Les travaux de thèse ont porté sur le développement de deux plateformes de radiomarquage polyvalentes pour faciliter l’incorporation du fluor-18, un isotope de choix pour l’imagerie TEP (Tomographie par Emission de Positons). La première plateforme comporte une structure sultone conduisant à un [18F]fluorosulfonate par ouverture du cycle avec le [18F]fluorure. Celle-ci a été valorisée par le couplage avec des ligands 2-nitroimidazoliques pour former un agent d’imagerie TEP spécifique de l’hypoxie. Une série de dérivés caractérisés par des propriétés d’hydrophilie différentes a été synthétisée afin de comparer leur efficacité en imagerie. Parmi ces dérivés, le [18F]FLUSONIM a révélé dans différents modèles précliniques tumoraux (rhabdomyosarcome, tumeurs cérébrales et mélanome) des ratios tumeur sur bruit de fond inégalés jusqu’à présent, et ce à des temps très précoces post-injection. La deuxième plateforme est de nature boratrane. Celle-ci est capable de réagir avec le [18F]fluorure en milieu physiologique pour former un [18F]monofluoroborate zwitterionique facile à séparer du précurseur boratrane. / This work focused on the development of versatile platforms for fluorine-18 labelling. The first platform contained a sultone moiety which was converted to [18F]fluorosulfonate by ring opening with [18F]fluoride. The sultone was coupled to 2-nitroimidazolyl ligands to obtain radiotracers for hypoxia PET imaging. A series of compounds were synthesized in order to compare their performance in PET imaging. Among them, [18F]FLUSONIM displayed high tumor/background ratios after a short delay post-injection on different animal models (rabdomyosarcoma, glioblastoma and melanoma). The second platform was based on a boratrane structure, that was able to captur [18F]fluoride in aqueous medium to form zwiterionic [18F]monofluoroborate.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(薬学) / 甲第18218号 / 薬博第808号 / 新制||薬||238(附属図書館) / 31076 / 京都大学大学院薬学研究科医療薬科学専攻 / (主査)教授 佐治 英郎, 教授 橋田 充, 教授 髙倉 喜信 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Kyoto University / DFAM

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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging techniquethat uses radiotracers to visualize processes like metabolism and perfusion. Theradiotracer emits positrons, which collide with shell electrons of the atomsthat make up the surrounding tissue. Such a collision produces two gammarayphotons, emitted roughly 180 degrees apart [1]. PET captures thesephotons using a cylindrical arrangement of detectors. When two photons aredetected simultaneously by different detectors, it registers as a line of response(LOR). These LORs are then pre-processed into a sinogram. A mathematicalreconstruction method is used to computationally recover the 3D distribution ofthe radiotracer (activity map) from the sinogram. However, genuine LORs can becorrupted by false LORs that come from scattering, random events, and spuriousevents. Mitigating these in reconstruction algorithms is essential for improvingPET imaging accuracy and reliability.This paper explores the theoretical foundation of the Time of Flight (TOF) SingleScatter Simulation (SSS) model by Watson (2007) [2]. It also includes a Pythonimplementation of the MATLAB code associated with [2]. The model modelsCompton scattering to accurately estimate scattered photons in PET.Incorporating TOF data into the SSS model improves estimation accuracy, albeitat the cost of increased computational time. To expedite computations, thealgorithm was simplified by restricting operations to a subset of rings anddetectors and by pre-processing images through cropping and downscaling.Interpolation fills in missing data, ensuring complete estimation.The outcome of this project is a Python implementation that exhibited a strongcorrelation with the estimates obtained using the MATLAB implementation. Anotable issue arose during the comparison between the main components ofthe SSS algorithm in Python and MATLAB. The Euclidean norm between theresults from these two implementations was significant, indicating that they wereon different scales. Nevertheless, both implementations accurately predictedthe scatter in the same locations and relative magnitudes, despite the scalediscrepancy. Investigation into the discrepancy’s cause is ongoing, but theproject demonstrates the feasibility of implementing the TOF SSS algorithm inPython.

This present thesis comprise two major parts both experimental and numerical study which have been conducted in four distinct steps as following: (1) Design, construction, and evaluation of control and hydrodynamic of a bioreactor system. (2) Visualization of fluid flow perfusion in the hollow fibre membrane bioreactor (HFMB) using a biomedical noninvasive imaging technique, i.e. positron emission tomography (PET). (3) Development of a mathematical model for analyzing a hybrid hollow fibre membrane bioreactor (hHFMB) and (4) Development of a dynamic and two-porous media model for analyzing the HFMB with the aid of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), specifically for bone tissue engineering application. The experimental part includes the steps 1 and 2. In the step 1, the flow perfusion bioreactor system has been designed and constructed. The experimental evaluations of hydrodynamic, and control were performed. In this system, mean pressure, mean flow rate, frequency and waveform of the pulsatile pressure and flow rate can be modulated and controlled over the time to simulate both physiological and non-physiological conditions. The temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pH can be controlled.This bioreactor system can be applied to a variety of scaffold configurations, geometries, and sizes as the cell/tissue culture chamber is adjustable in length.This system is autoclavable, and compatible with noninvasive medical imaging techniques. Designing of the inlet and outlet manifold of the bioreactor were performed according to data obtained from CFD simulation of the flow distribution to achieve high efficiencies in the uniformity of flow perfusion. In the second step, PET was proposed for the very first time and a small animal PET system was used to obtain new information about steady and pulsatile flow patterns in the HFMB for tissue engineering applications. The non-homogeneous tracer distribution, as found with PET imaging, implies the occurrence of non-efficient regions with respect to mass transfer. In steady inlet flow condition, a non-uniform distribution of radioactive tracer was obtained. In contrast, the pulsatile inlet flow generated more uniform perfusion than that of steady flow. Further, it was found that in the case of pulsatile flow, the accumulation of the tracer within the bioreactor was efficiently less than that of steady inlet flow at the same condition. Therefore, in one hand these findings have the potential to improve bioreactor design and in the other hand can explore a very important rout to employ PET in developing bioreactors for tissue engineering applications. The numerical part includes the step 3 and 4 in which the numerical study has been performed for 3-D bone tissue growth in HFMB as a case study for large-scale tissue culture. In the step 3, the feasibility of utilizing newly proposed hHFMB for the growth of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to form bone tissue was investigated using numerical simulations. To this aim, a mathematical model using a CFD code was developed to optimize the design and operation parameters of hHFMB for the growth of MSCs. The volume averaging method was used to formulate mass balance for the nutrients and the cells in the porous extracapillary space (ECS) of the hHFMB. The cell-scaffold construct in the ECS of the hollow fibres and membrane wall were treated as porous medium. Cell volume fraction dependent porosity, permeability, and diffusivity of mass were used in the model. The simulations allowed the simultaneous prediction of nutrient distribution and nutrient-dependent cell volume fraction. In addition, this model was used to study the effects of the operating and design parameters on the nutrient distribution and cell growth within the bioreactor. The modeling results demonstrated that the fluid dynamics within the ECS and transport properties and uptake rates in hHFMB were sufficient to support MSCs required for clinical-scale bone tissue growth in vitro and enabled to solve nutrition difficulties because of high cell density and scaffold size. In the step 4, the new dynamic and two-porous media model has been used for analyzing the nutrient-dependent MSCs growth in order to form the bone tissue in the HFMB. In the present model, hollow fibre scaffold within the bioreactor was treated as a porous domain. The domain consists of the porous lumen region available for fluid flow and the porous ECS region, filled with collagen gel containing cells, for growing tissue mass. Furthermore, the contributions of several design and process parameters, which enhance the performance of the bioreactor, were studied. In addition, the dynamic evaluation of cell growth, oxygen and glucose distributions were quantitatively analyzed. The obtained information can be used for better designing of the bioreactor, determining of suitable operational conditions and scale up of the bioreactor for engineering of clinical-scale bone tissue.--Résumé abrégé par UMI.

Résumé : La résistance à l’insuline est un facteur de risque important pour le développement du diabète de type 2. Un désordre au niveau du métabolisme postprandial, qui se manifeste par une diminution relative du stockage des acides gras (AG) dans les tissus adipeux, mène à un débordement plasmatique des AG et à leur canalisation dans les tissus maigres tels que le cœur, le foie et les muscles squelettiques sous forme de dépôts ectopiques. Ce phénomène, connu sous le nom de lipotoxicité, se développe dans un contexte de balance énergétique positive chronique favorisée par la consommation alimentaire excessive ainsi que la sédentarité et peut varier entre les hommes et les femmes. Plusieurs études démontrent que le changement des habitudes de vie peut corriger ces désordres métaboliques. Notre laboratoire a développé une méthode unique pour étudier le métabolisme des AG de façon non invasive à l’aide d’un traceur radioactif, l’acide 14(R,S)-fluoro-6-thia-heptadécanoïque ([indice supérieur 18]F-FTHA), un analogue des acides gras à longue chaines utilisé en tomographie par émission de positrons. Nos études antérieures ont démontré que chez les sujets intolérants au glucose (IG+) on observe des niveaux de captage des AG dans le myocarde plus élevés associés à une fraction d’éjection du ventricule gauche ainsi qu’un volume d'éjection systolique diminués. À la suite d’une intervention d’un an axée sur les habitudes de vie des sujets IG+, on note une diminution du captage des AG dans le myocarde ainsi qu’une amélioration des paramètres de la fonction cardiaque. Cependant, chez des sujets IG+ ayant suivi une restriction calorique d’une semaine sans modifications de leur niveau d’activité physique, nous avons observé une augmentation du captage des AG dans le myocarde en parallèle avec une diminution de la fraction d’éjection du ventricule gauche. La restriction calorique, l’activité physique et la perte de poids influencent le métabolisme des substrats énergétiques et la fonction cardiaque chez les IG+, mais le sexe biologique est aussi un facteur important qui agit sur ces derniers. Le captage élevé des AG par le cœur chez les hommes est expliqué par des niveaux de chylomicrons plus élevés alors que chez les femmes il est associé à l’obésité. Bien que nos études ne nous ont pas permis de faire un lien entre les habitudes de vie des sujets IG+ et les anomalies métaboliques observées en période postprandiale chez ces sujets ni d’identifier quels changements dans leurs habitudes de vie ont contribué aux améliorations métaboliques dans le myocarde, elles nous ont amenées à redéfinir nos outils méthodologiques pour mieux étudier les habitudes de vie et de prendre en considération les différences entre les hommes et les femmes dans nos études futures. / Abstract : Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes. Abnormalities in postprandial metabolism, which are characterized by a relative decrease in fatty acid storage capacity in adipose tissue leading to fatty acid spillover into the systemic circulation, give rise to ectopic fat deposition in non adipose tissues such as the heart, the liver and skeletal muscles. This phenomenon, commonly referred to as lipotoxicity, arises within the context of a chronic positive energy balance which is the direct result of excessive food consumption together with decreased energy expenditure and may be different in men and women. Many studies have shown, however, that metabolic abnormalities are reversible with changes in lifestyle habits. Our laboratory has developed a unique non-invasive method to study dietary fatty acid (DFA) metabolism using a radioactive tracer, 14(R,S)-[[superscript 18]F]-fluoro-6-thia-heptadecanoic acid ([superscript 18]F-FTHA), a long-chain fatty acid analogue, in combination with positron emission tomography. Our previous work demonstrated that patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT+) display an increase in myocardial DFA partitioning associated with a decreased left ventricular ejection fraction and stroke volume. Following a one-year lifestyle intervention regimen in IGT+ subjects, a reduction in myocardial DFA uptake as well as an improvement in cardiac function parameters was observed. However, IGT+ subjects who participated in a short-term caloric restriction while maintaining their usual level of physical activity, experienced an increase in myocardial DFA partitioning in parralel with a decreased left ventricular ejection fraction. Caloric restriction, physical activity and weight loss all have an impact on energy substrate metabolism and cardiac function in IGT+ patients, but gender is a major determinant as well. Increased myocardial DFA uptake in men is driven largely by elevated circulating chylomicron-TG levels whereas in women it appears to be associated with obesity. Although it was not possible for us to establish a link between IGT+ patients’ lifestyle habits and the postprandial metabolic abnormalities that they display nor to identify which lifestyle changes contributed to the metabolic improvements in the heart observed after the intervention, our studies helped redefine our methodological tools for assessing lifestyle parameters and underlined the importance of considering gender differences in our future studies.

Résumé : Les photodiodes à avalanche monophotonique (SPAD) sont d'intérêts pour les applications requérant la détection de photons uniques avec une grande résolution temporelle, comme en physique des hautes énergies et en imagerie médicale. En fait, les matrices de SPAD, souvent appelés photomultiplicateurs sur silicium (SiPM), remplacent graduellement les tubes photomultiplicateurs (PMT) et les photodiodes à avalanche (APD). De plus, il y a une tendance à utiliser les matrices de SPAD en technologie CMOS afin d'obtenir des pixels intelligents optimisés pour la résolution temporelle. La fabrication de SPAD en technologie CMOS commerciale apporte plusieurs avantages par rapport aux procédés optoélectroniques comme le faible coût, la capacité de production, l'intégration d'électronique et la miniaturisation des systèmes. Cependant, le défaut principal du CMOS est le manque de flexibilité de conception au niveau de l'architecture du SPAD, causé par le caractère fixe et standardisé des étapes de fabrication en technologie CMOS. Un autre inconvénient des matrices de SPAD CMOS est la perte de surface photosensible amenée par la présence de circuits CMOS. Ce document présente la conception, la caractérisation et l'optimisation de SPAD fabriqués dans une technologie CMOS commerciale (Teledyne DALSA 0.8µm HV CMOS - TDSI CMOSP8G). Des modifications de procédé sur mesure ont été introduites en collaboration avec l'entreprise CMOS pour optimiser les SPAD tout en gardant la compatibilité CMOS. Les matrices de SPAD produites sont dédiées à être intégrées en 3D avec de l'électronique CMOS économique (TDSI) ou avec de l'électronique CMOS submicronique avancée, produisant ainsi un SiPM 3D numérique. Ce SiPM 3D innovateur vise à remplacer les PMT, les APD et les SiPM commerciaux dans les applications à haute résolution temporelle. L'objectif principal du groupe de recherche est de développer un SiPM 3D avec une résolution temporelle de 10 ps pour usage en physique des hautes énergies et en imagerie médicale. Ces applications demandent des procédés fiables avec une capacité de production certifiée, ce qui justifie la volonté de produire le SiPM 3D avec des technologies CMOS commerciales. Ce mémoire étudie la conception, la caractérisation et l'optimisation de SPAD fabriqués en technologie TDSI-CMOSP8G. / Abstract : Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD) generate much interest in applications which require single photon detection and excellent timing resolution, such as high energy physics and medical imaging. In fact, SPAD arrays such as Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPM) are gradually replacing PhotoMultiplier Tubes (PMT) and Avalanche PhotoDiodes (APD). There is now a trend moving towards SPAD arrays in CMOS technologies with smart pixels control for high timing demanding applications. Making SPAD in commercial CMOS technologies provides several advantages over optoelectronic processes such as lower costs, higher production capabilities, easier electronics integration and system miniaturization. However, the major drawback is the lack of flexibility when designing the SPAD architecture because all fabrication steps are fixed by the CMOS technology used. Another drawback of CMOS SPAD arrays is the loss of photosensitive areas caused by the CMOS circuits integration. This document presents SPAD design, characterization and optimization made in a commercial CMOS technology (Teledyne DALSA 0.8 µm HV CMOS - TDSI CMOSP8G). Custom process variations have been performed in partnership with the CMOS foundry to optimize the SPAD while keeping the CMOS line compatibility. The realized SPAD and SPAD arrays are dedicated to 3D integration with either low-cost TDSI CMOS electronics or advanced deep sub-micron CMOS electronics to perform a 3D digital SiPM (3D-SiPM). The novel 3D-SiPM is intended to replace PMT, APD and commercially available SiPM in timing demanding applications. The group main objective is to develop a 10 ps timing resolution 3D-SiPM for use in high energy physics and medical imaging applications. Those applications require reliable technologies with a certified production capability, which justifies the actual effort to use commercial CMOS line to develop our 3D-SiPM. This dissertation focuses on SPAD design, characterization and optimization made in the TDSI-CMOSP8G technology.

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