In Vivo PET Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Familial Frontotemporal Dementia

Overview

Journal J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry

Publisher BMJ Publishing Group

Specialties Neurology
Neurosurgery
Psychiatry

Date 2020 Oct 30

PMID 33122395

Citations 21

Authors

Maura Malpetti

Timothy Rittman

Peter Simon Jones

Thomas Edmund Cope

Luca Passamonti

William Richard Bevan-Jones

Karalyn Patterson

Tim D Fryer

Young T Hong

Franklin I Aigbirhio

John Tiernan OBrien

James Benedict Rowe

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Abstract

Introduction: We report patterns of neuroinflammation and abnormal protein aggregation in seven cases of familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with mutations in MAPT, GRN and C9orf72 genes.

Methods: Using positron emission tomography (PET), we explored the association of the distribution of activated microglia, as measured by the radioligand [C]PK11195, and the regional distribution of tau or TDP-43 pathology, indexed using the radioligand [F]AV-1451. The familial FTD PET data were compared with healthy controls.

Results: Patients with familial FTD across all mutation groups showed increased [C]PK11195 binding predominantly in frontotemporal regions, with additional regions showing abnormalities in individuals. Patients with MAPT mutations had a consistent distribution of [F]AV-1451 binding across the brain, with heterogeneous distributions among carriers of GRN and C9orf72 mutations.

Discussion: This case series suggests that neuroinflammation is part of the pathophysiology of familial FTD, warranting further consideration of immunomodulatory therapies for disease modification and prevention.

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