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Longitudinal Study of Irradiation-Induced Brain Microstructural Alterations With S-Index, a Diffusion MRI Biomarker, and MR Spectroscopy.
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<h4>Purpose</h4>Radiation therapy is widely used for the treatment of brain tumors, but it may lead to severe cognitive impairments. Previous studies have shown that ionizing irradiation induces demyelination, blood-brain barrier alterations, and impaired neurogenesis in animal models. Hence, noninvasive and sensitive biomarkers of irradiation injury are needed to investigate these effects in patients and improve radiation therapy protocols.<h4>Methods and materials</h4>The heads of 3-month-old male C57BL/6RJ mice (15 control mice and 15 irradiated mice) were exposed to radiation doses of 3 fractions of 5 Gy from a <sup>60</sup>Co source with a medical irradiator. A longitudinal study was performed to investigate cranial irradiation-induced (3 fractions of 5 Gy) microstructural tissue alterations using water diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy in different areas of the mouse brain (cortex, thalamus, striatum, olfactory bulbs [OBs], hippocampus, and subventricular zone [SVZ]). In addition to the quantification of standard non-Gaussian diffusion parameters, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC<sub>0</sub>) and kurtosis (K), we evaluated a new composite diffusion metric, designated the S-index (ie, "signature index").<h4>Results</h4>We observed a significant decrease in the S-index in the SVZ from 1 month to 8 months after brain irradiation (P < .05). An interesting finding was that, along with a decrease in taurine levels (up to -15% at 2 months, P < .01), a delayed S-index drop was observed in the OBs from 4 months after irradiation and maintained until the end of our experiment (P < .0001). These observations suggest that S-index variations revealed the irradiation-induced decline of neurogenesis that was further confirmed by a decrease in neural stem cells in the SVZ and in newborn neurons in the OBs of irradiated animals.<h4>Conclusions</h4>This study demonstrates that diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, especially through the S-index approach, is a relevant imaging modality to monitor brain irradiation injury and probe microstructural changes underlying irradiation-induced cognitive deficits.