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Molecular imaging of zinc in the brain

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The number of biological functions, health implications and pharmacological targets that are emerging for zinc indicate that it might turn out to be the calcium of the twenty-first century (Nature Rev. Neurosci. June 2005, vol. 6, 449-62). Up to now, Zn can be detected only in vitro and with limited accuracy, due to non-specific reaction of Zn chelators, which react also with Ca2+.

Recently, some new fluorescent probes for Zn2+ were developed with increased Zn2+ specificity. 62Zn-EDDA was the only known to me Zn radiotracer used in PET monitoring of pancreas activity in dogs. PET registration in vivo of placement and dynamics of Zn containing proteins and small molecules will not have the same resolution as in vitro, but offers many advantages, among the most important, that the animal is its own control, and it is tested alive.

I would like to develop and implement new PET radiotracer based on 62Zn, 63Zn or 65Zn that would allow in vivo registration of Zn2+ transport in the brain of small animals. The same isotopes will be used for imaging in vitro together with new Zn specific fluorescent probes.

One of the areas of application will be research on expression of matrix metalloprotease 9 (MMP-9), which contains Zn in active site and structural Zn and Ca. The role of MMP-9 in plasticity of the brain was subject of my recent neurobiological research.

Dziedzina nauki (EuroSciVoc)

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FP6-2005-MOBILITY-5
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EIF - Marie Curie actions-Intra-European Fellowships

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UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID
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