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Magnetic resonance imaging with hepatospecific contrast agents in cirrhotic rat livers.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15770136     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: During biliary cirrhosis in rats, organic anion-transporting peptides (Oatps) and ATP-dependent multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (Mrp2) that are likely to transport the contrast agent Gd-BOPTA through hepatocytes are down-regulated. However, the consequences of such down-regulation on the signal intensity (SI) enhancement are unknown. Consequently, the aim of our study was to measure the hepatic SI enhancement during Gd-BOPTA perfusion as well as the Oatp and Mrp2 expression in normal and cirrhotic livers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The hepatic SI enhancement during Gd-BOPTA perfusion was measured in livers isolated from normal rats and rats that had a bile duct ligation (BDL) 15, 30, and 60 days before the perfusion. Hepatic injury and transporter expression were measured in control and cirrhotic rats. RESULTS: BDL induced a severe hepatic injury that increased over time with a down-regulation of the transporter expression. The extracellular space (assessed by Gd-DTPA perfusion) increased with the severity of the disease. Gd-BOPTA-induced SI enhancement remained similar in BDL-15 and BDL-30 rats than in control rats but significantly decreased in severe cirrhosis (BDL-60 rats). In comparison, the Mn-DPDP-induced SI enhancement decreases proportionally to the severity of the disease. CONCLUSION: During biliary cirrhosis, Gd-BOPTA-induced SI enhancement could not be related to the hepatic expression of transporters.
Authors:
Corinne Planchamp; Xavier Montet; Jean-Louis Frossard; Rafael Quadri; Bruno Stieger; Peter J Meier; Marko K Ivancevic; Jean-Paul Vallée; François Terrier; Catherine M Pastor
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Investigative radiology     Volume:  40     ISSN:  0020-9996     ISO Abbreviation:  Invest Radiol     Publication Date:  2005 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-03-16     Completed Date:  2005-06-21     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0045377     Medline TA:  Invest Radiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  187-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Département de Radiologie and Division de Gastroentérologie, Höpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / analysis
Albumins / analysis
Animals
Bile Ducts / physiology
Blotting, Western
Contrast Media*
Keratins / analysis
Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental / diagnosis*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meglumine / analogs & derivatives*,  diagnostic use*
Organic Anion Transporters / analysis
Organometallic Compounds / diagnostic use*
Perfusion
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; 0/Abcc2 protein, rat; 0/Albumins; 0/Contrast Media; 0/Organic Anion Transporters; 0/Organometallic Compounds; 113662-23-0/gadobenic acid; 6284-40-8/Meglumine; 68238-35-7/Keratins

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