Study of the intra-arterial distribution of Fe3O4 nanoparticles in a model of colorectal neoplasm induced in rat liver by MRI and spectrometry

Autor: Alberto Saiz-López, Begoña Fernández-Ruanova, Nestor Etxebarria, Jose Javier Echevarría-Uraga, Ignacio García-Alonso, Fernando Plazaola, Maite Insausti
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: International Journal of Nanomedicine
ISSN: 1178-2013
1176-9114
Popis: José J Echevarria-Uraga,1 Ignacio García-Alonso,2 Fernando Plazaola,3 Maite Insausti,3 Néstor Etxebarria,3 Alberto Saiz-López,4 Begoña Fernández-Ruanova51Radiology Department, Hospital de Galdakao-Usánsolo, Bizkaia, Spain; 2Experimental Surgery Laboratory, Medicine Faculty, University of the Basque Country, Bizkaia, Spain; 3Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Bizkaia, Spain; 4Pathology Department, Hospital de Galdakao-Usánsolo, Bizkaia, Spain; 5Osatek SA Unidad del Hospital de Galdakao-Usánsolo, Bizkaia, SpainPurpose: To evaluate, in an experimental model, the reliability of MRI for determining whether a higher iron concentration was obtained in tumor tissue than in normal liver parenchyma after intra-arterial administration of Fe3O4 lipophilic nanoparticles.Materials and methods: WAG/RijCrl rats were inoculated in the left hepatic lobe with 25,000 syngeneic CC-531 colon adenocarcinoma cells, after which they were randomized into two groups: control (CG) and infused (IG). After confirming tumor induction, the IG rats received intra-arterial suspensions of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (2.6 mg) in Lipiodol® (0.15 mL). To calculate the iron concentration, [Fe], in the tumor and liver tissues of both groups of rats, measurements of signal intensity from the tumors, healthy liver tissue, and paravertebral muscles were made on a 1.5T MRI system in gradient-echo DP* and T2*-weighted sequences. In addition, samples were collected to quantify the [Fe] by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), as well as for histological analysis. Statistical analysis was performed with non-parametric tests, and Bland–Altman plots were produced; P values
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