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Fillmer A, Hock A, Cameron D, Henning A. Non-Water-Suppressed 1H MR Spectroscopy with Orientational Prior Knowledge Shows Potential for Separating Intra- and Extramyocellular Lipid Signals in Human Myocardium. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16898. [PMID: 29203776 PMCID: PMC5714998 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16318-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Conditions such as type II diabetes are linked with elevated lipid levels in the heart, and significantly increased risk of heart failure; however, metabolic processes underlying the development of cardiac disease in type II diabetes are not fully understood. Here we present a non-invasive method for in vivo investigation of cardiac lipid metabolism: namely, IVS-McPRESS. This technique uses metabolite-cycled, non-water suppressed 1H cardiac magnetic resonance spectroscopy with prospective and retrospective motion correction. High-quality IVS-McPRESS data acquired from healthy volunteers allowed us to investigate the frequency shift of extramyocellular lipid signals, which depends on the myocardial fibre orientation. Assuming consistent voxel positioning relative to myofibres, the myofibre angle with the magnetic field was derived from the voxel orientation. For separation and individual analysis of intra- and extramyocellular lipid signals, the angle myocardial fibres in the spectroscopy voxel take with the magnetic field should be within ±24.5°. Metabolite and lipid concentrations were analysed with respect to BMI. Significant correlations between BMI and unsaturated fatty acids in intramyocellular lipids, and methylene groups in extramyocellular lipids were found. The proposed IVS-McPRESS technique enables non-invasive investigation of cardiac lipid metabolism and may thus be a useful tool to study healthy and pathological conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ariane Fillmer
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Gloriastr. 35, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Abbestr. 2-12, 10587, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Gloriastr. 35, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Lenggstr. 31, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7UQ, UK
- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, MedStar Harbor Hospital, 3001 South Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD21225, Maryland, USA
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Gloriastr. 35, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
- Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Ring 11, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany
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Akhmedov D, Berdeaux R. The effects of obesity on skeletal muscle regeneration. Front Physiol 2013; 4:371. [PMID: 24381559 PMCID: PMC3865699 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Obesity and metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus are accompanied by increased lipid deposition in adipose and non-adipose tissues including liver, pancreas, heart and skeletal muscle. Recent publications report impaired regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle following injury in obese mice. Although muscle regeneration has not been thoroughly studied in obese and type 2 diabetic humans and mechanisms leading to decreased muscle regeneration in obesity remain elusive, the initial findings point to the possibility that muscle satellite cell function is compromised under conditions of lipid overload. Elevated toxic lipid metabolites and increased pro-inflammatory cytokines as well as insulin and leptin resistance that occur in obese animals may contribute to decreased regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle. In addition, obesity-associated alterations in the metabolic state of skeletal muscle fibers and satellite cells may directly impair the potential for satellite cell-mediated repair. Here we discuss recent studies that expand our understanding of how obesity negatively impacts skeletal muscle maintenance and regeneration.
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- Dmitry Akhmedov
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX, USA
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Ye Q, Danzer CF, Fuchs A, Vats D, Wolfrum C, Rudin M. Longitudinal evaluation of hepatic lipid deposition and composition in ob/ob and ob/+ control mice. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2013; 26:1079-1088. [PMID: 23355481 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Revised: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Obesity is associated with insulin resistance (IR) and hepatosteatosis. Understanding the link between IR and hepatosteatosis could be relevant to chronic clinical outcomes. The objective of this study was to quantitatively assess lipid deposition (fractional lipid mass, fLM) and composition (fraction of polyunsaturated lipids, fPUL and mean chain length, MCL) in livers of ob/ob mice, a genetic model of obesity and mild diabetes, and ob/+ heterozygous control animals in a noninvasive manner using (1) H-MRS at 9.4T. For accurate quantification, intensity values were corrected for differences in T2 values while T1 effects were considered minimal due to the long TR values used. Values of fLM, fPUL and MCL were derived from T2 -corrected signal intensities of lipids and water resonance. Hepatic lipid signals were compared with fasted plasma insulin, glucose and lipid levels. Statistically significant correlations between fPUL and fasting plasma insulin/glucose levels were found in adolescent ob/ob mice. A similar correlation was found between fLM and fasting plasma insulin levels; however, the correlation between fLM and fasting plasma glucose levels was less obvious in adolescent ob/ob mice. These correlations were lost in adult ob/ob mice. The study showed that in adolescent ob/ob mice, there was an obvious link between lipid deposition/composition in the liver and plasma insulin/glucose levels. This correlation was lost in adult animals, probably due to the limited lipid storage capacity of the liver.
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- Qiong Ye
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ETH Zürich and University of Zürich, Switzerland
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Ramamonjisoa N, Ratiney H, Mutel E, Guillou H, Mithieux G, Pilleul F, Rajas F, Beuf O, Cavassila S. In vivo hepatic lipid quantification using MRS at 7 Tesla in a mouse model of glycogen storage disease type 1a. J Lipid Res 2013; 54:2010-22. [PMID: 23596325 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d033399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The assessment of liver lipid content and composition is needed in preclinical research to investigate steatosis and steatosis-related disorders. The purpose of this study was to quantify in vivo hepatic fatty acid content and composition using a method based on short echo time proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) at 7 Tesla. A mouse model of glycogen storage disease type 1a with inducible liver-specific deletion of the glucose-6-phosphatase gene (L-G6pc(-/-)) mice and control mice were fed a standard diet or a high-fat/high-sucrose (HF/HS) diet for 9 months. In control mice, hepatic lipid content was found significantly higher with the HF/HS diet than with the standard diet. As expected, hepatic lipid content was already elevated in L-G6pc(-/-) mice fed a standard diet compared with control mice. L-G6pc(-/-) mice rapidly developed steatosis which was not modified by the HF/HS diet. On the standard diet, estimated amplitudes from olefinic protons were found significantly higher in L-G6pc(-/-) mice compared with that in control mice. L-G6pc(-/-) mice showed no noticeable polyunsaturation from diallylic protons. Total unsaturated fatty acid indexes measured by gas chromatography were in agreement with MRS measurements. These results showed the great potential of high magnetic field MRS to follow the diet impact and lipid alterations in mouse liver.
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- Nirilanto Ramamonjisoa
- Université de Lyon, CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5220, Inserm U1044, INSA-Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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Delli Pizzi S, Madonna R, Caulo M, Romani GL, De Caterina R, Tartaro A. MR angiography, MR imaging and proton MR spectroscopy in-vivo assessment of skeletal muscle ischemia in diabetic rats. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44752. [PMID: 23028603 PMCID: PMC3448608 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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To prospectively evaluate the feasibility of using magnetic resonance (MR) techniques for in-vivo assessing a rat diabetic model of limb ischemia. Unilateral hind limb ischemia was induced by ligation of the iliac-femoral artery in male streptozotocin-treated and non-diabetic control rats. Four weeks after ligation, rats underwent MR Angiography (MRA), T1-weighted and Short Time Inversion Recovery (STIR) sequences and muscle Proton MR Spectroscopy (1H-MRS) on both hind limbs. After MR examinations, immunoblotting and immunofluorescence analysis were performed. MRA showed a signal void due to flow discontinuation distal to the artery ligation. T1-weighted and STIR images showed, respectively, the presence of tissue swelling (p = 0.018 for non-diabetic; p = 0.027 for diabetic rats) and signal hyperintensity in tissue affected by occlusion. Mean total creatine/water for the occluded limb was significantly lower than for the non-occluded limbs in both non-diabetic (5.46×10−4 vs 1.14×10−3, p = 0.028) and diabetic rats (1.37×10−4 vs 1.10×10−3; p = 0.018). MR Imaging and 1H-MRS changes were more pronounced in diabetic than in non-diabetic occluded limbs (p = 0.032). MR findings were confirmed by using histological findings. Combined MR techniques can be used to demonstrate the presence of structural and metabolic changes produced by iliac-femoral artery occlusion in rat diabetic model of limb ischemia.
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- Stefano Delli Pizzi
- Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. d'Annunzio University” Foundation, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Cardiology Division of Center of Excellence on Aging, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. d'Annunzio University” Foundation, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. d'Annunzio University” Foundation, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Cardiology Division of Center of Excellence on Aging, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, “G. d'Annunzio University” Foundation, Chieti, Italy
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Hepatic lipid composition differs between ob/ob and ob/+ control mice as determined by using in vivo localized proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2012; 25:381-9. [PMID: 22441585 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-012-0310-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Revised: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECT Hepatic lipid accumulation is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and the metabolic syndrome constitutes an increasing medical problem. In vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H MRS) allows the assessment of hepatic lipid levels noninvasively and also yields information on the fat composition due to its high spectral resolution. MATERIALS AND METHODS We applied (1)H MRS at 9.4T to study lipid content and composition in eight leptin-deficient ob/ob mice as a model of obesity and in four lean ob/+ control mice at 24 weeks of age. PRESS sequence was used. For accurate estimation of signal intensity, differences in relaxation behavior of individual signals were accounted for each mouse individually. Also, in order to minimize spectral degrading due to motion artifacts, respiration gating was applied. RESULTS Significant differences between ob/ob and ob/+ control mice were found in both lipid content and composition. The mean chain length was found to be significantly longer in ob/ob mice with a higher fraction of monounsaturated lipids. CONCLUSION (1)H MRS enables accurate assessment in hepatic lipids in mice, which is attractive for mechanistic studies of altered metabolism given the large number of genetically engineered mouse models available.
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Prompers JJ, Strijkers GJ, Nicolay K. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of in vivo tissue metabolism in small animals. DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY. TECHNOLOGIES 2011; 8:e95-e102. [PMID: 24990268 DOI: 10.1016/j.ddtec.2011.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- Jeanine J Prompers
- Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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