Dynamic 31P–MRSI using spiral spectroscopic imaging can map mitochondrial capacity in muscles of the human calf during plantar flexion exercise at 7 T
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Date
2016
Author(s)
Valkovič, Ladislav
Chmelík, Marek
Meyerspeer, Martin
Gagoski, Borjan
Rodgers, Christopher T.
Krššák, Martin
Trattnig, Siegfried
Bogner, Wolfgang
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
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Valkovič, Ladislav, Marek Chmelík, Martin Meyerspeer, Borjan Gagoski, Christopher T. Rodgers, Martin Krššák, Ovidiu C. Andronesi, Siegfried Trattnig, and Wolfgang Bogner. 2016. “Dynamic 31P–MRSI using spiral spectroscopic imaging can map mitochondrial capacity in muscles of the human calf during plantar flexion exercise at 7 T.” Nmr in Biomedicine 29 (12): 1825-1834. doi:10.1002/nbm.3662. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nbm.3662.
Abstract
Abstract Phosphorus MRSI (31P–MRSI) using a spiral‐trajectory readout at 7 T was developed for high temporal resolution mapping of the mitochondrial capacity of exercising human skeletal muscle. The sensitivity and localization accuracy of the method was investigated in phantoms. In vivo performance was assessed in 12 volunteers, who performed a plantar flexion exercise inside a whole‐body 7 T MR scanner using an MR‐compatible ergometer and a surface coil. In five volunteers the knee was flexed (~60°) to shift the major workload from the gastrocnemii to the soleus muscle. Spiral‐encoded MRSI provided 16–25 times faster mapping with a better point spread function than elliptical phase‐encoded MRSI with the same matrix size. The inevitable trade‐off for the increased temporal resolution was a reduced signal‐to‐noise ratio, but this was acceptable. The phosphocreatine (PCr) depletion caused by exercise at 0° knee angulation was significantly higher in both gastrocnemii than in the soleus (i.e. 64.8 ± 19.6% and 65.9 ± 23.6% in gastrocnemius lateralis and medialis versus 15.3 ± 8.4% in the soleus). Spiral‐encoded 31P–MRSI is a powerful tool for dynamic mapping of exercising muscle oxidative metabolism, including localized assessment of PCr concentrations, pH and maximal oxidative flux with high temporal and spatial resolution.
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