Determination of bile acids from human gallbladder by 1 H-MRS-Protocol optimization and estimation of reproducibility.

Vermathen, Peter; Diserens, Gaëlle; Kroell, Dino; Nett, Philipp; Stirnimann, Guido; Wiest, Reiner (2021). Determination of bile acids from human gallbladder by 1 H-MRS-Protocol optimization and estimation of reproducibility. NMR in biomedicine, 34(2), e4432. Wiley 10.1002/nbm.4432

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Bile exerts multiple functions in the liver and gut and is involved in multiple disease processes. It is secreted continuously from the liver and stored in the gallbladder until needed, and closely reflects the available bile acid pool. The study objective was therefore to develop a reliable MRS protocol and to assess variability of bile acid determination in human gallbladder. MRS measurements were performed on a 3 T MR scanner with 20 subjects to optimize protocols (26 measurements) and conduct a prospective reproducibility study (18 measurements). Measurements were carried out with subjects lying in either supine (23 scans) or prone positions (21 scans) to compare results from the two positions. For reproducibility determination, six of the 20 volunteers (three males, three females, age = 34.9 ± 10.9 years, BMI = 23.4 ± 2.1 kg/m2 ) were measured three times: back to back to assess technical variability and once again after three weeks to assess total variability, including additional physiological variability. A single voxel was measured in the gallbladder with respiratory triggering. For quantification, apparent T2 times were determined and a non-water-suppressed spectrum was acquired. Total bile acids, glycine and taurine conjugated bile acids, and lipids including choline-containing phospholipids were determined. Higher quality and reliability of gallbladder spectra were obtained with subjects measured in prone compared with supine position. All measurements of the reproducibility sub-study were of sufficient quality to be included in the analysis. Average coefficients of variation within subjects for the main compounds were 37% for total variation (including physiological and technical variation) and 24% for technical variation alone. These values were much smaller than those between subjects, which were >54% for both back-to-back and three weeks separated measurements. These results suggest diagnostic applicability of the method, especially for longitudinal studies aiming at non-invasive characterization of bile composition in humans with various diseases and/or interventional maneuvers.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Gastroenterology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Hepatology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Visceral Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology > DCR Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Methodology (AMSM)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Pavillon 52 > Abt. Magnetresonanz-Spektroskopie und Methodologie, AMSM

UniBE Contributor:

Vermathen, Peter, Diserens, Gaëlle, Kröll, Dino, Nett, Philipp C., Stirnimann, Guido, Wiest, Reiner

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1099-1492

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Maria de Fatima Henriques Bernardo

Date Deposited:

30 Nov 2020 15:58

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:41

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/nbm.4432

PubMed ID:

33118656

Uncontrolled Keywords:

bile acids gallbladder lipids, MRS

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.147663

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/147663

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