Pretargeted brain PET imaging reveals amyloid-β pathology using a TCO-modified antibody and a fluorine-18-labeled tetrazine
This study demonstrates successful pretargeted PET imaging of brain Aβ pathology using a systemically administered bispecific antibody capable of BBB penetration and a fluorine-18-labeled tetrazine. These findings establish a generalizable strategy for high-contrast in vivo imaging of brain protein targets using pretargeted PET, with the potential to expand molecular imaging to protein targets in the brain that are currently inaccessible.
Authors
- Eva Schlein
- Qiaojun Yang
- Nadja M Bucher
- Dag Sehlin
- Lorenzo J. I. Balestri
- Jonas Eriksson
- Stina Syvänen
- Sara Lopes van den Broek
- Luke R. Odell
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Uppsala University Hospital (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Translational Neurodegeneration
- Published
- 2025-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40035-025-00532-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- Uppsala Universitet
- RIKEN