 1.4 on day 4 ( p = .014 vs day 2). These results matched apoptosis rates as estimated by autoradiography and fluorescein staining. FDG uptake (%ID/g) declined from 28 ± 14 on day 1 to 14 ± 3.5 on day 4 ( p < .0001 vs day 1). Whereas FDG-PET revealed continuous loss of cell viability after permanent LAD artery occlusion, annexin-PET indicated peak phosphatidylserine expression at day 2, which might be the optimal time point for therapy monitoring.
ISSN:1536-0121

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