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Al-Saady ML, Galabova H, Schoenmakers DH, Beerepoot S, Lindemans C, van Hasselt PM, van der Knaap MS, Wolf NI, Pouwels PJW. Longitudinal volumetric analysis of gray matter atrophy in metachromatic leukodystrophy. J Inherit Metab Dis 2024. [PMID: 38430011 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
Abstract
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is an inherited lysosomal storage disorder characterized by arylsulfatase A (ASA) deficiency, leading to sulfatide accumulation and myelin degeneration in the central nervous system. While primarily considered a white matter (WM) disease, gray matter (GM) is also affected in MLD, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may have limited effect on GM atrophy. We cross-sectionally and longitudinally studied GM volumes using volumetric MRI in a cohort of 36 (late-infantile, juvenile and adult type) MLD patients containing untreated and HSCT treated subjects. Cerebrum, cortical GM, (total) CSF, cerebellum, deep gray matter (DGM) (excluding thalamus) and thalamus volumes were analyzed. Longitudinal correlations with measures of cognitive and motor functioning were assessed. Cross-sectionally, juvenile and adult type patients (infantiles excluded based on limited numbers) were compared with controls at earliest scan, before possible treatment. Patients had lower cerebrum, cortical GM, DGM and thalamus volumes. Differences were most pronounced for adult type patients. Longitudinal analyses showed substantial and progressive atrophy of all regions and increase of CSF in untreated patients. Similar, albeit less pronounced, effects were seen in treated patients for cerebrum, cortical GM, CSF and thalamus volumes. Deterioration in motor performance (all patients) was related to atrophy, and increase of CSF, in all regions. Cognitive functioning (data available for treated patients) was related to cerebral, cortical GM and thalamus atrophy; and to CSF increase. Our findings illustrate the importance of recognizing GM pathology as a potentially substantial, clinically relevant part of MLD, apparently less amenable to treatment.
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- Murtadha L Al-Saady
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Medicine for Society, Platform at Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Nierkens and Lindemans group, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Pediatric blood and Bone marrow transplantation, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit & Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lin CP, Frigerio I, Bol JGJM, Bouwman MMA, Wesseling AJ, Dahl MJ, Rozemuller AJM, van der Werf YD, Pouwels PJW, van de Berg WDJ, Jonkman LE. Microstructural integrity of the locus coeruleus and its tracts reflect noradrenergic degeneration in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Transl Neurodegener 2024; 13:9. [PMID: 38336865 PMCID: PMC10854137 DOI: 10.1186/s40035-024-00400-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Degeneration of the locus coeruleus (LC) noradrenergic system contributes to clinical symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to evaluate the integrity of the LC noradrenergic system. The aim of the current study was to determine whether the diffusion MRI-measured integrity of the LC and its tracts are sensitive to noradrenergic degeneration in AD and PD. METHODS Post-mortem in situ T1-weighted and multi-shell diffusion MRI was performed for 9 AD, 14 PD, and 8 control brain donors. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity were derived from the LC, and from tracts between the LC and the anterior cingulate cortex, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), the primary motor cortex (M1) or the hippocampus. Brain tissue sections of the LC and cortical regions were obtained and immunostained for dopamine-beta hydroxylase (DBH) to quantify noradrenergic cell density and fiber load. Group comparisons and correlations between outcome measures were performed using linear regression and partial correlations. RESULTS The AD and PD cases showed loss of LC noradrenergic cells and fibers. In the cortex, the AD cases showed increased DBH + immunoreactivity in the DLPFC compared to PD cases and controls, while PD cases showed reduced DBH + immunoreactivity in the M1 compared to controls. Higher FA within the LC was found for AD, which was correlated with loss of noradrenergic cells and fibers in the LC. Increased FA of the LC-DLPFC tract was correlated with LC noradrenergic fiber loss in the combined AD and control group, whereas the increased FA of the LC-M1 tract was correlated with LC noradrenergic neuronal loss in the combined PD and control group. The tract alterations were not correlated with cortical DBH + immunoreactivity. CONCLUSIONS In AD and PD, the diffusion MRI-detected alterations within the LC and its tracts to the DLPFC and the M1 were associated with local noradrenergic neuronal loss within the LC, rather than noradrenergic changes in the cortex.
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- Chen-Pei Lin
- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, 14195, Berlin, Germany
- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Pathology, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Compulsivity, Impulsivity and Attention Program, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Vriend C, de Joode NT, Pouwels PJW, Liu F, Otaduy MCG, Pastorello B, Robertson FC, Ipser J, Lee S, Hezel DM, van Meter PE, Batistuzzo MC, Hoexter MQ, Sheshachala K, Narayanaswamy JC, Venkatasubramanian G, Lochner C, Miguel EC, Reddy YCJ, Shavitt RG, Stein DJ, Wall M, Simpson HB, van den Heuvel OA. Age of onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder differentially affects white matter microstructure. Mol Psychiatry 2024:10.1038/s41380-023-02390-8. [PMID: 38228890 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02390-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
Abstract
Previous diffusion MRI studies have reported mixed findings on white matter microstructure alterations in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), likely due to variation in demographic and clinical characteristics, scanning methods, and underpowered samples. The OCD global study was created across five international sites to overcome these challenges by harmonizing data collection to identify consistent brain signatures of OCD that are reproducible and generalizable. Single-shell diffusion measures (e.g., fractional anisotropy), multi-shell Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) and fixel-based measures, were extracted from skeletonized white matter tracts in 260 medication-free adults with OCD and 252 healthy controls. We additionally performed structural connectome analysis. We compared cases with controls and cases with early (<18) versus late (18+) OCD onset using mixed-model and Bayesian multilevel analysis. Compared with healthy controls, adult OCD individuals showed higher fiber density in the sagittal stratum (B[SE] = 0.10[0.05], P = 0.04) and credible evidence for higher fiber density in several other tracts. When comparing early (n = 145) and late-onset (n = 114) cases, converging evidence showed lower integrity of the posterior thalamic radiation -particularly radial diffusivity (B[SE] = 0.28[0.12], P = 0.03)-and lower global efficiency of the structural connectome (B[SE] = 15.3[6.6], P = 0.03) in late-onset cases. Post-hoc analyses indicated divergent direction of effects of the two OCD groups compared to healthy controls. Age of OCD onset differentially affects the integrity of thalamo-parietal/occipital tracts and the efficiency of the structural brain network. These results lend further support for the role of the thalamus and its afferent fibers and visual attentional processes in the pathophysiology of OCD.
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- Chris Vriend
- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, and Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Compulsivity, Impulsivity and Attention, Amsterdam Neuroscience, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, and Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Compulsivity, Impulsivity and Attention, Amsterdam Neuroscience, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Brain Imaging, Amsterdam Neuroscience, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- LIM44, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Instituto e Departamento de Radiologia da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- LIM44, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Instituto e Departamento de Radiologia da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Cape Universities Body Imaging Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, LIM23, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Instituto & Departamento de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Methods and Techniques in Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- LIM44, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Instituto e Departamento de Radiologia da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, LIM23, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Instituto & Departamento de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, LIM23, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Instituto & Departamento de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Psychiatry, and Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Compulsivity, Impulsivity and Attention, Amsterdam Neuroscience, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Stellingwerff MD, Al-Saady ML, Chan KS, Dvorak A, Marques JP, Kolind S, Roosendaal SD, Wolf NI, Barkhof F, van der Knaap MS, Pouwels PJW. Applicability of multiple quantitative magnetic resonance methods in genetic brain white matter disorders. J Neuroimaging 2024; 34:61-77. [PMID: 37925602 DOI: 10.1111/jon.13167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures of tissue microstructure are important for monitoring brain white matter (WM) disorders like leukodystrophies and multiple sclerosis. They should be sensitive to underlying pathological changes. Three whole-brain isotropic quantitative methods were applied and compared within a cohort of controls and leukodystrophy patients: two novel myelin water imaging (MWI) techniques (multi-compartment relaxometry diffusion-informed MWI: MCR-DIMWI, and multi-echo T2 relaxation imaging with compressed sensing: METRICS) and neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI). METHODS For 9 patients with different leukodystrophies (age range 0.4-62.4 years) and 15 control subjects (2.3-61.3 years), T1-weighted MRI, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, multi-echo gradient echo with variable flip angles, METRICS, and multi-shell diffusion-weighted imaging were acquired on 3 Tesla. MCR-DIMWI, METRICS, NODDI, and quality control measures were extracted to evaluate differences between patients and controls in WM and deep gray matter (GM) regions of interest (ROIs). Pearson correlations, effect size calculations, and multi-level analyses were performed. RESULTS MCR-DIMWI and METRICS-derived myelin water fractions (MWFs) were lower and relaxation times were higher in patients than in controls. Effect sizes of MWF values and relaxation times were large for both techniques. Differences between patients and controls were more pronounced in WM ROIs than in deep GM. MCR-DIMWI-MWFs were more homogeneous within ROIs and more bilaterally symmetrical than METRICS-MWFs. The neurite density index was more sensitive in detecting differences between patients and controls than fractional anisotropy. Most measures obtained from MCR-DIMWI, METRICS, NODDI, and diffusion tensor imaging correlated strongly with each other. CONCLUSION This proof-of-concept study shows that MCR-DIMWI, METRICS, and NODDI are sensitive techniques to detect changes in tissue microstructure in WM disorders.
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- Menno D Stellingwerff
- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Weeda MM, van Nederpelt DR, Twisk JWR, Brouwer I, Kuijer JPA, van Dam M, Hulst HE, Killestein J, Barkhof F, Vrenken H, Pouwels PJW. Multimodal MRI study on the relation between WM integrity and connected GM atrophy and its effect on disability in early multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 2024; 271:355-373. [PMID: 37716917 PMCID: PMC10769935 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-11937-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by pathology in white matter (WM) and atrophy of grey matter (GM), but it remains unclear how these processes are related, or how they influence clinical progression. OBJECTIVE To study the spatial and temporal relationship between GM atrophy and damage in connected WM in relapsing-remitting (RR) MS in relation to clinical progression. METHODS Healthy control (HC) and early RRMS subjects visited our center twice with a 1-year interval for MRI and clinical examinations, including the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) scores. RRMS subjects were categorized as MSFC decliners or non-decliners based on ΔMSFC over time. Ten deep (D)GM and 62 cortical (C) GM structures were segmented and probabilistic tractography was performed to identify the connected WM. WM integrity was determined per tract with, amongst others, fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), neurite density index (NDI), and myelin water fraction (MWF). Linear mixed models (LMMs) were used to investigate GM and WM differences between HC and RRMS, and between MSFC decliners and non-decliners. LMM was also used to test associations between baseline WM z-scores and changes in connected GM z-scores, and between baseline GM z-scores and changes in connected WM z-scores, in HC/RRMS subjects and in MSFC decliners/non-decliners. RESULTS We included 13 HCs and 31 RRMS subjects with an average disease duration of 3.5 years and a median EDSS of 3.0. Fifteen RRMS subjects showed declining MSFC scores over time, and they showed higher atrophy rates and greater WM integrity loss compared to non-decliners. Lower baseline WM integrity was associated with increased CGM atrophy over time in RRMS, but not in HC subjects. This effect was only seen in MSFC decliners, especially when an extended WM z-score was used, which included FA, MD, NDI and MWF. Baseline GM measures were not significantly related to WM integrity changes over time in any of the groups. DISCUSSION Lower baseline WM integrity was related to more cortical atrophy in RRMS subjects that showed clinical progression over a 1-year follow-up, while baseline GM did not affect WM integrity changes over time. WM damage, therefore, seems to drive atrophy more than conversely.
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- Merlin M Weeda
- MS Center Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Anatomy and Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Health-, Medical-, and Neuropsychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lin CP, Knoop LEJ, Frigerio I, Bol JGJM, Rozemuller AJM, Berendse HW, Pouwels PJW, van de Berg WDJ, Jonkman LE. Nigral Pathology Contributes to Microstructural Integrity of Striatal and Frontal Tracts in Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord 2023; 38:1655-1667. [PMID: 37347552 DOI: 10.1002/mds.29510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Motor and cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with dopaminergic dysfunction that stems from substantia nigra (SN) degeneration and concomitant α-synuclein accumulation. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect microstructural alterations of the SN and its tracts to (sub)cortical regions, but their pathological sensitivity is still poorly understood. OBJECTIVE To unravel the pathological substrate(s) underlying microstructural alterations of SN, and its tracts to the dorsal striatum and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in PD. METHODS Combining post-mortem in situ MRI and histopathology, T1-weighted and diffusion MRI, and neuropathological samples of nine PD, six PD with dementia (PDD), five dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and 10 control donors were collected. From diffusion MRI, mean diffusivity (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA) were derived from the SN, and tracts between the SN and caudate nucleus, putamen, and DLPFC. Phosphorylated-Ser129-α-synuclein and tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry was included to quantify nigral Lewy pathology and dopaminergic degeneration, respectively. RESULTS Compared to controls, PD and PDD/DLB showed increased MD of the SN and SN-DLPFC tract, as well as increased FA of the SN-caudate nucleus tract. Both PD and PDD/DLB showed nigral Lewy pathology and dopaminergic loss compared to controls. Increased MD of the SN and FA of SN-caudate nucleus tract were associated with SN dopaminergic loss. Whereas increased MD of the SN-DLPFC tract was associated with increased SN Lewy neurite load. CONCLUSIONS In PD and PDD/DLB, diffusion MRI captures microstructural alterations of the SN and tracts to the dorsal striatum and DLPFC, which differentially associates with SN dopaminergic degeneration and Lewy neurite pathology. © 2023 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Chen-Pei Lin
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Section Clinical Neuroanatomy and Biobanking, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Section Clinical Neuroanatomy and Biobanking, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Section Clinical Neuroanatomy and Biobanking, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Section Clinical Neuroanatomy and Biobanking, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Section Clinical Neuroanatomy and Biobanking, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Section Clinical Neuroanatomy and Biobanking, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Brain Imaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Al‐Saady M, Beerepoot S, Plug BC, Breur M, Galabova H, Pouwels PJW, Boelens J, Lindemans C, van Hasselt PM, Matzner U, Vanderver A, Bugiani M, van der Knaap MS, Wolf NI. Neurodegenerative disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in metachromatic leukodystrophy. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2023; 10:1146-1159. [PMID: 37212343 PMCID: PMC10351661 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.51796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Metachromatic leukodystrophy is a lysosomal storage disease caused by deficient arylsulfatase A. It is characterized by progressive demyelination and thus mainly affects the white matter. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation may stabilize and improve white matter damage, yet some patients deteriorate despite successfully treated leukodystrophy. We hypothesized that post-treatment decline in metachromatic leukodystrophy might be caused by gray matter pathology. METHODS Three metachromatic leukodystrophy patients treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with a progressive clinical course despite stable white matter pathology were clinically and radiologically analyzed. Longitudinal volumetric MRI was used to quantify atrophy. We also examined histopathology in three other patients deceased after treatment and compared them with six untreated patients. RESULTS The three clinically progressive patients developed cognitive and motor deterioration after transplantation, despite stable mild white matter abnormalities on MRI. Volumetric MRI identified cerebral and thalamus atrophy in these patients, and cerebellar atrophy in two. Histopathology showed that in brain tissue of transplanted patients, arylsulfatase A expressing macrophages were clearly present in the white matter, but absent in the cortex. Arylsulfatase A expression within patient thalamic neurons was lower than in controls, the same was found in transplanted patients. INTERPRETATION Neurological deterioration may occur after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in metachromatic leukodystrophy despite successfully treated leukodystrophy. MRI shows gray matter atrophy, and histological data demonstrate absence of donor cells in gray matter structures. These findings point to a clinically relevant gray matter component of metachromatic leukodystrophy, which does not seem sufficiently affected by transplantation.
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- Murtadha Al‐Saady
- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular MechanismsVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular MechanismsVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamthe Netherlands
- Center for Translational ImmunologyUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrechtthe Netherlands
- Nierkens and Lindemans GroupPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular MechanismsVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamthe Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Amsterdam University Medical CentersVU University and Neuroscience Campus AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular MechanismsVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamthe Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Amsterdam University Medical CentersVU University and Neuroscience Campus AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical CentersVU universityAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical CentersVU universityAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Program, Department of PediatricsMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew YorkNYUSA
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- Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Program, Department of PediatricsMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew YorkNYUSA
- Pediatric Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Program, Department of PediatricsMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew YorkNYUSA
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical FacultyRheinische Friedrich‐Wilhelm UniversityBonnGermany
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPAUSA
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular MechanismsVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamthe Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Amsterdam University Medical CentersVU University and Neuroscience Campus AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular MechanismsVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamthe Netherlands
- Department of Integrative NeurophysiologyVU UniversityAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular MechanismsVrije UniversiteitAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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Stellingwerff MD, Pouwels PJW, Roosendaal SD, Barkhof F, van der Knaap MS. Quantitative MRI in leukodystrophies. Neuroimage Clin 2023; 38:103427. [PMID: 37150021 PMCID: PMC10193020 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
Leukodystrophies constitute a large and heterogeneous group of genetic diseases primarily affecting the white matter of the central nervous system. Different disorders target different white matter structural components. Leukodystrophies are most often progressive and fatal. In recent years, novel therapies are emerging and for an increasing number of leukodystrophies trials are being developed. Objective and quantitative metrics are needed to serve as outcome measures in trials. Quantitative MRI yields information on microstructural properties, such as myelin or axonal content and condition, and on the chemical composition of white matter, in a noninvasive fashion. By providing information on white matter microstructural involvement, quantitative MRI may contribute to the evaluation and monitoring of leukodystrophies. Many distinct MR techniques are available at different stages of development. While some are already clinically applicable, others are less far developed and have only or mainly been applied in healthy subjects. In this review, we explore the background, current status, potential and challenges of available quantitative MR techniques in the context of leukodystrophies.
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- Menno D Stellingwerff
- Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Department of Radiology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; University College London, Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, London, UK
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- Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Rumping L, Pouwels PJW, Wolf NI, Rehmann H, Wamelink MMC, Waisfisz Q, Jans JJM, Prinsen HCMT, van de Kamp JM, van Hasselt PM. A second case of glutaminase hyperactivity: Expanding the phenotype with epilepsy. JIMD Rep 2023; 64:217-222. [PMID: 37151363 PMCID: PMC10159865 DOI: 10.1002/jmd2.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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Glutaminase (GLS) hyperactivity was first described in 2019 in a patient with profound developmental delay and infantile cataract. Here, we describe a 4-year-old boy with GLS hyperactivity due to a de novo heterozygous missense variant in GLS, detected by trio whole exome sequencing. This boy also exhibits developmental delay without dysmorphic features, but does not have cataract. Additionally, he suffers from epilepsy with tonic clonic seizures. In line with the findings in the previously described patient with GLS hyperactivity, in vivo 3 T magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of the brain revealed an increased glutamate/glutamine ratio. This increased ratio was also found in urine with UPLC-MS/MS, however, inconsistently. This case indicates that the phenotypic spectrum evoked by GLS hyperactivity may include epilepsy. Clarifying this phenotypic spectrum is of importance for the prognosis and identification of these patients. The combination of phenotyping, genetic testing, and metabolic diagnostics with brain MRS and in urine is essential to identify new patients with GLS hyperactivity and to further extend the phenotypic spectrum of this disease.
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- Lynne Rumping
- Department of Human GeneticsAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine and Amsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy CenterEmma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular MechanismsVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Energy and BiotechnologyFlensburg University of Applied SciencesFlensburgGermany
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Metabolic Unit, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology MetabolismAmsterdam UMC location Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Human GeneticsAmsterdam UMCAmsterdamthe Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Section Metabolic DiagnosticsUMC UtrechtUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Section Metabolic DiagnosticsUMC UtrechtUtrechtthe Netherlands
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Pouwels PJW, Vriend C, Liu F, de Joode NT, Otaduy MCG, Pastorello B, Robertson FC, Venkatasubramanian G, Ipser J, Lee S, Batistuzzo MC, Hoexter MQ, Lochner C, Miguel EC, Narayanaswamy JC, Rao R, Janardhan Reddy YC, Shavitt RG, Sheshachala K, Stein DJ, van Balkom AJLM, Wall M, Simpson HB, van den Heuvel OA. Global multi-center and multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging study of obsessive-compulsive disorder: Harmonization and monitoring of protocols in healthy volunteers and phantoms. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2023; 32:e1931. [PMID: 35971639 PMCID: PMC9976605 DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES We describe the harmonized MRI acquisition and quality assessment of an ongoing global OCD study, with the aim to translate representative, well-powered neuroimaging findings in neuropsychiatric research to worldwide populations. METHODS We report on T1-weighted structural MRI, resting-state functional MRI, and multi-shell diffusion-weighted imaging of 140 healthy participants (28 per site), two traveling controls, and regular phantom scans. RESULTS Human image quality measures (IQMs) and outcome measures showed smaller within-site variation than between-site variation. Outcome measures were less variable than IQMs, especially for the traveling controls. Phantom IQMs were stable regarding geometry, SNR, and mean diffusivity, while fMRI fluctuation was more variable between sites. CONCLUSIONS Variation in IQMs persists, even for an a priori harmonized data acquisition protocol, but after pre-processing they have less of an impact on the outcome measures. Continuous monitoring IQMs per site is valuable to detect potential artifacts and outliers. The inclusion of both cases and healthy participants at each site remains mandatory.
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- Petra J. W. Pouwels
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear MedicineAmsterdam UMCVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of PsychiatryDepartment of Anatomy and NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMCVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Columbia University Irving Medical CenterColumbia UniversityNew York State Psychiatric InstituteNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryDepartment of Anatomy and NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMCVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of RadiologyLIM44, InstituteHospital Das Clinicas‐HCFMUSPUniversity of Sao Paulo Medical SchoolSao PauloBrazil
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- Department of RadiologyLIM44, InstituteHospital Das Clinicas‐HCFMUSPUniversity of Sao Paulo Medical SchoolSao PauloBrazil
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- Cape Universities Body Imaging CentreUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- Department of PsychiatrySAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental DisordersNeuroscience InstituteUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- Columbia University Irving Medical CenterColumbia UniversityNew York State Psychiatric InstituteNew YorkNYUSA
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- Obsessive‐Compulsive Spectrum Disorders ProgramDepartmento de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de MedicinaLIM23Hospital Das Clinicas HCFMUSPUniversidade de São PauloSao PauloSPBrazil
- Department of Methods and Techniques in PsychologyPontifical Catholic UniversitySao PauloSPBrazil
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- Obsessive‐Compulsive Spectrum Disorders ProgramDepartmento de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de MedicinaLIM23Hospital Das Clinicas HCFMUSPUniversidade de São PauloSao PauloSPBrazil
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- Department of PsychiatrySAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental DisordersStellenbosch UniversityCape TownSouth Africa
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- Obsessive‐Compulsive Spectrum Disorders ProgramDepartmento de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de MedicinaLIM23Hospital Das Clinicas HCFMUSPUniversidade de São PauloSao PauloSPBrazil
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- National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS)BangaloreIndia
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- Obsessive‐Compulsive Spectrum Disorders ProgramDepartmento de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de MedicinaLIM23Hospital Das Clinicas HCFMUSPUniversidade de São PauloSao PauloSPBrazil
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- Department of PsychiatrySAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental DisordersNeuroscience InstituteUniversity of Cape TownCape TownSouth Africa
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- Department of PsychiatryAmsterdam UMCVrije UniversiteitAmsterdam Public Health Research InstituteSpecialised Mental Health CareAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Columbia University Irving Medical CenterColumbia UniversityNew York State Psychiatric InstituteNew YorkNYUSA
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- Columbia University Irving Medical CenterColumbia UniversityNew York State Psychiatric InstituteNew YorkNYUSA
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- Department of PsychiatryDepartment of Anatomy and NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMCVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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Jacobs NPT, Pouwels PJW, van der Krogt MM, Meyns P, Zhu K, Nelissen L, Schoonmade LJ, Buizer AI, van de Pol LA. Brain structural and functional connectivity and network organization in cerebral palsy: A scoping review. Dev Med Child Neurol 2023. [PMID: 36750309 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
AIM To explore altered structural and functional connectivity and network organization in cerebral palsy (CP), by clinical CP subtype (unilateral spastic, bilateral spastic, dyskinetic, and ataxic CP). METHOD PubMed and Embase databases were systematically searched. Extracted data included clinical characteristics, analyses, outcome measures, and results. RESULTS Sixty-five studies were included, of which 50 investigated structural connectivity, and 20 investigated functional connectivity using functional magnetic resonance imaging (14 studies) or electroencephalography (six studies). Five of the 50 studies of structural connectivity and one of 14 of functional connectivity investigated whole-brain network organization. Most studies included patients with unilateral spastic CP; none included ataxic CP. INTERPRETATION Differences in structural and functional connectivity were observed between investigated clinical CP subtypes and typically developing individuals on a wide variety of measures, including efferent, afferent, interhemispheric, and intrahemispheric connections. Directions for future research include extending knowledge in underrepresented CP subtypes and methodologies, evaluating the prognostic potential of specific connectivity and network measures in neonates, and understanding therapeutic effects on brain connectivity.
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- Nina P T Jacobs
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Rehabilitation & Development, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Rehabilitation & Development, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- REVAL Rehabilitation Research, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, location Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Medical Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Rehabilitation & Development, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, location Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Huiskamp M, Yaqub M, van Lingen MR, Pouwels PJW, de Ruiter LRJ, Killestein J, Schwarte LA, Golla SSV, van Berckel BNM, Boellaard R, Geurts JJG, Hulst HE. Cognitive performance in multiple sclerosis: what is the role of the gamma-aminobutyric acid system? Brain Commun 2023; 5:fcad140. [PMID: 37180993 PMCID: PMC10174207 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcad140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Cognitive impairment occurs in 40-65% of persons with multiple sclerosis and may be related to alterations in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine how glutamatergic and GABAergic changes relate to cognitive functioning in multiple sclerosis in vivo. Sixty persons with multiple sclerosis (mean age 45.5 ± 9.6 years, 48 females, 51 relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis) and 22 age-matched healthy controls (45.6 ± 22.0 years, 17 females) underwent neuropsychological testing and MRI. Persons with multiple sclerosis were classified as cognitively impaired when scoring at least 1.5 standard deviations below normative scores on ≥30% of tests. Glutamate and GABA concentrations were determined in the right hippocampus and bilateral thalamus using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. GABA-receptor density was assessed using quantitative [11C]flumazenil positron emission tomography in a subset of participants. Positron emission tomography outcome measures were the influx rate constant (a measure predominantly reflecting perfusion) and volume of distribution, which is a measure of GABA-receptor density. Twenty persons with multiple sclerosis (33%) fulfilled the criteria for cognitive impairment. No differences were observed in glutamate or GABA concentrations between persons with multiple sclerosis and healthy controls, or between cognitively preserved, impaired and healthy control groups. Twenty-two persons with multiple sclerosis (12 cognitively preserved and 10 impaired) and 10 healthy controls successfully underwent [11C]flumazenil positron emission tomography. Persons with multiple sclerosis showed a lower influx rate constant in the thalamus, indicating lower perfusion. For the volume of distribution, persons with multiple sclerosis showed higher values than controls in deep grey matter, reflecting increased GABA-receptor density. When comparing cognitively impaired and preserved patients to controls, the preserved group showed a significantly higher volume of distribution in cortical and deep grey matter and hippocampus. Positive correlations were observed between both positron emission tomography measures and information processing speed in the multiple sclerosis group only. Whereas concentrations of glutamate and GABA did not differ between multiple sclerosis and control nor between cognitively impaired, preserved and control groups, increased GABA-receptor density was observed in preserved persons with multiple sclerosis that was not seen in cognitively impaired patients. In addition, GABA-receptor density correlated to cognition, in particular with information processing speed. This could indicate that GABA-receptor density is upregulated in the cognitively preserved phase of multiple sclerosis as a means to regulate neurotransmission and potentially preserve cognitive functioning.
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- Marijn Huiskamp
- Correspondence to: M. Huiskamp Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands E-mail:
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- Department of Radiology and nuclear medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Anatomy and Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and nuclear medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and nuclear medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and nuclear medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and nuclear medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Anatomy and Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
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- MS Center Amsterdam, Anatomy and Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, 1081 HZ, The Netherlands
- Health, Medical and Neuropsychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, 2333 AK, The Netherlands
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van Amerongen S, Caton DK, Ossenkoppele R, Barkhof F, Pouwels PJW, Teunissen CE, Rozemuller AJM, Hoozemans JJM, Pijnenburg YAL, Scheltens P, Vijverberg EGB. Rationale and design of the “NEurodegeneration: Traumatic brain injury as Origin of the Neuropathology (NEwTON)” study: a prospective cohort study of individuals at risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Alzheimers Res Ther 2022; 14:119. [PMID: 36050790 PMCID: PMC9438060 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-022-01059-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Background Repetitive head injury in contact sports is associated with cognitive, neurobehavioral, and motor impairments and linked to a unique neurodegenerative disorder: chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). As the clinical presentation is variable, risk factors are heterogeneous, and diagnostic biomarkers are not yet established, the diagnostic process of CTE remains a challenge. The general objective of the NEwTON study is to establish a prospective cohort of individuals with high risk for CTE, to phenotype the study population, to identify potential fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers, and to measure clinical progression of the disease. The present paper explains the protocol and design of this case-finding study. Methods NEwTON is a prospective study that aims to recruit participants at risk for CTE, with features of the traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (exposed participants), and healthy unexposed control individuals. Subjects are invited to participate after diagnostic screening at our memory clinic or recruited by advertisement. Exposed participants receive a comprehensive baseline screening, including neurological examination, neuropsychological tests, questionnaires and brain MRI for anatomical imaging, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), resting-state functional MRI (rsfMRI), and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). Questionnaires include topics on life-time head injury, subjective cognitive change, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Optionally, blood and cerebrospinal fluid are obtained for storage in the NEwTON biobank. Patients are informed about our brain donation program in collaboration with the Netherlands Brain Brank. Follow-up takes place annually and includes neuropsychological assessment, questionnaires, and optional blood draw. Testing of control subjects is limited to baseline neuropsychological tests, MRI scan, and also noncompulsory blood draw. Results To date, 27 exposed participants have finished their baseline assessments. First baseline results are expected in 2023. Conclusions The NEwTON study will assemble a unique cohort with prospective observational data of male and female individuals with high risk for CTE. This study is expected to be a primary explorative base and designed to share data with international CTE-related cohorts. Sub-studies may be added in the future with this cohort as backbone.
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Meijer A, Königs M, Pouwels PJW, Smith J, Visscher C, Bosker RJ, Hartman E, Oosterlaan J. Effects of aerobic versus cognitively demanding exercise interventions on brain structure and function in healthy children-Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial. Psychophysiology 2022; 59:e14034. [PMID: 35292978 PMCID: PMC9541584 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The beneficial effects of physical activity on neurocognitive functioning in children are considered to be facilitated by physical activity-induced changes in brain structure and functioning. In this study, we examined the effects of two 14-week school-based exercise interventions in healthy children on white matter microstructure and brain activity in resting-state networks (RSNs) and whether changes in white matter microstructure and RSN activity mediate the effects of the exercise interventions on neurocognitive functioning. A total of 93 children were included in this study (51% girls, mean age 9.13 years). The exercise interventions consisted of four physical education lessons per week, focusing on either aerobic or cognitively demanding exercise and were compared with a control group that followed their regular physical education program of two lessons per week. White matter microstructure was assessed using diffusion tensor imaging in combination with tract-based spatial statistics. Independent component analysis was performed on resting-state data to identify RSNs. Furthermore, neurocognitive functioning (information processing and attention, working memory, motor response inhibition, interference control) was assessed by a set of computerized tasks. Results indicated no Group × Time effects on white matter microstructure or RSN activity, indicating no effects of the exercise interventions on these aspects of brain structure and function. Likewise, no Group × Time effects were found for neurocognitive performance. This study indicated that 14-week school-based interventions regarding neither aerobic exercise nor cognitive-demanding exercise interventions influence brain structure and brain function in healthy children. This study was registered in the Netherlands Trial Register (NTR5341).
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- Anna Meijer
- Clinical Neuropsychology SectionVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development, Emma Neuroscience GroupEmma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Radiology and Nuclear medicine, Amsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMC, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Center for Human Movement SciencesUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Center for Human Movement SciencesUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Educational ResearchUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Center for Human Movement SciencesUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Clinical Neuropsychology SectionVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development, Emma Neuroscience GroupEmma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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Kooper CC, Oosterlaan J, Bruining H, Engelen M, Pouwels PJW, Popma A, van Woensel JBM, Buis DR, Steenweg ME, Hunfeld M, Königs M. Towards PErsonalised PRognosis for children with traumatic brain injury: the PEPR study protocol. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e058975. [PMID: 35768114 PMCID: PMC9244717 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children can be associated with poor outcome in crucial functional domains, including motor, neurocognitive and behavioural functioning. However, outcome varies between patients and is mediated by complex interplay between demographic factors, premorbid functioning and (sub)acute clinical characteristics. At present, methods to understand let alone predict outcome on the basis of these variables are lacking, which contributes to unnecessary follow-up as well as undetected impairments in children. Therefore, this study aims to develop prognostic models for the individual outcome of children with TBI in a range of important developmental domains. In addition, the potential added value of advanced neuroimaging data and the use of machine learning algorithms in the development of prognostic models will be assessed. METHODS AND ANALYSIS 210 children aged 4-18 years diagnosed with mild-to-severe TBI will be prospectively recruited from a research network of Dutch hospitals. They will be matched 2:1 to a control group of neurologically healthy children (n=105). Predictors in the model will include demographic, premorbid and clinical measures prospectively registered from the TBI hospital admission onwards as well as MRI metrics assessed at 1 month post-injury. Outcome measures of the prognostic models are (1) motor functioning, (2) intelligence, (3) behavioural functioning and (4) school performance, all assessed at 6 months post-injury. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics has been obtained from the Medical Ethical Board of the Amsterdam UMC (location AMC). Findings of our multicentre prospective study will enable clinicians to identify TBI children at risk and aim towards a personalised prognosis. Lastly, findings will be submitted for publication in open access, international and peer-reviewed journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NL71283.018.19 and NL9051.
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- Cece C Kooper
- Department of Pediatrics, Emma Neuroscience Group, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emma Neuroscience Group, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Child and Youth Psychiatry, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, N=You centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Child and Youth Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurosurgery, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emma Neuroscience Group, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Botchway E, Kooper CC, Pouwels PJW, Bruining H, Engelen M, Oosterlaan J, Königs M. Resting-state network organisation in children with traumatic brain injury. Cortex 2022; 154:89-104. [PMID: 35763900 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2022.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Children with traumatic brain injury are at risk of neurocognitive and behavioural impairment. Although there is evidence for abnormal brain activity in resting-state networks after TBI, the role of resting-state network organisation in paediatric TBI outcome remains poorly understood. This study is the first to investigate the impact of paediatric TBI on resting-state network organisation using graph theory, and its relevance for functional outcome. Participants were 8-14 years and included children with (i) mild TBI and risk factors for complicated TBI (mildRF+, n = 20), (ii) moderate/severe TBI (n = 15), and (iii) trauma control injuries (n = 27). Children underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), neurocognitive testing, and behavioural assessment at 2.8 years post-injury. Graph theory was applied to fMRI timeseries to evaluate the impact of TBI on global and local organisation of the resting-state network, and relevance for neurocognitive and behavioural functioning. Children with TBI showed atypical global network organisation as compared to the trauma control group, reflected by lower modularity (mildRF + TBI and moderate/severe TBI), higher smallworldness (mildRF + TBI) and lower assortativity (moderate/severe TBI ps < .04, Cohen's ds: > .6). Regarding local network organisation, the relative importance of hub regions in the network did not differ between groups. Regression analyses showed relationships between global as well as local network parameters with neurocognitive functioning (i.e., working memory, memory encoding; R2 = 23.3 - 38.5%) and behavioural functioning (i.e., externalising problems, R2 = 36.1%). Findings indicate the impact of TBI on global functional network organisation, and the relevance of both global and local network organisation for long-term neurocognitive and behavioural outcome after paediatric TBI. The results suggest potential prognostic value of resting-state network organisation for outcome after paediatric TBI.
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- Edith Botchway
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Health at the Deakin University, Burwood, Australia
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- Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatrics, Emma Neuroscience Group, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Neuroscience Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Neuroscience Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, N=You Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatrics, Emma Children's Hospital Amsterdam UMC Follow-Me program & Emma Neuroscience Group, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatrics, Emma Children's Hospital Amsterdam UMC Follow-Me program & Emma Neuroscience Group, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Lie IA, Weeda MM, Mattiesing RM, Mol MAE, Pouwels PJW, Barkhof F, Torkildsen Ø, Bø L, Myhr KM, Vrenken H. Relationship Between White Matter Lesions and Gray Matter Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review. Neurology 2022; 98:e1562-e1573. [PMID: 35173016 PMCID: PMC9038199 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background and Objectives There is currently no consensus about the extent of gray matter (GM) atrophy that can be attributed to secondary changes after white matter (WM) lesions or the temporal and spatial relationships between the 2 phenomena. Elucidating this interplay will broaden the understanding of the combined inflammatory and neurodegenerative pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis (MS), and separating atrophic changes due to primary and secondary neurodegenerative mechanisms will then be pivotal to properly evaluate treatment effects, especially if these treatments target the different processes individually. To untangle these complex pathologic mechanisms, this systematic review provides an essential first step: an objective and comprehensive overview of the existing in vivo knowledge of the relationship between brain WM lesions and GM atrophy in patients diagnosed with MS. The overall aim was to clarify the extent to which WM lesions are associated with both global and regional GM atrophy and how this may differ in the different disease subtypes. Methods We searched MEDLINE (through PubMed) and Embase for reports containing direct associations between brain GM and WM lesion measures obtained by conventional MRI sequences in patients with clinically isolated syndrome and MS. No restriction was applied for publication date. The quality and risk of bias in included studies were evaluated with the Quality Assessment Tool for observational cohort and cross-sectional studies (NIH, Bethesda, MA). Qualitative and descriptive analyses were performed. Results A total of 90 articles were included. WM lesion volumes were related mostly to global, cortical and deep GM volumes, and those significant associations were almost without exception negative, indicating that higher WM lesion volumes were associated with lower GM volumes or lower cortical thicknesses. The most consistent relationship between WM lesions and GM atrophy was seen in early (relapsing) disease and less so in progressive MS. Discussion The findings suggest that GM neurodegeneration is mostly secondary to damage in the WM during early disease stages while becoming more detached and dominated by other, possibly primary neurodegenerative disease mechanisms in progressive MS.
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- Ingrid Anne Lie
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Medical Library, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, UCL London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Neuro-SysMed, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Competence Centre, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Neuro-SysMed, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Al-Saady ML, Kaiser CS, Wakasuqui F, Korenke GC, Waisfisz Q, Polstra A, Pouwels PJW, Bugiani M, van der Knaap MS, Lunsing RJ, Liebau E, Wolf NI. Homozygous UBA5 Variant Leads to Hypomyelination with Thalamic Involvement and Axonal Neuropathy. Neuropediatrics 2021; 52:489-494. [PMID: 33853163 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1724130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The enzyme ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 5 (UBA5) plays an important role in activating ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (UFM1) and its associated cascade. UFM1 is widely expressed and known to facilitate the post-translational modification of proteins. Variants in UBA5 and UFM1 are involved in neurodevelopmental disorders with early-onset epileptic encephalopathy as a frequently seen disease manifestation. Using whole exome sequencing, we detected a homozygous UBA5 variant (c.895C > T p. [Pro299Ser]) in a patient with severe global developmental delay and epilepsy, the latter from the age of 4 years. Magnetic resonance imaging showed hypomyelination with atrophy and T2 hyperintensity of the thalamus. Histology of the sural nerve showed axonal neuropathy with decreased myelin. Functional analyses confirmed the effect of the Pro299Ser variant on UBA5 protein function, showing 58% residual protein activity. Our findings indicate that the epilepsy currently associated with UBA5 variants may present later in life than previously thought, and that radiological signs include hypomyelination and thalamic involvement. The data also reinforce recently reported associations between UBA5 variants and peripheral neuropathy.
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- Murtadha L Al-Saady
- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, VU University Medical Center and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Nissen IA, Millán AP, Stam CJ, van Straaten ECW, Douw L, Pouwels PJW, Idema S, Baayen JC, Velis D, Van Mieghem P, Hillebrand A. Optimization of epilepsy surgery through virtual resections on individual structural brain networks. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19025. [PMID: 34561483 PMCID: PMC8463605 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The success of epilepsy surgery in patients with refractory epilepsy depends upon correct identification of the epileptogenic zone (EZ) and an optimal choice of the resection area. In this study we developed individualized computational models based upon structural brain networks to explore the impact of different virtual resections on the propagation of seizures. The propagation of seizures was modelled as an epidemic process [susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) model] on individual structural networks derived from presurgical diffusion tensor imaging in 19 patients. The candidate connections for the virtual resection were all connections from the clinically hypothesized EZ, from which the seizures were modelled to start, to other brain areas. As a computationally feasible surrogate for the SIR model, we also removed the connections that maximally reduced the eigenvector centrality (EC) (large values indicate network hubs) of the hypothesized EZ, with a large reduction meaning a large effect. The optimal combination of connections to be removed for a maximal effect were found using simulated annealing. For comparison, the same number of connections were removed randomly, or based on measures that quantify the importance of a node or connection within the network. We found that 90% of the effect (defined as reduction of EC of the hypothesized EZ) could already be obtained by removing substantially less than 90% of the connections. Thus, a smaller, optimized, virtual resection achieved almost the same effect as the actual surgery yet at a considerably smaller cost, sparing on average 27.49% (standard deviation: 4.65%) of the connections. Furthermore, the maximally effective connections linked the hypothesized EZ to hubs. Finally, the optimized resection was equally or more effective than removal based on structural network characteristics both regarding reducing the EC of the hypothesized EZ and seizure spreading. The approach of using reduced EC as a surrogate for simulating seizure propagation can suggest more restrictive resection strategies, whilst obtaining an almost optimal effect on reducing seizure propagation, by taking into account the unique topology of individual structural brain networks of patients.
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- Ida A Nissen
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and MEG Center, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Meijer A, Pouwels PJW, Smith J, Visscher C, Bosker RJ, Hartman E, Oosterlaan J, Königs M. The relationship between white matter microstructure, cardiovascular fitness, gross motor skills, and neurocognitive functioning in children. J Neurosci Res 2021; 99:2201-2215. [PMID: 34019710 PMCID: PMC8453576 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Recent evidence indicates that both cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skill performance are related to enhanced neurocognitive functioning in children by influencing brain structure and functioning. This study investigates the role of white matter microstructure in the relationship of both cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skills with neurocognitive functioning in healthy children. In total 92 children (mean age 9.1 years, range 8.0-10.7) were included in this study. Cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skill performance were assessed using performance-based tests. Neurocognitive functioning was assessed using computerized tests (working memory, inhibition, interference control, information processing, and attention). Diffusion tensor imaging was used in combination with tract-based spatial statistics to assess white matter microstructure as defined by fractional anisotropy (FA), axial and radial diffusivity (AD, RD). The results revealed positive associations of both cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skills with neurocognitive functioning. Information processing and motor response inhibition were associated with FA in a cluster located in the corpus callosum. Within this cluster, higher cardiovascular fitness and better gross motor skills were both associated with greater FA, greater AD, and lower RD. No mediating role was found for FA in the relationship of both cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skills with neurocognitive functioning. The results indicate that cardiovascular fitness and gross motor skills are related to neurocognitive functioning as well as white matter microstructure in children. However, this study provides no evidence for a mediating role of white matter microstructure in these relationships.
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- Anna Meijer
- Clinical Neuropsychology SectionVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear MedicineAmsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Center for Human Movement SciencesUniversity Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Center for Human Movement SciencesUniversity Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Groningen Institute for Educational ResearchUniversity of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Center for Human Movement SciencesUniversity Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningenThe Netherlands
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- Clinical Neuropsychology SectionVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
- Emma Neuroscience GroupEmma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Emma Neuroscience GroupEmma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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van de Stadt SIW, Schrantee A, Huffnagel IC, van Ballegoij WJC, Caan MWA, Pouwels PJW, Engelen M. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy as marker for neurodegeneration in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Neuroimage Clin 2021; 32:102793. [PMID: 34461432 PMCID: PMC8405970 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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X-linked adrenoleukodsytrophy (ALD) is a genetic neuro-metabolic disorder, causing a slowly progressive myelopathy in adult male and female patients. New disease modifying therapies for myelopathy are under development. This calls for new (imaging) markers able to measure disease severity and progression in clinical trials. In this prospective cohort study, we measured cerebral metabolite levels with Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS), and evaluated their potential as biomarkers for disease severity and neurodegeneration in ALD. We used a comprehensive protocol of 3T Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) and 7T Single Voxel Spectroscopy (SVS) in a large cohort of adult ALD males without cerebral demyelination. One hundred seven baseline scans - 59 obtained in ALD patients (42 3T MRSI and 17 7T SVS) and 48 obtained in healthy male controls (32 3T MRSI and 16 7T SVS) - and 82 one and two-year follow-up scans (66 3T MRSI and 16 7T SVS) of ALD patients were included. Both protocols showed significantly lower concentration ratios of N-acetylaspartate/creatine (tNAA/tCr) and Glx (glutamine + glutamate)/tCr in the grey and white matter of patients, compared to controls. A novel finding is the higher level of inositol (Ins)/tCr and choline containing compounds (tCho)/tCr in ALD patients without cerebral demyelination. Furthermore, tNAA/tCr correlated strongly with clinical measures of severity of myelopathy. There was no detectable change in metabolite ratios after one-year or two-year follow-up. Our results imply that cerebral metabolite levels - and more specifically the tNAA/tCr ratio - measured with MRS, have potential value as (imaging) biomarkers in ALD.
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- Stephanie I W van de Stadt
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Stellingwerff MD, Al-Saady ML, van de Brug T, Barkhof F, Pouwels PJW, van der Knaap MS. MRI Natural History of the Leukodystrophy Vanishing White Matter. Radiology 2021; 300:671-680. [PMID: 34184934 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2021210110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background In vanishing white matter (VWM), a form of leukodystrophy, earlier onset is associated with faster clinical progression. MRI typically shows rarefaction and cystic destruction of the cerebral white matter. Information on the evolution of VWM according to age at onset is lacking. Purpose To determine whether nature and progression of cerebral white matter abnormalities in VWM differ according to age at onset. Materials and Methods Patients with genetically confirmed VWM were stratified into six groups according to age at onset: younger than 1 year, 1 year to younger than 2 years, 2 years to younger than 4 years, 4 years to younger than 8 years, 8 years to younger than 18 years, and 18 years or older. With institutional review board approval, all available MRI scans obtained between 1985 and 2019 were retrospectively analyzed with three methods: (a) ratio of the width of the lateral ventricles over the skull (ventricle-to-skull ratio [VSR]) was measured to estimate brain atrophy; (b) cerebral white matter was visually scored as percentage normal, hyperintense, rarefied, or cystic on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images and converted into a white matter decay score; and (c) the intracranial volume was segmented into normal-appearing white and gray matter, abnormal but structurally present (FLAIR-hyperintense) and rarefied or cystic (FLAIR-hypointense) white matter, and ventricular and extracerebral cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Multilevel regression analyses with patient as a clustering variable were performed to account for the nested data structure. Results A total of 461 examinations in 270 patients (median age, 7 years [interquartile range, 3-18 years]; 144 female patients) were evaluated; 112 patients had undergone serial imaging. Patients with later onset had higher VSR [F(5) = 8.42; P < .001] and CSF volume [F(5) = 21.7; P < .001] and lower white matter decay score [F(5) = 4.68; P < .001] and rarefied or cystic white matter volume [F(5) = 13.3; P < .001]. Rate of progression of white matter decay scores [b = -1.6, t(109) = -3.9; P < .001] and VSRs [b = -0.05, t (109) = -3.7; P < .001] were lower with later onset. Conclusion A radiologic spectrum based on age at onset exists in vanishing white matter. The earlier the onset, the faster and more cystic the white matter decay, whereas with later onset, white matter atrophy and gliosis predominate. © RSNA, 2021.
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- Menno D Stellingwerff
- From the Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands (M.D.S., M.L.A., M.S.v.d.K.); Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (T.v.d.B.); Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (F.B., P.J.W.P.); Institutes of Neurology and Health Care Engineering, University College London, London, England (F.B.); and Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.S.v.d.K.)
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- From the Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands (M.D.S., M.L.A., M.S.v.d.K.); Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (T.v.d.B.); Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (F.B., P.J.W.P.); Institutes of Neurology and Health Care Engineering, University College London, London, England (F.B.); and Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.S.v.d.K.)
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- From the Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands (M.D.S., M.L.A., M.S.v.d.K.); Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (T.v.d.B.); Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (F.B., P.J.W.P.); Institutes of Neurology and Health Care Engineering, University College London, London, England (F.B.); and Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.S.v.d.K.)
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- From the Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands (M.D.S., M.L.A., M.S.v.d.K.); Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (T.v.d.B.); Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (F.B., P.J.W.P.); Institutes of Neurology and Health Care Engineering, University College London, London, England (F.B.); and Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.S.v.d.K.)
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- From the Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands (M.D.S., M.L.A., M.S.v.d.K.); Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (T.v.d.B.); Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (F.B., P.J.W.P.); Institutes of Neurology and Health Care Engineering, University College London, London, England (F.B.); and Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.S.v.d.K.)
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- From the Department of Child Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam 1081 HV, the Netherlands (M.D.S., M.L.A., M.S.v.d.K.); Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (T.v.d.B.); Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (F.B., P.J.W.P.); Institutes of Neurology and Health Care Engineering, University College London, London, England (F.B.); and Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.S.v.d.K.)
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Verburg N, Barthel FP, Anderson KJ, Johnson KC, Koopman T, Yaqub MM, Hoekstra OS, Lammertsma AA, Barkhof F, Pouwels PJW, Reijneveld JC, Rozemuller AJM, Beliën JAM, Boellaard R, Taylor MD, Das S, Costello JF, Vandertop WP, Wesseling P, de Witt Hamer PC, Verhaak RGW. Spatial concordance of DNA methylation classification in diffuse glioma. Neuro Oncol 2021; 23:2054-2065. [PMID: 34049406 PMCID: PMC8643482 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Intratumoral heterogeneity is a hallmark of diffuse gliomas. DNA methylation profiling is an emerging approach in the clinical classification of brain tumors. The goal of this study is to investigate the effects of intratumoral heterogeneity on classification confidence. Methods We used neuronavigation to acquire 133 image-guided and spatially separated stereotactic biopsy samples from 16 adult patients with a diffuse glioma (7 IDH-wildtype and 2 IDH-mutant glioblastoma, 6 diffuse astrocytoma, IDH-mutant and 1 oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant and 1p19q codeleted), which we characterized using DNA methylation arrays. Samples were obtained from regions with and without abnormalities on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MRI. Methylation profiles were analyzed to devise a 3-dimensional reconstruction of (epi)genetic heterogeneity. Tumor purity was assessed from clonal methylation sites. Results Molecular aberrations indicated that tumor was found outside imaging abnormalities, underlining the infiltrative nature of this tumor and the limitations of current routine imaging modalities. We demonstrate that tumor purity is highly variable between samples and explains a substantial part of apparent epigenetic spatial heterogeneity. We observed that DNA methylation subtypes are often, but not always, conserved in space taking tumor purity and prediction accuracy into account. Conclusion Our results underscore the infiltrative nature of diffuse gliomas and suggest that DNA methylation subtypes are relatively concordant in this tumor type, although some heterogeneity exists.
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- Niels Verburg
- Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, and Brain Tumor Centre, Cancer Center Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Cambridge Brain Tumor Imaging Laboratory, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hill Rd, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- The Jackson Laboratory For Genomic Medicine, 10 Discovery Drive, Farmington, CT 06032, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory For Genomic Medicine, 10 Discovery Drive, Farmington, CT 06032, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory For Genomic Medicine, 10 Discovery Drive, Farmington, CT 06032, USA
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,UCL institutes of Neurology & Healthcare Engineering, Gower St, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.,Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Ontario Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Ontario Canada.,Division of Neurosurgery, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, and Brain Tumor Centre, Cancer Center Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Princess Máxima Centre for Paediatric Oncology, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, and Brain Tumor Centre, Cancer Center Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, and Brain Tumor Centre, Cancer Center Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,The Jackson Laboratory For Genomic Medicine, 10 Discovery Drive, Farmington, CT 06032, USA
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Bouman PM, Steenwijk MD, Pouwels PJW, Schoonheim MM, Barkhof F, Jonkman LE, Geurts JJG. Histopathology-validated recommendations for cortical lesion imaging in multiple sclerosis. Brain 2021; 143:2988-2997. [PMID: 32889535 PMCID: PMC7586087 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cortical demyelinating lesions are clinically important in multiple sclerosis, but notoriously difficult to visualize with MRI. At clinical field strengths, double inversion recovery MRI is most sensitive, but still only detects 18% of all histopathologically validated cortical lesions. More recently, phase-sensitive inversion recovery was suggested to have a higher sensitivity than double inversion recovery, although this claim was not histopathologically validated. Therefore, this retrospective study aimed to provide clarity on this matter by identifying which MRI sequence best detects histopathologically-validated cortical lesions at clinical field strength, by comparing sensitivity and specificity of the thus far most commonly used MRI sequences, which are T2, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR), double inversion recovery and phase-sensitive inversion recovery. Post-mortem MRI was performed on non-fixed coronal hemispheric brain slices of 23 patients with progressive multiple sclerosis directly after autopsy, at 3 T, using T1 and proton-density/T2-weighted, as well as FLAIR, double inversion recovery and phase-sensitive inversion recovery sequences. A total of 93 cortical tissue blocks were sampled from these slices. Blinded to histopathology, all MRI sequences were consensus scored for cortical lesions. Subsequently, tissue samples were stained for proteolipid protein (myelin) and scored for cortical lesion types I–IV (mixed grey matter/white matter, intracortical, subpial and cortex-spanning lesions, respectively). MRI scores were compared to histopathological scores to calculate sensitivity and specificity per sequence. Next, a retrospective (unblinded) scoring was performed to explore maximum scoring potential per sequence. Histopathologically, 224 cortical lesions were detected, of which the majority were subpial. In a mixed model, sensitivity of T1, proton-density/T2, FLAIR, double inversion recovery and phase-sensitive inversion recovery was 8.9%, 5.4%, 5.4%, 22.8% and 23.7%, respectively (20, 12, 12, 51 and 53 cortical lesions). Specificity of the prospective scoring was 80.0%, 75.0%, 80.0%, 91.1% and 88.3%. Sensitivity and specificity did not significantly differ between double inversion recovery and phase-sensitive inversion recovery, while phase-sensitive inversion recovery identified more lesions than double inversion recovery upon retrospective analysis (126 versus 95; P < 0.001). We conclude that, at 3 T, double inversion recovery and phase-sensitive inversion recovery sequences outperform conventional sequences T1, proton-density/T2 and FLAIR. While their overall sensitivity does not exceed 25%, double inversion recovery and phase-sensitive inversion recovery are highly pathologically specific when using existing scoring criteria and their use is recommended for optimal cortical lesion assessment in multiple sclerosis.
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- Piet M Bouman
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,UCL Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Verburg N, Koopman T, Yaqub MM, Hoekstra OS, Lammertsma AA, Barkhof F, Pouwels PJW, Reijneveld JC, Heimans JJ, Rozemuller AJM, Bruynzeel AME, Lagerwaard F, Vandertop WP, Boellaard R, Wesseling P, de Witt Hamer PC. Improved detection of diffuse glioma infiltration with imaging combinations: a diagnostic accuracy study. Neuro Oncol 2021; 22:412-422. [PMID: 31550353 PMCID: PMC7058442 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Surgical resection and irradiation of diffuse glioma are guided by standard MRI: T2/fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR)–weighted MRI for non-enhancing and T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced (T1G) MRI for enhancing gliomas. Amino acid PET has been suggested as the new standard. Imaging combinations may improve standard MRI and amino acid PET. The aim of the study was to determine the accuracy of imaging combinations to detect glioma infiltration. Methods We included 20 consecutive adults with newly diagnosed non-enhancing glioma (7 diffuse astrocytomas, isocitrate dehydrogenase [IDH] mutant; 1 oligodendroglioma, IDH mutant and 1p/19q codeleted; 1 glioblastoma IDH wildtype) or enhancing glioma (glioblastoma, 9 IDH wildtype and 2 IDH mutant). Standardized preoperative imaging (T1-, T2-, FLAIR-weighted, and T1G MRI, perfusion and diffusion MRI, MR spectroscopy and O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine ([18F]FET) PET) was co-localized with multiregion stereotactic biopsies preceding resection. Tumor presence in the biopsies was assessed by 2 neuropathologists. Diagnostic accuracy was determined using receiver operating characteristic analysis. Results A total of 174 biopsies were obtained (63 from 9 non-enhancing and 111 from 11 enhancing gliomas), of which 129 contained tumor (50 from non-enhancing and 79 from enhancing gliomas). In enhancing gliomas, the combination of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with [18F]FET PET (area under the curve [AUC], 95% CI: 0.89, 0.79‒0.99) detected tumor better than T1G MRI (0.56, 0.39‒0.72; P < 0.001) and [18F]FET PET (0.76, 0.66‒0.86; P = 0.001). In non-enhancing gliomas, no imaging combination detected tumor significantly better than standard MRI. FLAIR-weighted MRI had an AUC of 0.81 (0.65–0.98) compared with 0.69 (0.56–0.81; P = 0.019) for [18F]FET PET. Conclusion Combining ADC and [18F]FET PET detects glioma infiltration better than standard MRI and [18F]FET PET in enhancing gliomas, potentially enabling better guidance of local therapy.
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- Niels Verburg
- Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Free University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Free University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Free University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Free University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Free University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, Netherlands.,University College London Institute of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Free University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Amsterdam UMC, VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location Free University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology and Department of Pathology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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van de Lagemaat M, van de Pol LA, Zonnenberg IA, Witjes BCM, Pouwels PJW. MR Spectroscopy Shows Long Propylene Glycol Half-Life in Neonatal Brain. Neonatology 2021; 118:693-701. [PMID: 34670216 DOI: 10.1159/000519282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Neonatal propylene glycol (PG) clearance is low with long plasma half-life. We hypothesized that neonatal brain PG clearance is diminished and may be related to perinatal asphyxia, infection, or stroke, via different blood-brain barrier permeability. This study aimed to estimate cerebral PG half-life with a clearance model including PG measured with MR spectroscopy (MRS) in neonates that received phenobarbital as the only PG source and to evaluate whether PG clearance was related to intracerebral pathology, for example, perinatal asphyxia, infection, or stroke. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, 45 neonates receiving any dose of phenobarbital underwent MRS (short echo time single-voxel MRS at 1.5 T). Cumulative phenobarbital/PG doses were calculated. MRS indications were perinatal asphyxia (n = 22), infection (n = 4), stroke (n = 10), metabolic disease (n = 4), and others (n = 5). RESULTS Medians (interquartile range) included gestational age 39.4 (3.1) weeks, birth weight 3,146 (1,340) g, and cumulative PG dose 700 (1,120) mg/kg. First-order kinetics with mono-exponential decay showed cerebral PG half-life of 40.7 h and volume of distribution of 1.6 L/kg. Zero-order kinetics showed a rate constant of 0.048 mM/h and a volume of distribution of 2.3 L/kg, but the fit had larger residuals than the first-order model. There were no differences in ΔPG (i.e., PG estimated with clearance model minus PG observed with MRS) in infants with perinatal asphyxia, infection, or stroke. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION This study showed a long cerebral PG half-life of 40.7 h in neonates, unrelated to perinatal asphyxia, infection, or stroke. These findings should increase awareness of possible toxic PG concentrations in neonatal brain due to intravenous PG-containing drugs.
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- Monique van de Lagemaat
- Department of Neonatology, Emma Children's Hospital Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Emma Children's Hospital Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, Emma Children's Hospital Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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de Kieviet JF, Lustenhouwer R, Königs M, van Elburg RM, Pouwels PJW, Oosterlaan J. Altered structural connectome and motor problems of very preterm born children at school-age. Early Hum Dev 2021; 152:105274. [PMID: 33227634 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Infants born very preterm (<32 weeks of gestation) show distinct cognitive and motor problems throughout childhood. This study aims 1) to investigate differences in the structural connectome between very preterm born children and term born controls at school-age, and 2) to examine the relationship of the structural connectome with cognitive and motor problems. This study included 29 very preterm (12 males, mean age 8.6 years) and 52 term born peers (25 males, mean age 8.7 years). Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and Movement Assessment Battery for Children were used. Brain network measures of smallworldness, clustering coefficient and shortest path length based on fiber density of white matter tracts were determined from Diffusion Tensor Imaging data using probabilistic tractography. Smallworldness (F(1,79) = -2.09, p = .04, d = 0.52) and clustering coefficient (F(1,79) = -2.63, p = .01, d = 0.64) were significantly higher for very preterm children as compared to term peers. For Total Motor Impairment score and Manual Dexterity, there was a significant interaction between group and smallworldness (Beta = -10.81, p = .03 and Beta = -2.99, p = .004, respectively). Greater Total Motor Impairment and poorer Manual Dexterity were only significantly related to higher smallworldness in term controls (r = 0.35, p = .01 and r = 0.27, p = .04, respectively). Poorer Ball Skills were significantly related to higher smallworldness in both groups (Beta = -0.30, p = .03). This study clearly shows a more segregated network organization in very preterm children as compared to term peers. Importantly, motor problems go together with altered organization of the structural connectome in term born children, whereas this potential compensational process is only found for Ball Skills for very preterm children.
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- Jorrit F de Kieviet
- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Radboud UMC, Department of Rehabilitation, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC Emma Children's Hospital, Emma Neuroscience Group, Department of Paediatrics, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC Emma Children's Hospital, Emma Neuroscience Group, Department of Paediatrics, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC Emma Children's Hospital, Emma Neuroscience Group, Department of Paediatrics, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Weeda MM, Pruis IJ, Westerveld ASR, Brouwer I, Bellenberg B, Barkhof F, Vrenken H, Lukas C, Schneider R, Pouwels PJW. Damage in the Thalamocortical Tracts is Associated With Subsequent Thalamus Atrophy in Early Multiple Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2020; 11:575611. [PMID: 33281710 PMCID: PMC7705066 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.575611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background: In early multiple sclerosis (MS), thalamus atrophy and decreased integrity of the thalamocortical white matter (WM) tracts have been observed. Objective: To investigate the temporal association between thalamus volume and WM damage in the thalamocortical tract in subjects with early MS. Methods: At two time points, 72 subjects with early MS underwent T1, FLAIR and diffusion tensor imaging. Thalamocortical tracts were identified with probabilistic tractography using left and right thalamus as seed regions. Regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of annual percentage change in both thalamus volumes and integrity of the connected tracts. Results: Significant atrophy was seen in left and right thalamus (p < 0.001) over the follow-up period (13.7 ± 4.8 months), whereas fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) changes of the left and right thalamus tracts were not significant, although large inter-subject variability was seen. Annual percentage change in left thalamus volume was significantly predicted by baseline FA of the left thalamus tracts F(1.71) = 4.284, p = 0.042; while no such relation was found for the right thalamus. Annual percentage change in FA or MD of the thalamus tracts was not predicted by thalamus volume or any of the demographic parameters. Conclusion: Over a short follow-up time, thalamus atrophy could be predicted by decreased integrity of the thalamic tracts, but changes in the integrity of the thalamic tracts could not be predicted by thalamus volume. This is the first study showing directionality in the association between thalamus atrophy and connected WM tract damage. These results need to be verified over longer follow-up periods.
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- Merlin M Weeda
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroradiology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-Location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Simpson HB, van den Heuvel OA, Miguel EC, Reddy YCJ, Stein DJ, Lewis-Fernández R, Shavitt RG, Lochner C, Pouwels PJW, Narayanawamy JC, Venkatasubramanian G, Hezel DM, Vriend C, Batistuzzo MC, Hoexter MQ, de Joode NT, Costa DL, de Mathis MA, Sheshachala K, Narayan M, van Balkom AJLM, Batelaan NM, Venkataram S, Cherian A, Marincowitz C, Pannekoek N, Stovezky YR, Mare K, Liu F, Otaduy MCG, Pastorello B, Rao R, Katechis M, Van Meter P, Wall M. Toward identifying reproducible brain signatures of obsessive-compulsive profiles: rationale and methods for a new global initiative. BMC Psychiatry 2020; 20:68. [PMID: 32059696 PMCID: PMC7023814 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-2439-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has a lifetime prevalence of 2-3% and is a leading cause of global disability. Brain circuit abnormalities in individuals with OCD have been identified, but important knowledge gaps remain. The goal of the new global initiative described in this paper is to identify robust and reproducible brain signatures of measurable behaviors and clinical symptoms that are common in individuals with OCD. A global approach was chosen to accelerate discovery, to increase rigor and transparency, and to ensure generalizability of results. METHODS We will study 250 medication-free adults with OCD, 100 unaffected adult siblings of individuals with OCD, and 250 healthy control subjects at five expert research sites across five countries (Brazil, India, Netherlands, South Africa, and the U.S.). All participants will receive clinical evaluation, neurocognitive assessment, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The imaging will examine multiple brain circuits hypothesized to underlie OCD behaviors, focusing on morphometry (T1-weighted MRI), structural connectivity (Diffusion Tensor Imaging), and functional connectivity (resting-state fMRI). In addition to analyzing each imaging modality separately, we will also use multi-modal fusion with machine learning statistical methods in an attempt to derive imaging signatures that distinguish individuals with OCD from unaffected siblings and healthy controls (Aim #1). Then we will examine how these imaging signatures link to behavioral performance on neurocognitive tasks that probe these same circuits as well as to clinical profiles (Aim #2). Finally, we will explore how specific environmental features (childhood trauma, socioeconomic status, and religiosity) moderate these brain-behavior associations. DISCUSSION Using harmonized methods for data collection and analysis, we will conduct the largest neurocognitive and multimodal-imaging study in medication-free subjects with OCD to date. By recruiting a large, ethno-culturally diverse sample, we will test whether there are robust biosignatures of core OCD features that transcend countries and cultures. If so, future studies can use these brain signatures to reveal trans-diagnostic disease dimensions, chart when these signatures arise during development, and identify treatments that target these circuit abnormalities directly. The long-term goal of this research is to change not only how we conceptualize OCD but also how we diagnose and treat it.
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- Helen Blair Simpson
- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, Netherlands ,grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- grid.11899.380000 0004 1937 0722Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, Institute & Department of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clinicas-HCFMUSP, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil ,grid.500696.cNational Institute of Developmental Psychiatry, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.416861.c0000 0001 1516 2246National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.11899.380000 0004 1937 0722Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, Institute & Department of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clinicas-HCFMUSP, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil ,grid.500696.cNational Institute of Developmental Psychiatry, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.11956.3a0000 0001 2214 904XSAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- grid.416861.c0000 0001 1516 2246National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- grid.416861.c0000 0001 1516 2246National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, Netherlands ,grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- grid.11899.380000 0004 1937 0722Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, Institute & Department of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clinicas-HCFMUSP, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil ,grid.500696.cNational Institute of Developmental Psychiatry, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.11899.380000 0004 1937 0722Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, Institute & Department of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clinicas-HCFMUSP, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil ,grid.500696.cNational Institute of Developmental Psychiatry, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, Netherlands ,grid.12380.380000 0004 1754 9227Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- grid.11899.380000 0004 1937 0722Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, Institute & Department of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clinicas-HCFMUSP, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil ,grid.500696.cNational Institute of Developmental Psychiatry, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.11899.380000 0004 1937 0722Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, Institute & Department of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clinicas-HCFMUSP, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil ,grid.500696.cNational Institute of Developmental Psychiatry, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.416861.c0000 0001 1516 2246National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- grid.416861.c0000 0001 1516 2246National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, Netherlands ,grid.420193.d0000 0004 0546 0540GGZ inGeest, Specialised Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, Netherlands ,grid.420193.d0000 0004 0546 0540GGZ inGeest, Specialised Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.416861.c0000 0001 1516 2246National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- grid.416861.c0000 0001 1516 2246National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- grid.11956.3a0000 0001 2214 904XSAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- grid.11956.3a0000 0001 2214 904XSAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.7836.a0000 0004 1937 1151SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.11899.380000 0004 1937 0722Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program, Institute & Department of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clinicas-HCFMUSP, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil ,grid.500696.cNational Institute of Developmental Psychiatry, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.11899.380000 0004 1937 0722Institute of Radiology, Hospital das Clinicas-HCFMUSP, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- grid.416861.c0000 0001 1516 2246National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- grid.21729.3f0000000419368729Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 USA ,grid.413734.60000 0000 8499 1112The New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 USA
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Boon BDC, Pouwels PJW, Jonkman LE, Keijzer MJ, Preziosa P, van de Berg WDJ, Geurts JJG, Scheltens P, Barkhof F, Rozemuller AJM, Bouwman FH, Steenwijk MD. Can post-mortem MRI be used as a proxy for in vivo? A case study. Brain Commun 2019; 1:fcz030. [PMID: 32954270 PMCID: PMC7425311 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcz030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Post-mortem in situ MRI has been used as an intermediate between brain histo(patho)logy and in vivo imaging. However, it is not known how comparable post-mortem in situ is to ante-mortem imaging. We report the unique situation of a patient with familial early-onset Alzheimer's disease due to a PSEN1 mutation, who underwent ante-mortem brain MRI and post-mortem in situ imaging only 4 days apart. T1-weighted and diffusion MRI was performed at 3-Tesla at both time points. Visual atrophy rating scales, brain volume, cortical thickness and diffusion measures were derived from both scans and compared. Post-mortem visual atrophy scores decreased 0.5-1 point compared with ante-mortem, indicating an increase in brain volume. This was confirmed by quantitative analysis; showing a 27% decrease of ventricular and 7% increase of whole-brain volume. This increase was more pronounced in the cerebellum and supratentorial white matter than in grey matter. Furthermore, axial and radial diffusivity decreased up to 60% post-mortem whereas average fractional anisotropy of white matter increased approximately 10%. This unique case study shows that the process of dying affects several imaging markers. These changes need to be taken into account when interpreting post-mortem MRI to make inferences on the in vivo situation.
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- Baayla D C Boon
- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Pathology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, Institute of Experimental Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Weeda MM, Middelkoop SM, Steenwijk MD, Daams M, Amiri H, Brouwer I, Killestein J, Uitdehaag BMJ, Dekker I, Lukas C, Bellenberg B, Barkhof F, Pouwels PJW, Vrenken H. Validation of mean upper cervical cord area (MUCCA) measurement techniques in multiple sclerosis (MS): High reproducibility and robustness to lesions, but large software and scanner effects. Neuroimage Clin 2019; 24:101962. [PMID: 31416017 PMCID: PMC6704046 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Introduction Atrophy of the spinal cord is known to occur in multiple sclerosis (MS). The mean upper cervical cord area (MUCCA) can be used to measure this atrophy. Currently, several (semi-)automated methods for MUCCA measurement exist, but validation in clinical magnetic resonance (MR) images is lacking. Methods Five methods to measure MUCCA (SCT-PropSeg, SCT-DeepSeg, NeuroQLab, Xinapse JIM and ITK-SNAP) were investigated in a predefined upper cervical cord region. First, within-scanner reproducibility and between-scanner robustness were assessed using intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and Dice's similarity index (SI) in scan-rescan 3DT1-weighted images (brain, including cervical spine using a head coil) performed on three 3 T MR machines (GE MR750, Philips Ingenuity, Toshiba Vantage Titan) in 21 subjects with MS and 6 healthy controls (dataset A). Second, sensitivity of MUCCA measurement to lesions in the upper cervical cord was assessed with cervical 3D T1-weighted images (3 T GE HDxT using a head-neck-spine coil) in 7 subjects with MS without and 14 subjects with MS with cervical lesions (dataset B), using ICC and SI with manual reference segmentations. Results In dataset A, MUCCA differed between MR machines (p < 0.001) and methods (p < 0.001) used, but not between scan sessions. With respect to MUCCA values, Xinapse JIM showed the highest within-scanner reproducibility (ICC absolute agreement = 0.995) while Xinapse JIM and SCT-PropSeg showed the highest between-scanner robustness (ICC consistency = 0.981 and 0.976, respectively). Reproducibility of segmentations between scan sessions was highest in Xinapse JIM and SCT-PropSeg segmentations (median SI ≥ 0.921), with a significant main effect of method (p < 0.001), but not of MR machine or subject group. In dataset B, SI with manual outlines did not differ between patients with or without cervical lesions for any of the segmentation methods (p > 0.176). However, there was an effect of method for both volumetric and voxel wise agreement of the segmentations (both p < 0.001). Highest volumetric and voxel wise agreement was obtained with Xinapse JIM (ICC absolute agreement = 0.940 and median SI = 0.962). Conclusion Although MUCCA is highly reproducible within a scanner for each individual measurement method, MUCCA differs between scanners and between methods. Cervical cord lesions do not affect MUCCA measurement performance. Mean upper cervical cord area (MUCCA) was obtained with five different methods. MUCCA was determined in a unique scan-rescan multi-vendor MR study. Reproducibility: MUCCA did not differ between scan-rescan images for any method. Robustness: MUCCA differed between methods and between scanners. Performance of MUCCA methods was not affected by the presence of lesions.
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- M M Weeda
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC - location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC - location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC - location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC - location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC-location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Verburg N, Koopman T, Yaqub M, Hoekstra OS, Lammertsma AA, Schwarte LA, Barkhof F, Pouwels PJW, Heimans JJ, Reijneveld JC, Rozemuller AJM, Vandertop WP, Wesseling P, Boellaard R, de Witt Hamer PC. Direct comparison of [ 11C] choline and [ 18F] FET PET to detect glioma infiltration: a diagnostic accuracy study in eight patients. EJNMMI Res 2019; 9:57. [PMID: 31254208 PMCID: PMC6598977 DOI: 10.1186/s13550-019-0523-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Positron emission tomography (PET) is increasingly used to guide local treatment in glioma. The purpose of this study was a direct comparison of two potential tracers for detecting glioma infiltration, O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-l-tyrosine ([18F] FET) and [11C] choline. Methods Eight consecutive patients with newly diagnosed diffuse glioma underwent dynamic [11C] choline and [18F] FET PET scans. Preceding craniotomy, multiple stereotactic biopsies were obtained from regions inside and outside PET abnormalities. Biopsies were assessed independently for tumour presence by two neuropathologists. Imaging measurements were derived at the biopsy locations from 10 to 40 min [11C] choline and 20–40, 40–60 and 60–90 min [18F] FET intervals, as standardized uptake value (SUV) and tumour-to-brain ratio (TBR). Diagnostic accuracies of both tracers were compared using receiver operating characteristic analysis and generalized linear mixed modelling with consensus histopathological assessment as reference. Results Of the 74 biopsies, 54 (73%) contained tumour. [11C] choline SUV and [18F] FET SUV and TBR at all intervals were higher in tumour than in normal samples. For [18F] FET, the diagnostic accuracy of TBR was higher than that of SUV for intervals 40–60 min (area under the curve: 0.88 versus 0.81, p = 0.026) and 60–90 min (0.90 versus 0.81, p = 0.047). The diagnostic accuracy of [18F] FET TBR 60–90 min was higher than that of [11C] choline SUV 20–40 min (0.87 versus 0.67, p = 0.005). Conclusions [18F] FET was more accurate than [11C] choline for detecting glioma infiltration. Highest accuracy was found for [18F] FET TBR for the interval 60–90 min post-injection. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13550-019-0523-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Niels Verburg
- Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, Brain Tumour Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,UCL institutes of Neurology & Healthcare Engineering, Gower St, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Tumour Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Tumour Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Brain Tumour Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, Brain Tumour Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Brain Tumour Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Princess Máxima Center for Paediatric Oncology, and Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, Brain Tumour Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Harting I, Karch S, Moog U, Seitz A, Pouwels PJW, Wolf NI. Oculodentodigital Dysplasia: A Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy with a Characteristic MRI Pattern of Brain Stem Involvement. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019; 40:903-907. [PMID: 31048294 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Oculodentodigital dysplasia, a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding gap junction protein 1, classically presents with typical facial features, dental and ocular anomalies, and syndactyly. Oligosymptomatic patients are common and difficult to recognize, in particular if syndactyly is absent. Neurologic manifestation occurs in approximately 30% of patients, and leukodystrophy or T2 hypointensity of gray matter structures or both have been noted in individual patients. To investigate MR imaging changes in oculodentodigital dysplasia, we retrospectively and systematically reviewed 12 MRIs from 6 genetically confirmed patients. Diffuse supratentorial hypomyelination, T2-hypointense Rolandic and primary visual cortex, and symmetric involvement of middle cerebellar peduncle, pyramidal tract, and medial lemniscus was present in all, T2-hypointense pallidum and dentate nucleus in 2 patients each. This consistent, characteristic pattern of diffuse supratentorial hypomyelination and brain stem involvement differs from other hypomyelinating and nonhypomyelinating leukodystrophies with brain stem involvement, and its recognition should trigger genetic testing for oculodentodigital dysplasia.
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- I Harting
- From the Department of Neuroradiology (I.H., A.S.)
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Medicine (S.K.), Clinic I, Division of Neuropaediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics (U.M.), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Neuroradiology (I.H., A.S.)
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- Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (P.J.W.P.)
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- Child Neurology (N.I.W.), VU University Medical Center and Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Jonkman LE, Graaf YGD, Bulk M, Kaaij E, Pouwels PJW, Barkhof F, Rozemuller AJM, van der Weerd L, Geurts JJG, van de Berg WDJ. Normal Aging Brain Collection Amsterdam (NABCA): A comprehensive collection of postmortem high-field imaging, neuropathological and morphometric datasets of non-neurological controls. Neuroimage Clin 2019; 22:101698. [PMID: 30711684 PMCID: PMC6360607 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Well-characterized, high-quality brain tissue of non-neurological control subjects is a prerequisite to study the healthy aging brain, and can serve as a control for the study of neurological disorders. The Normal Aging Brain Collection Amsterdam (NABCA) provides a comprehensive collection of post-mortem (ultra-)high-field MRI (3Tesla and 7 Tesla) and neuropathological datasets of non-neurological controls. By providing MRI within the pipeline, NABCA uniquely stimulates translational neurosciences; from molecular and morphometric tissue studies to the clinical setting. We describe our pipeline, including a description of our on-call autopsy team, donor selection, in situ and ex vivo post-mortem MRI protocols, brain dissection and neuropathological diagnosis. A demographic, radiological and pathological overview of five selected cases on all these aspects is provided. Additionally, information is given on data management, data and tissue application procedures, including review by a scientific advisory board, and setting up a material transfer agreement before distribution of tissue. Finally, we focus on future prospects, which includes laying the foundation for a unique platform for neuroanatomical, histopathological and neuro-radiological education, of professionals, students and the general (lay) audience. NABCA provides a collection of correlative post-mortem MRI and pathological datasets. Non-neurological control brains for studies on aging and neurological disorders. Stimulating micro- to macroscale structural exploration within same patient Post-mortem MRI data and tissue available for integrated advanced data analytics
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- Laura E Jonkman
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of radiology and nuclear medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of radiology and nuclear medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Institutes of neurology and healthcare engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of pathology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Kiljan S, Meijer KA, Steenwijk MD, Pouwels PJW, Schoonheim MM, Schenk GJ, Geurts JJG, Douw L. Structural network topology relates to tissue properties in multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 2018; 266:212-222. [PMID: 30467603 PMCID: PMC6342882 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-018-9130-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Abnormalities in segregative and integrative properties of brain networks have been observed in multiple sclerosis (MS) and are related to clinical functioning. This study aims to investigate the micro-scale correlates of macro-scale network measures of segregation and integration in MS. METHODS Eight MS patients underwent post-mortem in situ whole-brain diffusion tensor (DT) imaging and subsequent brain dissection. Macro-scale structural network topology was derived from DT data using graph theory. Clustering coefficient and mean white matter (WM) fiber length were measures of nodal segregation and integration. Thirty-three tissue blocks were collected from five cortical brain regions. Using immunohistochemistry micro-scale tissue properties were evaluated, including, neuronal size, neuronal density, axonal density and total cell density. Nodal network properties and tissue properties were correlated. RESULTS A negative correlation between clustering coefficient and WM fiber length was found. Higher clustering coefficient was associated with smaller neuronal size and lower axonal density, and vice versa for fiber length. Higher whole-brain WM lesion load was associated with higher whole-brain clustering, shorter whole-brain fiber length, lower neuronal size and axonal density. CONCLUSION Structural network properties on MRI associate with neuronal size and axonal density, suggesting that macro-scale network measures may grasp cortical neuroaxonal degeneration in MS.
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- Svenja Kiljan
- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, MS Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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Pouwels PJW, van de Lagemaat M, van de Pol LA, Witjes BCM, Zonnenberg IA. Spectroscopic detection of brain propylene glycol in neonates: Effects of different pharmaceutical formulations of phenobarbital. J Magn Reson Imaging 2018; 49:1062-1068. [PMID: 30350475 PMCID: PMC6587756 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.26344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background The first choice for treatment of neonatal convulsions is intravenous phenobarbital, which contains propylene glycol (PG) as a solvent. Although PG is generally considered safe, the dosage can exceed safety thresholds in neonates. High PG levels can cause lactic acidosis. Purpose/Hypothesis To investigate a relationship between brain PG concentration and medication administered to neonates, and to study if a correlation between spectroscopically detected PG and lactate was present. Study Type Retrospective. Population Forty‐one neonates who underwent MRI/MRS. Field Strength/Sequence Short echo time single voxel MRS at 1.5T. Assessment Spectra were quantified. Concentrations of PG were correlated with medication administered, because intravenously administered phenobarbital solutions contained 10, 25, or 50 mg phenobarbital per ml, all containing 350 mg PG per ml. The interval between medication and MRI/MRS was determined. Statistical Tests Chi‐square test, Student's t‐test, Mann–Whitney U‐test and Spearman correlation. Results Eighteen neonates had brain PG >1 mM (median 3.4 mM, maximum 9.5 mM). All 18 neonates with high brain PG and 14 neonates with low brain PG (<1 mM) received phenobarbital as the only source of PG. Nine neonates did not receive any phenobarbital/PG‐containing medication. Neonates with high brain PG more often received 10 mg/ml phenobarbital, resulting in higher PG dose (high vs. low brain PG (median [interquartile range]: 1400 [595] vs. 350 [595] mg/kg, respectively, P < 0.01). In addition, the interval between the last phenobarbital dose and MRI was shorter in the high brain PG group (high vs. low brain PG: 16 [21] vs. 95 [83] hours, respectively, P < 0.001). Within neonates that received phenobarbital, there was no conclusive correlation between spectroscopically detected PG and lactate (Spearman's rho = 0.23, P = 0.10). Data Conclusion These MRS findings may increase awareness of potentially toxic PG concentrations in the neonatal brain due to intravenous phenobarbital administration and its dependence on the phenobarbital formulation used. Level of Evidence: 4 Technical Efficacy: Stage 5 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2019;49:1062–1068.
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- Petra J W Pouwels
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics/Neonatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Rumping L, Tessadori F, Pouwels PJW, Vringer E, Wijnen JP, Bhogal AA, Savelberg SMC, Duran KJ, Bakkers MJG, Ramos RJJ, Schellekens PAW, Kroes HY, Klomp DWJ, Black GCM, Taylor RL, Bakkers JPW, Prinsen HCMT, van der Knaap MS, Dansen TB, Rehmann H, Zwartkruis FJT, Houwen RHJ, van Haaften G, Verhoeven-Duif NM, Jans JJM, van Hasselt PM. GLS hyperactivity causes glutamate excess, infantile cataract and profound developmental delay. Hum Mol Genet 2018; 28:96-104. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddy330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Loss-of-function mutations in glutaminase (GLS), the enzyme converting glutamine into glutamate, and the counteracting enzyme glutamine synthetase (GS) cause disturbed glutamate homeostasis and severe neonatal encephalopathy. We report a de novo Ser482Cys gain-of-function variant in GLS encoding GLS associated with profound developmental delay and infantile cataract. Functional analysis demonstrated that this variant causes hyperactivity and compensatory downregulation of GLS expression combined with upregulation of the counteracting enzyme GS, supporting pathogenicity. Ser482Cys-GLS likely improves the electrostatic environment of the GLS catalytic site, thereby intrinsically inducing hyperactivity. Alignment of +/−12.000 GLS protein sequences from >1000 genera revealed extreme conservation of Ser482 to the same degree as catalytic residues. Together with the hyperactivity, this indicates that Ser482 is evolutionarily preserved to achieve optimal—but submaximal—GLS activity. In line with GLS hyperactivity, increased glutamate and decreased glutamine concentrations were measured in urine and fibroblasts. In the brain (both grey and white matter), glutamate was also extremely high and glutamine was almost undetectable, demonstrated with magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at clinical field strength and subsequently supported at ultra-high field strength. Considering the neurotoxicity of glutamate when present in excess, the strikingly high glutamate concentrations measured in the brain provide an explanation for the developmental delay. Cataract, a known consequence of oxidative stress, was evoked in zebrafish expressing the hypermorphic Ser482Cys-GLS and could be alleviated by inhibition of GLS. The capacity to detoxify reactive oxygen species was reduced upon Ser482Cys-GLS expression, providing an explanation for cataract formation. In conclusion, we describe an inborn error of glutamate metabolism caused by a GLS hyperactivity variant, illustrating the importance of balanced GLS activity.
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- Lynne Rumping
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CT, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M139WL, UK
- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester M139WL, UK
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- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M139WL, UK
- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester M139WL, UK
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CT, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam HV, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Molecular Cancer Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Molecular Cancer Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Molecular Cancer Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht CX, The Netherlands
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Koopman T, Verburg N, Schuit RC, Pouwels PJW, Wesseling P, Windhorst AD, Hoekstra OS, de Witt Hamer PC, Lammertsma AA, Boellaard R, Yaqub M. Quantification of O-(2-[ 18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine kinetics in glioma. EJNMMI Res 2018; 8:72. [PMID: 30066053 PMCID: PMC6068050 DOI: 10.1186/s13550-018-0418-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study identified the optimal tracer kinetic model for quantification of dynamic O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine ([18F]FET) positron emission tomography (PET) studies in seven patients with diffuse glioma (four glioblastoma, three lower grade glioma). The performance of more simplified approaches was evaluated by comparison with the optimal compartment model. Additionally, the relationship with cerebral blood flow-determined by [15O]H2O PET-was investigated. RESULTS The optimal tracer kinetic model was the reversible two-tissue compartment model. Agreement analysis of binding potential estimates derived from reference tissue input models with the distribution volume ratio (DVR)-1 derived from the plasma input model showed no significant average difference and limits of agreement of - 0.39 and 0.37. Given the range of DVR-1 (- 0.25 to 1.5), these limits are wide. For the simplified methods, the 60-90 min tumour-to-blood ratio to parent plasma concentration yielded the highest correlation with volume of distribution VT as calculated by the plasma input model (r = 0.97). The 60-90 min standardized uptake value (SUV) showed better correlation with VT (r = 0.77) than SUV based on earlier intervals. The 60-90 min SUV ratio to contralateral healthy brain tissue showed moderate agreement with DVR with no significant average difference and limits of agreement of - 0.24 and 0.30. A significant but low correlation was found between VT and CBF in the tumour regions (r = 0.61, p = 0.007). CONCLUSION Uptake of [18F]FET was best modelled by a reversible two-tissue compartment model. Reference tissue input models yielded estimates of binding potential which did not correspond well with plasma input-derived DVR-1. In comparison, SUV ratio to contralateral healthy brain tissue showed slightly better performance, if measured at the 60-90 min interval. SUV showed only moderate correlation with VT. VT shows correlation with CBF in tumour.
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- Thomas Koopman
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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4H leukodystrophy is characterized by hypomyelination, hypodontia, and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. With its variability in clinical symptoms, application of pattern recognition to identify specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features proved useful for the diagnosis. We collected 3T MR imaging data of 12 patients with mutations in POLR3A (n = 8), POLR3B (n = 3), and POLR1C (n = 1), all obtained at the same scanner. We assessed these images and compared them with previously obtained 1.5T images in 8 patients. Novel MRI findings were myelin islets, closed eye sign, and a cyst-like lesion in the splenium. Myelin islets were variable numbers of small T1 hyperintense and T2 hypointense dots, mostly in the frontal and parietal white matter, and present in all patients. This interpretation was supported with perivascular staining of myelin protein in the hypomyelinated white matter of a deceased 4H patient. All patients had better myelination of the medial lemniscus with a relatively hypointense signal of this structure on axial T2-weighted (T2W) images ("closed eye sign"). Five patients had a small cyst-like lesion in the splenium. In 10 patients with sagittal T2W images, we also found spinal cord hypomyelination. In conclusion, imaging at 3T identified additional features in 4H leukodystrophy, aiding the MRI diagnosis of this entity.
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- Ferdy K Cayami
- Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Center for Biomedical Research, Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,Department of Medical Genetics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada.,Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University and VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van Hemmen J, Saris IMJ, Cohen-Kettenis PT, Veltman DJ, Pouwels PJW, Bakker J. Sex Differences in White Matter Microstructure in the Human Brain Predominantly Reflect Differences in Sex Hormone Exposure. Cereb Cortex 2018; 27:2994-3001. [PMID: 27226438 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sex differences have been described regarding several aspects of human brain morphology; however, the exact biological mechanisms underlying these differences remain unclear in humans. Women with the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS), who lack androgen action in the presence of a 46,XY karyotype, offer the unique opportunity to study isolated effects of sex hormones and sex chromosomes on human neural sexual differentiation. In the present study, we used diffusion tensor imaging to investigate white matter (WM) microstructure in 46,XY women with CAIS (n = 20), 46,XY comparison men (n = 30), and 46,XX comparison women (n = 30). Widespread sex differences in fractional anisotropy (FA), with higher FA in comparison men than in comparison women, were observed. Women with CAIS showed female-typical FA throughout extended WM regions, predominantly due to female-typical radial diffusivity. These findings indicate a predominant role of sex hormones in the sexual differentiation of WM microstructure, although sex chromosome genes and/or masculinizing androgen effects not mediated by the androgen receptor might also play a role.
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- J van Hemmen
- Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Psychology.,Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry.,Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Medical Technology and.,Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Psychology.,GIGA Neurosciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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van Rappard DF, Königs M, Steenweg ME, Boelens JJ, Oosterlaan J, van der Knaap MS, Wolf NI, Pouwels PJW. Diffusion tensor imaging in metachromatic leukodystrophy. J Neurol 2018; 265:659-668. [PMID: 29383515 PMCID: PMC5834549 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-018-8765-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Revised: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Objective We aimed to gain more insight into the pathomechanisms of metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), by comparing magnitude and direction of diffusion between patients and controls at diagnosis and during follow-up. Methods Four late-infantile, 16 juvenile and 8 adult onset MLD patients [of which 13 considered eligible for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT)] and 47 controls were examined using diffusion tensor imaging. Fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD) were quantified and compared between groups using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS). Diffusion measures were determined for normal-appearing white matter (NAWM), corpus callosum, thalamus (all based on subject-wise segmentation), and pyramidal tracts, determined with probabilistic tractography. Measures were compared between HCT-eligible patients, non-eligible patients and controls using general linear model and nonparametric permutation analyses (randomise) for TBSS data, considering family-wise error corrected p < 0.05 significant. Results Throughout white matter (WM), FA was decreased and MD and RD increased in both patient groups compared to controls, while AD was decreased in NAWM and corpus callosum. In the thalamus, no differences in FA were observed, but all diffusivities were increased in both patient groups. Differences were most pronounced between controls and patients non-eligible for HCT. Longitudinally (median follow-up 3.9 years), diffusion measures remained relatively stable for HCT-treated patients, but were progressively abnormal for non-eligible patients. Interpretation The observed diffusion measures confirm that brain microstructure is changed in MLD, reflecting different pathological processes including loss of myelin and sulfatide accumulation. The observation of both increased and decreased AD probably reflects a balance between myelin and axonal loss vs. intracellular sulfatide storage in macrophages, depending on region and disease stage. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00415-018-8765-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Diane F van Rappard
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, VU University Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Neuropsychology Section, FGB VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, VU University Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Neuropsychology Section, FGB VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, VU University Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, VU University Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, VU University Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. .,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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van Rappard DF, Klauser A, Steenweg ME, Boelens JJ, Bugiani M, van der Knaap MS, Wolf NI, Pouwels PJW. Quantitative MR spectroscopic imaging in metachromatic leukodystrophy: value for prognosis and treatment. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2018; 89:105-111. [PMID: 28889092 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging is useful in predicting clinical course of patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), an inherited white matter disorder treatable with haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). METHODS 21 patients with juvenile or adult MLD (12 HCT-treated) were compared with 16 controls in the same age range. Clinical outcome was determined as good, moderate or poor. Metabolites were quantified in white matter, and significance of metabolite concentrations at baseline for outcome prediction was assessed using logistic regression analysis. Evolution of metabolic changes was assessed for patients with follow-up examinations. RESULTS In this retrospective study, 16 patients with baseline scans were included, 5 with good, 3 with moderate and 8 with poor outcome, and 16 controls. We observed significant group differences for all metabolite concentrations in white matter (p<0.001). Compared with controls, patients had decreased N-acetylaspartate and glutamate, and increased myo-inositol and lactate, most pronounced in patients with poor outcome (post hoc, all p<0.05). Logistic regression showed complete separation of data. Creatine could distinguish poor from moderate and good outcome, the sum of glutamate and glutamine could distinguish good from moderate and poor outcome, and N-acetylaspartate could distinguish all outcome groups. For 13 patients (8 with baseline scans), one or more follow-up examinations were evaluated, revealing stabilisation or even partial normalisation of metabolites in patients with moderate and good outcome, clearly visible in the ratio of choline/N-acetylaspartate. CONCLUSION In MLD, quantitative spectroscopic imaging at baseline is predictive for outcome and aids in determining eligibility for HCT.
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- Diane F van Rappard
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Pathology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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de Jong MC, de Graaf P, Pouwels PJW, Beenakker JW, Jansen RW, Geurts JJG, Moll AC, Castelijns JA, van der Valk P, van der Weerd L. 9.4T and 17.6T MRI of Retinoblastoma: Ex Vivo evaluation of microstructural anatomy and disease extent compared with histopathology. J Magn Reson Imaging 2017; 47:1487-1497. [PMID: 29193569 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular tumor in childhood with a good prognosis in terms of mortality, but detailed information about tumor morphology and disease extent in retinoblastoma is important for treatment decision making. PURPOSE To demonstrate ultrahigh-field MRI tumor morphology and tumor extent in retinoblastoma correlating with in and ex vivo images with histopathology. STUDY TYPE Prospective case series. POPULATION Six retinoblastoma patients (median age 5.5 months, range 2-14) were prospectively included in this study. Median time between diagnosis and enucleation was 8 days (range 7-19). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE In vivo pre-enucleation at 1.5T MRI with a circular surface coil. Ex vivo imaging (FLASH T1 -weighted and RARE T2 -weighted) was performed at field strengths of 9.4T and 17.6T. ASSESSMENT After ex vivo imaging, the eyes were histopathologically analyzed and morphologically matched with MRI findings by three authors (two with respectively 14 and 4 years of experience in ocular MRI and one with 16 years of experience in ophthalmopathology). RESULTS Small submillimeter morphological aspects of intraocular retinoblastoma were successfully depicted with higher-resolution MRI and matched with histopathology images. With ex vivo MRI a small subretinal tumor seed (300 μm) adjacent to the choroid was morphologically matched with histopathology. Also, a characteristic geographical pattern of vital tumor tissue (400 μm) surrounding a central vessel interspersed with necrotic areas correlated with histopathology images. Tumor invasion into the optic nerve showed a higher signal intensity on T1 -weighted higher-resolution MRI. DATA CONCLUSION Higher-resolution MRI allows for small morphological aspects of intraocular retinoblastoma and extraocular disease extent not visible on currently used clinical in vivo MRI to be depicted. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2018;47:1487-1497.
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- Marcus C de Jong
- Department of Radiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Departments of Ophthalmology and Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Molecular & Functional Imaging section, Departments of Radiology & Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Verburg N, Pouwels PJW, Boellaard R, Barkhof F, Hoekstra OS, Reijneveld JC, Vandertop WP, Wesseling P, de Witt Hamer PC. Accurate Delineation of Glioma Infiltration by Advanced PET/MR Neuro-Imaging (FRONTIER Study): A Diagnostic Study Protocol. Neurosurgery 2017; 79:535-40. [PMID: 27479710 DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Glioma imaging, used for diagnostics, treatment planning, and follow-up, is currently based on standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) modalities (T1 contrast-enhancement for gadolinium-enhancing gliomas and T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery hyperintensity for nonenhancing gliomas). The diagnostic accuracy of these techniques for the delineation of gliomas is suboptimal. OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic accuracy of advanced neuroimaging compared with standard MRI modalities for the detection of diffuse glioma infiltration within the brain. METHODS A monocenter, prospective, diagnostic observational study in adult patients with a newly diagnosed, diffuse infiltrative glioma undergoing resective glioma surgery. Forty patients will be recruited in 3 years. Advanced neuroimaging will be added to the standard preoperative MRI. Serial neuronavigated biopsies in and around the glioma boundaries, obtained immediately preceding resective surgery, will provide histopathologic and molecular characteristics of the regions of interest, enabling comparison with quantitative measurements in the imaging modalities at the same biopsy sites. DISCUSSION In this clinical study, we determine the diagnostic accuracy of advanced imaging in addition to standard MRI to delineate glioma. The results of our study can be valuable for the development of an improved standard imaging protocol for glioma treatment. EXPECTED OUTCOME We hypothesize that a combination of positron emission tomography, MR spectroscopy, and standard MRI will have a superior accuracy for glioma delineation compared with standard MRI alone. In addition, we anticipate that advanced imaging will correlate with the histopathologic and molecular characteristics of glioma. ABBREVIATIONS CHO, [11C-]CholineCRF, case report formsFET, [18F-]Fluoroethyl-tyrosineFLAIR, fluid-attenuated inversion recoveryMETC, Medical Ethical CommitteeMRS, magnetic resonance spectroscopyPET, positron emission tomographyVUmc, VU University Medical Center.
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- Niels Verburg
- *Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; ‡Department of Physics & Medical Technology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; §Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; ¶Department of Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; ‖Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; #Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Verburg N, Hoefnagels FWA, Barkhof F, Boellaard R, Goldman S, Guo J, Heimans JJ, Hoekstra OS, Jain R, Kinoshita M, Pouwels PJW, Price SJ, Reijneveld JC, Stadlbauer A, Vandertop WP, Wesseling P, Zwinderman AH, De Witt Hamer PC. Diagnostic Accuracy of Neuroimaging to Delineate Diffuse Gliomas within the Brain: A Meta-Analysis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38:1884-1891. [PMID: 28882867 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Brain imaging in diffuse glioma is used for diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up. PURPOSE In this meta-analysis, we address the diagnostic accuracy of imaging to delineate diffuse glioma. DATA SOURCES We systematically searched studies of adults with diffuse gliomas and correlation of imaging with histopathology. STUDY SELECTION Study inclusion was based on quality criteria. Individual patient data were used, if available. DATA ANALYSIS A hierarchic summary receiver operating characteristic method was applied. Low- and high-grade gliomas were analyzed in subgroups. DATA SYNTHESIS Sixty-one studies described 3532 samples in 1309 patients. The mean Standard for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy score (13/25) indicated suboptimal reporting quality. For diffuse gliomas as a whole, the diagnostic accuracy was best with T2-weighted imaging, measured as area under the curve, false-positive rate, true-positive rate, and diagnostic odds ratio of 95.6%, 3.3%, 82%, and 152. For low-grade gliomas, the diagnostic accuracy of T2-weighted imaging as a reference was 89.0%, 0.4%, 44.7%, and 205; and for high-grade gliomas, with T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging as a reference, it was 80.7%, 16.8%, 73.3%, and 14.8. In high-grade gliomas, MR spectroscopy (85.7%, 35.0%, 85.7%, and 12.4) and 11C methionine-PET (85.1%, 38.7%, 93.7%, and 26.6) performed better than the reference imaging. LIMITATIONS True-negative samples were underrepresented in these data, so false-positive rates are probably less reliable than true-positive rates. Multimodality imaging data were unavailable. CONCLUSIONS The diagnostic accuracy of commonly used imaging is better for delineation of low-grade gliomas than high-grade gliomas on the basis of limited evidence. Improvement is indicated from advanced techniques, such as MR spectroscopy and PET.
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- N Verburg
- From the Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam (N.V., F.W.A.H., W.P.V., P.C.D.W.H.)
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- From the Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam (N.V., F.W.A.H., W.P.V., P.C.D.W.H.)
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- Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (F.B., R.B., O.S.H.)
- Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering (F.B.), University College London, London, UK
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- Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (F.B., R.B., O.S.H.)
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- Service of Nuclear Medicine and PET/Biomedical Cyclotron Unit (S.G.), l'université libre de Bruxelles-Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
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- Shanghai Medical College (J.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (F.B., R.B., O.S.H.)
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- Department of Radiology (R.J.), New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Neurosurgery (M.K.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Academic Neurosurgery Division (S.J.P.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery (A.S.), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- From the Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam (N.V., F.W.A.H., W.P.V., P.C.D.W.H.)
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- Pathology (P.W.), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Pathology (P.W.), Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (A.H.Z.), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- From the Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam (N.V., F.W.A.H., W.P.V., P.C.D.W.H.)
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de Sitter A, Steenwijk MD, Ruet A, Versteeg A, Liu Y, van Schijndel RA, Pouwels PJW, Kilsdonk ID, Cover KS, van Dijk BW, Ropele S, Rocca MA, Yiannakas M, Wattjes MP, Damangir S, Frisoni GB, Sastre-Garriga J, Rovira A, Enzinger C, Filippi M, Frederiksen J, Ciccarelli O, Kappos L, Barkhof F, Vrenken H. Performance of five research-domain automated WM lesion segmentation methods in a multi-center MS study. Neuroimage 2017; 163:106-114. [PMID: 28899746 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In vivoidentification of white matter lesions plays a key-role in evaluation of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Automated lesion segmentation methods have been developed to substitute manual outlining, but evidence of their performance in multi-center investigations is lacking. In this work, five research-domain automated segmentation methods were evaluated using a multi-center MS dataset. METHODS 70 MS patients (median EDSS of 2.0 [range 0.0-6.5]) were included from a six-center dataset of the MAGNIMS Study Group (www.magnims.eu) which included 2D FLAIR and 3D T1 images with manual lesion segmentation as a reference. Automated lesion segmentations were produced using five algorithms: Cascade; Lesion Segmentation Toolbox (LST) with both the Lesion growth algorithm (LGA) and the Lesion prediction algorithm (LPA); Lesion-Topology preserving Anatomical Segmentation (Lesion-TOADS); and k-Nearest Neighbor with Tissue Type Priors (kNN-TTP). Main software parameters were optimized using a training set (N = 18), and formal testing was performed on the remaining patients (N = 52). To evaluate volumetric agreement with the reference segmentations, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) as well as mean difference in lesion volumes between the automated and reference segmentations were calculated. The Similarity Index (SI), False Positive (FP) volumes and False Negative (FN) volumes were used to examine spatial agreement. All analyses were repeated using a leave-one-center-out design to exclude the center of interest from the training phase to evaluate the performance of the method on 'unseen' center. RESULTS Compared to the reference mean lesion volume (4.85 ± 7.29 mL), the methods displayed a mean difference of 1.60 ± 4.83 (Cascade), 2.31 ± 7.66 (LGA), 0.44 ± 4.68 (LPA), 1.76 ± 4.17 (Lesion-TOADS) and -1.39 ± 4.10 mL (kNN-TTP). The ICCs were 0.755, 0.713, 0.851, 0.806 and 0.723, respectively. Spatial agreement with reference segmentations was higher for LPA (SI = 0.37 ± 0.23), Lesion-TOADS (SI = 0.35 ± 0.18) and kNN-TTP (SI = 0.44 ± 0.14) than for Cascade (SI = 0.26 ± 0.17) or LGA (SI = 0.31 ± 0.23). All methods showed highly similar results when used on data from a center not used in software parameter optimization. CONCLUSION The performance of the methods in this multi-center MS dataset was moderate, but appeared to be robust even with new datasets from centers not included in training the automated methods.
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- Alexandra de Sitter
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Neurology, CHU-Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; Inserm U-1215 Magendie Neurocenter-Pathophysiology of Neural Plasticity, CHU-Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, UniSR, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuroinflammation, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology, Neuroimaging and Telemedicine, IRCCS Centro "S. Giovanni di Dio-F.B.F.", Brescia, Italy; Memory Clinic and LANVIE - Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Department of Neurology/Neuroimmunology, VHIR, Barcelona, Spain
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- Magnetic Resonance Unit, Department of Radiology (IDI), VHIR, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; Division of Neuroradiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, UniSR, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- UK/NIHR UCL-UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, UK
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- Neurologic Clinic and Policlinic, University Hospital, University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Institutes of Neurology & Healthcare Engineering, UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Steenwijk MD, Amiri H, Schoonheim MM, de Sitter A, Barkhof F, Pouwels PJW, Vrenken H. Agreement of MSmetrix with established methods for measuring cross-sectional and longitudinal brain atrophy. Neuroimage Clin 2017; 15:843-853. [PMID: 28794970 PMCID: PMC5540882 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Revised: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Despite the recognized importance of atrophy in multiple sclerosis (MS), methods for its quantification have been mostly restricted to the research domain. Recently, a CE labelled and FDA approved MS-specific atrophy quantification method, MSmetrix, has become commercially available. Here we perform a validation of MSmetrix against established methods in simulated and in vivo MRI data. METHODS Whole-brain and gray matter (GM) volume were measured with the cross-sectional pipeline of MSmetrix and compared to the outcomes of FreeSurfer (cross-sectional pipeline), SIENAX and SPM. For this comparison we investigated 20 simulated brain images, as well as in vivo data from 100 MS patients and 20 matched healthy controls. In fifty of the MS patients a second time point was available. In this subgroup, we additionally analyzed the whole-brain and GM volume change using the longitudinal pipeline of MSmetrix and compared the results with those of FreeSurfer (longitudinal pipeline) and SIENA. RESULTS In the simulated data, SIENAX displayed the smallest average deviation compared with the reference whole-brain volume (+ 19.56 ± 10.34 mL), followed by MSmetrix (- 38.15 ± 17.77 mL), SPM (- 42.99 ± 17.12 mL) and FreeSurfer (- 78.51 ± 12.68 mL). A similar pattern was seen in vivo. Among the cross-sectional methods, Deming regression analyses revealed proportional errors particularly in MSmetrix and SPM. The mean difference percentage brain volume change (PBVC) was lowest between longitudinal MSmetrix and SIENA (+ 0.16 ± 0.91%). A strong proportional error was present between longitudinal percentage gray matter volume change (PGVC) measures of MSmetrix and FreeSurfer (slope = 2.48). All longitudinal methods were sensitive to the MRI hardware upgrade that occurred during the time of the study. CONCLUSION MSmetrix, FreeSurfer, FSL and SPM show differences in atrophy measurements, even at the whole-brain level, that are large compared to typical atrophy rates observed in MS. Especially striking are the proportional errors between methods. Cross-sectional MSmetrix behaved similarly to SPM, both in terms of mean volume difference as well as proportional error. Longitudinal MSmetrix behaved most similar to SIENA. Our results indicate that brain volume measurement and normalization from T1-weighted images remains an unsolved problem that requires much more attention.
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- Martijn D Steenwijk
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands; Department of Physics and Medical Technology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Physics and Medical Technology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands; Institute of Neurology & Healthcare Engineering, UCL, London, UK.
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- Department of Physics and Medical Technology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands; Department of Physics and Medical Technology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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Hoefnagels FWA, de Witt Hamer PC, Pouwels PJW, Barkhof F, Vandertop WP. Impact of Gradient Number and Voxel Size on Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography for Resective Brain Surgery. World Neurosurg 2017. [PMID: 28624562 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.06.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore quantitatively and qualitatively how the number of gradient directions (NGD) and spatial resolution (SR) affect diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography in patients planned for brain tumor surgery, using routine clinical magnetic resonance imaging protocols. METHODS Of 67 patients with intracerebral lesions who had 2 different DTI scans, 3 DTI series were reconstructed to compare the effects of NGD and SR. Tractographies for 4 clinically relevant tracts (corticospinal tract, superior longitudinal fasciculus, optic radiation, and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus) were constructed with a probabilistic tracking algorithm and automated region of interest placement and compared for 3 quantitative measurements: tract volume, median fiber density, and mean fractional anisotropy, using linear mixed-effects models. The mean tractography volume and intersubject reliability were visually compared across scanning protocols, to assess the clinical relevance of the quantitative differences. RESULTS Both NGD and SR significantly influenced tract volume, median fiber density, and mean fractional anisotropy, but not to the same extent. In particular, higher NGD increased tract volume and median fiber density. More importantly, these effects further increased when tracts were affected by disease. The effects were tract specific, but not dependent on threshold. The superior longitudinal fasciculus and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus showed the most significant differences. Qualitative assessment showed larger tract volumes given a fixed confidence level, and better intersubject reliability for the higher NGD protocol. SR in the range we considered seemed less relevant than NGD. CONCLUSIONS This study indicates that, under time constraints of clinical imaging, a higher number of diffusion gradients is more important than spatial resolution for superior DTI probabilistic tractography in patients undergoing brain tumor surgery.
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- Friso W A Hoefnagels
- Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics & Medical Technology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Cavedo E, Lista S, Rojkova K, Chiesa PA, Houot M, Brueggen K, Blautzik J, Bokde ALW, Dubois B, Barkhof F, Pouwels PJW, Teipel S, Hampel H. Disrupted white matter structural networks in healthy older adult APOE ε4 carriers - An international multicenter DTI study. Neuroscience 2017; 357:119-133. [PMID: 28596117 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The ε4 allelic variant of the Apolipoprotein E gene (APOE ε4) is the best-established genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). White matter (WM) microstructural damages measured with Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) represent an early sign of fiber tract disconnection in AD. We examined the impact of APOE ε4 on WM microstructure in elderly individuals from the multicenter European DTI Study on Dementia. Voxelwise statistical analysis of fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity, radial and axial diffusivity (MD, radD and axD respectively) was carried out using Tract-Based Spatial Statistics. Seventy-four healthy elderly individuals - 31 APOE ε4 carriers (APOE ε4+) and 43 APOE ε4 non-carriers (APOE ε4-) -were considered for data analysis. All the results were corrected for scanner acquisition protocols, age, gender and for multiple comparisons. APOE ε4+ and APOE ε4- subjects were comparable regarding sociodemographic features and global cognition. A significant reduction of FA and increased radD was found in the APOE ε4+ compared to the APOE ε4- in the cingulum, in the corpus callosum, in the inferior fronto-occipital and in the inferior longitudinal fasciculi, internal and external capsule. APOE ε4+, compared to APOE ε4- showed higher MD in the genu, right internal capsule, superior longitudinal fasciculus and corona radiate. Comparisons stratified by center supported the results obtained on the whole sample. These findings support previous evidence in monocentric studies indicating a modulatory role of APOE ɛ4 allele on WM microstructure in elderly individuals at risk for AD suggesting early vulnerability and/or reduced resilience of WM tracts involved in AD.
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- Enrica Cavedo
- AXA Research Fund & UPMC Chair, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Paris 06, Inserm, CNRS, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière (ICM), Département de Neurologie, Institut de la Mémoire et de la Maladie d'Alzheimer (IM2A), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'hôpital, F-75013 Paris, France; Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology, IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.
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- AXA Research Fund & UPMC Chair, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Paris 06, Inserm, CNRS, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière (ICM), Département de Neurologie, Institut de la Mémoire et de la Maladie d'Alzheimer (IM2A), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'hôpital, F-75013 Paris, France
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- AXA Research Fund & UPMC Chair, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Paris 06, Inserm, CNRS, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière (ICM), Département de Neurologie, Institut de la Mémoire et de la Maladie d'Alzheimer (IM2A), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'hôpital, F-75013 Paris, France
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- AXA Research Fund & UPMC Chair, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Paris 06, Inserm, CNRS, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière (ICM), Département de Neurologie, Institut de la Mémoire et de la Maladie d'Alzheimer (IM2A), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'hôpital, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Institute of Memory and Alzheimer's Disease (IM2A), Centre of Excellence of Neurodegenerative Disease (CoEN), ICM, APHP Department of Neurology, Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, University Paris 6, Paris, France
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- Institute for Clinical Radiology, Department of MRI, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany
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- Cognitive Systems Group, Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Sorbonne Universities, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris 06, Institute of Memory and Alzheimer's Disease (IM2A) & Brain and Spine Institute (ICM) UMR S 1127, Departament of Neurology, Hopital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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- DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Rostock, Germany; Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- AXA Research Fund & UPMC Chair, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Paris 06, Inserm, CNRS, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière (ICM), Département de Neurologie, Institut de la Mémoire et de la Maladie d'Alzheimer (IM2A), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'hôpital, F-75013 Paris, France.
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Vrij-van den Bos S, Hol JA, La Piana R, Harting I, Vanderver A, Barkhof F, Cayami F, van Wieringen WN, Pouwels PJW, van der Knaap MS, Bernard G, Wolf NI. 4H Leukodystrophy: A Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scoring System. Neuropediatrics 2017; 48:152-160. [PMID: 28561206 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1599141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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4H (hypomyelination, hypodontia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism) leukodystrophy (4H) is an autosomal recessive hypomyelinating white matter (WM) disorder with neurologic, dental, and endocrine abnormalities. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scoring system for 4H. A scoring system (0-54) was developed to quantify hypomyelination and atrophy of different brain regions. Pons diameter and bicaudate ratio were included as measures of cerebral and brainstem atrophy, and reference values were determined using controls. Five independent raters completed the scoring system in 40 brain MRI scans collected from 36 patients with genetically proven 4H. Interrater reliability (IRR) and correlations between MRI scores, age, gross motor function, gender, and mutated gene were assessed. IRR for total MRI severity was found to be excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient: 0.87; 95% confidence interval: 0.80-0.92) but varied between different items with some (e.g., myelination of the cerebellar WM) showing poor IRR. Atrophy increased with age in contrast to hypomyelination scores. MRI scores (global, hypomyelination, and atrophy scores) significantly correlated with clinical handicap (p < 0.01 for all three items) and differed between the different genotypes. Our 4H MRI scoring system reliably quantifies hypomyelination and atrophy in patients with 4H, and MRI scores reflect clinical disease severity.
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Motion and Department of Neuroradiology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, Dist. of Columbia, United States
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- Department of Radiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Institute of Neurology and Health Care Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center and Department of Mathematics, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Medical Technology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Functional Genomics, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Canada.,Child Health and Human Development Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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