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Vertebral blood perfusion reduction associated with vertebral bone mineral density reduction: a dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI study in a rat orchiectomy model.
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PMID:  19025958     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between vertebral blood perfusion and vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) in a rat orchiectomy (ORX) model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nine 6-month-old male Wistar-Kyoto rats were used. Computed tomography (CT) bone densitometry and dynamic MRI were performed at baseline and four weeks post-ORX. MRI was performed on a 1.5 T clinical MR scanner with a small surface coil placed under the rat lumbar spine region. A sagittal midsection of the lumbar spine was prescribed. Dynamic MRI was performed after a bolus injection of gadolinium-tetraazacyclododecane tetraacetic acid (Gd-DOTA) (0.3 mmol/kg) administered through a tail vein cannula. At a temporal resolution of 0.6 seconds, 800 images were acquired. Regions-of-interest were drawn comprising the medullary component of lumbar vertebrae L3-L6. Maximum enhancement was analyzed. RESULTS: Satisfactory CT and MRI data for analysis was obtained in all animals. Vertebral BMD decreased by 16.6% at four weeks post-ORX (1.134 +/- 0.035 vs. 0.946 +/- 0.027 g/cm(3), P = 0.008). MRI maximum enhancement decreased by 17% at four weeks post-ORX (151.5 +/- 12.0% vs. 125.8 +/- 9.9%, P = 0.015). CONCLUSION: Vertebral blood perfusion reduction is associated with vertebral BMD reduction in a male rat osteoporosis model. Perfusion MRI provides a new investigative technique for osteoporosis experimental research.
Authors:
Yi-Xiang J Wang; Ya-Feng Zhang; James F Griffith; Hua Zhou; David K W Yeung; Timothy C Kwok; Ling Qin; Anil T Ahuja
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1053-1807     ISO Abbreviation:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Publication Date:  2008 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-12-01     Completed Date:  2009-02-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9105850     Medline TA:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1515-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
(c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. yixiang_wang@cuhk.edu.hk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Bone Density*
Contrast Media
Heterocyclic Compounds
Lumbar Vertebrae / blood supply*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Orchiectomy
Organometallic Compounds
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Statistics, Nonparametric
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Contrast Media; 0/Heterocyclic Compounds; 0/Organometallic Compounds; 92923-44-9/gadolinium 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N'',N'''-tetraacetate

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