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NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2013232118
关键词
default mode; connectomics; metabolism; neuroimaging; computational models
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of China [81620108016, 81601560, 82021004, 31830034, 11328501, 11275027, 11975194, 81971690]
- National Key Research and Development Project [2018YFA0701402]
- Changjiang Scholar Professorship Award [T2015027]
- Hong Kong Research Grant Council [HKBU12302914, HKBU12200217]
- Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Faculty Research Grant [FRG2/17-18/011]
- HKBU Research Committee Interdisciplinary Research Clusters Matching Scheme [IRCMs/18-19/SCI01]
The study investigates the relationship between brain aerobic glycolysis (AG) and the macroscopic connectome, proposing a weighted regional distance-dependent model to estimate total axonal projection length of brain nodes. Results show significant associations between estimated axonal projection length and AG across brain nodes, with high-AG regions exhibiting a high degree of wiring optimization in the human brain.
Aerobic glycolysis (AG), that is, the nonoxidative metabolism of glucose, contributes significantly to anabolic pathways, rapid energy generation, task-induced activity, and neuroprotection; yet high AG is also associated with pathological hallmarks such as amyloid-p deposition. An important yet unresolved question is whether and how the metabolic benefits and risks of brain AG is structurally shaped by connectome wiring. Using positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging techniques as well as computational models, we investigate the relationship between brain AG and the macroscopic connectome. Specifically, we propose a weighted regional distance-dependent model to estimate the total axonal projection length of a brain node. This model has been validated in a macaque connectome derived from tract-tracing data and shows a high correspondence between experimental and estimated axonal lengths. When applying this model to the human connectome, we find significant associations between the estimated total axonal projection length and AG across brain nodes, with higher levels primarily located in the default-mode and prefrontal regions. Moreover, brain AG significantly mediates the relationship between the structural and functional connectomes. Using a wiring optimization model, we find that the estimated total axonal projection length in these high-AG regions exhibits a high extent of wiring optimization. If these high-AG regions are randomly rewired, their total axonal length and vulnerability risk would substantially increase. Together, our results suggest that high-AG regions have expensive but still optimized wiring cost to fulfill metabolic requirements and simultaneously reduce vulnerability risk, thus revealing a benefit-risk balancing mechanism in the human brain.
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