Rasagiline, a monoamine oxidase B inhibitor, reduces in vivo [F]THK5351 uptake in progressive supranuclear palsy.

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Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, The McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging, 6825 Boulevard LaSalle, Verdun, Montreal, QC H4H 1R3, Canada; Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Douglas Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Electronic address:

Published: September 2020

Background: [F]THK5351 is a tau positron emission tomography tracer that has shown promise in quantifying tau distribution in tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). However, the interpretation of [F]THK5351 uptake has been shown to be confounded by high monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) availability across the brain in AD.

Objectives: To test the hypothesis that the MAO-B inhibitor, rasagiline reduces [F]THK5351 uptake in PSP.

Methods: Six individuals (4: PSP; 2: cognitively unimpaired, CU) underwent [F]THK5351 and [F]AZD4694 to quantify baseline tau and amyloid deposition, respectively. Following a 10-day course of 1 mg rasagiline, all participants received a post-challenge [F]THK5351 scan. The baseline and post-rasagiline challenge standardized uptake value (SUV) were generated normalized for patient weight and injected radioactivity.

Results: The post-rasagiline regional SUV was reduced on average by 69-89% in PSP, and 53-81% in CU. The distributions of post-rasagiline [F]THK5351 SUV among PSP individuals were not consistent with the typical pattern of tau aggregates in PSP.

Conclusions: Similar to AD, the interpretation of [F]THK5351 uptake in PSP is likely confounded by off-target binding to MAO-B binding sites. [F]THK5351 is not sufficient in quantifying tau aggregates in PSP using the proposed rasagiline dosing regimen.

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