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31 P magnetization transfer magnetic resonance spectroscopy: Assessing the activation induced change in cerebral ATP metabolic rates at 3 T
Author(s) -
Chen Chen,
Stephenson Mary C.,
Peters Andrew,
Morris Peter G.,
Francis Susan T.,
Gowland Penny A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.26663
Subject(s) - phosphocreatine , magnetization transfer , chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance , stimulation , adenosine triphosphate , bioenergetics , creatine kinase , creatine , atp synthase , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , intracellular ph , biophysics , biochemistry , extracellular , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , biology , energy metabolism , enzyme , physics , stereochemistry , mitochondrion , radiology
Purpose In vivo 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) magnetization transfer (MT) provides a direct measure of neuronal activity at the metabolic level. This work aims to use functional 31 P MRS‐MT to investigate the change in cerebral adenosine triphosphate (ATP) metabolic rates in healthy adults upon repeated visual stimuli. Methods A magnetization saturation transfer sequence with narrowband selective saturation of γ‐ATP was developed for 31 P MT experiments at 3 T. Results Using progressive saturation of γ‐ATP, the intrinsic T 1 relaxation times of phosphocreatine (PCr) and inorganic phosphate (Pi) at 3 T were measured to be 5.1 ± 0.8 s and 3.0 ± 1.4 s, respectively. Using steady‐state saturation of γ‐ATP, a significant 24% ± 14% and 11% ± 7% increase in the forward creatine kinase (CK) pseudo‐first‐order reaction rate constant, k 1 , was observed upon visual stimulation in the first and second cycles, respectively, of a paradigm consisting of 10‐minute rest followed by 10‐minute stimulation, with the measured baseline k 1 being 0.35 ± 0.04 s −1 . No significant changes in forward ATP synthase reaction rate, PCr/γ‐ATP, Pi/γ‐ATP, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide/γ‐ATP ratios, or intracellular pH were detected upon stimulation. Conclusion This work demonstrates the potential of studying cerebral bioenergetics using functional 31 P MRS‐MT to determine the change in the forward CK reaction rate at 3 T. Magn Reson Med 79:22–30, 2018. © 2017 The Authors Magnetic Resonance in Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.