Feng Wang1,2, Daniel C Colvin1, Suwan Wang3, Hua Li1, Zhongliang Zu1,2, Raymond C Harris3, Ming-Zhi Zhang3, John C Gore1,2,4. 1. Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. 2. Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. 3. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. 4. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To develop and evaluate a reliable non-invasive means for assessing the severity and progression of fibrosis in kidneys. We used spin-lock MR imaging with different locking fields to detect and characterize progressive renal fibrosis in an hHB-EGFTg/Tg mouse model. METHODS: Male hHB-EGFTg/Tg mice, a well-established model of progressive fibrosis, and age-matched normal wild type (WT) mice, were imaged at 7T at ages 5-7, 11-13, and 30-40 weeks. Spin-lock relaxation rates R1 ρ were measured at different locking fields (frequencies) and the resultant dispersion curves were fit to a model of exchanging water pools. The obtained MRI parameters were evaluated as potential indicators of tubulointerstitial fibrosis in kidney. Histological examinations of renal fibrosis were also carried out post-mortem after MRI. RESULTS: Histology detected extensive fibrosis in the hHB-EGFTg/Tg mice, in which collagen deposition and reductions in capillary density were observed in the fibrotic regions of kidneys. R2 and R1 ρ values at different spin-lock powers clearly dropped in the fibrotic region as fibrosis progressed. There was less variation in the asymptotic locking field relaxation rate R 1 ρ ∞ between the groups. The exchange parameter Sρ and the inflection frequency ωinfl changed by larger factors. CONCLUSION: Both Sρ and ωinfl depend primarily on the average exchange rate between water and other chemically shifted resonances such as hydroxyls and amides. Spin-lock relaxation rate dispersion, rather than single measurements of relaxation rates, provides more comprehensive and specific information on spatiotemporal changes associated with tubulointerstitial fibrosis in murine kidney.
PURPOSE: To develop and evaluate a reliable non-invasive means for assessing the severity and progression of fibrosis in kidneys. We used spin-lock MR imaging with different locking fields to detect and characterize progressive renal fibrosis in an hHB-EGFTg/Tg mouse model. METHODS: Male hHB-EGFTg/Tg mice, a well-established model of progressive fibrosis, and age-matched normal wild type (WT) mice, were imaged at 7T at ages 5-7, 11-13, and 30-40 weeks. Spin-lock relaxation rates R1 ρ were measured at different locking fields (frequencies) and the resultant dispersion curves were fit to a model of exchanging water pools. The obtained MRI parameters were evaluated as potential indicators of tubulointerstitial fibrosis in kidney. Histological examinations of renal fibrosis were also carried out post-mortem after MRI. RESULTS: Histology detected extensive fibrosis in the hHB-EGFTg/Tg mice, in which collagen deposition and reductions in capillary density were observed in the fibrotic regions of kidneys. R2 and R1 ρ values at different spin-lock powers clearly dropped in the fibrotic region as fibrosis progressed. There was less variation in the asymptotic locking field relaxation rate R 1 ρ ∞ between the groups. The exchange parameter Sρ and the inflection frequency ωinfl changed by larger factors. CONCLUSION: Both Sρ and ωinfl depend primarily on the average exchange rate between water and other chemically shifted resonances such as hydroxyls and amides. Spin-lock relaxation rate dispersion, rather than single measurements of relaxation rates, provides more comprehensive and specific information on spatiotemporal changes associated with tubulointerstitial fibrosis in murine kidney.
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