Observation of intramyocellular lipids by 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy
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Observation of intramyocellular lipids by 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Abstract
Magnetic resonance (MR) methods are increasingly being used to investigate the physiology of human muscle. Although MR imaging (MRI) reveals the morphology of muscles in great detail, for example, for determining their volume and fiber orientation, MR spectroscopy (MRS) provides information on the chemical composition of the tissue. Depending on the observed nucleus, MRS allows the observation of high-energy phosphates (31P-MRS), glycogen (13C-MRS), or intramyocellular lipids (1H-MRS), to give only a few examples. 1H-MRS of human skeletal muscle requires special techniques because 1H nuclei in water or adipose tissue are far more concentrated than in any other metabolite of human tissue. The strong signal from water can be suppressed by special prepulses, whereas large signals from fat in adipose tissue can be reduced by carefully selecting the region of interest. Until recently, it was presumed that only a few metabolites would be visible underneath the large resonances of water and subcutaneous fat. Meanwhile, it was clear that 1H-MR spectra of human muscle reveal much metabolic and structural information. The determination of intramyocellular lipids (IMCL) by 1H-MRS was initiated by the observation of two compartments of triacylglycerols with a resonance-frequency shift of approximately 0.2 ppm. The two resonances can be attributed to CH2 protons of lipids in fat cells, and to lipids inside muscle cells (IMCL). 1H-MRS examinations are noninvasive and, therefore, can be repeated many times and with a high temporal resolution. MRS has the potential to replace biopsy to follow-up IMCL levels; however, biopsy still has the advantage that other methods, such as molecular biology, can be applied to the sample. It can be shown that IMCL levels (expressed in mMol/kg wet weight and volume %) are muscle specific and vary with diet and physical activity. In addition, it has been reported that IMCL levels are correlated with insulin sensitivity. A comparison of different methods for assessing IMCL levels, including MRS, chemical analysis, and morphometry, revealed a satisfactory correlation among them and a superior correlation of MRS with the average of the three methods. The observation of IMCL levels by means of 1H-MRS is extremely promising, but several methodological limitations and pitfalls need to be considered.
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