Molecular imaging of neuroinflammation in patients after mild traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal 123I-CLINDE single photon emission computed tomography study

Autor: Ebert, Sebastian Elgaard, Jensen, Peter, Ozenne, Brice, Armand, Sophie, Svarer, Claus, Stenbaek, Dea Siggaard, Moeller, Kirsten, Dyssegaard, Agnete, Thomsen, Gerda, Steinmetz, Jacob, Forchhammer, Hysse B, Knudsen, Gitte Moos, Pinborg, Lars Hageman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Popis: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Neuroinflammation has been proposedas part ofthe pathogenesis of post-concussionsymptoms (PCS), but the inflammatory response of the human brain to mildtraumatic brain injury (mTBI) remains unknown. We hypothesized that a neuroinflammatory responseis present in mTBI at 1-2weeks post-injury and persists in patients with PCS. METHODS: We scanned 14 patients with mTBI without signs of structural damage at 1-2weeks and 3-4months post-injury and 22 healthy controlsonceusing the single photon emission computed tomography tracer 123 I-CLINDE, which visualizes translocator protein(TSPO), aprotein upregulated in active immune cells. PCS was defined as three or more persisting symptoms from theRivermead Post Concussion SymptomsQuestionnaireat 3monthspost-injury. RESULTS: Across brain regions, patients had significantly higher 123 I-CLINDE binding to TSPO than healthy controls, both at 1-2weeks after the injury in all patients (P=0.011) and at 3-4months in the seven patients with PCS (P=0.006) and in the six patients with good recovery (P=0.018). When the nine brain regions were tested separately and results were corrected for multiple comparisons, no individual region differed significantly, but all estimated parameters indicated increased 123 I-CLINDEbinding to TSPO,ranging from 2% to 19% in all patients at 1-2weeks, 13% to 27% in patients with PCS at 3-4months and -9% to 17% in patients with good recovery at 3-4months. CONCLUSIONS: Neuroinflammationwas presentinmTBI at1-2weeks post-injury and persisted at 3-4months post-injury with a tendency to be most pronounced in patients with PCS.
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