中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2023, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (11): 2520-2525.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.371371

• 原著:退行性病与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病无明显脑病灶患者大脑皮质改变与临床特征的相关性:病例对照研究

  

  • 出版日期:2023-11-15 发布日期:2023-05-05
  • 基金资助:
    湖南省医学影像学临床研究中心项目(2020SK4001);湖南省科技创新计划项目(2021RC4016);基于多模式图像和神经网络深度学习的轻度创伤性脑损伤精确定位研究(2021gfcx05)

Correlation between cerebral cortex changes and clinical features in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with normal-appearing brain tissue: a case-control study

Chuxin Huang1, 2, Yanyu Li1, Yanjing Chen1, Xuan Liao3, Huiting Zhang4, Zhiyuan Wang5, *, Jun Liu1, 6, *, Wei Lu2, *   

  1. 1Department of Radiology, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China; 2Department of Neurology, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China; 3Department of Radiology, Wuhan No.1 Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China; 4MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthineers Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei Province, China; 5Department of Medical Ultrasound, Hunan Cancer Hospital/The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China; 6Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging in Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
  • Online:2023-11-15 Published:2023-05-05
  • Contact: Zhiyuan Wang, PhD, wangzhiyuan@hnca.org.cn; Jun Liu, PhD, junliu123@csu.edu.cn; Wei Lu, PhD, luwei0338@csu.edu.cn.
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by the Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging in Hunan Province, No. 2020SK4001; the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province, No. 2021RC4016; and the Accurate Localization Study of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Based on Deep Learning Through Multimodal Image and Neural Network, No. 2021gfcx05 (all to JL).

摘要:

伴有脑损伤的视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病患者存在严重的丘脑萎缩,但无明显脑病灶的视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病患者是否出现皮质萎缩、其皮质改变与其临床特征相关性目前尚不完全明确。为此,试验于2020年12月至2022年2月在中南大学湘雅二医院招募了43例无明显脑部病灶的视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病患者和45名健康对照者,使用高分辨率T1加权结构磁共振成像利用基于表面的形态学方法分析其大脑皮质变化及与临床特征之间的相关性。结果发现,与健康对照组相比,视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病组双侧额中回喙部和左额上回的皮质厚度显著降低。亚组分析进一步探讨了既往视神经炎临床发作(出现脑病灶)对视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病患者皮质厚度的影响,结果显示,与未发生视神经炎的患者相比,既往有视神经炎临床发作的视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病患者双侧楔叶、上顶叶皮质和距状旁回皮质厚度较小。相关性分析结果显示,双侧额中回喙部皮质厚度与数字符号转换测试评分呈正相关,但与连线测试评分和扩展残疾状态量表评分呈负相关。提示在无明显脑病灶的视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病患者中,双侧额叶多个脑区皮质厚度的显著降低,并与临床残疾与认知功能具有相关性。这一结果将有助于阐明视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病脑皮质微结构的变化,完善该疾病的成像特点,并有望为临床个体化治疗提供理论基础。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6867-2386 (Zhiyuan Wang); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7851-6782 (Jun Liu); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-1550 (Wei Lu)

关键词: 视神经脊髓炎谱系疾病, 正常表现脑组织, 皮质厚度, 沟深, 旋转, 磁共振成像, 额中回喙部, 左额上回, 认知功能, 扩展残疾状态量表

Abstract: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. However, whether and how cortical changes occur in NMOSD with normal-appearing brain tissue, or whether any cortical changes correlate with clinical characteristics, is not completely clear. The current study recruited 43 patients with NMOSD who had normal-appearing brain tissue and 45 healthy controls matched for age, sex, and educational background from December 2020 to February 2022. A surface-based morphological analysis of high-resolution T1-weighted structural magnetic resonance images was used to calculate the cortical thickness, sulcal depth, and gyrification index. Analysis showed that cortical thickness in the bilateral rostral middle frontal gyrus and left superior frontal gyrus was lower in the patients with NMOSD than in the control participants. Subgroup analysis of the patients with NMOSD indicated that compared with those who did not have any optic neuritis episodes, those who did have such episodes exhibited noticeably thinner cortex in the bilateral cuneus, superior parietal cortex, and pericalcarine cortex. Correlation analysis indicated that cortical thickness in the bilateral rostral middle frontal gyrus was positively correlated with scores on the Digit Symbol Substitution Test and negatively correlated with scores on the Trail Making Test and the Expanded Disability Status Scale. These results are evidence that cortical thinning of the bilateral regional frontal cortex occurs in patients with NMOSD who have normal-appearing brain tissue, and that the degree of thinning is correlated with clinical disability and cognitive function. These findings will help improve our understanding of the imaging characteristics in NMOSD and their potential clinical significance.

Key words: cognitive function, cortical thickness, Expanded Disability Status Scale, gyrification, magnetic resonance imaging, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, normal-appearing brain tissue, rostral middle frontal gyrus, sulcal depth, superior frontal gyrus