ArticleNeurosurgery2025
Understanding the Importance of Blood-Brain Barrier Alterations in Brain Arteriovenous Malformations and Implications for Treatment: A Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced-MRI-Based Prospective Study.
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- Mutant KRAS in brain endothelial cells promotes vascular inflammation and impairs vascular integrity in brain arteriovenous malformation.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026Article
- Assessment of Variability in Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebral Blood Volume in Cerebral Arteries of Ischemic Stroke Patients Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2025Article
- Identification and Characterization of a Translational Mouse Model for Blood-Brain Barrier Leakage in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Profiling Tight Junction Protein Expression in Brain Vascular Malformations.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Blood-brain barrier dysfunction in cerebral arteriovenous malformations. A murine model of hypoperfusion-reperfusion injury assessed with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI.Brain & spine · 2025Article
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objectivesThe major clinical implication of brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVMs) is spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage. There is a growing body of experimental evidence proving that inflammation and blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction are involved in both the clinical course of the disease and the risk of bleeding. However, how bAVM treatment affects perilesional BBB disturbances is yet unclear.
methodsWe assessed the permeability changes of the BBB using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) in a series of bAVMs (n = 35), before and at a mean of 5 (±2) days after treatment. A set of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) (n = 16) was used as a control group for the assessment of the surgical-related collateral changes. The extended Tofts pharmacokinetic model was used to extract permeability (K trans ) values in the lesional, perilesional, and normal brain tissues.
resultsIn patients with bAVM, the permeability of BBB was higher in the perilesional of bAVM tissue compared with the rest of the brain parenchyma (mean K trans 0.145 ± 0.104 vs 0.084 ± 0.035, P = .004). Meanwhile, no significant changes were seen in the perilesional brain of CCM cases (mean K trans 0.055 ± 0.056 vs 0.061 ± 0.026, P = .96). A significant decrease in BBB permeability was evident in the perilesional area of bAVM after surgical resection (mean K trans 0.145 ± 0.104 vs 0.096 ± 0.059, P = .037). This benefit in BBB permeability reduction after surgery seemed to surpass the relative increase in permeability inherent to the surgical manipulation.
conclusionIn contrast to CCMs, BBB permeability in patients with bAVM is increased in the perilesional parenchyma, as assessed using DCE-MRI. However, bAVM surgical resection seems to reduce BBB permeability in the perilesional tissue. No evidence of the so-called breakthrough phenomenon was detected in our series. DCE-MRI could become a valuable tool to follow the longitudinal course of BBB damage throughout the natural history and clinical course of bAVMs.
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