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Mueller C, Baird JF, Motl RW. Whole-Brain Metabolic Abnormalities Are Associated With Mobility in Older Adults With Multiple Sclerosis. Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2022; 36:286-297. [PMID: 35164595 DOI: 10.1177/15459683221076461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Older adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience mobility impairments, but conventional brain imaging is a poor predictor of walking abilities in this population. OBJECTIVE To test whether brain metabolites measured with Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) are associated with walking performance in older adults with MS. METHODS Fifteen older adults with MS (mean age: 60.9, SD: 5.1) and 22 age-matched healthy controls (mean age: 64.2, SD: 5.7) underwent whole-brain MRS and mobility testing. Levels of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), myo-inositol (MI), choline (CHO), and temperature in 47 brain regions were compared between groups and correlated with walking speed (Timed 25 Foot Walk) and walking endurance (Six-Minute Walk). RESULTS Older adults with MS had higher MI in 23 areas, including the bilateral frontal (right: t (21.449) = -2.605, P = .016; left: t (35) = -2.434, P = .020), temporal (right: t (35) = -3.063, P = .004; left: t (35) = -3.026, P = .005), and parietal lobes (right: t (21.100) = -2.886, P = .009; left: t (35) = -2.507, P = .017), and right thalamus (t (35) = -2.840, P = .007). MI in eleven regions correlated with walking speed, and MI in twelve regions correlated with walking endurance. NAA was lower in MS in the bilateral thalami (right: t (35) = 3.449, P < .001; left: t (35) = 2.061, P = .047), caudate nuclei (right: t (33) = 2.828, P = .008; left: t (32) = 2.132, P = .041), and posterior cingulum (right: t (35) = 3.077, P = .004; left: t (35) = 2.972, P = .005). NAA in four regions correlated with walking speed and endurance. Brain temperature was higher in MS patients in four regions, but did not correlate with mobility measures. There were no group differences in CHO. CONCLUSION MI and NAA may be useful imaging end-points for walking ability as a clinical outcome in older adults with MS.
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- Christina Mueller
- Department of Neurology, 9967University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy, 9968University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Physical Therapy, 9968University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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Potential Biomarkers Associated with Multiple Sclerosis Pathology. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910323. [PMID: 34638664 PMCID: PMC8508638 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that involves an intricate and aberrant interaction of immune cells leading to inflammation, demyelination, and neurodegeneration. Due to the heterogeneity of clinical subtypes, their diagnosis becomes challenging and the best treatment cannot be easily provided to patients. Biomarkers have been used to simplify the diagnosis and prognosis of MS, as well as to evaluate the results of clinical treatments. In recent years, research on biomarkers has advanced rapidly due to their ability to be easily and promptly measured, their specificity, and their reproducibility. Biomarkers are classified into several categories depending on whether they address personal or predictive susceptibility, diagnosis, prognosis, disease activity, or response to treatment in different clinical courses of MS. The identified members indicate a variety of pathological processes of MS, such as neuroaxonal damage, gliosis, demyelination, progression of disability, and remyelination, among others. The present review analyzes biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood serum, the most promising imaging biomarkers used in clinical practice. Furthermore, it aims to shed light on the criteria and challenges that a biomarker must face to be considered as a standard in daily clinical practice.
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Yang KC, Yang BH, Lirng JF, Liu MN, Hu LY, Liou YJ, Chan LA, Chou YH. Interaction of dopamine transporter and metabolite ratios underpinning the cognitive dysfunction in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning: A combined SPECT and MRS study. Neurotoxicology 2020; 82:26-34. [PMID: 33171150 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2020.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Cognitive dysfunction has been reported in patients with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. However, the underpinning mechanism remained unclear. This study examined dopamine transporter (DAT) and metabolite ratios concurrently and their relationships with cognitive dysfunction in CO poisoning. Eighteen suicide attempters with charcoal burning which results in CO poisoning and 18 age- and gender- matched normal controls were recruited. A battery of cognitive assessments including attention, memory, and executive function was administered. Each participant received one single photon emission computed tomography with 99mTc-TRODAT for measuring striatal DAT availability and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy to determine N-acetyl aspartate/creatine (NAA/Cr), choline-containing compounds/creatine (Cho/Cr) and myo-inositol/creatine (mI/Cr) in the left parietal white matter and mid-occipital gray matter (OGM). CO poisoning patients had significant impairments in memory and executive function. Compared to normal, CO poisoning patients had lower striatal DAT availability, lower NAA/Cr levels in both regions and higher Cho/Cr levels in both regions. In CO poisoning patients, the altered left striatal DAT availability and Cho/Cr level in OGM were significantly associated with executive dysfunction in the expected directions. Moreover, there was a significant interaction between these two imaging indices on their relationships with executive dysfunction and combination of them could adequately predict executive dysfunction in more CO poisoning cases than either alone. The current results suggested that both alterations in DAT availability and metabolite ratios might play crucial roles in executive dysfunction in CO poisoning. This research also highlights the importance of multimodal imaging approaches for studying neurotoxicity effects.
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- Kai-Chun Yang
- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Quality Management, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Center for Quality Management, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Zacharzewska-Gondek A, Pokryszko-Dragan A, Sąsiadek M, Zimny A, Bladowska J. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the normal appearing grey matter in the posterior cingulate gyrus in the prognosis and monitoring of disease activity in MS patients treated with interferon-β in a 3-year follow-up. J Clin Neurosci 2020; 79:205-214. [PMID: 33070897 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Several predictors of non-response to interferon-β (IFN-β) treatment have been proposed. The aim of the study was to identify metabolite changes in the normal-appearing cortex of the posterior cingulate gyrus (PCG) using MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy) and to investigate their usefulness in prognosis of NEDA (no evidence of disease activity) in the 3-year follow-up and in monitoring treatment effects during IFN-β therapy in the parallel period of time in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Forty-one relapsing-remitting MS patients and 41 sex- and age-matched healthy subjects underwent routine MRI protocol with MRS sequence with the use of a 1.5 T magnet. A single voxel size of 2x2x2cm was inserted in the cortex of PCG region. Associations between baseline metabolic ratios, conventional MRI findings, demographic and clinical factors, and NEDA status were evaluated using logistic, Cox, and multinomial logistic regression models. MS patients in the initial scan showed a statistically significant decline in NAA/Cr ratio (p < 0.0001) and an increase in Cho/Cr ratio (p = 0.016) compared to the control group. None of the MRS parameters predicted NEDA maintenance or the time to loss of NEDA. In treatment monitoring only an improvement in the combination of NAA/Cr + Cho/Cr ratio between the 1st and 2nd year of treatment was connected with a 6.27-fold chance (p = 0.025) of having simultaneous NEDA maintenance. To conclude, metabolite alterations in the PCG region did not predict NEDA maintenance, but they seem to be useful in treatment monitoring.
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- Anna Zacharzewska-Gondek
- Department of General and Intervantional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Neurology, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of General and Intervantional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of General and Intervantional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of General and Intervantional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Borowska 213, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland
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Altered hypothalamic metabolism in early multiple sclerosis – MR spectroscopy study. J Neurol Sci 2019; 407:116458. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.116458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Labiano-Fontcuberta A, Mato-Abad V, Álvarez-Linera J, Hernández-Tamames JA, Martínez-Ginés ML, Aladro Y, Ayuso L, Domingo-Santos Á, Benito-León J. Normal-appearing brain tissue analysis in radiologically isolated syndrome using 3 T MRI. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e4101. [PMID: 27399108 PMCID: PMC5058837 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000004101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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To date, it remains largely unknown whether there is in radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS) brain damage beyond visible T2 white matter lesions. We used single- voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and diffusion tensor imaging (3 T MRI) to analyze normal-appearing brain tissue regions in 18 RIS patients and 18 matched healthy controls. T2-hyperintense lesion volumes and structural brain volumes were also measured. The absolute metabolite concentrations and ratios of total N-acetylaspartate+N-acetylaspartyl glutamate (NAA), choline-containing compounds, myoinositol, and glutamine-glutamate complex to creatine were calculated. Spectral analysis was performed by LCModel. Voxelwise morphometry analysis was performed to localize regions of brain tissue showing significant changes of fractional anisotropy or mean diffusivity. Compared with healthy controls, RIS patients did not show any significant differences in either the absolute concentration of NAA or NAA/Cr ratio in mid-parietal gray matter. A trend toward lower NAA concentrations (-3.35%) was observed among RIS patients with high risk for conversion to multiple sclerosis. No differences in the other metabolites or their ratios were observed. RIS patients showed lower fractional anisotropy only in clusters overlapping lesional areas, namely in the cingulate gyrus bilaterally and the frontal lobe subgyral bilaterally (P < 0.001). Normalized brain and cortical volumes were significantly lower in RIS patients than in controls (P = 0.01 and P = 0.03, respectively). Our results suggest that in RIS, global brain and cortical atrophy are not primarily driven by significant occult microstructural normal appearing brain damage. Longitudinal MRI studies are needed to better understand the pathological processes underlying this novel entity.
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- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Technology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Getafe, Getafe
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital “Principe de Asturias” Alcalá de Henares
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital “12 de Octubre” Madrid
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)
- Department of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence: Julián Benito-León, Avda. de la Constitución, Izquierda, Coslada, Madrid, Spain (e-mail: )
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Evidencing different neurochemical profiles between thalamic nuclei using high resolution 2D-PRESS semi-LASER (1)H-MRSI at 7 T. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2016; 29:491-501. [PMID: 27059982 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-016-0556-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To demonstrate that high resolution (1)H semi-LASER MRSI acquired at 7 T permits discrimination of metabolic patterns of different thalamic nuclei. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirteen right-handed healthy volunteers were explored at 7 T using a high-resolution 2D-semi-LASER (1)H-MRSI sequence to determine the relative levels of N-Acetyl Aspartate (NAA), choline (Cho) and creatine-phosphocreatine (Cr) in eight VOIs (volume <0.3 ml) centered on four different thalamic nuclei located on the Oxford thalamic connectivity atlas. Post-processing was done using the CSIAPO software. Chemical shift displacement of metabolites was evaluated on a phantom and correction factors were applied to in vivo data. RESULTS The global assessment (ANOVA p < 0.05) of the neurochemical profiles (NAA, Cho and Cr levels) with thalamic nuclei and hemispheres as factors showed a significant global effect (F = 11.98, p < 0.0001), with significant effect of nucleus type (p < 0.0001) and hemisphere (p < 0.0001). Post hoc analyses showed differences in neurochemical profiles between the left and the right hemisphere (p < 0.05), and differences in neurochemical profiles between nuclei within each hemisphere (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION For the first time, using high resolution 2D-PRESS semi-LASER (1)H-MRSI acquired at 7 T, we demonstrated that the neurochemical profiles were different between thalamic nuclei, and that these profiles were dependent on the brain hemisphere.
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Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: Assessing Pontine Involvement Using Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149622. [PMID: 26895076 PMCID: PMC4760929 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background/Objective The underlying mechanism of fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS) remains poorly understood. Our study investigates the involvement of the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS), originating in the pontine brainstem, in MS patients with symptoms of fatigue. Methods Female relapsing-remitting MS patients (n = 17) and controls (n = 15) underwent a magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging protocol at 1.5T. Fatigue was assessed in every subject using the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS). Using an FSS cut-off of 36, patients were categorized into a low (n = 9, 22 ± 10) or high (n = 10, 52 ± 6) fatigue group. The brain metabolites N-acetylaspartate (NAA) and total creatine (tCr) were measured from sixteen 5x5x10 mm3 spectroscopic imaging voxels in the rostral pons. Results MS patients with high fatigue had lower NAA/tCr concentration in the tegmental pons compared to control subjects. By using NAA and Cr values in the cerebellum for comparison, these NAA/tCr changes in the pons were driven by higher tCr concentration, and that these changes were focused in the WM regions. Discussion/Conclusion Since there were no changes in NAA concentration, the increase in tCr may be suggestive of gliosis, or an imbalanced equilibrium of the creatine and phosphocreatine ratio in the pons of relapsing-remitting MS patients with fatigue.
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Multifunctional ultrasmall nanoplatforms for vascular-targeted interstitial photodynamic therapy of brain tumors guided by real-time MRI. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2015; 11:657-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2014.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Kirov II, Tal A, Babb JS, Herbert J, Gonen O. Serial proton MR spectroscopy of gray and white matter in relapsing-remitting MS. Neurology 2012; 80:39-46. [PMID: 23175732 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31827b1a8c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To characterize and follow the diffuse gray and white matter (GM/WM) metabolic abnormalities in early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging ((1)H-MRSI). METHODS Eighteen recently diagnosed, mildly disabled patients (mean baseline time from diagnosis 32 months, mean Expanded Disability Status Scale [EDSS] score 1.3), all on immunomodulatory medication, were scanned semiannually for 3 years with T1-weighted and T2-weighted MRI and 3D (1)H-MRSI at 3 T. Ten sex- and age-matched controls were followed annually. Global absolute concentrations of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), choline (Cho), creatine (Cr), and myo-inositol (mI) were obtained for all GM and WM in the 360 cm(3) (1)H-MRSI volume of interest. RESULTS Patients' average WM Cr, Cho, and mI concentrations (over all time points), 5.3 ± 0.4, 1.6 ± 0.1, and 5.1 ± 0.7 mM, were 8%, 12%, and 11% higher than controls' (p ≤ 0.01), while their WM NAA, 7.4 ± 0.7 mM, was 6% lower (p = 0.07). There were increases with time of patients' WM Cr: 0.1 mM/year, Cho: 0.02 mM/year, and NAA: 0.1 mM/year (all p < 0.05). None of the patients' metabolic concentrations correlated with their EDSS score, relapse rate, GM/WM/CSF fractions, or lesion volume. CONCLUSIONS Diffuse WM glial abnormalities were larger in magnitude than the axonal abnormalities and increased over time independently of conventional clinical or imaging metrics and despite immunomodulatory treatment. In contrast, the axonal abnormalities showed partial recovery, suggesting that patients' lower WM NAA levels represented a dysfunction, which may abate with treatment. Absence of detectable diffuse changes in GM suggests that injury there is minimal, focal, or heterogeneous between cortex and deep GM nuclei.
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- Ivan I Kirov
- Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Reitz LY, Inglese M, Fiehler J, Finsterbusch J, Holst B, Heesen C, Martin R, Schippling S. Quantitative T2' imaging in patients with clinically isolated syndrome. Acta Neurol Scand 2012; 126:357-63. [PMID: 22211987 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01635.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The T2' imaging has been shown to be sensitive to oxygen saturation changes in normal appearing white and grey matter (NAWM, NAGM) in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). We aimed to explore the presence and extent of T2' changes in patients with a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and a possible association of T2' with conventional magnetic resonance imaging and clinical outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS Quantitative T2- and T2*-weighted images were acquired in 32 treatment-naive patients with a CIS within 3 months of presentation and 15 age-matched healthy controls (HC). Quantitative T2' values were determined in six regions of interest (ROIs). RESULTS The T2' values in CIS did not differ significantly from those in HC. Among patients, T2' values correlated positively with the T2 lesion volume (T2LV, r = 0.34, P < 0.05). T2' values of the frontal NAWM correlated with the T2LV (r = 0.35, P < 0.05) and T2 lesion count (r = 0.4, P = 0.02). CONCLUSION As opposed to RRMS, patients with CIS did not show T2' alterations compared to HC. However, the association between the T2LV and higher T2' values suggests that T2' reflects disease evolution. In CIS metabolic changes might be masked by compensatory mechanisms and become overt when disease progresses as has been shown for RRMS patients.
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- L. Y. Reitz
- Department of Neurology; Institute for Neuroimmunology and Clinical Multiple Sclerosis Research (inims); University Medical Center; Hamburg; DE; Germany
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- Department of Neurology; Mount Sinai School of Medicine; New York; NY; Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology; University Medical Center; Hamburg; DE; Germany
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- Department of Systems Neuroscience; University Medical Center; Hamburg; DE; Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology; University Medical Center; Hamburg; DE; Germany
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- Department of Neurology; Institute for Neuroimmunology and Clinical Multiple Sclerosis Research (inims); University Medical Center; Hamburg; DE; Germany
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Sinnecker T, Bozin I, Dörr J, Pfueller CF, Harms L, Niendorf T, Brandt AU, Paul F, Wuerfel J. Periventricular venous density in multiple sclerosis is inversely associated with T2 lesion count: a 7 Tesla MRI study. Mult Scler 2012; 19:316-25. [PMID: 22736752 DOI: 10.1177/1352458512451941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Background: Damage to venules in multiple sclerosis was first described decades ago. Today, ultrahigh magnetic field strength T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques depict very small cerebral veins in vivo with great anatomical detail. Objective: We aimed to investigate alterations of periventricular small blood vessel appearance in relation to T2 lesion count and distribution in multiple sclerosis and clinically isolated syndrome in comparison with healthy control subjects at 7 Tesla MRI. Methods: We investigated 38 patients (including 16 with early multiple sclerosis and seven with clinically isolated syndrome) and 22 matched healthy controls at 7 Tesla. The protocol included T2*-weighted Fast Low Angle Shot, and T2-weighted Turbo Inversion Recovery Magnitude sequences. We quantified periventricular venous density by a novel region-of-interest-based algorithm, expressing the ratio of ‘veins per region-of-interest’ as well as of ‘periventricular vascular area’. Results: Our study revealed significantly decreased venous density in multiple sclerosis patients compared with healthy controls. Venous alterations were already detectable in clinically isolated syndrome and early multiple sclerosis, although to a smaller extent. Venous density correlated inversely with periventricular and whole-brain T2 lesion count. Furthermore, we found no indication for cerebral venous congestion in multiple sclerosis. Conclusion: High spatially resolving anatomical T2*-weighted MRI revealed vascular alterations in early stages of multiple sclerosis, presumably as a part of widespread haemodynamic and metabolic alterations.
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- Tim Sinnecker
- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Clinical and Experimental Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Clinical and Experimental Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- Clinical and Experimental Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
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- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Clinical and Experimental Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Clinical and Experimental Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
- Institute of Neuroradiology, University of Luebeck, Germany
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Mandal PK. In vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic signal processing for the absolute quantitation of brain metabolites. Eur J Radiol 2012; 81:e653-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.03.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2010] [Revised: 03/24/2011] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers of neuroaxonal damage in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Int 2011; 2011:767083. [PMID: 22096642 PMCID: PMC3198600 DOI: 10.1155/2011/767083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Following emerging evidence that neurodegenerative processes in multiple sclerosis (MS) are present from its early stages, an intensive scientific interest has been directed to biomarkers of neuro-axonal damage in body fluids of MS patients. Recent research has introduced new candidate biomarkers but also elucidated pathogenetic and clinical relevance of the well-known ones. This paper reviews the existing data on blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of neuroaxonal damage in MS and highlights their relation to clinical parameters, as well as their potential predictive value to estimate future disease course, disability, and treatment response. Strategies for future research in this field are suggested.
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Zahr NM, Luong R, Sullivan EV, Pfefferbaum A. Measurement of serum, liver, and brain cytokine induction, thiamine levels, and hepatopathology in rats exposed to a 4-day alcohol binge protocol. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2011; 34:1858-70. [PMID: 20662804 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01274.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND In rodent and human studies, ethanol (EtOH) exposure is associated with elevated brain levels of the magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) signal representing choline-containing compounds (Cho). One interpretation of elevated brain Cho is that it is a marker of neuroinflammation, and some evidence suggests that EtOH exposure promotes neuroinflammation. This study aimed to determine whether binge EtOH exposure (intragastric 3 g/kg 25% EtOH every 8 hours for 4 days) would induce the expression of certain cytokines in blood, liver, or brain, thereby supporting the neuroinflammation hypothesis of elevated Cho. METHODS Ten of 18 wild-type male Wistar rats (~322 g at baseline) were exposed to EtOH and attained average blood alcohol levels of ~315 mg/dl across 4 days. Blood for cytokine immunoassays was collected at baseline, after 5 doses of EtOH (binge), and immediately preceding euthanasia either 4 or 24 hours after the last dose of EtOH. Blood was additionally assayed for the levels of thiamine and liver enzymes; liver histopathology was performed postmortem; and tissue from liver and 6 brain regions was assayed for the potential induction of 7 cytokines. RESULTS There were no group effects on the levels of thiamine or its phosphate derivatives, thiamine monophosphate or thiamine diphosphate. ANOVAs of liver enzyme levels indicated that only alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels were higher in the EtOH group than in control group at binge; ALP elevations, however, are difficult to explain in the absence of changes in the levels of additional liver enzymes. Postmortem liver pathology provided evidence for minimal microvesicular lipidosis and portocentric fibrosis in the EtOH group. Group effects on the levels of the measured cytokines in the blood (TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, and GRO/CXCL1) were not significant. Similarly, postmortem evaluation of liver cytokines did not reveal group effects. Postmortem evaluation of the 7 cytokines in 6 brain regions (anterior cerebellar vermis, cingulate cortex, frontal cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, striatum) also failed to identify group effects. CONCLUSIONS A single 4-day bout of binge EtOH exposure alone was insufficient to induce the expression of 7 cytokines in blood, liver, or 6 brain regions of wild-type Wistar rats. Alternative interpretations for elevations in brain Cho in response to a 4-day binge EtOH treatment are therefore necessary and may include induction of cytokines not measured herein or other noninflammatory mechanisms.
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- Natalie M Zahr
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Rd., Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Ramagopalan SV, Dobson R, Meier UC, Giovannoni G. Multiple sclerosis: risk factors, prodromes, and potential causal pathways. Lancet Neurol 2010; 9:727-39. [PMID: 20610348 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(10)70094-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 331] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques to better understand multiple sclerosis. Biophys Rev 2010; 2:83-90. [PMID: 28510010 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-010-0031-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has considerably improved the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS). Conventional MRI such as T2-weighted and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted sequences detect focal lesions of the white matter, damage of the blood-brain barrier, and tissue loss and inflammatory activity within lesions. However, these conventional MRI metrics lack the specificity required for characterizing the underlying pathophysiology, especially diffuse damage occurring throughout the whole central nervous system. To overcome these limitations, advanced MRI techniques have been developed to get more sensitive and specific parameters of focal and diffuse brain damage. Among these techniques, magnetization transfer imaging, diffusion MRI, functional MRI, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy are the most significant. In this article, we provide an overview of these advanced MRI techniques and their contribution to the better characterization and understanding of MS.
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Ceccarelli A, Rocca MA, Neema M, Martinelli V, Arora A, Tauhid S, Ghezzi A, Comi G, Bakshi R, Filippi M. Deep gray matter T2 hypointensity is present in patients with clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2009; 16:39-44. [PMID: 19965516 DOI: 10.1177/1352458509350310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Gray matter (GM) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T2 hypointensity, a putative marker of iron deposition, is a frequent finding in patients with clinically definite (CD) multiple sclerosis (MS). The objective of this study was to assess: (a) how early deep GM T2 hypointensity occurs in MS, by studying patients with clinically isolated syndromes (CIS) suggestive of MS, and (b) whether they contribute to predict subsequent evolution to CDMS. Dual-echo scans using two different acquisition protocols were acquired from 47 CIS patients and 13 healthy controls (HC). Normalized T2-intensity of the basal ganglia and thalamus was quantified. Patients were assessed clinically at the time of MRI acquisition and after three years. During the observation period, 18 patients (38%) evolved to CDMS. At the baseline, only the GM T2-intensity of the left caudate nucleus was significantly reduced in CIS patients in comparison with the HC (p = 0.04). At the baseline, the T2 intensity of the left caudate nucleus was significantly lower (p = 0.01) in CIS patients with disease dissemination in space (DIS), but not in those without DIS, compared to the HC. The baseline T2 lesion volume, but not GM T2 hypointensity, was associated with evolution to CDMS (hazard ratio = 1.60, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.05-2.42; p = 0.02). In CIS patients, deep GM is not spared, suggesting that iron-related changes and neurodegeneration occurs early. The magnitude of such damage is only minor and not associated with an increased risk of evolution to CDMS.
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- Antonia Ceccarelli
- Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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1H-MRSI evidence for cortical gray matter pathology that is independent of cerebral white matter lesion load in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 2009; 282:72-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Revised: 01/19/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Grey matter pathology in clinically early multiple sclerosis: evidence from magnetic resonance imaging. J Neurol Sci 2009; 282:5-11. [PMID: 19201002 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2008] [Revised: 01/08/2009] [Accepted: 01/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In multiple sclerosis (MS) it is emerging that the most visible element of pathology, white matter (WM) lesions, represents only a fraction of the disease burden borne by the brain; non-lesional WM is also damaged, as is the grey matter (GM). Evidence is also accruing that GM damage may be a major determinant of longer-term outcomes in MS, and that such damage occurs from the earliest clinical stages of the disease. In this review, we focus on the early stages of relapse onset MS, considering the nature, extent and evolution of GM pathology, as determined using magnetic resonance imaging.
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) provides tissue metabolic information in vivo. This article reviews the role of MRS-determined metabolic alterations in lesions, normal-appearing white matter, gray matter, and spinal cord in advancing our knowledge of pathologic changes in multiple sclerosis (MS). In addition, the role of MRS in objectively evaluating therapeutic efficacy is reviewed. This potential metabolic information makes MRS a unique tool to follow MS disease evolution, understand its pathogenesis, evaluate the disease severity, establish a prognosis, and objectively evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic interventions.
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- Balasrinivasa R. Sajja
- Department of Radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 981045 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-1045, (402) 559-3861, (402) 559-4829 (fax), (email)
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- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, (713) 500-7048, (713) 500-7041 (fax), (email)
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, (713) 500-7677, (713) 500-7684 (fax), (email)
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- Jeroen J G Geurts
- Department of Radiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Mechanisms of neuronal damage in multiple sclerosis and its animal models: role of calcium pumps and exchangers. Biochem Soc Trans 2008; 35:923-6. [PMID: 17956247 DOI: 10.1042/bst0350923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory, demyelinating and neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system. Increasing evidence indicates that neuronal pathology and axonal injury are early hallmarks of multiple sclerosis and are major contributors to progressive and permanent disability. Yet, the mechanisms underlying neuronal dysfunction and damage are not well defined. Elucidation of such mechanisms is of critical importance for the development of therapeutic strategies that will prevent neurodegeneration and confer neuroprotection. PMCA2 (plasma-membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase 2) and the NCX (Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger) have been implicated in impairment of axonal and neuronal function in multiple sclerosis and its animal models. As PMCA2 and NCX play critical roles in calcium extrusion in cells, alterations in their expression or activity may affect calcium homoeostasis and thereby induce intracellular injury mechanisms. Interventions that restore normal PMCA2 and NCX activity may prevent or slow disease progression by averting neurodegeneration.
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Are multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis autoimmune disorders of endogenous vasoactive neuropeptides? Med Hypotheses 2008; 70:413-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.04.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 04/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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High field MR imaging and 1H-MR spectroscopy in clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of multiple sclerosis: correlation between metabolic alterations and diagnostic MR imaging criteria. J Neurol 2007; 255:56-63. [PMID: 18080854 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-007-0666-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2007] [Revised: 05/07/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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PURPOSE To prospectively investigate metabolic changes in the normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) of patients presenting with clinically isolated syndromes (CIS) suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS) and to correlate these changes to conventional MR imaging findings in terms of MR imaging criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS Multisequence MR imaging of the brain and (1)H-MR spectroscopy of the parietal NAWM were performed in 31 patients presenting with CIS and in 20 controls using a 3. 0 T MR system. MR imaging criteria and International Panel criteria were assessed based on imaging, clinical and paraclinical results. Metabolite ratios and absolute concentrations of N-acetyl-aspartate (tNAA), myoinositol (Ins), choline (Cho), and total creatine (tCr) were determined. The metabolite concentrations were correlated with the fulfilled MR imaging criteria. RESULTS In comparison to the control group, the CIS group showed significantly decreased mean tNAA concentrations (-8. 1%, p = 0. 012). Significant changes could not be detected regarding Ins, tCr and Cho. No significant correlations between absolute metabolite concentrations and MR imaging criteria were observed. Patients with and without a lesion dissemination in space showed no significant differences of their metabolite concentrations. CONCLUSION As assessed by (1)H-MRS a significant axonal damage already occurs during the first demyelinating episode in patients with CIS. Conventional MR imaging in terms of diagnostic imaging criteria does not significantly reflect NAWM disease activity in terms of metabolic alterations detected by (1)H-MR spectroscopy.
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Although conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used for diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) and monitoring disease activity and course, the correlation between conventional MRI data and clinical findings remains weak. This "clinical-MRI paradox" could be partly due to the lack of MRI specificity related to the heterogeneous pathological substrates of MS and to its inability to quantify the extent of damage in the normal-appearing tissue. Recently, non-conventional MRI techniques, including magnetization transfer MRI, diffusion tensor MRI, and proton MR spectroscopy have been applied to improve our understanding of the pathophysiology of MS. These techniques may provide information about structural and biochemical changes occurring within and outside macroscopic MS lesions (inflammation, demyelination, axonal loss), in particular in the normal-appearing white and grey matter. These techniques could also significantly improve our ability to monitor inflammatory demyelination and axonal injury. In the same way, functional MRI gives us the potential substrate to assess the mechanisms of adaptive cortical reorganization, which may limit the irreversible consequences of MS tissue injury.
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- J Pelletier
- Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, CHU Timone, Rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 5.
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