Abstract
Early brain injury (EBI) plays a significant role in poor outcomes for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients. Further investigations are required to characterize the cellular metabolic and related histological changes that may contribute to EBI following SAH. We investigated the image patterns of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography ((18)FDG PET-CT) during EBI and correlated histopathological changes utilizing a rat SAH model. SAH was induced in six adult male Sprague-Dawley rats by endovascular perforation, and animals were randomly assigned to receive (18)FDG PET-CT imaging at either 3 or 12h post-procedure. Mean (18)FDG standard uptake value (SUV) of the brain was calculated. Animals were euthanized 48h post-procedure, and brain samples were used for heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein (DARPP-32) Mr 32kDa immunohistochemistry. Rats within the SAH group had higher mean whole brain (18)FDG SUV (2.349 ± 0.376g/ml in the 3-h group and 2.453 ± 0.495g/ml in the 12-h group) compared to that of sham (n = 3; mean SUV = 2.030 ± 0.247g/ml; P < 0.05) or control groups (n = 3; mean SUV = 1.800 ± 0.484g/ml; P < 0.05). Whole brain (18)FDG SUV did not vary significantly between rats imaged at 3h vs. those imaged at 12h post-SAH (P > 0.05). Regions of decreasing SUV in SAH rats correlated with neuronal death and increased expression of HO-1. Higher (18)FDG PET SUV was evident in rats post-SAH compared to sham and control groups. Regions of decreasing SUV in SAH rats correlated with neuronal death and increased HO-1 expression as evaluated by histopathology.
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