Nian Wang1,2, Jie Zhuang2, Hongjiang Wei2, Russell Dibb1, Yi Qi1, Chunlei Liu3,4. 1. Center for in vivo Microscopy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 2. Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 3. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. 4. Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Various studies by MRI exhibit that the corpus callosum (CC) is the most vulnerable to cuprizone administration, detecting the demyelination and remyelination process using different MRI parameters are, however, lacking. PURPOSE: To investigate the sensitivity of multiparametric MRI both in vivo and ex vivo for demyelination and remyelination. STUDY TYPE: Prospective. ANIMAL MODEL: A cuprizone mice model with an age-matched control group (n = 5), 4-week cuprizone exposure group followed by 9-week on a normal diet (n = 6), and a 13-week cuprizone exposure group (n = 6). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE: 3D gradient recalled echo, T2 -weighted, and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at 7.0T and 9.4T. ASSESSMENT: Quantification of DTI metrics, quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), and T2 -weighted imaging intensity in major white matter bundles. STATISTICAL TESTS: Nonparametric permutation tests were used with a cluster-forming threshold as 3.09 (equivalent to P = 0.001), and the significant level as P = 0.05 with family-wise correction. RESULTS: In vivo susceptibility values increased from -11.7 to -0.7 ppb (P < 0.001) in CC and from -13.7 to -5.1 ppb (P < 0.001) in the anterior commissure (AC) after the 13-week cuprizone exposure. Ex vivo susceptibility values increased from -25.4 to 7.4 ppb (P < 0.001) in CC and from -41.6 to -15.8 ppb (P < 0.001) in AC. Susceptibility values showed high variations to demyelination for in vivo studies (94.0% in CC, 62.8% in AC). Susceptibility values exhibited higher variations than radial diffusivity for ex vivo studies (129.1% vs. 28.3% in CC, 62.0% vs. 25.0% in AC). In addition to the differential susceptibility variations in different white matter tracts, intraregional demyelination variation was also present not only in CC but also in the AC area by voxel-based analysis. DATA CONCLUSION: QSM is sensitive to the demyelination process of cuprizone exposure, which can be a complementary technique to conventional T2 -weighted images and DTI metrics. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2 Technical Efficacy Stage: 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2019;50:1852-1865.
BACKGROUND: Various studies by MRI exhibit that the corpus callosum (CC) is the most vulnerable to cuprizone administration, detecting the demyelination and remyelination process using different MRI parameters are, however, lacking. PURPOSE: To investigate the sensitivity of multiparametric MRI both in vivo and ex vivo for demyelination and remyelination. STUDY TYPE: Prospective. ANIMAL MODEL: A cuprizonemice model with an age-matched control group (n = 5), 4-week cuprizone exposure group followed by 9-week on a normal diet (n = 6), and a 13-week cuprizone exposure group (n = 6). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE: 3D gradient recalled echo, T2 -weighted, and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at 7.0T and 9.4T. ASSESSMENT: Quantification of DTI metrics, quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM), and T2 -weighted imaging intensity in major white matter bundles. STATISTICAL TESTS: Nonparametric permutation tests were used with a cluster-forming threshold as 3.09 (equivalent to P = 0.001), and the significant level as P = 0.05 with family-wise correction. RESULTS: In vivo susceptibility values increased from -11.7 to -0.7 ppb (P < 0.001) in CC and from -13.7 to -5.1 ppb (P < 0.001) in the anterior commissure (AC) after the 13-week cuprizone exposure. Ex vivo susceptibility values increased from -25.4 to 7.4 ppb (P < 0.001) in CC and from -41.6 to -15.8 ppb (P < 0.001) in AC. Susceptibility values showed high variations to demyelination for in vivo studies (94.0% in CC, 62.8% in AC). Susceptibility values exhibited higher variations than radial diffusivity for ex vivo studies (129.1% vs. 28.3% in CC, 62.0% vs. 25.0% in AC). In addition to the differential susceptibility variations in different white matter tracts, intraregional demyelination variation was also present not only in CC but also in the AC area by voxel-based analysis. DATA CONCLUSION: QSM is sensitive to the demyelination process of cuprizone exposure, which can be a complementary technique to conventional T2 -weighted images and DTI metrics. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2 Technical Efficacy Stage: 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2019;50:1852-1865.
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