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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2026

An imaging biomarker to detect non-glucogenic shift in brain energy metabolism in Alzheimer's disease.

Narayan Datt Soni, Anshuman Swain, Sunil Kumar Khokhar, Neil E Wilson, Ravi Prakash Reddy Nanga, Dushyant Kumar, Ethan Bouche, Quy Cao, Mohammad Haris, David A Wolk and 3 more

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Narayan Datt SoniCenter for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 422 Curie Boulevard, B1 Stellar-Chance Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6436-7299
Anshuman SwainCenter for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 422 Curie Boulevard, B1 Stellar-Chance Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Sunil Kumar KhokharCenter for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 422 Curie Boulevard, B1 Stellar-Chance Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Neil E WilsonCenter for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 422 Curie Boulevard, B1 Stellar-Chance Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Ravi Prakash Reddy NangaCenter for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 422 Curie Boulevard, B1 Stellar-Chance Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Dushyant KumarCenter for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 422 Curie Boulevard, B1 Stellar-Chance Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Ethan BoucheDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Quy CaoDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Mohammad HarisCenter for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 422 Curie Boulevard, B1 Stellar-Chance Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
David A WolkAlzheimer's Disease Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Virginia M-Y LeeAlzheimer's Disease Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
John A DetreCenter for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 422 Curie Boulevard, B1 Stellar-Chance Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Ravinder ReddyCenter for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 422 Curie Boulevard, B1 Stellar-Chance Labs, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. krr@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4580-2392

Funding

High Spatial and Temporal Resolution MRI Mapping of Oxygen Consumption in HumansP41EB029460 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ravinder Reddy · 2021 to 2026
$7.6M
In vivo Mapping of Muscle Specific MetabolismR01AG071725 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ravinder Reddy · 2022 to 2026
$3.1M
Imaging of glutamatergic system changes in Alzheimer's disease in vivoR01AG063869 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI REDDY, RAVINDER · 2020 to 2024
$3.0M
Novel Imaging Biomarkers of Lipid and Ketone Metabolism in Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG087306 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI REDDY, RAVINDER · 2024 to 2024
$2.1M
Novel imaging biomarkers of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's diseaseR01AG091760 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Mohammad Haris · 2025 to 2026
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG063869NIA NIH HHS R01 AG071725NIA NIH HHS R01 AG091760NIA NIH HHS R01AG091760NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG087306NIA NIH HHS RF1AG087306-01, R01AG071725, R01AG063869NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB029460NIBIB NIH HHS P41EB029460
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCerebral glucose hypometabolism in Alzheimer's disease (AD) leads to enhanced metabolism of fatty acids (FAs) and branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) as a compensatory mechanism. While there have been some

methodsMM09 levels were measured from localized

resultsMale AD mice exhibited significantly reduced MM09 (15.42 ± 1.32 vs. 16.93 ± 1.15 mM; p = 0.008) and glutamate levels (15.27 ± 1.65 vs. 17.24 ± 1.21 mM; p = 0.004) in the hippocampus. Female AD mice did not show any changes in glutamate or MM09 levels. MM09 also showed a strong positive correlation with glutamate (R = 0.74; p < 0.0001).

conclusionThe observed reductions in MM09 and glutamate in male AD mice are consistent with neurometabolic alterations associated with impaired glucose metabolism, whereas the absence of such changes in female AD mice may reflect sex-specific metabolic resilience. The strong association between MM09 and glutamate suggests that MM09 may capture neurochemical changes linked to metabolic adaptations in AD. Because the MM09 resonance occurs in a relatively uncrowded region of the

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Alzheimer DiseaseBiomarkersBrainEnergy MetabolismGlucoseAnimalsFemaleGlutamic AcidMaleProton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyBiomarkersGlucoseGlutamic Acid1H MRSBranched chain amino acids (BCAAs)Fatty acids (FAs)Glucose hypometabolismGlutamateMacromolecule 09 (MM09)Metabolism

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PMCPMC13371295

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