title: Effect on fetal mouse development of exposure to MR imaging and gadopentetate dimeglumine.
abstract: Pregnant mice were exposed to one of five regimens at 9.5 days of gestation: no treatment (group 1), intraperitoneal injection of normal saline (group 2), intraperitoneal injection of gadopentetate dimeglumine (group 3), intraperitoneal injection of gadopentetate dimeglumine and magnetic resonance (MR) exposure (group 4), and MR exposure alone (group 5). At 18 days of gestation, the mice were sacrificed and fetuses were removed and examined for the following end points: litter size, number alive or dead, fetal weight, extremity morphology, eye and ear development, and appearance of the head. A total of 739 fetuses were analyzed: group 1 (n = 161), group 2 (n = 149), group 3 (n = 142), group 4 (n = 136), and group 5 (n = 151). The only statistically significant difference was a lower mean fetal weight in the saline-injection group compared with the control group. The results show that MR exposure with and without gadopentetate dimeglumine had no adverse effect on the end points analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Rofsky
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pizzarello
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Weinreb
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ambrosino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004431:Ear, External / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects; D005121:Extremities / Q000196:embryology; D005123:Eye / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D005865:Gestational Age; D006257:Head / Q000196:embryology; D008098:Litter Size / Q000187:drug effects; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008536:Meglumine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012965:Sodium Chloride
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D004338:Drug Combinations; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D008536:Meglumine; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA