Simultaneous measurement of arterial input function and tumor pharmacokinetics in mice by dynamic contrast enhanced imaging: effects of transcytolemmal water exchange.

Abstract	A noninvasive technique for simultaneous measurement of the arterial input function (AIF) for gadodiamide (Omniscan) and its uptake in tumor was demonstrated in mice. Implantation of a tumor at a suitable location enabled its visualization in a cardiac short axis image. Sets of gated, low-resolution saturation recovery images were acquired from each of five tumor-bearing mice following intravenous administration of a bolus of contrast agent (CA). The AIF was extracted from the signal intensity changes in left ventricular blood using literature values of the CA relaxivity and a precontrast T1 map. The time-dependent 1H2O relaxation rate constant (R1 = 1/T1) in the tumor was modeled using the BOLus Enhanced Relaxation Overview (BOLERO) method in two modes regarding the equilibrium transcytolemmal water exchange system: 1) constraining it exclusively to the fast exchange limit (FXL) (the conventional assumption), and 2) allowing its transient departure from FXL and access to the fast exchange regime (FXR), thus designated FXL/FXR. The FXL/FXR analysis yielded better fittings than the FXL-constrained analysis for data from the tumor rims, whereas the results based on the two modes were indistinguishable for data from the tumor cores. For the tumor rims, the values of Ktrans (the rate constant for CA transfer from the vasculature to the interstitium) and ve (volume fraction of the tissue extracellular and extravascular space) returned from FXL/FXR analysis are consistently greater than those from the FXL-constrained analysis by a factor of 1.5 or more corresponding to a CA dose of 0.05 mmole/kg.
Authors	Rong Zhou, Stephen Pickup, Thomas E Yankeelov, Charles S Springer Jr, Jerry D Glickson
Journal	Magnetic resonance in medicine (Magn Reson Med) Vol. 52 Issue 2 Pg. 248-57 (Aug 2004) ISSN: 0740-3194 [Print] United States
PMID	15282806 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References	Contrast Media
Topics	Animals Body Water (metabolism) Contrast Media Coronary Circulation Magnetic Resonance Imaging (methods) Mice Mice, Inbred C3H Neoplasms, Experimental (blood supply)

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