Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROIMAGING
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 105-110Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12074
Keywords
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; biomarker; Parkinson's disease; mitochondrial dysfunction; diagnosis
Funding
- Dana Foundation
- Parkinson's Disease Foundation as part of the PDF Research Center of Weill Cornell Medical College
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebral mitochondrial dysfunction has been observed in Parkinson's disease (PD). If mitochondrial dysfunction is an early event contributing to PD development, then noninvasive techniques that detect disturbed energy metabolism in vivo might be useful tools for early diagnosis and treatment monitoring. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that proton (H-1) and phosphorus (P-31) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) measures of brain metabolites are able to differentiate between individuals with early PD and healthy volunteers (HVs). METHODS During this cross-sectional study including 20 subjects with early PD and 15 age-matched HV, ventricular lactate (anaerobic glycolysis); and regional levels of N-acetylaspartate (neuronal integrity); choline (membrane turnover); creatine (energy metabolism); ATP and other phosphate-containing compounds (oxidative phosphorylation) were determined using brain H-1 and P-31 MRS. RESULTS No metabolic abnormalities were detectable in early-stage PD patients. Metabolite concentrations were not related to age, disease duration, or Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor scores. DISCUSSION In early PD, neither H-1 nor P-31 MRS were able to detect metabolic abnormalities, a finding that is in contrast to published data in more advanced PD cohorts. MRS under dynamic conditions might uncover latent energy deficits in early PD, thus warranting future study.
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