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Frese JP, Schawe L, Carstens J, Milbergs K, Speichinger F, Gratl A, Greiner A, Raude B. A Modified Run-Off Resistance Score from Cross-Sectional Imaging Discriminates Chronic Critical Limb Ischemia from Intermittent Claudication in Peripheral Arterial Disease. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12123155. [PMID: 36553161 PMCID: PMC9777427 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12123155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) leads to intermittent claudication (IC) and may progress into chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). Scoring systems to determine the atherosclerotic burden of a diseased extremity have been developed. This study aimed to evaluate a modification of the run-off resistance (mROR) score for its usability in cross-sectional imaging. The mROR was determined from preoperative imaging of patients undergoing revascularization for PAD. A total of 20 patients with IC and 20 patients with CLTI were consecutively included. A subgroup analysis for diabetic patients was conducted. The mROR was evaluated for its correlation with disease severity and clinical covariates. Patients with CLTI were older; cardiovascular risk factors, diabetes, and ASA 4 were more frequent. The mROR scores were higher in CLTI than in IC. In diabetic patients, no difference was detected between CLTI and IC. In CLTI, non-diabetic patients had a higher mROR. The mROR score is positively correlated with the severity of PAD and can discriminate CLTI from IC. In diabetic patients with CLTI, the mROR is lower than in non-diabetic patients. The mROR score can be determined from cross-sectional imaging angiographies. It may be useful for clinicians helping with vascular case planning, as well as for scientific purposes.
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- Jan Paul Frese
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-30-450-522-725
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The Role of Mitochondrial Function in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Insights from Translational Studies. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22168478. [PMID: 34445191 PMCID: PMC8395190 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Recent evidence demonstrates an involvement of impaired mitochondrial function in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) development. Specific impairments have been assessed by different methodological in-vivo (near-infrared spectroscopy, 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy), as well as in-vitro approaches (Western blotting of mitochondrial proteins and enzymes, assays of mitochondrial function and content). While effects differ with regard to disease severity, chronic malperfusion impacts subcellular energy homeostasis, and repeating cycles of ischemia and reperfusion contribute to PAD disease progression by increasing mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production and impairing mitochondrial function. With the leading clinical symptom of decreased walking capacity due to intermittent claudication, PAD patients suffer from a subsequent reduction of quality of life. Different treatment modalities, such as physical activity and revascularization procedures, can aid mitochondrial recovery. While the relevance of these modalities for mitochondrial functional recovery is still a matter of debate, recent research indicates the importance of revascularization procedures, with increased physical activity levels being a subordinate contributor, at least during mild stages of PAD. With an additional focus on the role of revascularization procedures on mitochondria and the identification of suitable mitochondrial markers in PAD, this review aims to critically evaluate the relevance of mitochondrial function in PAD development and progression.
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Ohta H, Vo NMV, Hata J, Terawaki K, Shirakawa T, Okano HJ. Utilizing Dynamic Phosphorous-31 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the Early Detection of Acute Compartment Syndrome: A Pilot Study on Rats. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:586. [PMID: 33805144 PMCID: PMC8064087 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11040586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Disasters, including terrorism and earthquakes, are significant threats to people and may lead to many people requiring rescue. The longer the rescue takes, the higher the chances of an individual contracting acute compartment syndrome (ACS). ACS is fatal if diagnosed too late, and early diagnosis and treatment are essential. OBJECTIVE To assess the ability of dynamic phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) in the early detection of muscular damage in ACS. MATERIALS AND METHODS Six ACS model rats were used for serial 31P-MRS scanning (9.4 Tesla). Skeletal muscle metabolism, represented by the levels of phosphocreatine (PCr), inorganic phosphate (Pi), and adenosine triphosphate (ATP), was assessed. The PCr/(Pi + PCr) ratio, which decreases with ischemia, was compared with simultaneously sampled plasma creatine phosphokinase (CPK), a muscle damage marker. RESULTS The PCr/(Pi + PCr) ratio significantly decreased after inducing ischemia (from 0.86 ± 0.10 to 0.18 ± 0.06; p < 0.05), while CPK did not change significantly (from 89 ± 29.46 to 241.50 ± 113.28; p > 0.05). The intracellular and arterial pH index decreased over time, revealing significant differences at 120 min post-ischemia (from 7.09 ± 0.01 to 6.43 ± 0.13, and from 7.47 ± 0.03 to 7.39 ± 0.04, respectively). In the reperfusion state, the spectra and pH did not return to the original values. CONCLUSIONS The dynamic 31P-MRS technique can rapidly detect changes in muscle bioenergetics. This technique is a promising non-invasive method for determining early muscular damage in ACS.
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- Hiroki Ohta
- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan; (H.O.); (N.-M.V.V.); (J.H.); (K.T.)
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan; (H.O.); (N.-M.V.V.); (J.H.); (K.T.)
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 116-0012, Japan;
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan; (H.O.); (N.-M.V.V.); (J.H.); (K.T.)
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan; (H.O.); (N.-M.V.V.); (J.H.); (K.T.)
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 116-0012, Japan;
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 116-0012, Japan;
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan; (H.O.); (N.-M.V.V.); (J.H.); (K.T.)
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Santos-Díaz A, Noseworthy MD. Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging (31P-MRS/MRSI) as a window to brain and muscle metabolism: A review of the methods. Biomed Signal Process Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2020.101967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Stølen T, Shi M, Wohlwend M, Høydal MA, Bathen TF, Ellingsen Ø, Esmaeili M. Effect of exercise training on cardiac metabolism in rats with heart failure. SCAND CARDIOVASC J 2019; 54:84-91. [PMID: 31500456 DOI: 10.1080/14017431.2019.1658893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Objectives. Heart failure (HF) impairs resting myocardial energetics, myocardial mitochondrial performance, and maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max). Exercise training is included in most rehabilitation programs and benefits HF patients. However, the effect of exercise intensity on cardiac mitochondrial respiration and concentrations of the key bioenergetic metabolites phosphocreatine (PCr), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and inorganic phosphate (Pi) is unclear. This study aimed to investigate the effects of exercise training at different intensities in rats with HF. Methods. Rats underwent myocardial infarction or sham operations and were divided into three subgroups: sedentary, moderate intensity, or high intensity. The impact of HF and 6 weeks of exercise training on energy metabolism was evaluated by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mitochondrial respirometry. The concentrations of PCr, ATP, and Pi were quantified by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. VO2max was measured by treadmill respirometry. Results. Exercise training increased VO2max in sham and HF. PCr/ATP ratio was reduced in HF (p < .01) and remained unchanged by exercise training. PCr concentration was significantly lower in HF compared to sham (p < .01). Moderate and high-intensity exercise training increased ATP in HF and sham. HF impaired complex I (CI) and complex II (p = .034) respiration. High-intensity exercise training recovered CI respiration in HF rats compared to HF sedentary (p = .014). Conclusions. Exercise training improved cardiac performance, as indicated by increased VO2max and higher exercise capacity, without changing the myocardial PCr/ATP ratio. These observations suggest that the PCr/ATP biomarker is not suited to evaluate the beneficial effects of exercise training in the heart. The exact mechanisms require further investigations, as exercise training did increase ATP levels and CI respiration.
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- Tomas Stølen
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Clinic of Cardiology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.,Clinic of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Clinic of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Clinic of Cardiology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
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Bakermans AJ, Wessel CH, Zheng KH, Groot PFC, Stroes ESG, Nederveen AJ. Dynamic magnetic resonance measurements of calf muscle oxygenation and energy metabolism in peripheral artery disease. J Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 51:98-107. [PMID: 31218803 PMCID: PMC6916546 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.26841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Clinical assessments of peripheral artery disease (PAD) severity are insensitive to pathophysiological changes in muscle tissue oxygenation and energy metabolism distal to the affected artery. Purpose To quantify the blood oxygenation level‐dependent (BOLD) response and phosphocreatine (PCr) recovery kinetics on a clinical MR system during a single exercise‐recovery session in PAD patients. Study Type Case–control study. Subjects Fifteen Fontaine stage II patients, and 18 healthy control subjects Field Strength/Sequence Interleaved dynamic multiecho gradient‐echo 1H T2* mapping and adiabatic pulse‐acquire 31P‐MR spectroscopy at 3T. Assessment Blood pressure in the arms and ankles were measured to determine the ankle‐brachial index (ABI). Subjects performed a plantar flexion exercise‐recovery protocol. The gastrocnemius and soleus muscle BOLD responses were characterized using the T2* maps. High‐energy phosphate metabolite concentrations were quantified by fitting the series of 31P‐MR spectra. The PCr recovery time constant (τPCr) was derived as a measure of in vivo mitochondrial oxidative capacity. Statistical Tests Comparisons between groups were performed using two‐sided Mann–Whitney U‐tests. Relations between variables were assessed by Pearson's r correlation coefficients. Results The amplitude of the functional hyperemic BOLD response in the gastrocnemius muscle was higher in PAD patients compared with healthy subjects (–3.8 ± 1.4% vs. –1.4 ± 0.3%; P < 0.001), and correlated with the ABI (r = 0.79; P < 0.001). PCr recovery was slower in PAD patients (τPCr = 52.0 ± 13.5 vs. 30.3 ± 9.7 sec; P < 0.0001), and correlated with the ABI (r = –0.64; P < 0.001). Moreover, τPCr correlated with the hyperemic BOLD response in the gastrocnemius muscle (r = –0.66; P < 0.01). Data Conclusion MR readouts of calf muscle tissue oxygenation and high‐energy phosphate metabolism were acquired essentially simultaneously during a single exercise‐recovery session. A pronounced hypoxia‐triggered vasodilation in PAD is associated with a reduced mitochondrial oxidative capacity. Level of Evidence: 2 Technical Efficacy: Stage 1 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2020;51:98–107.
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- Adrianus J Bakermans
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Sedivy P, Dezortova M, Rydlo J, Drobny M, Krssak M, Valkovic L, Hajek M. MR compatible ergometers for dynamic 31P MRS. J Appl Biomed 2019; 17:91-98. [PMID: 34907736 DOI: 10.32725/jab.2019.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Magnetic Resonance (MR) compatible ergometers are specialized ergometers used inside the MR scanners for the characterization of tissue metabolism changes during physical stress. They are most commonly used for dynamic phosphorous magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS), but can also be used for lactate production measurements, perfusion studies using arterial spin labelling or muscle oxygenation measurements by blood oxygen dependent contrast sequences. We will primarily discuss the importance of ergometers in the context of dynamic 31P MRS. Dynamic 31P MRS can monitor muscle fatigue and energy reserve during muscle contractions as well as the dynamics of recuperation of skeletal muscle tissue during the following recovery through signal changes of phosphocreatine (PCr), inorganic phosphate and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Based on the measured data it is possible to calculate intracellular pH, metabolic flux of ATP through creatine-kinase reaction, anaerobic glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation and other metabolic parameters as mitochondrial capacity. This review primarily focuses on describing various technical designs of MR compatible ergometers for dynamic 31P MRS that must be constructed with respect to the presence of magnetic field. It is also expected that the construction of ergometers will be easy for the handling and well accepted by examined subjects.
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- Petr Sedivy
- Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, MR-unit, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, MR-unit, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, MR-unit, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, MR-unit, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III & High Field MR Centre, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image guided Therapy, Vienna, Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR Imaging (MOLIMA), Vienna, Austria
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- University of Oxford, RDM Cardiovascular Medicine, Oxford Centre for Clinical MR Research (OCMR), Oxford, United Kingdom.,Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Measurement Science, Department of Imaging Methods, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, MR-unit, Prague, Czech Republic
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Sfyri P, Matsakas A. Crossroads between peripheral atherosclerosis, western-type diet and skeletal muscle pathophysiology: emphasis on apolipoprotein E deficiency and peripheral arterial disease. J Biomed Sci 2017; 24:42. [PMID: 28688452 PMCID: PMC5502081 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-017-0346-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process that, in the presence of hyperlipidaemia, promotes the formation of atheromatous plaques in large vessels of the cardiovascular system. It also affects peripheral arteries with major implications for a number of other non-vascular tissues such as the skeletal muscle, the liver and the kidney. The aim of this review is to critically discuss and assimilate current knowledge on the impact of peripheral atherosclerosis and its implications on skeletal muscle homeostasis. Accumulating data suggests that manifestations of peripheral atherosclerosis in skeletal muscle originates in a combination of increased i)-oxidative stress, ii)-inflammation, iii)-mitochondrial deficits, iv)-altered myofibre morphology and fibrosis, v)-chronic ischemia followed by impaired oxygen supply, vi)-reduced capillary density, vii)- proteolysis and viii)-apoptosis. These structural, biochemical and pathophysiological alterations impact on skeletal muscle metabolic and physiologic homeostasis and its capacity to generate force, which further affects the individual's quality of life. Particular emphasis is given on two major areas representing basic and applied science respectively: a)-the abundant evidence from a well-recognised atherogenic model; the Apolipoprotein E deficient mouse and the role of a western-type diet and b)-on skeletal myopathy and oxidative stress-induced myofibre damage from human studies on peripheral arterial disease. A significant source of reactive oxygen species production and oxidative stress in cardiovascular disease is the family of NADPH oxidases that contribute to several pathologies. Finally, strategies targeting NADPH oxidases in skeletal muscle in an attempt to attenuate cellular oxidative stress are highlighted, providing a better understanding of the crossroads between peripheral atherosclerosis and skeletal muscle pathophysiology.
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- Peggy Sfyri
- Molecular Physiology Laboratory, Centre for Atherothrombotic & Metabolic Disease, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Physiology Laboratory, Centre for Atherothrombotic & Metabolic Disease, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom.
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Rontoyanni VG, Nunez Lopez O, Fankhauser GT, Cheema ZF, Rasmussen BB, Porter C. Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in the Metabolic Myopathy Accompanying Peripheral Artery Disease. Front Physiol 2017; 8:141. [PMID: 28348531 PMCID: PMC5346567 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a serious but relatively underdiagnosed and undertreated clinical condition associated with a marked reduction in functional capacity and a heightened risk of morbidity and mortality. The pathophysiology of lower extremity PAD is complex, and extends beyond the atherosclerotic arterial occlusion and subsequent mismatch between oxygen demand and delivery to skeletal muscle mitochondria. In this review, we evaluate and summarize the available evidence implicating mitochondria in the metabolic myopathy that accompanies PAD. Following a short discussion of the available in vivo and in vitro methodologies to quantitate indices of muscle mitochondrial function, we review the current evidence implicating skeletal muscle mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathophysiology of PAD myopathy, while attempting to highlight questions that remain unanswered. Given the rising prevalence of PAD, the detriment in quality of life for patients, and the associated significant healthcare resource utilization, new alternate therapies that ameliorate lower limb symptoms and the functional impairment associated with PAD are needed. A clear understanding of the role of mitochondria in the pathophysiology of PAD may contribute to the development of novel therapeutic interventions.
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- Victoria G. Rontoyanni
- Metabolism Unit, Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenGalveston, TX, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, TX, USA
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- Metabolism Unit, Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenGalveston, TX, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, TX, USA
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- Metabolism Unit, Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenGalveston, TX, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, TX, USA
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Valkovič L, Chmelík M, Krššák M. In-vivo 31P-MRS of skeletal muscle and liver: A way for non-invasive assessment of their metabolism. Anal Biochem 2017; 529:193-215. [PMID: 28119063 PMCID: PMC5478074 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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In addition to direct assessment of high energy phosphorus containing metabolite content within tissues, phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) provides options to measure phospholipid metabolites and cellular pH, as well as the kinetics of chemical reactions of energy metabolism in vivo. Even though the great potential of 31P-MR was recognized over 30 years ago, modern MR systems, as well as new, dedicated hardware and measurement techniques provide further opportunities for research of human biochemistry. This paper presents a methodological overview of the 31P-MR techniques that can be used for basic, physiological, or clinical research of human skeletal muscle and liver in vivo. Practical issues of 31P-MRS experiments and examples of potential applications are also provided. As signal localization is essential for liver 31P-MRS and is important for dynamic muscle examinations as well, typical localization strategies for 31P-MR are also described.
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- Ladislav Valkovič
- High-field MR Centre, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Imaging Methods, Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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- High-field MR Centre, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR Imaging, Vienna, Austria; Institute for Clinical Molecular MRI in Musculoskeletal System, Karl Landsteiner Society, Vienna, Austria
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- High-field MR Centre, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR Imaging, Vienna, Austria; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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A low-cost Mr compatible ergometer to assess post-exercise phosphocreatine recovery kinetics. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2017; 30:281-289. [PMID: 28054143 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-016-0605-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a low-cost pedal ergometer compatible with ultrahigh (7 T) field MR systems to reliably quantify metabolic parameters in human lower leg muscle using phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We constructed an MR compatible ergometer using commercially available materials and elastic bands that provide resistance to movement. We recruited ten healthy subjects (eight men and two women, mean age ± standard deviation: 32.8 ± 6.0 years, BMI: 24.1 ± 3.9 kg/m2). All subjects were scanned on a 7 T whole-body magnet. Each subject was scanned on two visits and performed a 90 s plantar flexion exercise at 40% maximum voluntary contraction during each scan. During the first visit, each subject performed the exercise twice in order for us to estimate the intra-exam repeatability, and once during the second visit in order to estimate the inter-exam repeatability of the time constant of phosphocreatine recovery kinetics. We assessed the intra and inter-exam reliability in terms of the within-subject coefficient of variation (CV). RESULTS We acquired reliable measurements of PCr recovery kinetics with an intra- and inter-exam CV of 7.9% and 5.7%, respectively. CONCLUSION We constructed a low-cost pedal ergometer compatible with ultrahigh (7 T) field MR systems, which allowed us to quantify reliably PCr recovery kinetics in lower leg muscle using 31P-MRS.
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- Naomi M. Hamburg
- Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine
- the Section of Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center
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- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Heart and Vascular Center and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
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Valkovič L, Chmelík M, Meyerspeer M, Gagoski B, Rodgers CT, Krššák M, Andronesi OC, Trattnig S, Bogner W. Dynamic 31 P-MRSI using spiral spectroscopic imaging can map mitochondrial capacity in muscles of the human calf during plantar flexion exercise at 7 T. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2016; 29:1825-1834. [PMID: 27862510 PMCID: PMC5132121 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Phosphorus MRSI (31 P-MRSI) using a spiral-trajectory readout at 7 T was developed for high temporal resolution mapping of the mitochondrial capacity of exercising human skeletal muscle. The sensitivity and localization accuracy of the method was investigated in phantoms. In vivo performance was assessed in 12 volunteers, who performed a plantar flexion exercise inside a whole-body 7 T MR scanner using an MR-compatible ergometer and a surface coil. In five volunteers the knee was flexed (~60°) to shift the major workload from the gastrocnemii to the soleus muscle. Spiral-encoded MRSI provided 16-25 times faster mapping with a better point spread function than elliptical phase-encoded MRSI with the same matrix size. The inevitable trade-off for the increased temporal resolution was a reduced signal-to-noise ratio, but this was acceptable. The phosphocreatine (PCr) depletion caused by exercise at 0° knee angulation was significantly higher in both gastrocnemii than in the soleus (i.e. 64.8 ± 19.6% and 65.9 ± 23.6% in gastrocnemius lateralis and medialis versus 15.3 ± 8.4% in the soleus). Spiral-encoded 31 P-MRSI is a powerful tool for dynamic mapping of exercising muscle oxidative metabolism, including localized assessment of PCr concentrations, pH and maximal oxidative flux with high temporal and spatial resolution.
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- Ladislav Valkovič
- High‐Field MR CentreMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image‐Guided TherapyMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR ImagingViennaAustria
- Department of Imaging Methods, Institute of Measurement ScienceSlovak Academy of SciencesBratislavaSlovakia
- Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR)University of OxfordOxfordUK
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- High‐Field MR CentreMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image‐Guided TherapyMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR ImagingViennaAustria
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- High‐Field MR CentreMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical EngineeringMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science CenterBoston Children's HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR)University of OxfordOxfordUK
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- High‐Field MR CentreMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image‐Guided TherapyMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR ImagingViennaAustria
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine IIIMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- High‐Field MR CentreMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image‐Guided TherapyMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR ImagingViennaAustria
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- High‐Field MR CentreMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image‐Guided TherapyMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Clinical Molecular MR ImagingViennaAustria
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Niemi H, Honkonen K, Korpisalo P, Huusko J, Kansanen E, Merentie M, Rissanen TT, André H, Pereira T, Poellinger L, Alitalo K, Ylä-Herttuala S. HIF-1α and HIF-2α induce angiogenesis and improve muscle energy recovery. Eur J Clin Invest 2014; 44:989-99. [PMID: 25208310 DOI: 10.1111/eci.12333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular patients suffer from reduced blood flow leading to ischaemia and impaired tissue metabolism. Unfortunately, an increasing group of elderly patients cannot be treated with current revascularization methods. Thus, new treatment strategies are urgently needed. Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) upregulate the expression of angiogenic mediators together with genes involved in energy metabolism and recovery of ischaemic tissues. Especially, HIF-2α is a novel factor, and only limited information is available about its therapeutic potential. METHODS Gene transfers with adenoviral HIF-1α and HIF-2α were performed into the mouse heart and rabbit ischaemic hindlimbs. Angiogenesis was evaluated by histology. Left ventricle function was analysed with echocardiography. Perfusion in rabbit skeletal muscles and energy recovery after electrical stimulation-induced exercise were measured with ultrasound and (31)P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((31)P-MRS), respectively. RESULTS HIF-1α and HIF-2α gene transfers increased capillary size up to fivefold in myocardium and ischaemic skeletal muscles. Perfusion in skeletal muscles was increased by fourfold without oedema. Especially, AdHIF-1α enhanced the recovery of ischaemic muscles from electrical stimulation-induced energy depletion. Special characteristic of HIF-2α gene transfer was a strong capillary growth in muscle connective tissue and that HIF-2α gene transfer maintained left ventricle function. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that both AdHIF-1α and AdHIF-2α gene transfers induced beneficial angiogenesis in vivo. Transient moderate increases in angiogenesis improved energy recovery after exercise in ischaemic muscles. This study shows for the first time that a moderate increase in angiogenesis is enough to improve tissue energy metabolism, which is potentially a very useful feature for cardiovascular gene therapy.
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- Henna Niemi
- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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Rata M, Giles SL, deSouza NM, Leach MO, Payne GS. Comparison of three reference methods for the measurement of intracellular pH using 31P MRS in healthy volunteers and patients with lymphoma. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2014; 27:158-62. [PMID: 24738141 PMCID: PMC4290015 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS) can measure intracellular pH (pHi) using the chemical shift difference between pH-dependent inorganic phosphate (Pi) and a pH-independent reference peak. This study compared three different frequency reference peaks [phosphocreatine (PCr), α resonance of adenosine triphosphate (αATP) and water (using 1H MRS)] in a cohort of 10 volunteers and eight patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Well-resolved chemical shift imaging (CSI) spectra were acquired on a 1.5T scanner for muscle, liver and tumour. The pH was calculated for all volunteers and patients using the available methods. The consistency of the resulting pH was evaluated. The direct Pi–PCr method was best for those spectra with a very well-defined PCr, such as muscle (pH=7.05 ± 0.02). In liver, the Pi–αATP method gave more consistent results (pH=7.30 ± 0.06) than the calibrated water-based method (pH=7.27 ± 0.11). In NHL nodes, the measured pH using the Pi–αATP method was 7.25 ± 0.12. Given that the measured range includes some biological variation in individual patients, treatment-related changes of the order of 0.1 pH units should be detectable.
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Kennedy DS, McNeil CJ, Gandevia SC, Taylor JL. Fatigue-related firing of distal muscle nociceptors reduces voluntary activation of proximal muscles of the same limb. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2013; 116:385-94. [PMID: 24356522 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01166.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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With fatiguing exercise, firing of group III/IV muscle afferents reduces voluntary activation and force of the exercised muscles. These afferents can also act across agonist/antagonist pairs, reducing voluntary activation and force in nonfatigued muscles. We hypothesized that maintained firing of group III/IV muscle afferents after a fatiguing adductor pollicis (AP) contraction would decrease voluntary activation and force of AP and ipsilateral elbow flexors. In two experiments (n = 10) we examined voluntary activation of AP and elbow flexors by measuring changes in superimposed twitches evoked by ulnar nerve stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex, respectively. Inflation of a sphygmomanometer cuff after a 2-min AP maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) blocked circulation of the hand for 2 min and maintained firing of group III/IV muscle afferents. After a 2-min AP MVC, maximal AP voluntary activation was lower with than without ischemia (56.2 ± 17.7% vs. 76.3 ± 14.6%; mean ± SD; P < 0.05) as was force (40.3 ± 12.8% vs. 57.1 ± 13.8% peak MVC; P < 0.05). Likewise, after a 2-min AP MVC, elbow flexion voluntary activation was lower with than without ischemia (88.3 ± 7.5% vs. 93.6 ± 3.9%; P < 0.05) as was torque (80.2 ± 4.6% vs. 86.6 ± 1.0% peak MVC; P < 0.05). Pain during ischemia was reported as Moderate to Very Strong. Postfatigue firing of group III/IV muscle afferents from the hand decreased voluntary drive and force of AP. Moreover, this effect decreased voluntary drive and torque of proximal unfatigued muscles, the elbow flexors. Fatigue-sensitive group III/IV muscle nociceptors act to limit voluntary drive not only to fatigued muscles but also to unfatigued muscles within the same limb.
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- David S Kennedy
- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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Nachbauer W, Boesch S, Schneider R, Eigentler A, Wanschitz J, Poewe W, Schocke M. Bioenergetics of the calf muscle in Friedreich ataxia patients measured by 31P-MRS before and after treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69229. [PMID: 23922695 PMCID: PMC3726701 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is caused by a GAA repeat expansion in the FXN gene leading to reduced expression of the mitochondrial protein frataxin. Recombinant human erythropoietin (rhuEPO) is suggested to increase frataxin levels, alter mitochondrial function and improve clinical scores in FRDA patients. Aim of the present pilot study was to investigate mitochondrial metabolism of skeletal muscle tissue in FRDA patients and examine effects of rhuEPO administration by phosphorus 31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS). Seven genetically confirmed FRDA patients underwent 31P MRS of the calf muscles using a rest-exercise-recovery protocol before and after receiving 3000 IU of rhuEPO for eight weeks. FRDA patients showed more rapid phosphocreatine (PCr) depletion and increased accumulation of inorganic phosphate (Pi) during incremental exercise as compared to controls. After maximal exhaustive exercise prolonged regeneration of PCR and slowed decline in Pi can be seen in FRDA. PCr regeneration as hallmark of mitochondrial ATP production revealed correlation to activity of complex II/III of the respiratory chain and to demographic values. PCr and Pi kinetics were not influenced by rhuEPO administration. Our results confirm mitochondrial dysfunction and exercise intolerance due to impaired oxidative phosphorylation in skeletal muscle tissue of FRDA patients. MRS did not show improved mitochondrial bioenergetics after eight weeks of rhuEPO exposition in skeletal muscle tissue of FRDA patients. Trial Registration EU Clinical Trials Register2008-000040-13
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- Wolfgang Nachbauer
- Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Tecilazich F, Dinh T, Lyons TE, Guest J, Villafuerte RA, Sampanis C, Gnardellis C, Zuo CS, Veves A. Postexercise phosphocreatine recovery, an index of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, is reduced in diabetic patients with lower extremity complications. J Vasc Surg 2013; 57:997-1005. [PMID: 23465172 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Revised: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify differences in postexercise phosphocreatine (PCr) recovery, an index of mitochondrial function, in diabetic patients with and without lower extremity complications. METHODS We enrolled healthy control subjects and three groups of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: without complications, with peripheral neuropathy, and with both peripheral neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease. We used magnetic resonance spectroscopic measurements to perform continuous measurements of phosphorous metabolites (PCr and inorganic phosphate [Pi]) during a 3-minute graded exercise at the level of the posterior calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus muscles). Micro- and macrovascular reactivity measurements also were performed. RESULTS The resting Pi/PCr ratio and PCr at baseline and the maximum reached during exercise were similar in all groups. The postexercise time required for recovery of Pi/PCr ratio and PCr levels to resting levels, an assessment of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, was significantly higher in diabetic patients with neuropathy and those with both neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease (P < .01 for both measurements). These two groups also had higher levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (P < .01) and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (P < .05). Multiple regression analysis showed that only granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, osteoprotegerin, and tumor necrosis factor-α were significant contributing factors in the variation of the Pi/PCr ratio recovery time. No associations were observed between micro- and macrovascular reactivity measurements and Pi/PCr ratio or PCr recovery time. CONCLUSIONS Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation is impaired only in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with neuropathy whether or not peripheral arterial disease is present and is associated with the increased proinflammatory state observed in these groups.
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- Francesco Tecilazich
- Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Foot Center and Microcirculation Lab, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Lu J, Xing J, Li J. Bradykinin B2 receptor contributes to the exaggerated muscle mechanoreflex in rats with femoral artery occlusion. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 304:H1166-74. [PMID: 23417862 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00926.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Static muscle contraction activates the exercise pressor reflex, which in turn increases sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and blood pressure (BP). Bradykinin (BK) is considered as a muscle metabolite responsible for modulation of the sympathetic and cardiovascular responses to muscle contraction. Prior studies have suggested that kinin B2 receptor mediates the effects of BK on the reflex SNA and BP responses during stimulation of skeletal muscle afferents. In patients with peripheral artery disease and a rat model with femoral artery ligation, amplified SNA and BP responses to static exercise were observed. This dysfunction of the exercise pressor reflex has previously been shown to be mediated, in part, by muscle mechanoreflex overactivity. Thus, in this report, we determined whether kinin B2 receptor contributes to the augmented mechanoreflex activity in rats with 24 h of femoral artery occlusion. First, Western blot analysis was used to examine protein expression of B2 receptors in dorsal root ganglion tissues of control limbs and ligated limbs. Our data show that B2 receptor displays significant overexpression in ligated limbs as compared with control limbs (optical density: 0.94 ± 0.02 in control and 1.87 ± 0.08 after ligation, P < 0.05 vs. control; n = 6 in each group). Second, mechanoreflex was evoked by muscle stretch and the reflex renal SNA (RSNA) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) responses to muscle stretch were examined after HOE-140, a B2 receptors blocker, was injected into the arterial blood supply of the hindlimb muscles. The results demonstrate that the stretch-evoked reflex responses were attenuated by administration of HOE-140 in control rats and ligated rats; however, the attenuating effects of HOE-140 were significantly greater in ligated rats, i.e., after 5 μg/kg of HOE-140 RSNA and MAP responses evoked by 0.5 kg of muscle tension were attenuated by 43% and 25% in control vs. 54% and 34% in ligation (P < 0.05 vs. control group; n = 11 in each group). In contrast, there was no significant difference in B1 receptor expression in both experimental groups, and arterial injection of R-715, a B1 receptors blocker, had no significant effects on RSNA and MAP responses evoked by muscle stretch. Accordingly, results obtained from this study support our hypothesis that heightened kinin B2 receptor expression in the sensory nerves contributes to the exaggerated muscle mechanoreflex in rats with femoral artery occlusion.
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- Jian Lu
- Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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Oxygenation and flow in the limbs: Novel methods to characterize peripheral artery disease. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING REPORTS 2013; 6:150-157. [PMID: 23504569 DOI: 10.1007/s12410-013-9191-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects approximately 8 million Americans and is associated with high morbidity and increased mortality. Current therapies for PAD are limited and development of new therapeutic agents is needed. Present diagnostic methods for PAD are insensitive to the subtle microvascular and metabolic changes that occur beyond macrovacular stenosis and therefore may be less useful endpoints for clinical trials. Phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy, MR muscle perfusion, and MR oximetry are novel methods capable of evaluating both the macrovascular and microvascular changes that occur in PAD patients.
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common vascular disease that reduces blood flow capacity to the legs of patients. PAD leads to exercise intolerance that can progress in severity to greatly limit mobility, and in advanced cases leads to frank ischemia with pain at rest. It is estimated that 12 to 15 million people in the United States are diagnosed with PAD, with a much larger population that is undiagnosed. The presence of PAD predicts a 50% to 1500% increase in morbidity and mortality, depending on severity. Treatment of patients with PAD is limited to modification of cardiovascular disease risk factors, pharmacological intervention, surgery, and exercise therapy. Extended exercise programs that involve walking approximately five times per week, at a significant intensity that requires frequent rest periods, are most significant. Preclinical studies and virtually all clinical trials demonstrate the benefits of exercise therapy, including improved walking tolerance, modified inflammatory/hemostatic markers, enhanced vasoresponsiveness, adaptations within the limb (angiogenesis, arteriogenesis, and mitochondrial synthesis) that enhance oxygen delivery and metabolic responses, potentially delayed progression of the disease, enhanced quality of life indices, and extended longevity. A synthesis is provided as to how these adaptations can develop in the context of our current state of knowledge and events known to be orchestrated by exercise. The benefits are so compelling that exercise prescription should be an essential option presented to patients with PAD in the absence of contraindications. Obviously, selecting for a lifestyle pattern that includes enhanced physical activity prior to the advance of PAD limitations is the most desirable and beneficial.
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- Tara L Haas
- Angiogenesis Research Group, Muscle Health Research Centre, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Xing J, Lu J, Li J. Acid-sensing ion channel subtype 3 function and immunolabelling increases in skeletal muscle sensory neurons following femoral artery occlusion. J Physiol 2011; 590:1261-72. [PMID: 22183722 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.221788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Sympathetic nerve activity and arterial blood pressure responses to static hindlimb muscle contractions are greater in rats with femoral arteries that were previously ligated (24-72 h earlier) than in control rats. Studies further demonstrate that acid-sensing ion channel subtype 3 (ASIC(3)) in thin-fibre muscle afferents contributes to the amplified reflex muscle responses observed in occluded rats, probably due to enhanced ASIC(3) expression in muscle sensory neurons. The purpose of this study was to characterize acid-induced current with activation of ASIC(3) in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons of control rats and rats with 24 h of femoral occlusion using whole-cell patch clamp methods. Also, immunohistochemistry was employed to examine existence of ASIC(3) expression in DRG neurons of thin-fibre afferents. DRG neurons from 4- to 6-week-old rats were labelled by injecting the fluorescence tracer DiI into the hindlimb muscles 4-5 days prior to the recording experiments. The results of this study show that ∼90% of current responses evoked by pH 6.7 in DRG neurons innervating the hindlimb muscles are ASIC(3)-like. The peak current amplitude to pH 6.7 is significantly attenuated with application of rAPETx2, a specific ASIC(3) antagonist. In addition, ASIC(3)-like current responses to pH 6.7 are observed in small, medium and large DRG neurons, and size distribution of DRG neurons is similar in control and occluded animals. However, the peak current amplitude of DRG neuron response induced by ASIC(3) stimulation is larger in occluded rats than that in control rats. Moreover, the percentage of DRG neurons with ASIC(3)-like currents is greater after arterial occlusion compared with control. Furthermore, results from double immunofluorescence experiments show that femoral artery occlusion mainly augments ASIC(3) expression within DRG neurons projecting C-fibre afferents. Taken together, these data suggest that (1) the majority of current responses to pH 6.7 are ASIC(3)-like in DRG neurons with nerve endings in the hindlimb muscles, (2) a greater acid-induced current responding to pH 6.7 develops when hindlimb arterial blood supply is deficient under ischaemic conditions, and (3) increased ASIC(3) expression is largely observed in thin C-fibres of DRG neurons after hindlimb ischaemia.
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- Jihong Xing
- Pennsylvania State Heart & Vascular Institute, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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The creation of a magnetic resonance image (MRI) and its inherent contrast are controlled by a variety of anatomical structure- and sequence-dependent parameters. While these may seem confusing to the uninitiated, they provide MRI with great flexibility and make it a powerful clinical tool. This article describes the principles of basic physics behind magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and imaging, including a basic description of the properties of magnetic resonance compatible nuclei, how a radiofrequency (RF) pulse produces a signal, and how this signal can be spatially encoded to produce an image. The relaxation properties of the MRI signal depend on biological tissue type and can provide information on tissue composition, environment, and pathological changes. The contrast properties within an image can be manipulated based on the relaxation properties of the anatomical sample and the nature of the imaging sequence. The benefits of T1- and T2-weighted images in musculoskeletal imaging and the common sequences used (including turbo spin echo [TSE], fat suppression sequences such as STIR, and rapid breath-hold sequences such as HASTE and FISP) are discussed. The principles behind contrast agents and diffusion-weighted imaging and how they can be applied in the body are considered.
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The run-off resistance (ROR) assessed on MR angiograms may serve as a valid scoring system in patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and correlates with the ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI). Eur J Radiol 2011; 81:1155-7. [PMID: 21530122 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the correlation between the hemodynamic parameter ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI) and the run-off resistance (ROR) assessed on MR angiograms (MRA) in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) Fontaine Stage I and II and its potential as reliable reporting system in clinical routine. METHODS Contrast-enhanced MRA was performed in 321 PAD patients using a 1.5T MR scanner with moving bed technique. The ROR and resting ABI were determined in each patient's leg and correlation analysis was performed using the Pearson test. RESULTS A significant negative correlation (r = -.513; p<.001) between ROR (mean 11.03±5.42) and resting ABI (mean .81±.26) was identified. An even more pronounced correlation was found in patients younger than median age who had higher ABI values (r = -.608; p<.001). CONCLUSION The ROR scoring system evaluated in this series correlates better with the ABI than previously published scoring systems and could be suggested as reporting system for routine MRA evaluation.
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Hamburg NM, Balady GJ. Exercise rehabilitation in peripheral artery disease: functional impact and mechanisms of benefits. Circulation 2011; 123:87-97. [PMID: 21200015 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.109.881888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Naomi M Hamburg
- Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Wu JS, Buettner C, Smithline H, Ngo LH, Greenman RL. Evaluation of skeletal muscle during calf exercise by 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients on statin medications. Muscle Nerve 2011; 43:76-81. [PMID: 21171098 DOI: 10.1002/mus.21847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Muscle pain is a common side effect of statin medications, but the cause is poorly understood. We characterized phosphocreatine (PCr) exercise recovery kinetics in 10 patients with hypercholesterolemia before and after a 4-week regimen of statin therapy using 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((31) P-MRS). (31) P spectra were obtained before, during, and after exercise on a calf flexion pedal ergometer. Creatine kinase (CK) serum levels were drawn before and after statin therapy. The mean metabolic recovery time constant in subjects increased from 28.1 s (SE = 6.5 s) to 55.4 s (SE = 7.4 s) after statin therapy. The unweighted mean of the pre/post-recovery time difference was -27.3 s (SE = 12.4 s; P = 0.02). Pre- and post-therapy CK levels were not significantly different (P = 0.50). Metabolic recovery time in the calf is prolonged in patients after statin use. This suggests that statins impair mitochondrial oxidative function, and (31) P MRS is a potential study model for statin-associated myopathy.
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- Jim S Wu
- Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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Liu J, Gao Z, Li J. Femoral artery occlusion increases expression of ASIC3 in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H1357-64. [PMID: 20852050 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00612.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) in sensory nerves are responsive to increases in the levels of protons in the extracellular medium. Prior studies suggest that the muscle metabolite, lactic acid, plays a role in reflex sympathetic and cardiovascular responses via stimulation of thin muscle afferent nerves. Also, femoral artery occlusion augments the reflex sympathetic nerve response in rats. ASIC3 is a main subtype to appear in sensory nerves in mediating the response induced by increases in protons in the interstitial space of contracting muscles. Thus, in this article, we hypothesized that femoral occlusion increases the expression of ASIC3 in primary afferent neurons innervating muscles, and this contributes to the exaggerated reflex sympathetic responses. Femoral occlusion/vascular insufficiency of the hindlimb muscles was induced by the femoral artery ligation in rats. First, Western blot analysis shows that 24-72 h of femoral artery ligation significantly increased the expression of ASIC3 protein in dorsal root ganglion (optical density, 1.0 ± 0.07 in control vs. 1.65 ± 0.1 after 24 h of occlusion, P < 0.05; n = 6 in each group). There were no significant differences for increases in ASIC3 24 and 72 h postocclusion. Second, experiments using fluorescent immunohistochemistry and retrograde-labeling technique show that a greater percentage of ASIC3 staining neurons are localized in muscle-innervating dorsal root ganglion neurons after the arterial occlusion (78 ± 3% in 24 h post occlusion vs. 59 ± 5% in control, P < 0.05; n = 6 in each group). Third, the reflex responses in renal sympathetic nerve and arterial blood pressure induced by the stimulation of ASIC were examined after an injection of lactic acid into the arterial blood supply of hindlimb muscles of control rats and ligated rats. The results demonstrate that the sympathetic and pressor responses to lactic acid were significantly augmented after femoral occlusion compared with those in the control group. The data of this study suggest that enhanced ASIC3 expression in muscle afferent nerves contributes to the exaggerated reflex sympathetic and pressor responses to lactic acid as seen in arterial occlusion.
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- Jiahao Liu
- Pennsylvania State Heart and Vascular Institute, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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Mellon EA, Lee SC, Pickup S, Kim S, Goldstein SC, Floyd TF, Poptani H, Delikatny EJ, Reddy R, Glickson JD. Detection of lactate with a hadamard slice selected, selective multiple quantum coherence, chemical shift imaging sequence (HDMD-SelMQC-CSI) on a clinical MRI scanner: Application to tumors and muscle ischemia. Magn Reson Med 2010; 62:1404-13. [PMID: 19785016 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lactate is an important metabolite in normal and malignant tissues detectable by NMR spectroscopy; however, it has been difficult to clinically detect the lactate methyl resonance because it is obscured by lipid resonances. The selective homonuclear multiple quantum coherence transfer technique offers a method for distinguishing lipid and lactate resonances. We implemented a three-dimensional selective homonuclear multiple quantum coherence transfer version with Hadamard slice selection and two-dimensional phase encoding (Hadamard encoded-selective homonuclear multiple quantum coherence transfer-chemical shift imaging) on a conventional clinical MR scanner. Hadamard slice selection is explained and demonstrated in vivo. This is followed by 1-cm(3) resolution lactate imaging with detection to 5-mM concentration in 20 min on a 3-T clinical scanner. An analysis of QSel gradient duration and amplitude effects on lactate and lipid signal is presented. To demonstrate clinical feasibility, a 5-min lactate scan of a patient with a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the superficial thigh is reported. The elevated lactate signal coincides with the T(2)-weighted image of this tumor. As a test of selective homonuclear multiple quantum coherence transfer sensitivity, a thigh tourniquet was applied to a normal volunteer and an increase in lactate was detected immediately after tourniquet flow constriction. In conclusion, the Hadamard encoded-selective homonuclear multiple quantum coherence transfer-chemical shift imaging sequence is demonstrated on a phantom and in two lipid-rich, clinically relevant, in vivo conditions.
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- Eric A Mellon
- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Peripheral Arterial Disease: Implications in Vascular Surgery. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2009; 38:356-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Anderson JD, Epstein FH, Meyer CH, Hagspiel KD, Wang H, Berr SS, Harthun NL, Weltman A, Dimaria JM, West AM, Kramer CM. Multifactorial determinants of functional capacity in peripheral arterial disease: uncoupling of calf muscle perfusion and metabolism. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 54:628-35. [PMID: 19660694 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.01.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2008] [Revised: 01/06/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate the pathophysiology of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) by examining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopic (MRS) correlates of functional capacity. BACKGROUND Despite the high prevalence, morbidity, and cost of PAD, its pathophysiology is incompletely understood. METHODS Eighty-five patients (age 68 +/- 10 years) with mild-to-moderate PAD (ankle-brachial index 0.69 +/- 0.14) had their most symptomatic leg studied by MRI/MRS. Percent wall volume in the superficial femoral artery was measured with black blood MRI. First-pass contrast-enhanced MRI calf muscle perfusion and (31)P MRS phosphocreatine recovery time constant (PCr) were measured at peak exercise in calf muscle. All patients underwent magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), treadmill testing with maximal oxygen consumption measurement, and a 6-min walk test. RESULTS Mean MRA index of number and severity of stenoses was 0.84 +/- 0.68 (normal 0), % wall volume 74 +/- 11% (normal 46 +/- 7%), tissue perfusion 0.039 +/- 0.015 s(-1) (normal 0.065 +/- 0.013 s(-1)), and PCr 87 +/- 54 s (normal 34 +/- 16 s). MRA index, % wall volume, and ankle-brachial index correlated with most functional measures. PCr was the best correlate of treadmill exercise time, whereas calf muscle perfusion was the best correlate of 6-min walk distance. No correlation was noted between PCr and tissue perfusion. CONCLUSIONS Functional limitations in PAD are multifactorial. As measured by MRI and spectroscopy, atherosclerotic plaque burden, stenosis severity, tissue perfusion, and energetics all play a role. However, cellular metabolism is uncoupled from tissue perfusion. These findings suggest a potential role for therapies that regress plaque, increase tissue perfusion, and/or improve cellular metabolism. (Comprehensive Magnetic Resonance of Peripheral Arterial Disease; NCT00587678).
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- Justin D Anderson
- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Mühlthaler H, Quatember B, Fraedrich G, Mühlthaler M, Pfeifer B, Greiner A, Schocke MFH. Quantification of blood flow velocity in stenosed arteries by the use of finite elements: an observer-independent noninvasive method. Magn Reson Imaging 2008; 26:1152-9. [PMID: 18687550 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2007] [Revised: 11/28/2007] [Accepted: 01/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Interventions for peripheral arterial disease should be designed to treat a physiological rather than an anatomic defect. Thus, for vascular surgeons, functional information about stenoses is as important as the anatomic one. In case of finding a stenosis by the use of magnetic resonance angiography, it would be a matter of particular interest to derive automatically and directly objective information about the hemodynamic influence on blood flow, caused by patient-specific stenoses. We developed a methodology to noninvasively perform numerical simulations of a patient's hemodynamic state on the basis of magnetic resonance images and by the means of the finite element method. We performed patient-specific three-dimensional simulation studies of the increase in systolic blood flow velocity due to stenoses using the commercial computational fluid dynamic software package FIDAP 8.52. The generation of a mesh defining the flow domain with a stenosis and some simulation results are shown.
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- Hannes Mühlthaler
- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Korpisalo P, Rissanen TT, Bengtsson T, Liimatainen T, Laidinen S, Karvinen H, Markkanen JE, Gröhn OH, Ylä-Herttuala S. Therapeutic angiogenesis with placental growth factor improves exercise tolerance of ischaemic rabbit hindlimbs. Cardiovasc Res 2008; 80:263-70. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvn195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Makris KI, Nella AA, Zhu Z, Swanson SA, Casale GP, Gutti TL, Judge AR, Pipinos II. Mitochondriopathy of peripheral arterial disease. Vascular 2008; 15:336-43. [PMID: 18053417 DOI: 10.2310/6670.2007.00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The signs and symptoms of peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAD), including claudication, rest pain, and tissue loss, are consequences of compromised bioenergetics and oxidative tissue injury within the affected lower extremities. Compromised bioenergetics is the result of a combination of low blood flow through diseased arteries and diminished adenosine triphosphate production by dysfunctional mitochondria. The tissue injury appears to be secondary to increased production of reactive oxygen species by dysfunctional mitochondria and by inflammation, in association with ischemia and ischemia/reperfusion. In this review, we present the current histomorphologic, physiologic, and biochemical evidence defining the nature of this mitochondriopathy and discuss its contribution to the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of PAD.
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- Konstantinos I Makris
- Department of Surgery, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3280, USA
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Pipinos II, Judge AR, Selsby JT, Zhu Z, Swanson SA, Nella AA, Dodd SL. The myopathy of peripheral arterial occlusive disease: part 1. Functional and histomorphological changes and evidence for mitochondrial dysfunction. Vasc Endovascular Surg 2007; 41:481-9. [PMID: 18166628 DOI: 10.1177/1538574407311106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In recent years, an increasing number of studies have demonstrated that a myopathy is present, contributes, and, to a certain extent, determines the pathogenesis of peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAD). These works provide evidence that a state of repetitive cycles of exercise-induced ischemia followed by reperfusion at rest operates in PAD patients and mediates a large number of structural and metabolic changes in the muscle, resulting in reduced strength and function. The key players in this process appear to be defective mitochondria that, through multilevel failure in their roles as energy, oxygen radical species, and apoptosis regulators, produce and sustain a progressive decline in muscle performance. In this 2-part review, we highlight the currently available evidence that characterizes the nature and mechanisms responsible for this myopathy. In part 1, the authors review the functional and histomorphological characteristics of the myopathy and focus on the biochemistry and bioenergetics of its mitochondriopathy. In part 2, they then review accumulating evidence that oxidative stress related to ischemia reperfusion is probably the major operating mechanism of PAD myopathy. Important new findings of a possible neuropathy and a shift in muscle fiber type are also reviewed. Learning more about these mechanisms will enhance our understanding of the degree to which they are preventable and treatable.
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- Iraklis I Pipinos
- Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3280, USA.
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Phosphocreatine Kinetics in the Calf Muscle of Patients with Bilateral Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease during Exhaustive Incremental Exercise. Mol Imaging Biol 2007; 10:30-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s11307-007-0118-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2007] [Revised: 09/14/2007] [Accepted: 10/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Phosphorus-31 two-dimensional chemical shift imaging in the myocardium of patients with late onset of Friedreich ataxia. Mol Imaging Biol 2007; 10:24-9. [PMID: 18000714 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-007-0119-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Revised: 09/21/2007] [Accepted: 10/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is characterized by GAA expansions in the intron 1 of the frataxin gene correlating with disease onset and progression as well as cardiac affection. Accordingly, FRDA patients with early disease onset show a clear impairment of mitochondrial function in the myocardium. The purpose of this study was to investigate cardiac function and high-energy phosphate metabolism in FRDA patients with late disease onset. PROCEDURES Using a 1.5 T magnetic resonance scanner, cardiac phosphorus-31 two-dimensional chemical shift imaging was performed in ten patients (seven male, three female) with a late onset of FRDA and in 35 healthy, male controls. Ejection faction (EF) and interventricular septum thickness (IST) were determined by echocardiography. RESULTS The differences in left ventricular phosphocreatine (PCr) to beta-adenosine triphosphate (beta-ATP) ratios between both groups were not significant. FRDA patients had increased ISTs (10.8+/-1.6 vs. 9.7+/-0.9 mm; p=0.048), which correlated significantly with the left ventricular PCr to beta-ATP ratios (r= -0.644; p=0.04), and decreased EFs (52.24+/-7.72% vs. 64.09+/-4.25%; p=0.001) compared to normal controls. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to FRDA patients with early disease onset, our patients collective exhibited a normal, probably compensated cardiac mitochondrial function, whereby IST and EF were mildly altered.
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Greiner A, Esterhammer R, Bammer D, Messner H, Kremser C, Jaschke WR, Fraedrich G, Schocke MFH. High-energy phosphate metabolism in the calf muscle of healthy humans during incremental calf exercise with and without moderate cuff stenosis. Eur J Appl Physiol 2007; 99:519-31. [PMID: 17206438 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0379-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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It is known that the relevance of a peripheral stenosis for muscle function increases with exercise. Our intention was to investigate the impact of a moderate cuff stenosis (CS) at 120 mmHg of the superficial femoral artery on high-energy phosphate (HEP) metabolism during isotonic, incremental calf exercise. Serial phosphorus 31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS) and velocity-encoded phase-contrast MR imaging (VEPC MRI) were carried out in each leg of ten healthy male volunteers. Each leg underwent four increments of calf exercise (2, 3, 4 and 5 W) followed by recovery during separate exercise sessions with and without a CS at 120 mmHg. The serial 31P MRS measurements had a time resolution of 10 s. VEPC MRI was performed at the end of each increment during separate sessions. During all increments, we detected significant differences (P < 0.05) in the phosphocreatine (PCr) time constants and the amount of PCr hydrolysis between the sessions without and with CS. Regarding the time courses of the PCr, inorganic phosphate (Pi) and pH level, we observed significant differences (P < 0.002) during exercise and recovery. During both conditions, the end-increment PCr levels as well as blood flow correlated significantly with the mechanical power. The PCr time constants during exercise significantly correlated with the intramuscular pH, but not with blood flow or mechanical power. However, the PCr recovery time constants correlated significantly with blood flow and end-exercise pH. Our study shows that reduction of blood flow due to a peripheral stenosis results in a prolongation of PCr time constants, decreased PCr and pH level as well as increased Pi level during exercise. We believe that 31P MRS during incremental exercise might provide additional information for assessing the relevance of a peripheral stenosis and its impact on muscle function.
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- Andreas Greiner
- Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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Falkensammer J, Stojakovic T, Huber K, Hammerer-Lercher A, Gruber I, Scharnagl H, Fraedrich G, Santner W, Schocke M, Greiner A. Serum levels of ischemia-modified albumin in healthy volunteers after exercise-induced calf-muscle ischemia. Clin Chem Lab Med 2007; 45:535-40. [PMID: 17439334 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2007.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractClin Chem Lab Med 2007;45:535–40.
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- Juergen Falkensammer
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, and 3rd Medical Department, Cardiology and Emergency Medicine, Wilhelminenhospital Vienna, Austria.
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Schocke MFH, Esterhammer R, Ostermann S, Santner W, Gorny O, Fraedrich G, Jaschke WR, Greiner A. High-Energy Phosphate Metabolism During Calf Ergometry in Patients With Isolated Aorto-Iliac Artery Stenoses. Invest Radiol 2006; 41:874-82. [PMID: 17099426 DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000246148.09129.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and aorto-iliac atherosclerotic lesions suffer from a broad range of complaints, such as pain at the hip, the thigh, and calf claudication. The purpose of this study was to investigate the high-energy metabolism in the calf muscle of patients with PAD with isolated aorto-iliac stenoses during incremental plantar flexion exercise. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using a 1.5 T whole-body magnetic resonance (MR) scanner, 12 patients with PAD with uni- or bilateral aorto-iliac atherosclerotic lesions and 10 healthy male controls underwent serial phosphor-31 MR spectroscopy during incremental exercise at 2, 3, 4, and 5 W. The phosphocreatine (PCr) time constants were calculated for each increment and recovery using a monoexponential model. In the patient group, the run-off resistance was determined on MR angiograms. In both the patients and the controls, the ankle brachial pressure index was measured. RESULTS The diseased legs exhibited significantly increased PCr time constants during the second and the third workload increment at 3 and 4 W, but not during the first increment at 2 W and recovery compared with normal controls. Only 3 diseased legs succeeded the last increment at 5 W. We detected significant correlations between the ankle brachial pressure index scores and the PCr time constants when including both the diseased and the control legs. The diseased legs showed a significant correlation with the run-off resistance only during the first increment. CONCLUSIONS Our study shows that the impairment of muscle metabolism, expressed by prolonged PCr time constants, occurs with greater work intensities in patients with aorto-iliac disease compared with patients with multisegmental PAD, as recently published, whereas our patients collective exhibited normal PCr recovery time constants. Our findings may help to understand variability of clinical symptoms in aorto-iliac PAD.
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- Michael F H Schocke
- Department of Radiology, Division of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
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