MRI detection of tumor in mouse lung using partial liquid ventilation with a perfluorocarbon-in-water emulsion.
Transverse relaxation time (T(2*))-weighted (1)H-MRI of mouse lungs has been performed using partial liquid ventilation (PLV) with a perfluorocarbon (PFC)-in-water emulsion as a contrast modality for lung MRI. Significant sensitivity enhancement in MRI of mouse lungs has been demonstrated with the protocol. The results show that the T(2*) value in lung is approximately proportional to the infusion dose up to a dose of 5 ml/kg body weight (BW) (4.5 g PFC/kg BW) and becomes essentially constant beyond this dosage. T(2*) maps of lungs have been calculated and T(2*) in lungs is in the range of 10-35 ms with this technique, which is an order of magnitude greater than the T(2*) value of mouse lungs without using a PFC-in-water emulsion. T(2*)-weighted (1)H-MR images of mouse lungs have been obtained with good quality under our experimental conditions. We have applied this technique to detect tumors in mouse lungs. Our technique can detect small lung tumors of B16 melanoma, about 1 mm in diameter, in mice. With its significant MR sensitivity enhancement and technical simplicity, T(2*)-weighted (1)H-MRI using PLV with PFC-in-water emulsion offers a promising approach to investigate lung cancers using rodent models.
Huang
Ming Qiang
MQ
Department of Biological Sciences, Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Basse
Per H
PH
Yang
Qin
Q
Horner
Joyce A
JA
Hichens
T Kevin
TK
Ho
Chien
C
D000818:Animals; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D021061:Liquid Ventilation; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000175:diagnosis*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D023421:Models, Animal; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D005466:Fluorocarbons