{"title":"<sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT Imaging for Assessing Renal Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis in Lupus Nephritis.","authors":"Shuyi Yu, Zhixia Yang, Zetao Ding, Yingqi Jia, Liyan Wan, Lei Li, Jing Lv, Haoyu Pan, Jinyi Qian, Xiaohan Wei, Yue Yang, Yunlong Zan, Jialin Teng, Biao Li, Chengde Yang, Jing Xu, Luan Xue, Hui Shi, Min Zhang","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.268643","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using <sup>68</sup>Ga-labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor-04 (<sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-04) PET/CT imaging as a molecular tracer and noninvasive tool for assessing active renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis in patients with lupus nephritis (LN). <b>Methods:</b> The study included 29 LN patients who underwent <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT scanning to quantify <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-04 uptake. Renal biopsies were performed within a week of scanning. Renal fibrosis levels in biopsy samples were assessed by Masson staining. Immunofluorescence analysis identified the expression of fibroblast activation protein (FAP), E-cadherin, and α-smooth muscle actin in the renal biopsy specimens. FAP expression of healthy controls, LN patients, and patients with minimal change of disease at the messenger RNA level and its association with interferon levels were explored using microarray data from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Additionally, quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analyses quantified FAP messenger RNA and protein expression in renal tubular epithelial cells (RTEC) after stimulation with interferon-α in vitro. <b>Results:</b> The study revealed significantly increased renal <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-04 uptake in LN patients (<i>n</i> = 29) compared with healthy controls (<i>n</i> = 26). Normalized renal <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-04 uptake positively correlated with disease duration, creatinine levels, chronicity index, and renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis levels. Patients with a chronicity index exceeding 4, indicative of a poorer prognosis, showed markedly higher renal <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-04 uptake. FAP expression was predominantly localized in RTEC, where increased FAP expression corresponded to reduced E-cadherin expression. Gene set enrichment analysis of GSE112943 and GSE60861 datasets showed positive enrichment of type I interferon signaling gene sets (<i>P</i> < 0.01). Correlation analysis of interferon-α and interferon-γ pathways with FAP expression in these datasets was significant (<i>P</i> < 0.01). In vitro experiments, with interferon-α-stimulated RTEC showed elevated FAP expression. <b>Conclusion:</b> This study demonstrates the feasibility of using <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT imaging for noninvasive assessment of active lupus renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Elevated FAP expression in LN is primarily expressed by RTEC and contributes to the development of interstitial fibrosis. Type I interferon appears to induce FAP expression. These findings provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis in LN and offer a valuable tool for assessing kidney status in lupus.</p>","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143416628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Victor Santoro-Fernandes, Brayden Schott, Amy J Weisman, Ojaswita Lokre, Steve Y Cho, Scott B Perlman, Timothy G Perk, Robert Jeraj
{"title":"Full-Body Tumor Response Heterogeneity of Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients Undergoing Peptide Receptor Radiopharmaceutical Therapy.","authors":"Victor Santoro-Fernandes, Brayden Schott, Amy J Weisman, Ojaswita Lokre, Steve Y Cho, Scott B Perlman, Timothy G Perk, Robert Jeraj","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.267809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.267809","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can present with hundreds of lesions, and each lesion might have a unique response pattern to peptide receptor radiopharmaceutical therapy (PRRT). This response heterogeneity has been observed but is poorly understood. In this work, we perform a quantitative analysis of longitudinal PET/CT scans to comprehensively characterize the NET response to PRRT. <b>Methods:</b> NET patients treated with [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-DOTATATE PRRT imaged at baseline, during, and after PRRT with [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT were enrolled in this retrospective single-institutional study. A deep-learning model was used to identify and contour regions of nonphysiological elevated tracer uptake (lesion-regions of interest [ROIs]). An automated analysis was performed to identify, contour, and quantify the individual lesion-ROI uptake, match ROI between time points, and categorize each lesion-ROI as disappearing, decreasing (ΔSUV<sub>total</sub> < -30%), stable (-30% ≤ ΔSUV<sub>total</sub> ≤ 30%), increasing (ΔSUV<sub>total</sub> > 30%), or new. A patient was considered to have response heterogeneity if both new or increasing lesion-ROIs and decreasing or disappearing lesion-ROIs were present after therapy. <b>Results:</b> Eighteen patients who received between 2 and 7 [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT scans were enrolled. In total, 3,289 lesion-ROIs were contoured in the 67 scans acquired (median of 24 lesion-ROIs per image), and 1,459 lesion-ROI tracks, defined as the path that each unique lesion-ROI follows across all time points, were determined by the ROI tracking method (median of 49 tracks per patient). All patients presented with disease response heterogeneity at the first follow-up scan. All 10 patients with more than 1 follow-up scan showed nonmonotonic change in lesion-ROI uptake. Of 129 tracks containing new lesion-ROIs at the first follow-up, 80 (62%) eventually resolved on final follow-up, whereas only 12% (7/60) of the tracks with lesion-ROIs disappearing at the first follow-up scan returned on final follow-up. <b>Conclusion:</b> To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate response comprehensively and quantitatively in terms of individual lesion-ROIs. Response heterogeneity was observed in 100% of the patients, which suggests that comprehensive, lesion-level, response assessment is vital for the accurate understanding of the NET response to PRRT.</p>","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143416611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Approaches in Radiopharmaceutical Development: John Babich Talks with Lale Kostakoglu About Current and Coming Trends in Diagnostics and Therapeutics.","authors":"John Babich, Lale Kostakoglu","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.125.269492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.125.269492","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143416621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are FAP Theranostics Really Happening? Will Radiochemistry or Biology Win?","authors":"Rodney J Hicks","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.267547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.267547","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143367157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johannes Czernin, Lisa Bodei, Irvin Modlin, Jeremie Calais
{"title":"Reflections on the Demand for PSMA- and SSTR-Targeted Radiopharmaceutical Therapies: Why We Were Wrong (and Why We Will Be Right Eventually).","authors":"Johannes Czernin, Lisa Bodei, Irvin Modlin, Jeremie Calais","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.269401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.269401","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143367158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olivier Gheysens, Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau, Giorgio Treglia, Ora Israel, Francois Jamar, Gad Abikhzer
{"title":"Summary: EANM/SNMMI Release Joint Guideline/Procedure Standard for [<sup>18</sup>F]FDG Hybrid PET Use in Infection and Inflammation in Adults, Version 2.0.","authors":"Olivier Gheysens, Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau, Giorgio Treglia, Ora Israel, Francois Jamar, Gad Abikhzer","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.125.269538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.125.269538","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143367160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diagnostic Radiopharmaceuticals: A Sustainable Path to the Improvement of Patient Care.","authors":"Andrei Gafita, Andrew R Menard, Lilja B Solnes","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268608","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268608","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa Mosconi, Matilde Nerattini, Valentina Berti, Dawn C Matthews, Caroline Andy, Schantel Williams, Matthew Fink, Alberto Pupi, Roberta Diaz Brinton
{"title":"Maintaining the Evidence for In Vivo Brain Estrogen Receptor Density by Neuroendocrine Aging and Relationships with Cognition and Symptomatology.","authors":"Lisa Mosconi, Matilde Nerattini, Valentina Berti, Dawn C Matthews, Caroline Andy, Schantel Williams, Matthew Fink, Alberto Pupi, Roberta Diaz Brinton","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.269268","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.269268","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"331-332"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142960782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor Imaging and Therapy in the Era of Personalized Medicine.","authors":"Clément Morgat, Andrei Iagaru, Elif Hindié","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268861","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268861","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"207-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142924233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Gergely Kovacs, Claes Nøhr Ladefoged, Jacob Bak Rosenkjær, Fatima Mawassi, Line Akiti Hingelberg, Anna Olga Aaskilde Laursen, Barbara Malene Fischer, Flemming Littrup Andersen
{"title":"Is the Clinical Implementation of In-House Artificial Intelligence-Developed Algorithms Happening?","authors":"David Gergely Kovacs, Claes Nøhr Ladefoged, Jacob Bak Rosenkjær, Fatima Mawassi, Line Akiti Hingelberg, Anna Olga Aaskilde Laursen, Barbara Malene Fischer, Flemming Littrup Andersen","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268156","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"183-185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142820525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}