MR Properties of Brown and White Adipose Tissues

作者：Hamilton Gavin; Smith Daniel L Jr; Bydder Mark; Nayak Krishna S; Hu Houchun H^*

来源：Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2011, 34(2): 468-473.

DOI：10.1002/jmri.22623

• proton MR spectroscopy
• triglyceride
• brown and white adipose tissue
• relaxation properties
• fat fraction

Purpose: To explore the MR signatures of brown adipose tissue (BAT) compared with white adipose tissue (WAT) using single-voxel MR spectroscopy.
Materials and Methods: H-1 MR STEAM spectra were acquired from a 3 Tesla clinical whole body scanner from seven excised murine adipose tissue samples of BAT (n = 4) and WAT (n = 3). Spectra were acquired at multiple echo times (TEs) and inversion times (TIs) to measure the T1, T2, and T2-corrected peak areas. A theoretical triglyceride model characterized the fat in terms of number of double bonds (ndb) and number of methylene-interrupted double bonds (nmidb).
Results: Negligible differences between WAT and BAT were seen in the T1 and T2 of fat and the T2 of water. However, the water fraction in BAT was higher (48.5%) compared with WAT (7.1%) and the T1 of water was lower in BAT (618 ms) compared with WAT (1053 ms). The fat spectrum also differed, indicating lower levels of unsaturated triglycerides in BAT (ndb = 2.7, nmidb = 0.7) compared with WAT (ndb = 3.3, nmidb = 1.0).
Conclusion: We have demonstrated that there are several key MR-based signatures of BAT and WAT that may allow differentiation on MR imaging.

• 出版日期2011-8