期刊
JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
卷 30, 期 5, 页码 950-960出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2009.261
关键词
acetate; glutamate; MR spectroscopy; neurochemistry; neuronal-glial interaction; neurotransmitters
资金
- Keck School of Medicine, Division of Psychiatry, University of Southern California
Persistent neurochemical abnormalities in frontal brain structures are believed to result from methamphetamine use. We developed a localized (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) assay on a conventional MR scanner, to quantify selectively glial metabolic flux rate in frontal brain of normal subjects and a cohort of recovering abstinent methamphetamine abusers. Steady-state bicarbonate concentrations were similar, between 11 and 15 mmol/L in mixed gray-white matter of frontal brain of normal volunteers and recovering methamphetamine-abusing subjects (P>0.1). However, glial (13)C-bicarbonate production rate from [1-(13)C] acetate, equating with glial tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle rate, was significantly reduced in frontal brain of abstinent methamphetamine-addicted women ( methamphetamine 0.04 mu mol/g per min (N=5) versus controls 0.11 mu mol/g per min (N=5), P=0.001). This is equivalent to 36% of the normal glial TCA cycle rate. Severe reduction in glial TCA cycle rate that normally comprises 10% of total cerebral metabolic rate may impact operation of the neuronal glial glutamate cycle and result in accumulation of frontal brain glutamate, as observed in these recovering methamphetamine abusers. Although these are the first studies to define directly an abnormality in glial metabolism in human methamphetamine abuse, sequential studies using analogous (13)C MRS methods may determine 'cause and effect' between glial failure and neuronal injury. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (2010) 30, 950-960; doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2009.261; published online 30 December 2009
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