In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study.
<h4>Objective</h4>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by significant heterogeneity among patients. 23Na MRI maps abnormal sodium homeostasis that reflects metabolic alterations and energetic failure contributing to the neurodegenerative proces...
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| author | Aude-Marie Grapperon Mohamed Mounir El Mendili Adil Maarouf Jean-Philippe Ranjeva Maxime Guye Annie Verschueren Shahram Attarian Wafaa Zaaraoui |
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| description | <h4>Objective</h4>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by significant heterogeneity among patients. 23Na MRI maps abnormal sodium homeostasis that reflects metabolic alterations and energetic failure contributing to the neurodegenerative process. In this study, we investigated disease severity at the individual level in ALS patients using brain 23Na MRI.<h4>Methods</h4>1H and 23Na brain MRI were collected prospectively from 28 ALS patients. Individual map of abnormal total sodium concentration (TSC) was computed using voxel-based statistical mapping for each patient compared to a local database of 62 healthy controls. Clinical data included the revised ALS functional rating scale (ALSFRS-R), ALSFRS-R slope, ALSFRS-R at 6-month and survival time.<h4>Results</h4>Individual maps quantifying voxels with TSC increase evidenced a high heterogeneity between patients consistent with clinical presentation. The main areas involved were the corticospinal tracts. Half of patients showed abnormal TSC increase within more than 1% of whole brain voxels. Patients with TSC increase had worse clinical severity: higher ALSFRS-R slope (p = 0.02), lower ALSFRS-R at 6-month (p = 0.04), and shorter survival (p = 0.04). ALS patients with limited TSC increase had slower progression of disability or predominant lower motor neuron phenotype or shorter disease duration.<h4>Discussion</h4>This study mapping sodium homeostasis disturbances at the individual level in ALS patients through 23Na MRI evidenced heterogeneity of TSC increase among patients associated with clinical presentation and disease severity. These findings suggest that TSC increase detected at the individual level by 23Na MRI may be a useful marker of the clinical heterogeneity of ALS patients, a factor that is likely to greatly influence the results of therapeutic trials. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a8fe6fd2e4dd49168fb82cf803ee41192025-02-05T05:31:09ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01201e031691610.1371/journal.pone.0316916In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study.Aude-Marie GrapperonMohamed Mounir El MendiliAdil MaaroufJean-Philippe RanjevaMaxime GuyeAnnie VerschuerenShahram AttarianWafaa Zaaraoui<h4>Objective</h4>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by significant heterogeneity among patients. 23Na MRI maps abnormal sodium homeostasis that reflects metabolic alterations and energetic failure contributing to the neurodegenerative process. In this study, we investigated disease severity at the individual level in ALS patients using brain 23Na MRI.<h4>Methods</h4>1H and 23Na brain MRI were collected prospectively from 28 ALS patients. Individual map of abnormal total sodium concentration (TSC) was computed using voxel-based statistical mapping for each patient compared to a local database of 62 healthy controls. Clinical data included the revised ALS functional rating scale (ALSFRS-R), ALSFRS-R slope, ALSFRS-R at 6-month and survival time.<h4>Results</h4>Individual maps quantifying voxels with TSC increase evidenced a high heterogeneity between patients consistent with clinical presentation. The main areas involved were the corticospinal tracts. Half of patients showed abnormal TSC increase within more than 1% of whole brain voxels. Patients with TSC increase had worse clinical severity: higher ALSFRS-R slope (p = 0.02), lower ALSFRS-R at 6-month (p = 0.04), and shorter survival (p = 0.04). ALS patients with limited TSC increase had slower progression of disability or predominant lower motor neuron phenotype or shorter disease duration.<h4>Discussion</h4>This study mapping sodium homeostasis disturbances at the individual level in ALS patients through 23Na MRI evidenced heterogeneity of TSC increase among patients associated with clinical presentation and disease severity. These findings suggest that TSC increase detected at the individual level by 23Na MRI may be a useful marker of the clinical heterogeneity of ALS patients, a factor that is likely to greatly influence the results of therapeutic trials.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316916 |
| spellingShingle | Aude-Marie Grapperon Mohamed Mounir El Mendili Adil Maarouf Jean-Philippe Ranjeva Maxime Guye Annie Verschueren Shahram Attarian Wafaa Zaaraoui In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study. PLoS ONE |
| title | In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study. |
| title_full | In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study. |
| title_fullStr | In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study. |
| title_short | In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study. |
| title_sort | in vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual als patients a brain 23na mri study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316916 |
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