OBJECTIVE: Many patients with long COVID experience neurological and psychological symptoms. Signal abnormalities on MR images in the corpus callosum have been reported. Knowledge about the metabolic profile in the splenium of the corpus callosum (CCS) may contribute to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of long COVID. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-one subjects underwent proton MR spectroscopy examination. The metabolic concentrations of total N-acetylaspartate (NAA), choline-containing compounds (Cho), total creatine (Cr), myo-inositol (mI), and NAA/Cho in the CCS were statistically compared in the group of patients containing 58 subjects with positive IgG COVID-19 antibodies or positive SARS-CoV-2 qPCR test at least two months before the MR and the group of healthy controls containing 23 subjects with negative IgG antibodies. RESULTS: An age-dependent effect of SARS-CoV-2 on Cho concentrations in the CCS has been observed. Considering the subjective threshold of age = 40 years, older patients showed significantly increased Cho concentrations in the CCS than older healthy controls (p = 0.02). NAA, Cr, and mI were unchanged. All metabolite concentrations in the CCS of younger post-COVID-19 patients remained unaffected by SARS-CoV-2. Cho did not show any difference between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients (p = 0.91). DISCUSSION: Our results suggest that SARS-CoV-2 disproportionately increases Cho concentration in the CCS among older post-COVID-19 patients compared to younger ones. The observed changes in Cho may be related to the microstructural reorganization in the CCS also reported in diffusion measurements rather than increased membrane turnover. These changes do not seem to be related to neuropsychological problems of the post-COVID-19 patients. Further metabolic studies are recommended to confirm these observations.

• MeSH
• cholin * metabolismus   MeSH
• corpus callosum * diagnostické zobrazování   metabolismus   MeSH
• COVID-19 * diagnostické zobrazování   metabolismus   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• inositol metabolismus   MeSH
• kreatin * metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina aspartová * analogy a deriváty   metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie metody   MeSH
• protonová magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie * metody   MeSH
• SARS-CoV-2 * MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• studie případů a kontrol MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

BACKGROUND: The main aim of the present study is to determine the role of metabolites observed using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). As the literature describing biochemical changes in OCD yields conflicting results, we focused on accurate metabolite quantification of total N-acetyl aspartate (tNAA), total creatine (tCr), total choline-containing compounds (tCh), and myo-inositol (mI) in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) to capture the small metabolic changes between OCD patients and controls and between OCD patients with and without medication. METHODS: In total 46 patients with OCD and 46 healthy controls (HC) matched for age and sex were included in the study. The severity of symptoms in the OCD was evaluated on the day of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (YBOCS). Subjects underwent 1H-MRS from the pregenual ACC (pgACC) region to calculate concentrations of tNAA, tCr, tCho, and mI. Twenty-eight OCD and 28 HC subjects were included in the statistical analysis. We compared differences between groups for all selected metabolites and in OCD patients we analyzed the relationship between metabolite levels and symptom severity, medication status, age, and the duration of illness. RESULTS: Significant decreases in tCr (U = 253.00, p = 0.022) and mI (U = 197.00, p = 0.001) in the pgACC were observed in the OCD group. No statistically significant differences were found in tNAA and tCho levels; however, tCho revealed a trend towards lower concentrations in OCD patients (U = 278.00, p = 0.062). Metabolic concentrations showed no significant correlations with the age and duration of illness. The correlation statistics found a significant negative correlation between tCr levels and YBOCS compulsions subscale (cor = -0.380, p = 0.046). tCho and YBOCS compulsions subscale showed a trend towards a negative correlation (cor = -0.351, p = 0.067). Analysis of subgroups with or without medication showed no differences. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with OCD present metabolic disruption in the pgACC. The decrease in tCr shows an important relationship with OCD symptomatology. tCr as a marker of cerebral bioenergetics may also be considered as a biomarker of the severity of compulsions. The study failed to prove that metabolic changes correlate with the medication status or the duration of illness. It seems that a disruption in the balance between these metabolites and their transmission may play a role in the pathophysiology of OCD.

• MeSH
• cingulární gyrus diagnostické zobrazování   metabolismus   MeSH
• glutamin * metabolismus   MeSH
• inositol metabolismus   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• kreatin metabolismus   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• kyselina aspartová metabolismus   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční tomografie MeSH
• obsedantně kompulzivní porucha * diagnóza   MeSH
• protonová magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie metody   MeSH
• receptory antigenů T-buněk metabolismus   terapeutické užití   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

OBJECTIVES: Pilot study validating the animal model of depression - the bilateral olfactory bulbectomy in rats - by two nuclear magnetic resonance methods, indirectly detecting the metabolic state of the brain. Furthermore, the study focussed on potential differences in brain laterality. METHODS: Arterial spin labelling assessed cerebral brain flow in prefrontal, sensorimotor, and piriform cortices, nucleus accumbens, hippocampus, thalamus, circle of Willis, and whole brain. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy provided information about relative metabolite concentrations in the cortex and hippocampus. RESULTS: Arterial spin labelling found no differences in cerebral perfusion in the group comparison but revealed lateralisation in the thalamus of the control group and the sensorimotor cortex of the bulbectomized rats. Lower Cho/tCr and Cho/NAA levels were found in the right hippocampus in bulbectomized rats. The differences in lateralisation were shown in the hippocampus: mI/tCr in the control group, Cho/NAA, NAA/tCr, Tau/tCr in the model group, and in the cortex: NAA/tCr, mI/tCr in the control group. CONCLUSION: Olfactory bulbectomy affects the neuronal and biochemical profile of the rat brain laterally and, as a model of depression, was validated by two nuclear magnetic resonance methods.

• MeSH
• cholin metabolismus   MeSH
• kreatin metabolismus   MeSH
• krysa rodu rattus MeSH
• kyselina aspartová metabolismus   MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie metody   MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční tomografie * MeSH
• mozek * patologie   MeSH
• pilotní projekty MeSH
• receptory antigenů T-buněk metabolismus   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• krysa rodu rattus MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a severe consequence of degenerative cervical spinal cord (CSC) compression. The non-myelopathic stage of compression (NMDC) is highly prevalent and often progresses to disabling DCM. This study aims to disclose markers of progressive neurochemical alterations in NMDC and DCM by utilizing an approach based on state-of-the-art proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS). Proton-MRS data were prospectively acquired from 73 participants with CSC compression and 47 healthy controls (HCs). The MRS voxel was centered at the C2 level. Compression-affected participants were clinically categorized as NMDC and DCM, radiologically as mild (MC) or severe (SC) compression. CSC volumes and neurochemical concentrations were compared between cohorts (HC vs. NMDC vs. DCM and HC vs. MC vs. SC) with general linear models adjusted for age and height (pFWE < 0.05) and correlated to stenosis severity, electrophysiology, and myelopathy symptoms (p < 0.05). Whereas the ratio of total creatine (tCr) to total N-acetylaspartate (tNAA) increased in NMDC (+11%) and in DCM (+26%) and SC (+21%), myo-inositol/tNAA, glutamate + glutamine/tNAA, and volumes changed only in DCM (+20%, +73%, and -14%) and SC (+12%, +46%, and -8%, respectively) relative to HCs. Both tCr/tNAA and myo-inositol/tNAA correlated with compression severity and volume (-0.376 < r < -0.259). Myo-inositol/tNAA correlated with myelopathy symptoms (r = -0.670), whereas CSC volume did not. Short-echo 1H-MRS provided neurochemical signatures of CSC impairment that reflected compression severity and clinical significance. Whereas volumetry only reflected clinically manifest myelopathy (DCM), MRS detected neurochemical changes already before the onset of myelopathy symptoms.

• MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• inositol metabolismus   MeSH
• komprese míchy metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• krční mícha * MeSH
• krční obratle MeSH
• kreatin metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina aspartová analogy a deriváty   metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina glutamová metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie * MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• senzitivita a specificita MeSH
• studie případů a kontrol MeSH
• stupeň závažnosti nemoci MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural MeSH

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether noninvasive proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) tissue metabolite measurements at baseline can predict an increase in the rate of β-amyloid (Aβ) accumulation on serial PET in clinically normal (CN) older adults. METHODS: Consecutive participants aged 60 years and older (n = 594) from the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging who were CN at baseline and who underwent (1)H-MRS from the posterior cingulate voxel and longitudinal (11)C-Pittsburgh compound B (PiB)-PET were included. The rate of Aβ accumulation by serial cortical PiB standardized uptake value ratios was estimated as a function of baseline (1)H-MRS metabolite ratios and time using mixed-effect models adjusted for age, sex, and APOE ε4. Effect of APOE ε4 on the relationship between baseline MRS and an increased rate of Aβ accumulation was also assessed. RESULTS: Among all participants, a higher myo-inositol (mI)/creatine (p = 0.011) and a lower N-acetylaspartate/mI (p = 0.006) at baseline were associated with an increased Aβ accumulation over time after adjusting for age, sex, and APOE ε4. APOE ε4 did not modify the association of baseline (1)H-MRS metabolite ratios and rate of Aβ accumulation. However, APOE ε4 carriers accumulated Aβ faster than noncarriers regardless of the baseline Aβ load (p = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Among CN older adults, early metabolic alterations on (1)H-MRS and APOE ε4 status are independently associated with an increased rate of Aβ accumulation. Our findings could have important implications for early diagnosis and identification of individuals for secondary prevention trials, because an increased rate of Aβ accumulation in CN older adults may confer a higher risk for cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment.

• MeSH
• amyloidní beta-protein metabolismus   MeSH
• apolipoprotein E4 genetika   MeSH
• heterozygot MeSH
• inositol metabolismus   MeSH
• kreatin metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina aspartová analogy a deriváty   metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• longitudinální studie MeSH
• mozek diagnostické zobrazování   metabolismus   MeSH
• následné studie MeSH
• pozitronová emisní tomografie * MeSH
• protonová magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie * MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• stárnutí metabolismus   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

Protonová MR spektroskopie umožňuje neinvazivní hodnocení metabolitů vyšetřované tkáně, poskytuje informaci o složení intrakraniálních lézí, zvyšuje specificitu strukturální magnetické rezonance a tudíž ovlivňuje léčbu pacientů a případná rozhodnutí o změně léčebné strategie, jako je tomu například u rozlišení poléčebných změn a recidivy vysokostupňových gliomů po komplexní onkologické léčbě. Biochemické změny intrakraniálních nádorů se mohou lišit v závislosti na histologii a stupni malignity. Výsledky spektroskopie lze využít v neuroonkologii v mnohých klinických indikacích. Při interpretaci těchto závěrů je nutné mít na paměti limitace spektroskopie a nutnost adekvátní zkušenosti provádějícího pracoviště.

Proton MR spectroscopy provides the non-invasive assessment of metabolites in examined tissue, can be used to get intracranial neoplasms structural information, increases the specificity of structural magnetic resonance and may serve as an additional examination for evaluation of the response to treatment and decisions to change the treatment strategy as it is in diferentiation of posttreatment changes and recurrence after comlex oncologic treatment of glioma patients. Biochemic changes in glioma differ according to histology and tumor grading. The results of MR spectroscopy can be used for several indications in neurooncology. However, it is important to remember spectroscopy limitations and the necessity of an adequate institutional experience.

• Klíčová slova
• N-acetylaspartát,
• MeSH
• cholin metabolismus   MeSH
• gliom diagnostické zobrazování   metabolismus   MeSH
• kreatin metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina aspartová analogy a deriváty   metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina mléčná metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• nádory mozku * diagnostické zobrazování   metabolismus   MeSH
• protonová magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie * MeSH
• stupeň nádoru MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH

Adequate concentrations of ATP are required to preserve physiological cell functions and protect tissue from hypoxic damage. Decreased oxygen concentration results in ATP synthesis relying increasingly on the presence of phosphocreatine. The lack of ATP through hypoxic insult to neurons that generate or regulate respiratory function, would lead to the cessation of breathing (apnea). It is not clear whether creatine plays a role in maintaining respiratory phrenic nerve (PN) activity during hypoxic challenge. The aim of the study was to test the effects of exogenously applied creatine or creatine pyruvate in maintaining PN induced respiratory rhythm against the deleterious effects of severe hypoxic insult using Working Heart-Brainstem (WHB) preparations of juvenile Swiss type mice. WHB's were perfused with control perfusate or perfusate containing either creatine [100μM] or creatine pyruvate [100μM] prior to hypoxic challenge and PN activity recorded throughout. Results showed that severe hypoxic challenge resulted in an initial transient increase in PN activity, followed by a reduction in that activity leading to respiratory apnea. The results demonstrated that perfusing the WHB preparation with creatine or creatine pyruvate, significantly reduced the onset of apnea compared to control conditions, with creatine pyruvate being the more effective substance. Overall, creatine and creatine pyruvate each produced time-dependent degrees of protection against severe hypoxic-induced disturbances of PN activity. The underlying protective mechanisms are unknown and need further investigations.

• MeSH
• dýchací soustava inervace   metabolismus   MeSH
• hypoxie metabolismus   MeSH
• kreatin metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina pyrohroznová metabolismus   MeSH
• myši MeSH
• nervus phrenicus metabolismus   MeSH
• pohybová aktivita MeSH
• stárnutí metabolismus   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH

Knowledge of the T2 age dependence is of importance for MRS clinical studies involving subject groups with a wide age range. A number of studies have focused on the age dependence of T2 values in the human brain, with rather conflicting results. The aim of this study was to analyze the age dependence of T2 values of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), creatine (Cr) and choline (Cho) in the human brain using data acquired at 3T and 4T and to assess the influence of the macromolecule (MM) baseline handling on the obtained results. Two distinct groups of young and elderly controls have been measured at 3T (TE = 30-540 ms, 9 young and 11 elderly subjects) and 4T (TE = 10-180 ms, 18 young and 14 elderly subjects) using single-voxel spectroscopy. In addition, MM spectra were measured from two subjects using the inversion-recovery technique at 4T. All spectra were processed with LCModel using basis sets with different MM signals (measured or simulated) and also with MM signals included for a different TE range. Individual estimated T2 values were statistically analyzed using the R programming language for the age dependence of T2 values as well as the influence of the MM baseline handling. A significant decrease of T2 values of NAA and Cr in elderly subjects compared with young subjects was confirmed. The same trend was observed for Cho. Significantly higher T2 values calculated using the measured MM baseline for all studied metabolites at 4T were observed for both young and elderly subjects. To conclude, while the handling of MM and lipid signals may have a significant effect on estimated T2 values, we confirmed the age dependence of T2 values of NAA and Cr and the same trend for Cho in the human brain. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

• MeSH
• časové faktory MeSH
• cholin metabolismus   MeSH
• kreatin metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina aspartová analogy a deriváty   metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční tomografie metody   MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• počítačové zpracování signálu MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• věkové faktory MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

BACKGROUND: Neuroimaging changes in bipolar disorder (BD) may be secondary to the presence of certain clinical factors. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) damages the brain and frequently co-occurs with BD. Studying patients with both T2DM and BD could help identify preventable risk factors for neuroimaging changes in BD. METHODS: We used 1.5T magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure prefrontal N-acetylaspartate (NAA), which is mainly localized in neurons, and total creatine (tCr), an energy metabolite, in 19 BD patients with insulin resistance/glucose intolerance (BD + IR/GI), 14 BD subjects with T2DM (BD + T2DM), 15 euglycemic BD participants, and 11 euglycemic, nonpsychiatric control. RESULTS: The levels of NAA and tCr were lowest among BD + T2DM, intermediate in the BD + IR/GI, and highest among the euglycemic BD and control subjects (F₃,₅₅ = 4.57, p = .006; F₃,₅₅ = 2.92, p = .04, respectively). Even the BD + IR/GI subjects had lower NAA than the euglycemic participants (t₄₃ = 2.13, p = .04). Total Cr was associated with NAA (β = .52, t₅₆ = 5.57, p = .000001). Both NAA and tCr correlated with Global Assessment of Functioning scores (r₄₆ = .28, p = .05; r₄₆ = .48, p = .0004, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: T2DM, but also prediabetes, may be risk factors for prefrontal neurochemical alterations in BD. These changes were associated with poor psychosocial functioning and could indicate impaired energy metabolism. The findings emphasize the importance of improving diabetes care in BD and suggest potential options for treatment of neuroimaging alterations.

• MeSH
• bipolární porucha komplikace   metabolismus   MeSH
• diabetes mellitus 2. typu komplikace   metabolismus   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• kreatin metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina aspartová analogy a deriváty   metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie MeSH
• mozek metabolismus   MeSH
• průřezové studie MeSH
• psychiatrické posuzovací škály MeSH
• rizikové faktory MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

BACKGROUND: The recognition of anaplastic foci within low-grade gliomas is of extreme importance in patients under follow-up for Grade II gliomas. We present the algorithm of MR spectroscopy (MRS)-guided brain biopsy and its correlation with tumour histology. METHODS: Twenty-seven patients harbouring suspected Grade II/III glioma were examined on our 3T MR. 2D PRESS-CSI metabolite images of Choline/Creatine, Creatine/N-acetylaspartate and Choline/N-acetylaspartate were calculated and exported to the DICOM format. According to these maps, a stereobiopsy was performed at the point of maximum Choline/Creatine ratio prior to tumour resection. In the case of enhancing tumour, a subsequent biopsy was performed from the point of enhancement. Comparisons were made between the histology of the biopsied specimens and the resected tumours. RESULTS: Eleven tumours were diagnosed as high-grade and sixteen as low-grade lesions. The correlation between main spectroscopic ratios (Cho/Cr and Cho/NAA) was strongly positive at the points of maximum Cho/Cr. Similar results were obtained at the points of contrast enhancement. Comparison of histological parameters of biopsy samples at the points of maximum Cho/Cr and histological examination of the completely resected tumours gives a strong correlation of tumour grade, number of mitoses and Ki-67 expression. The diagnostic accuracy of MRS-guided biopsy was 84%. The absolute value of Cho/NAA was higher in high-grade compared to that of low-grade lesions. The value of Cho/NAA ratio of 0.9 using MRS produced a sensitivity and specificity of 78% in the differentiation between low-grade and high-grade lesions. Combining MRS with structural MR, the sensitivity increased to 86% and the specificity to 80%. CONCLUSIONS: Strong correlation was demonstrated between Cho/Cr and Ch/NAA ratios. Strong correlation was demonstrated between histological parameters of biopsy samples taken using Cho/Cr ratio and those from total tumour examination. Diagnostic accuracy of MRS-guided biopsy was 84%. Sensitivity and specificity of MRS combined with structural MR reaches 86% and 80%.

• MeSH
• biopsie MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• gliom diagnóza   patologie   MeSH
• kreatin metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie * metody   MeSH
• nádory mozku diagnóza   patologie   MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• stupeň nádoru MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH