Magnetic resonance imaging with superparamagnetic iron oxide particles to evaluate hepatic macrophage-monocytic phagocytosis after arterial devascularization in minipigs

Academic Radiology
F TerrierB Mermillod

Abstract

We examined the effects of arterial ischemia on the phagocytic activity of the hepatic macrophage-monocytic phagocytic system (MMPS). Six minipigs were studied before and 24 hr after complete arterial devascularization of the liver. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was performed at 1.5 T using superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) particles (18 mumol Fe/kg body weight) as an MMPS-specific contrast agent. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy, measurements of serum liver enzymes, and histology also were obtained. On MR imaging, the postcontrast-to-precontrast ratios of the arterially devascularized livers were significantly higher than the corresponding baseline values (p < .01). The greatest difference (52%) between the baseline and the postoperative values was observed on gradient-echo (GE) images. Scintigraphy, laboratory analyses, and histology results indicate that the MR imaging findings were probably predominantly attributable to a reduction in phagocytic activity of the hepatic MMPS. SPIO particles have already proved useful for improving detection of liver neoplasms on MR imaging, but they also may provide a novel way of evaluating the function of the hepatic MMPS in liver diseases.

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