Abnormal retention of 99mTc-TF in a hamster model of cardiomyopathy analyzed by 99mTc-TF and 125I-BMIPP autoradiography

Annals of Nuclear Medicine
Thet-Thet-LwinYuji Itai

Abstract

Enhanced washout of 99mTc-tetrofosmin (TF) has been reported in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Here, using quantitative dual-autoradiography, the relationship between TF retention abnormality and metabolism depicted by 125I-BMIPP uptake was investigated quantitatively in a hamster model of cardiomyopathy. Early and delayed TF images were obtained at 5 min (7 cardiomyopathic and 5 normal hamsters) and 60 min (8 cardiomyopathic and 5 normal hamsters) after injection, respectively. BMIPP image was obtained 5 min after injection. Five cardiomyopathic and 5 normal hamsters were evaluated histologically. Percent uptake of TF and BMIPP in the heart was measured by an auto-well counter. The left ventricular wall was divided into 12 segments, and the relative regional uptake of TF and BMIPP was measured for each segment. Heterogeneity of radioactive distribution was determined by the standard deviation (SD) of radioactive counts in the left ventricular wall on autoradiogram. The uptake of early TF, delayed TF, and BMIPP in cardiomyopathic hamsters was 8.8%, 20.3%, and 25.3% lower than that in normal hamsters, p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001, respectively. In normal hamsters, distribution of radioactivity in all image...Continue Reading

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