title: USPIO-enhanced MR imaging of glycerol-induced acute renal failure in the rabbit.
abstract: Enhanced-MR imaging in combination with ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) was used in the glycerol-induced model of acute renal failure (ARF) in the rabbit to detect renal perfusion abnormalities. A control group (n = 5) and an ARF group (n = 5) were studied after intramuscular injection of glycerol (10 ml/kg) with T2-weighted spin-echo sequence at 1.5 T and a 27 mumol/kg IV dose of iron. The signal intensity (SI) was quantified in the cortex, the outer medulla (OM), and the inner medulla (IM). In control rabbits, the maximum SI decrease after USPIO injection was in the OM (76% +/- 3.6), as this is the region of maximal vascular density, then in the IM (73.4% +/- 2.9). In the glycerol group, SI loss in the OM (61% +/- 12.6) and the IM (45.2% +/- 16.24) was significant less than in the control group (p < .05). Pathology results showed fibrinous thrombus in the efferent arterioles and congestive aspect of the vasa recta in the medulla. We argue that a reduced medullary concentration of USPIO in the renal failure group is indicative of medullary hypoperfusion.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trillaud
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Degrèze
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Combe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deminière
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palussière
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benderbous
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Grenier
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000818:Animals; D003287:Contrast Media; D003911:Dextrans; D005260:Female; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide; D005990:Glycerol; D007501:Iron; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D010087:Oxides; D010316:Particle Size; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D003911:Dextrans; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D010087:Oxides; C097921:ferumoxtran-10; D007501:Iron; D005990:Glycerol; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide