Document Detail


Time after excision and temperature alter ex vivo tissue relaxation time measurements.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7981509     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Previously unreported effects of tissue storage were recently observed in the authors' experimental magnetic resonance (MR) studies. To evaluate the effect of elapsed time after excision and storage temperature on tissue relaxation time measurements, tissue samples from the liver, pancreas, kidney, testis, spleen, and brain were obtained in rats. T1 and T2 were first measured within 5 minutes of excision, and between subsequent measurements, tubes were kept in a water bath at 40 degrees C, at room temperature (28 degrees C), or in an ice bath (4 degrees C). Cellular and organellar integrity was assessed with electron microscopy and correlated with the MR findings. At 40 degrees C (20-MHz spectrometer), the T1 of liver decreased from 280 msec +/- 8 to 212 msec +/- 10 during the first 60 minutes; the T1 of pancreas decreased from 276 msec +/- 3 to 208 msec +/- 2. Other tissues showed less than a 5% decrease in T1. T2 changes were smaller than T1 changes in all tissues. Electron microscopy of pancreatic acinar cells showed postmortem changes in mitochondria evolving over the first 60 minutes after death. Manganese loading experiments implicated mitochondrial manganese stores in the observed enhanced postmortem decrease in T1. This study calls into question reported relaxation time data for liver and pancreas. MR studies of excised tissues must account for time and temperature to prevent systematic experimental errors.
Authors:
Y Baba; M M Lerch; D D Stark; A Tanimoto; B P Kreft; L Zhao; A K Saluja; M Takahashi
Related Documents :
3831679 - Characterization of normal and malignant mouse tissue by nmr lineshape-relaxation corre...
20434209 - The magnetophoretic mobility and superparamagnetism of core-shell iron oxide nanopartic...
3198349 - Transverse relaxation (1/t2) of solvent protons induced by magnetized spheres and its r...
16828869 - Evaluation of mr signal index for the assessment of occupational manganese exposure of ...
17963249 - Diagnosis and management of transfusion iron overload: the role of imaging.
8371639 - In vivo measurements of proton relaxation times in human brain, liver, and skeletal mus...
17111359 - Magnetic resonance imaging and histological studies of corpus callosal and hippocampal ...
2181759 - Visualization of calf veins by color flow imaging.
20081559 - Spine computed tomography doses and cancer induction.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI     Volume:  4     ISSN:  1053-1807     ISO Abbreviation:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Publication Date:    1994 Sep-Oct
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-01-05     Completed Date:  1995-01-05     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9105850     Medline TA:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  647-51     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Brain / drug effects,  pathology,  surgery
Cold Temperature
Kidney / drug effects,  pathology,  surgery
Liver / drug effects,  pathology*,  surgery*
Magnesium / pharmacology
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy*
Male
Microscopy, Electron
Mitochondria / drug effects,  ultrastructure
Mitochondria, Liver / drug effects,  ultrastructure
Muscle, Skeletal / drug effects,  pathology,  surgery
Pancreas / drug effects,  pathology*,  surgery*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Spleen / drug effects,  pathology,  surgery
Temperature
Testis / drug effects,  pathology,  surgery
Time Factors
Tissue Preservation / methods*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 CA50353-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7439-95-4/Magnesium

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Fast spin-echo MR imaging of the abdomen: contrast optimization and artifact reduction.
Next Document:  Contrast-enhanced MR imaging of liver and spleen: first experience in humans with a new superparamag...