Quantitative imaging of proteoglycan in cartilage using a gadolinium probe and microCT
| Autor: | T.E. Dufresne, E.B. Hookfin, M.J. Karb, Michael D. Cockman, C.A. Blanton, L. Dong, Kenneth R. Wehmeyer, S. Liu, Paula A. Chmielewski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Gadolinium DTPA
Quantitative imaging Gadolinium Biomedical Engineering chemistry.chemical_element Contrast Media MicroCT Imaging Three-Dimensional Rheumatology Heterocyclic Compounds medicine Organometallic Compounds Animals Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Nasal Septum biology Gadoteridol business.industry Cartilage Dimethylmethylene blue Delayed Gadolinium Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cartilage Trypsin medicine.anatomical_structure Proteoglycan chemistry biology.protein Cattle Proteoglycans Nuclear medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed medicine.drug Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Osteoarthritis and cartilage. 14(3) |
| ISSN: | 1063-4584 |
| Popis: | Summary Objective Micro-computed tomography (microCT) imaging has the potential to allow the three-dimensional (3D) visualization of cartilage morphology. However, cartilage intensity on a microCT image is weak because cartilage does not strongly attenuate X-rays. This work was designed to demonstrate that exposure of cartilage to charged gadolinium compounds modifies the intensity to allow an improved visualization of cartilage morphology and the determination of proteoglycan content. Design Trypsin was used to deplete proteoglycan in bovine nasal cartilage disks. Disks were then exposed to Gd 3+ , gadopentetate (Gd–DTPA 2− ), or gadoteridol (Gd–HP–DO3A), and imaged with microCT. The intensities of the disks were measured from the images and compared to the actual proteoglycan content determined with a dimethylmethylene blue assay. Results Treatment of naive disks with 200mM Gd 3+ for 24h at room temperature produced a 2.8-fold increase in intensity on microCT images. Similar treatment with 200mM Gd–DTPA 2− produced a 1.4-fold increase. After 2h of trypsin treatment at room temperature, the intensities of cartilage disks exposed to 200mM Gd 3+ decreased by 12%. Conversely, the intensities of trypsin-treated disks exposed to 200mM Gd–DPTA 2− increased by 15%. Trypsin treatment caused a 4% increase in the intensities of disks exposed to neutral Gd–HP–DO3A. The correlation between proteoglycan content and the microCT intensity of cartilage treated with Gd 3+ was very good ( r 2 =0.81). Conclusions Gadolinium and microCT allow an improved 3D visualization of cartilage and quantification of its proteoglycan content. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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