Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Targeted Imaging With [18F]DCFPyL in High-Grade Gliomas

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Oct;42(10):e433-e435. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001769.

Abstract

High-grade gliomas (World Health Organization grade III-IV) are highly lethal primary brain tumors. Imaging modalities, including MRI and FDG PET, provide a limited ability to differentiate treatment effects (such as radiation necrosis) from recurrent or residual tumor. As the first step in validating the applicability of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted imaging in high-grade gliomas, we evaluated the ability of the PSMA-targeted small molecule [F]DCFPyL (2-(3-(1carboxy-5-(6-[F]fluoro-pyridine-3-carbonyl)-amino]-pentyl)-ureido)-pentanedioic acid) to image high-grade gliomas in a series of 3 prospectively recruited patients. We found [F]DCFPyL binds PSMA in the neovasculature of glioblastoma multiforme and tumor cells of anaplastic astrocytoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Surface / metabolism*
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Glioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Glioma / metabolism
  • Glioma / pathology*
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Lysine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Grading
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Urea / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • 2-(3-(1-carboxy-5-((6-fluoropyridine-3-carbonyl)amino)pentyl)ureido)pentanedioic acid
  • Antigens, Surface
  • Urea
  • FOLH1 protein, human
  • Glutamate Carboxypeptidase II
  • Lysine