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13 C MRS studies of neuroenergetics and neurotransmitter cycling in humans

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Rothman, Douglas L., De Feyter, Henk M., de Graaf, Robin A., Mason, Graeme F., Behar, Kevin L.·2011·NMR in Biomedicine

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In the last 25 years, 13 C MRS has been established as the only noninvasive method for the measurement of glutamate neurotransmission and cell‐specific neuroenergetics. Although technically and experimentally challenging, 13 C MRS has already provided important new information on the relationship between neuroenergetics and neuronal function, the energy cost of brain function, the high neuronal activity in the resting brain state and how neuroenergetics and neurotransmitter cycling are altered in neurological and psychiatric disease. In this article, the current state of 13 C MRS as it is applied to the study of neuroenergetics and neurotransmitter cycling in humans is reviewed. The focus is predominantly on recent findings in humans regarding metabolic pathways, applications to clinical research and the technical status of the method. Results from in vivo 13 C MRS studies in animals are discussed from the standpoint of the validation of MRS measurements of neuroenergetics and neurotransmitter cycling, and where they have helped to identify key questions to address in human research. Controversies concerning the relationship between neuroenergetics and neurotransmitter cycling and factors having an impact on the accurate determination of fluxes through mathematical modeling are addressed. We further touch upon different 13 C‐labeled substrates used to study brain metabolism, before reviewing a number of human brain diseases investigated using 13 C MRS. Future technological developments are discussed that will help to overcome the limitations of 13 C MRS, with special attention given to recent developments in hyperpolarized 13 C MRS. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • 13C MRS is presently the only method that provides direct dynamic measurements of glutamate-glutamine cycling in the human brain.

    “13 C MRS is presently the only method that provides direct dynamic measurements of glutamate-glutamine cycling in the human brain [10].”

    From The effects of ketamine on prefrontal glutamate neurotransmission in healthy and depressed subjects (2018) · cites this paper as [10]

    The Introduction says that following 13C label into glutamate and glutamine, combined with metabolic modeling, allows measurement of neurotransmitter cycling rates in the human brain. The Summary and Conclusions calls 13C MRS the only *non-invasive* method for measuring this cycling. The claim omits that qualification and describes the measurement as direct, whereas the paper says it depends on metabolic modeling. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • 13C MRS is a unique, noninvasive method to measure neurotransmitter cycling and cell-specific neuroenergetics.

    “Carbon-13 magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( 13 C MRS) is a unique, noninvasive method to measure neurotransmitter cycling and cell-specific neuroenergetics [8][9][10].”
  • Glutamate enrichment primarily reflects oxidative energy production through the TCA cycle, while the rate of glutamine enrichment primarily reflects glutamate neurotransmitter cycling.

    “Accordingly, the glutamate enrichment primarily reflects oxidative energy production through the TCA cycle, while the rate of glutamine enrichment primarily reflects glutamate neurotransmitter cycling [8,10].”

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Authors
Rothman, D. L., De Feyter, H. M., de Graaf, R. A., Mason, G. F., & Behar, K. L.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Magnetic Resonance Research Center Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT USA
Corresponding author
Rothman, Douglas L.
Venue
NMR in Biomedicine
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-08-31
Volume
24
Issue
8
Pages
943-957
ISSN
  • 0952-3480 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-1492
OpenAlex
W2147937603
Cited by
290
References
156
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • NMR in Biomedicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (1r01mh095104-01, R01-EB000473)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R21AA018210, R21AA019803)
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG034953)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH95104, R01-MH095104)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA021785)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK027121)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P30NS052519)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01EB000473, R01EB009336, R41EB008296)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Keywords
13C NMR, neuroenergetics, glutamatergic neurotransmission, brain energy metabolism, metabolic flux, hyperpolarized 13C, 13C-labeled substrates, brain disorders, resting-state brain activity, in vivo brain metabolism
MeSH terms
Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Brain, Carbon Isotopes, Citric Acid Cycle, Energy Metabolism, Glutamine, Humans, Neurons, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Neurotransmitter Agents, Glutamic Acid

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