Increased glutamate and deep brain atrophy can predict the severity of multiple sclerosis

Biomedical Papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacký, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
H PoláčekE Kurča

Abstract

In multiple sclerosis (MS), deep grey matter (DGM) atrophy has been recognised as a crucial component of the disease that presents early and it has been associated with disability. Although the precise mechanism underlying grey matter atrophy is unknown, several hypotheses have been postulated. Our previous research pointed to correlations of hypothalamic metabolic alterations with clinical outcomes of MS, therefore we decided to further test the relationship of these alterations with DGM atrophy. We used 1H-Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) of the hypothalamus to test its metabolites in 26 patients with RRMS and 22 healthy age-matched controls. DGM atrophy was evaluated by simple planimetry of third ventricular width on the hypothalamic level (3VW) in T1 weighted MRI pictures. Metabolite ratios of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), choline (Cho), glutamate and glutamine (Glx), myo-inositol (mIns) and creatine (Cr) were correlated with Multiple Sclerosis Severity Scale (MSSS) and 3VW. Metabolite concentrations were compared between patients and controls using multiple regression models allowing for age, 3VW and metabolites. It revealed that the only relevant predictors of MSSS were 3VW and Glx/NAA. At a significance level of P<0....Continue Reading

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