title: Bioimpedance spectroscopy for the estimation of body fluid volumes in mice.
abstract: Conventional indicator dilution techniques for measuring body fluid volume are laborious, expensive, and highly invasive. Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) may be a useful alternative due to being rapid, minimally invasive, and allowing repeated measurements. BIS has not been reported in mice; hence we examined how well BIS estimates body fluid volume in mice. Using C57/Bl6 mice, the BIS system demonstrated <5% intermouse variation in total body water (TBW) and extracellular (ECFV) and intracellular fluid volume (ICFV) between animals of similar body weight. TBW, ECFV, and ICFV differed between heavier male and lighter female mice; however, the ratio of TBW, ECFV, and ICFV to body weight did not differ between mice and corresponded closely to values in the literature. Furthermore, repeat measurements over 1 wk demonstrated <5% intramouse variation. Default resistance coefficients used by the BIS system, defined for rats, produced body composition values for TBW that exceeded body weight in mice. Therefore, body composition was measured in mice using a range of resistance coefficients. Resistance values at 10% of those defined for rats provided TBW, ECFV, and ICFV ratios to body weight that were similar to those obtained by conventional isotope dilution. Further evaluation of the sensitivity of the BIS system was determined by its ability to detect volume changes after saline infusion; saline provided the predicted changes in compartmental fluid volumes. In summary, BIS is a noninvasive and accurate method for the estimation of body composition in mice. The ability to perform serial measurements will be a useful tool for future studies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Plato
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kohan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism*; D001835:Body Weight; D017666:Deuterium Oxide; D017097:Electric Impedance; D045604:Extracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011865:Radioisotope Dilution Technique; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D017666:Deuterium Oxide
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