Increased cortical capillary transit time heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease: a DSC-MRI perfusion study

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• 作者：Simon F. Eskildsen^a ; ^{seskildsen@cfin.au.dk} ; Louise Gyldensted^b ; Kartheeban Nagenthiraja^a ; Rune B. Nielsen^a ; Mikkel Bo Hansen^a ; Rikke B. Dalby^a ; Jesper Frandsen^a ; Anders Rodell^c ; Carsten Gyldensted^b ; Sune N. Jespersen^a ; Torben E. Lund^a ; Kim Mouridsen^a ; Hans Bræ ; ndgaard^d ; Leif Ø ; stergaard^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Alzheimer ; MRI ; Perfusion ; Capillary transit-time heterogeneity (CTH) ; Oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) ; White matter hyperintensities
• 刊名：Neurobiology of Aging
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：50
• 期：Complete
• 页码：107-118
• 全文大小：3850 K
• 卷排序：50

文摘

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau and neurotoxic Aβ in the brain parenchyma. Hypoxia caused by microvascular changes and disturbed capillary flows could stimulate this build-up of AD–specific proteins in the brain. In this study, we compared cerebral microcirculation in a cohort of AD and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients with that of age-matched controls, all without a history of diabetes or of hypertension for more than 2 years, using dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging (DSC-MRI). Vascular flow disturbances were quantified using a parametric model and mapped to the mid-cortical surface for group-wise statistical analysis. We found widespread hypoperfusion in patients compared with controls and identified areas of increased relative capillary transit time heterogeneity (RTH), consistent with low tissue oxygen tension. Notably, RTH was positively correlated with white matter hyperintensities and positively correlated with symptom severity in the patient cohort. These correlations extended over large parts of the temporal, parietal, and frontal cortices. The results support the hypothesis of disturbed capillary flow patterns in AD and suggest that DSC-MRI may provide imaging biomarkers of impaired cerebral microcirculation in AD.