- Title
- Biochemical Correlations with Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis Detected by MR 2D Localized Correlated Spectroscopy
- Creator
- Jameen, A. R. M.; Al-iedani, Oun; Ribbons, Karen; Lea, Rod; Lechner-Scott, Jeannette; Ramadan, Saadallah
- Relation
- Journal of Neuroimaging Vol. 31, Issue 3, p. 508-516
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jon.12836
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Fatigue is the common symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), yet its pathophysiological mechanism is poorly understood. We investigated the metabolic changes in fatigue in a group of relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients using MR two-dimensional localized correlated spectroscopy (2D L-COSY). METHODS: Sixteen RRMS and 16 healthy controls were included in the study. Fatigue impact was assessed with the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS). MR 2D L-COSY data were collected from the posterior cingulate cortex. Nonparametric statistical analysis was used to calculate the changes in creatine scaled metabolic ratios and their correlations with fatigue scores. RESULTS: Compared to healthy controls, the RRMS group showed significantly higher fatigue and lower metabolic ratios for tyrosine, glutathione, homocarnosine (GSH+Hca), fucose-3, glutamine+glutamate (Glx), glycerophosphocholine (GPC), total choline, and N-acetylaspartate (NAA-2), while increased levels for isoleucine and glucose (P ≤ .05). Only GPC showed positive correlation with all fatigue domains (r = .537, P ≤ .05). On the other hand, Glx-upper, NAA-2, GSH+Hca, and fucose-3 showed negative correlations with all fatigue domains (r = –.345 to –.580, P ≤ .05). While tyrosine showed positive correlation with MFIS (r = .499, P ≤ .05), cognitive fatigue was negatively correlated with total GSH (r = –.530, P ≤ .05). No correlations were found between lesion load or brain volumes with fatigue score. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that fatigue in MS is strongly correlated with an imbalance in neurometabolites but not structural brain measurements.
- Subject
- 2D L-COSY; MS fatigue; multiple sclerosis
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1448536
- Identifier
- uon:43429
- Identifier
- ISSN:1051-2284
- Language
- eng
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