Vegezzi, Elisa;
Cortese, Andrea;
Bergsland, Niels;
Mussinelli, Roberta;
Paoletti, Matteo;
Solazzo, Francesca;
Currò, Riccardo;
... Pichiecchio, Anna; + view all
(2022)
Muscle quantitative MRI as a novel biomarker in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy: a cross-sectional study.
Journal of Neurology
10.1007/s00415-022-11336-z.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The development of reproducible and sensitive outcome measures has been challenging in hereditary transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis. Recently, quantification of intramuscular fat by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has proven as a sensitive marker in patients with other genetic neuropathies. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of muscle quantitative MRI (qMRI) as an outcome measure in ATTRv. METHODS: Calf- and thigh-centered multi-echo T2-weighted spin-echo and gradient-echo sequences were obtained in patients with ATTRv amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (n = 24) and healthy controls (n = 12). Water T2 (wT2) and fat fraction (FF) were calculated. Neurological assessment was performed in all ATTRv subjects. Quantitative MRI parameters were correlated with clinical and neurophysiological measures of disease severity. RESULTS: Quantitative imaging revealed significantly higher FF in lower limb muscles in patients with ATTRv amyloidosis compared to controls. In addition, wT2 was significantly higher in ATTRv patients. There was prominent involvement of the posterior compartment of the thighs. Noticeably, FF and wT2 did not exhibit a length-dependent pattern in ATTRv patients. MRI biomarkers correlated with previously validated clinical outcome measures, Polyneuropathy Disability scoring system, Neuropathy Impairment Score (NIS) and NIS-lower limb, and neurophysiological parameters of axonal damage regardless of age, sex, treatment and TTR mutation. CONCLUSIONS: Muscle qMRI revealed significant difference between ATTRv and healthy controls. MRI biomarkers showed high correlation with clinical and neurophysiological measures of disease severity making qMRI as a promising tool to be further investigated in longitudinal studies to assess its role at monitoring onset, progression, and therapy efficacy for future clinical trials on this treatable condition.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Muscle quantitative MRI as a novel biomarker in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy: a cross-sectional study |
| Location: | Germany |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00415-022-11336-z |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-022-11336-z |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Polyneuropathy, ATTR, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Outcome measure, Biomarker |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10156039 |
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