Task Activation Results in Regional<sup>13</sup>C-Lactate Signal Increase in the Human Brain

Abstract Hyperpolarized-13C magnetic resonance imaging (HP-13C MRI) was used to image changes in13C-lactate signal during a visual stimulus condition in comparison to an eyes-closed control condition. Whole-brain13C-pyruvate,13C-lactate and13C-bicarbonate production was imaged in healthy volunteers (N=6, ages 24-33) for the two conditions using two separate hyperpolarized13C-pyruvate injections. BOLD-fMRI scans were used to delineate regions of functional activation.13C-metabolite signal was normalized by13C-metabolite signal from the brainstem and the percentage change in13C-metabolite signal conditions was calculated. A one-way Wilcoxon signed-rank test showed a significant increase in13C-lactate in regions of activation when compared to the remainder of the brain (p= 0.02, V = 21). No significant increase was observed in13C-pyruvate (p= 0.11, V = 17) or13C-bicarbonate (p= 0.95, V = 3) signal. The results show an increase in13C-lactate production in the activated region that is measurable with HP-13C MRI..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 05. Feb. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Englisch

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Uthayakumar, Biranavan [VerfasserIn]
Cappelletto, Nicole I.C. [VerfasserIn]
Bragagnolo, Nadia D. [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Albert P. [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Nathan [VerfasserIn]
Perks, William J. [VerfasserIn]
Endre, Ruby [VerfasserIn]
Tam, Fred [VerfasserIn]
Graham, Simon J. [VerfasserIn]
Heyn, Chris [VerfasserIn]
Keshari, Kayvan R. [VerfasserIn]
Soliman, Hany [VerfasserIn]
Cunningham, Charles H. [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2024.02.01.577808

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XBI042371597