Abstract
USPIOs are used clinically as contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of lymph nodes, and in research settings for MRI of macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions. However, T2* weighted (T2*w) imaging can lead to "blooming" with overestimation of the area occupied by USPIOs. In this study, plaque uptake of USPIOs in atherosclerotic mice was investigated in the presence and absence of circulating monocytes. The influence of peri-aortic lymph node uptake on the interpretation of T2*w images of the aortic wall was studied. Atherosclerotic mice were fed an atherogenic diet and were randomized to total body irradiation or non-irradiation. After 2 days, T2*w MRI of the abdominal aorta was performed, followed by intravenous administration of 100mumol/kg USPIOs (t=0). At t=3 and 5 days MRI of the abdominal aorta was repeated. Animals were sacrificed and histological evidence for iron uptake by aortic wall and lymph nodes was compared with the degree of focal signal loss on in vivo MR images. Aortic walls in irradiated and non-irradiated mice, but also in healthy wild-type mice, showed signal loss on T2*w MRI. Signal loss however did not correspond with histological evidence of USPIO uptake by aortic wall but by peri-aortic ly...Continue Reading
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