Yuanyuan Wang1, Gang Ji2, Yang Hu1, Guanya Li1, Yueyan Ding1, Chunxin Hu1, Lei Liu1, Wenchao Zhang1, Karen M von Deneen1, Yu Han3, Guangbin Cui3, Huaning Wang4, Peter Manza5, Nora D Volkow5, Yongzhan Nie6, Gene-Jack Wang7, Yi Zhang8. 1. Center for Brain Imaging, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, China. 2. State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. Electronic address: jigang@fmmu.edu.cn. 3. Department of Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Xi'an, China. 5. Laboratory of Neuroimaging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland. 6. State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. 7. Laboratory of Neuroimaging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: gene-jack.wang@nih.gov. 8. Center for Brain Imaging, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, China. Electronic address: yizhang@xidian.edu.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with decreased brain gray- (GM) and white-matter (WM) volumes in regions. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is an effective bariatric surgery associated with neuroplastic changes in patients with obesity at 1 month postLSG. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether LSG can induce sustained neuroplastic recovery of brain structural abnormalities, and whether structural changes are accompanied by functional alterations. SETTING: University hospital, longitudinal study. METHODS: Structural magnetic resonance imaging and voxel-based morphometry analysis were employed to assess GM/WM volumes in 30 obese participants at preLSG and 1 and 3 months postLSG. One-way analysis of variance modeled time effects on GM/WM volumes, and then alterations in resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) were assessed. RESULTS: Significant time effects on GM volumes were in caudate (F = 11.20), insula (INS; F = 10.11), posterior cingulate cortex (PCC; F = 13.32), and inferior frontal gyrus (F = 12.18), and on WM volumes in anterior cingulate cortex (F = 15.70), PCC (F = 15.56), and parahippocampus (F = 17.96, PFDR < .05). Post hoc tests showed significantly increased GM volumes in caudate (mean change ± SEM .018 ± .005 and P = .001, .031 ± .007 and P < .001), INS (.027 ± .008 and P = .003, .043 ± .009 and P < .001), and PCC (.008 ± .004 and P = .042, .026 ± .006 and P < .001), and increased WM volumes in anterior cingulate cortex (.029 ± .006 and P < .001, .041 ± .008 and P < .001), PCC (.017 ± .004 and P < .001, .032 ± .006 and P < .001), and parahippocampus (.031 ± .008 and P =.001, .075 ± .013 and P < .001) at 1 and 3 months postLSG compared with preLSG. Significant increases in GM volumes were in caudate (.013 ± .006 and P = .036), PCC (.019 ± .006 and P = .006), and inferior frontal gyrus (.019 ± .005 and P = .001), and in WM volumes in anterior cingulate cortex (.012 ± .005 and P = .028), PCC (.014 ± .006 and P = .017), and parahippocampus (.044 ± .014 and P = .003) at 3 relative to 1 month postLSG. GM volumes in INS and PCC showed a positive correlation at 1 (r = .57, P = .001) and 3 months postLSG (r = .55, P = .001). GM volume in INS and PCC were positively correlated with RSFC of INS-PCC (r = .40 and P = .03, r = .55 and P = .001) and PCC-INS (r = .37 and P = .046, r = .57 and P < .001) at 1 month postLSG. GM volume in INS was also positively correlated with RSFC of INS-PCC (r = .44, P = .014) and PCC-INS (r = .38, P = .037) at 3 months postLSG. CONCLUSION: LSG induces sustained structural brain changes, which might mediate long-term benefits of bariatric surgery in weight reduction. Associations between regional GM volume and RSFC suggest that LSG-induced structural changes contribute to RSFC changes.
BACKGROUND:Obesity is associated with decreased brain gray- (GM) and white-matter (WM) volumes in regions. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is an effective bariatric surgery associated with neuroplastic changes in patients with obesity at 1 month postLSG. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether LSG can induce sustained neuroplastic recovery of brain structural abnormalities, and whether structural changes are accompanied by functional alterations. SETTING: University hospital, longitudinal study. METHODS: Structural magnetic resonance imaging and voxel-based morphometry analysis were employed to assess GM/WM volumes in 30 obeseparticipants at preLSG and 1 and 3 months postLSG. One-way analysis of variance modeled time effects on GM/WM volumes, and then alterations in resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) were assessed. RESULTS: Significant time effects on GM volumes were in caudate (F = 11.20), insula (INS; F = 10.11), posterior cingulate cortex (PCC; F = 13.32), and inferior frontal gyrus (F = 12.18), and on WM volumes in anterior cingulate cortex (F = 15.70), PCC (F = 15.56), and parahippocampus (F = 17.96, PFDR < .05). Post hoc tests showed significantly increased GM volumes in caudate (mean change ± SEM .018 ± .005 and P = .001, .031 ± .007 and P < .001), INS (.027 ± .008 and P = .003, .043 ± .009 and P < .001), and PCC (.008 ± .004 and P = .042, .026 ± .006 and P < .001), and increased WM volumes in anterior cingulate cortex (.029 ± .006 and P < .001, .041 ± .008 and P < .001), PCC (.017 ± .004 and P < .001, .032 ± .006 and P < .001), and parahippocampus (.031 ± .008 and P =.001, .075 ± .013 and P < .001) at 1 and 3 months postLSG compared with preLSG. Significant increases in GM volumes were in caudate (.013 ± .006 and P = .036), PCC (.019 ± .006 and P = .006), and inferior frontal gyrus (.019 ± .005 and P = .001), and in WM volumes in anterior cingulate cortex (.012 ± .005 and P = .028), PCC (.014 ± .006 and P = .017), and parahippocampus (.044 ± .014 and P = .003) at 3 relative to 1 month postLSG. GM volumes in INS and PCC showed a positive correlation at 1 (r = .57, P = .001) and 3 months postLSG (r = .55, P = .001). GM volume in INS and PCC were positively correlated with RSFC of INS-PCC (r = .40 and P = .03, r = .55 and P = .001) and PCC-INS (r = .37 and P = .046, r = .57 and P < .001) at 1 month postLSG. GM volume in INS was also positively correlated with RSFC of INS-PCC (r = .44, P = .014) and PCC-INS (r = .38, P = .037) at 3 months postLSG. CONCLUSION: LSG induces sustained structural brain changes, which might mediate long-term benefits of bariatric surgery in weight reduction. Associations between regional GM volume and RSFC suggest that LSG-induced structural changes contribute to RSFC changes.
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