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In vivo neural projection mapping technology with a novel PET ligand

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K12772
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Basic / Social brain science
Research InstitutionNational Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Minamimoto Takafumi  国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 放射線医学総合研究所 脳機能イメージング研究部, チームリーダー(定常) (50506813)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) NAGAI Yuji  量子科学技術研究開発機構, 放射線医学総合研究所・脳機能イメージング研究部, 研究員 (20415409)
JI Bin  量子科学技術研究開発機構, 放射線医学総合研究所・脳機能イメージング研究部, 主任研究員 (80392223)
Research Collaborator KIKUCHI Erika  
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordsイメージング / PET / サル / 化学遺伝学 / 脳・神経 / 霊長類 / 遺伝子
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed at establishing two technologies, in vivo monitoring of gene expression in the brain and noninvasive neural projection mapping technology. Using PET with 11C-clozapine, we succeeded in visualizing the inhibitory DREADD, hM4Di expressed in the putamen of monkeys. To improve the sensitivity of DREADD-PET imaging, we developed a new ligand, a carbon-11-labeled derivative of DREADD agonists. As seen with 11C-clozapine, PET imaging localized an increased uptake of the new ligand at the putative hM4Di-expressing site. Compared with 11C-clozapine, the signal-to-noise ratio was largely improved. Besides the injection site in the putamen, an increased uptake was also found in its projection areas, i.e., the globus pallidus and the substantia nigra, presumably reflecting hM4Di expression at the axon terminal. These results indicate that the new PET ligand provides a high DREADD selectivity, and thus enables noninvasive neural projection mapping.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report

Research Products

(8 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research Journal Article Presentation Remarks

  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Institute of Health(USA)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] PET imaging-guided chemogenetic silencing reveals a critical role of primate rostromedial caudate in reward evaluation2016

    • Author(s)
      Nagai Y, Kikuchi E, Lerchner W, Inoue Ki, Ji B, Eldridge MA, Kaneko H, Kimura Y, Oh-Nishi A, Hori Y, Kato Y, Hirabayashi T, Fujimoto A, Kumata K, Zhang MR, Aoki I, SuharaT, Higuchi M, Takada M, Richmond BJ, Minamimoto T.
    • Journal Title

      Nat Commun

      Volume: 7 Pages: 13605-13605

    • DOI

      10.1038/ncomms13605

    • NAID

      120005898960

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Multimodal Imaging for DREADD-expressing Neurons in Living Brain and Their Application to Implantation of iPSC-derived Neural Progenitors.2016

    • Author(s)
      Ji B, Kaneko H, Minamimoto T, Inoue H, Takeuchi H, Kumata K, Zhang MR, Aoki I, Seki C, Ono M, Tokunaga M, Tsukamoto S, Tanabe K, Shin RM, Minamihisamatsu T, Kito S, Richmond BJ, Suhara T, Higuchi M.
    • Journal Title

      J. Neurosci.

      Volume: 36 Pages: 11544-11558

    • DOI

      10.1523/jneurosci.1279-16.2016

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 化学遺伝学イメージングによるサル脳科学研究の展開2017

    • Author(s)
      南本敬史
    • Organizer
      平成28年度京都大学霊長類研究所共同利用研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      霊長類研究所, 犬山
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] PETイメージングと化学遺伝学的手法の融合によるサル脳科学研究の展開2016

    • Author(s)
      南本 敬史
    • Organizer
      平成27年度 京都大学霊長類研究所共同利用研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      霊長類研究所
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-11
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 5.PET imaging-guided chemogenetic manipulation of primate neural circuits2016

    • Author(s)
      Takafumi Minamimoto
    • Organizer
      NHP Chemogenetics workshop, NIH
    • Place of Presentation
      Bethesda, USA
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 脳につくった「鍵穴」をみる2015

    • Author(s)
      南本 敬史
    • Organizer
      ナショナルバイオリソースプロジェクト「ニホンザル」第12回公開シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-11
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Remarks] システム神経回路研究チーム

    • URL

      http://www.nirs.qst.go.jp/seika/brain/team/system_09.html

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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