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Positron Emission Tomography with [18F]-DPA-714 Unveils a Smoldering Component in Most Multiple Sclerosis Lesions which Drives Disease Progression

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ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
卷 94, 期 2, 页码 366-383

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ana.26657

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This study examines the prognostic value of persisting neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions using [F-18]-DPA-714-PET. The results show that a high proportion of non-gadolinium-enhancing lesions have persisting neuroinflammation, which predicts atrophy and clinical progression in MS patients.
Objective: To determine the prognostic value of persisting neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions, we developed a 18 kDa-translocator-protein-positron emission tomography (PET) -based classification of each lesion according to innate immune cell content and localization. We assessed the respective predictive value of lesion phenotype and diffuse inflammation on atrophy and disability progression over 2 years. Methods: Thirty-six people with MS (disease duration 9 +/- 6 years; 12 with relapsing-remitting, 13 with secondary-progressive, and 11 with primary-progressive) and 19 healthy controls (HCs) underwent a dynamic [F-18]-DPA-714-PET. At baseline and after 2 years, the patients also underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neurological examination. Based on a threshold of significant inflammation defined by a comparison of [F-18]-DPA-714 binding between patients with MS and HCs, white matter lesions were classified as homogeneously active (active center), rim-active (inactive center and active periphery), or nonactive. Longitudinal cortical atrophy was measured using Jacobian integration. Results: Patients with MS had higher innate inflammation in normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) and cortex than HCs (respective standardized effect size = 1.15, 0.89, p = 0.003 and < 0.001). Out of 1,335 non-gadolinium-enhancing lesions, 53% were classified as homogeneously-active (median = 17 per patient with MS), 6% rim-active (median = 1 per patient with MS), and 41% non-active (median = 14 per patient with MS). The number of homogenously-active lesions was the strongest predictor of longitudinal changes, associating with cortical atrophy (beta = 0.49, p = 0.023) and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) changes (beta = 0.35, p = 0.023) over 2 years. NAWM and cortical binding were not associated to volumetric and clinical changes. Interpretation: The [F-18]-DPA-714-PET revealed that an unexpectedly high proportion of MS lesions have a smoldering component, which predicts atrophy and clinical progression. This suggests that following the acute phase, most lesions develop a chronic inflammatory component, promoting neurodegeneration and clinical progression.

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