BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER DISRUPTION IN EXPERIMENTAL FOCAL ISCHEMIA - COMPARISON BETWEEN IN-VIVO MRI AND IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY

被引：40

作者：

LO, EH

PAN, Y

MATSUMOTO, K

KOWALL, NW

机构：

[1] Center for Imaging and Pharmaceutical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown

[2] Geriatric Research Institute, Bedford VA Medical Center, Bedford, MA

来源：

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | 1994年 / 12卷 / 03期

关键词：

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; MRI; GDDTPA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY;

D O I：

10.1016/0730-725X(94)92533-X

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

The definition of blood-brain barrier (BBB) damage in cerebral ischemia using contrast-enhanced MRI has not been clearly correlated to the spread of edema or other histological measures of barrier disruption. In this study, we used a rabbit model of focal cerebral ischemia to compare GdDTPA-enhanced MRI with spin-echo images of brain injury and immunocytochemical detection of BBB damage and vasogenic edema. After 4 h of transient ischemia followed by 6 h of reperfusion, in vivo T2W and T1W images were obtained in a 1.5 T magnet using a 3-inch surface coil. After MRI, the animals were sacrificed and anti-serum protein (IgG) monoclonal antibodies were used to detect regions of increased BBB permeability to serum proteins. Ischemic neuronal damage was confirmed with cresyl-violet histology. T2W scans showed focal regions of increased signal intensity in the ischemic hemisphere (17.0 +/- 4.1%) that primarily involved the cortex and striatum. T2W scans showed corresponding regions of hypointensity but demonstrated, in general, smaller lesion sizes (10.1 +/- 2.9%). GdDTPA-enhanced images showed variable areas of BBB disruption that included regions of intense leakage as well as lesions that only showed subtle enhancement along the periphery of damaged tissue. It appeared that large and more severe lesions corresponded to peripheral enhancement whereas smaller lesions showed central parenchymal enhancement. The extent of MR contrast enhancement did not correlate well with immunocytochemical images of serum protein leakage. Anti-Ige stains demonstrated widespread regions of BBB damage corresponding with areas of damaged neurons that appeared pyknotic on cresyl-violet sections. Severely damaged neurons also showed cellular IgG uptake. These data suggest that GdDTPA leakage in cerebral ischemia can be variable in a model of focal ischemia with reperfusion and does not precisely correlate with vasogenic edema defined by serum protein extravasation across the BBB.

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页码：403 / 411

页数：9

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