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Kuźnik A, Październiok-Holewa A, Jewula P, Kuźnik N. Bisphosphonates-much more than only drugs for bone diseases. Eur J Pharmacol 2019; 866:172773. [PMID: 31705903 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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α,α-Bisphosphonates (BPs) are well established in the treatment of bone diseases such as osteoporosis and Paget's disease. Their successful application originates from their high affinity to hydroxyapatite. While the initially appreciated features of BPs are already beneficial to many patients, recent developments have further expanded their pleiotropic applications. This review describes the background of the interactions of BPs with bone cells that form the basis of the classical treatment. A better understanding of the mechanism behind their interactions allows for the parallel application of BPs against bone cancer and metastases followed by palliative pain relief. Targeted therapy with bone-seeking BPs coupled with a diagnostic agent in one particle resulted in theranostics which is also described here. For example, in such a system, BP moieties are bound to contrast agents used in magnetic resonance imaging or radionuclides used in positron emission tomography. In addition, another example of the pleiotropic function of BPs which involves targeting the imaging agents to bone tissues accompanied by pain reduction is presented in this work.
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- Anna Kuźnik
- Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 4, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland; Biotechnology Center of Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 8, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland.
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- Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 4, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland; Biotechnology Center of Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 8, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 656/123, 612-00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 4, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
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Henig J, Mamedov I, Fouskova P, Tóth É, Logothetis NK, Angelovski G, Mayer HA. Influence of Calcium-Induced Aggregation on the Sensitivity of Aminobis(methylenephosphonate)-Containing Potential MRI Contrast Agents. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:6472-81. [DOI: 10.1021/ic1024235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jörg Henig
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Abteilung für Physiologie kognitiver Prozesse, Max-Planck-Institut für biologische Kybernetik, Spemannstrasse 38, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Le Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, Rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans, France
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- Le Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, Rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans, France
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- Abteilung für Physiologie kognitiver Prozesse, Max-Planck-Institut für biologische Kybernetik, Spemannstrasse 38, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- Abteilung für Physiologie kognitiver Prozesse, Max-Planck-Institut für biologische Kybernetik, Spemannstrasse 38, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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N⁴-[Alkyl-(hydroxyphosphono)phosphonate]-cytidine-new drugs covalently linking antimetabolites (5-FdU, araU or AZT) with bone-targeting bisphosphonates (alendronate or pamidronate). Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:3520-6. [PMID: 21536448 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 04/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Amino-bisphosphonates (alendronate, pamidronate) were covalently linked in a three step synthesis, with protected and triazolylated derivatives of therapeutically used nucleoside analogs (5-FdU, araC, AZT) by substitution of their triazolyl residue. From the deprotected and chromatographically purified reaction mixtures N⁴-[alkyl-(hydroxyphosphono) phosphonate]-cytidine combining two differently cytotoxic functions were obtained. This new family of bisphosphonates (BPs) contains as novelty an alkyl side chain with a cytotoxic nucleoside. The BPs moiety allows for a high binding to hydroxyapatite which is a prerequisite for bone targeting of the drugs. In vitro binding of 5-FdU-alendronate (5-FdU-ale) to hydroxyapatite showed a sixfold increased binding of these BPs as compared to 5-FdU. Exploratory cytotoxic properties of 5-FdU-ale were tested on a panel of human tumor cell lines resulting in growth inhibition ranging between 5% and 38%. The determination of IC₅₀-concentrations of the conjugate in Lewis lung carcinoma and murine macrophages showed an incubation time dependent growth inhibition with higher sensitivity towards the tumor cells. We assume that the antimetabolite-BPs can be cleaved into different active metabolites that may exert cytotoxic and other therapeutic effects. However, the underlying mechanisms of these promising new antimetabolite-BPs conjugates remain to be evaluated in future experiments.
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In clinical practice the imaging of bone tissue is based almost exclusively on x-ray or radiochemical methods. Alternative methods, such as MRI and optical imaging, can provide not only anatomical, but also physiological information, due to their ability to reflect the properties of body fluids (temperature, pH and concentration of ions). In this article we review bone targeting probes for MRI and fluorescence imaging. As bone targeting is mainly associated with phosphonate and bisphosphonate derivatives, we also focus on their sorption behavior. Also discussed in detail is the limitation of using bone-targeting probes for MRI and optical imaging mainly due to their long-time retention in bone tissue and the low permeability of tissues for light.
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Vitha T, Kubíček V, Kotek J, Hermann P, Vander Elst L, Muller RN, Lukeš I, Peters JA. Gd(iii) complex of a monophosphinate-bis(phosphonate) DOTA analogue with a high relaxivity; Lanthanide(iii) complexes for imaging and radiotherapy of calcified tissues. Dalton Trans 2009:3204-14. [DOI: 10.1039/b820705d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hartman JC, Sheehy RM, Wiltse AL, Mcgrath JP, Dunn CJ, Shebuski RJ. Dichioromethylenediphosphonic tetraacid targets ischemic/reperfused myocardium. Drug Deliv 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/10717549509031369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vitha T, Kubícek V, Hermann P, Kolar ZI, Wolterbeek HT, Peters JA, Lukes I. Complexes of DOTA-bisphosphonate conjugates: probes for determination of adsorption capacity and affinity constants of hydroxyapatite. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:1952-1958. [PMID: 18225929 DOI: 10.1021/la702753j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The adsorption on hydroxyapatite of three conjugates of a bisphosphonate and a macrocycle having C1, C2, and C3 spacers and their terbium complexes was studied by the radiotracer method using 160Tb as the label. The radiotracer-containing complex of the conjugate with the C3 spacer was used as a probe for the determination of the adsorption parameters of other bisphosphonates that lack a DOTA unit. A physicochemical model describing the competitive adsorption was successfully applied in the fitting of the obtained data. The maximum adsorption capacity of bisphosphonates containing bulky substituents is determined mainly by their size. For bisphosphonates having no DOTA moiety, the maximum adsorption capacity is determined by the electrostatic repulsion between negatively charged bisphosphonate groups. Compounds with a hydroxy or amino group attached to the alpha-carbon atom show higher affinities. Macrocyclic compounds containing a short spacer between the different bisphosphonic acid groups and the macrocyclic unit exhibit high affinities, indicating a synergic effect of the bisphosphonic and the macrocyclic groups during adsorption. The competition method described uses a well-characterized complex and allows a simple evaluation of the adsorption behavior of bisphosphonates. The application of the macrocycle-bisphosphonate conjugates allows easy radiolabeling via complexation of a suitable metal isotope.
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- Tomas Vitha
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL Delft, The Netherlands
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Vitha T, Kubícek V, Hermann P, Elst LV, Muller RN, Kolar ZI, Wolterbeek HT, Breeman WAP, Lukes I, Peters JA. Lanthanide(III) complexes of bis(phosphonate) monoamide analogues of DOTA: bone-seeking agents for imaging and therapy. J Med Chem 2008; 51:677-83. [PMID: 18181563 DOI: 10.1021/jm7012776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lanthanide complexes of DOTA derivatives 2a (BPAMD) and 2b (BPAPD), having a monoamide pendant arm with a bis(phosphonate) moiety, were comparatively tested for application in MRI, radiotherapy, and bone pain palliation. (1)H, (31)P, and (17)O NMR spectroscopy show that they are nine-coordinated, with one water molecule in the first coordination sphere of the Ln(III) ion. The bis(phosphonate) moieties are not coordinated to the lanthanide and predominantly mono- and diprotonated at physiological pH. The parameters governing the longitudinal relaxivities of the Gd complexes are similar to those of other monoamides of DOTA reported in the literature. Upon adsorption on hydroxyapatite, the relaxivities at 20 MHz and 25 degrees C of Gd-2a and Gd-2b were 22.1 and 11 s(-1) mM(-1), respectively. An in vivo gamma-ray imaging study showed that the (177)Lu complexes of 2a and 2b have a high affinity for bones, particularly for growth plates and teeth with a prolonged retention.
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- Tomás Vitha
- Biocatalysis and Organic Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, Delft, The Netherlands
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Kubíček V, Kotek J, Hermann P, Lukeš I. Aminoalkylbis(phosphonates): Their Complexation Properties in Solution and in the Solid State. Eur J Inorg Chem 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200600615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kubícek V, Rudovský J, Kotek J, Hermann P, Vander Elst L, Muller RN, Kolar ZI, Wolterbeek HT, Peters JA, Lukes I. A bisphosphonate monoamide analogue of DOTA: a potential agent for bone targeting. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 127:16477-85. [PMID: 16305234 DOI: 10.1021/ja054905u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A new macrocyclic DOTA-like ligand (BPAMD) for bone imaging and therapy containing a monoamide bis(phosphonic acid) bone-seeking group was designed and synthesized. Its lanthanide(III) complexes were prepared and characterized by 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy. The Gd(III)-BPAMD complex was investigated in detail by 1H and 17O relaxometric studies to inspect parameters relevant for its potential application as an MRI contrast agent. Sorption experiments were conducted with Gd(III) and Tb(III) complexes using hydroxyapatite (HA) as a model of bone surface. Very effective uptake of the Gd-BPAMD complex by the HA surface was observed in NMR experiments. Radiochemical studies with the (160Tb-BPAMD)-HA system proved the sorption to be remarkably fast and strong on one hand and fully reversible on the other hand. The strong (Gd-BPAMD)-HA interaction was also supported by 1H NMRD measurements in the presence of a hydroxyapatite slurry, which showed an increase of the rotational correlation time upon adsorption of the complex on the HA surface, resulting in a significant relaxivity enhancement. The amide-bis(phosphonate) moiety is the only factor responsible for the binding of the complex to HA.
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- Vojtech Kubícek
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Catalysis, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 136, 2628 BL Delft, The Netherlands
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Two categories of necrosis-avid contrast agents (NACAs), namely porphyrin- and nonporphyrin-based complexes, have thus far been discovered as necrosis-targeting markers for noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) identification of acute myocardial infarction, assessment of tissue or organ viability, and therapeutic evaluation after interventional therapies. In addition to necrosis labeling, other less-specific functions, such as first-pass perfusion, blood pool contrast effect, hepatobiliary contrast enhancement (CE), adrenal and spleen CE, and renal functional imaging, also are demonstrated with NACAs. Despite various investigations with a collection of clues in favor of certain hypotheses, the mechanisms of such a unique targetability for NACAs still remain to be elucidated. However, a few things have become clear that porphyrin-like structures are not necessary for necrosis avidity and the albumin binding is not the supposed driving force but only a parallel nonspecific feature shared by both NACAs and non-NACA substances. Although the research and development of NACAs still remain in preclinical stage at a relatively small scale, their significance rests upon striking enhancement effects, which may warrant their eventual versatile clinical applications. The present review article is intended to summarize the cumulated facts about the evolving research on this topic, to demonstrate experimental observations for better understanding of the mechanisms, to trigger broader public interests and more intensive research activities, and to advocate, toward both academics and industries, further promotion of preclinical and clinical development of this unique and promising class of contrast agents.
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- Yicheng Ni
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Lenkinski RE, Ahmed M, Zaheer A, Frangioni JV, Goldberg SN. Near-infrared fluorescence imaging of microcalcification in an animal model of breast cancer. Acad Radiol 2004; 10:1159-64. [PMID: 14587634 DOI: 10.1016/s1076-6332(03)00253-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES At present, there is no animal model of breast cancer that forms reproducible microcalcification. The aim of this study was to develop a straightforward, reproducible model system that could be used to develop multimodality contrast agents for the identification of breast cancer microcalcification. METHODS The R3230 mammary adenocarcinoma cell line was implanted in the mammary fat pad of female Fischer 344 rats (two rats with two implanted tumors and two rats with a single implanted tumor). After growth to 1-2 cm in diameter, tumors were implanted with 100 microm hydroxyapatite crystals (positive control) or calcium oxalate crystals (negative control). Twenty-four hours after crystal implantation, rats were injected intravenously with a previously described near-infrared fluorescent bisphosphonate derivative known as Pam78, and the tumors were imaged using a reflectance optical imaging system. RESULTS Tumors implanted with hydroxyapatite displayed bright, focal, near-infrared fluorescence in the area of crystal implantation. Control tumors, grown in the same animal and implanted with calcium oxalate, did not display any near-infrared fluorescence, even along the needle track used for crystal implantation. CONCLUSIONS A simple and rapid animal model of focal calcification in breast cancer tumors has been developed and validated. The model used Pam78, a near-infrared fluorescent contrast agent specific for hydroxyapatite. The potential usefulness of the model for developing similar contrast agents for magnetic resonance and other imaging modalities is discussed.
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- Robert E Lenkinski
- Department of Radiology, Molecular Imaging Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Ni Y, Adzamli K, Miao Y, Cresens E, Yu J, Periasamy MP, Adams MD, Marchal G. MRI contrast enhancement of necrosis by MP-2269 and gadophrin-2 in a rat model of liver infarction. Invest Radiol 2001; 36:97-103. [PMID: 11224757 DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200102000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The mechanisms of action leading to specific localization of necrosis-avid contrast agents (NACAs) such as gadophrin-2 are not well defined. It has been suggested recently that agents with a high degree of serum albumin binding may also serve as NACAs by virtue of nonspecific hydrophobic interactions. The present MRI-histomorphology correlation study was conducted to verify the likelihood of the proposed albumin-binding mechanism by comparing an albumin-binding blood pool agent, MP-2269, with gadophrin-2 in a rat model of reperfused liver infarction. METHODS Reperfused infarction in the right liver lobe was surgically induced in six rats. Serial T1-weighted MRI was performed before and after intravenous injection of MP-2269 at 0.05 mmol/kg and repeated in the same rats 24 hours later after intravenous injection of gadophrin-2 at the same dosage (0.05 mmol/kg). The MR images were matched with corresponding histomorphological findings. The signal intensity and contrast ratio of infarcted and normal hepatic lobes were quantified and compared between the two agents during the postcontrast course. RESULTS Before contrast, the infarcted lobe was indiscernible from normal liver on T1-weighted MRI. Shortly after injection of both MP-2269 and gadophrin-2, a negative contrast occurred between infarcted and normal liver because of a strong liver signal intensity enhancement and an inferior uptake in the necrotic liver. On delayed phase (>60 minutes), a necrosis-specific contrast enhancement (contrast ratio 1.6) developed with gadophrin-2 but not with MP-2269. The MR images matched well with corresponding histomorphological findings. CONCLUSIONS Although both MP-2269 and gadophrin-2 feature an albumin-binding capacity, only gadophrin-2 displayed a persistent necrosis-specific contrast enhancement in the rat model of reperfused liver infarction. Therefore, the role of albumin binding in the mechanisms of NACAs should be reevaluated.
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- Y Ni
- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
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Jeong AK, Choi SI, Kim DH, Park SB, Lee SS, Choi SH, Lim TH. Evaluation by contrast-enhanced MR imaging of the lateral border zone in reperfused myocardial infarction in a cat model. Korean J Radiol 2001; 2:21-7. [PMID: 11752965 PMCID: PMC2718091 DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2001.2.1.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2000] [Accepted: 12/07/2000] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify and evaluate the lateral border zone by comparing the size and distribution of the abnormal signal area demonstrated by MR imaging with the infarct area revealed by pathological examination in a reperfused myocardial infarction cat model. MATERIALS AND METHODS In eight cats, the left anterior descending coronary artery was occluded for 90 minutes, and this was followed by 90 minutes of reperfusion. ECG-triggered breath-hold turbo spin-echo T2-weighted MR images were initially obtained along the short axis of the heart before the administration of contrast media. After the injection of Gadomer-17 and Gadophrin-2, contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MR images were obtained for three hours. The size of the abnormal signal area seen on each image was compared with that of the infarct area after TTC staining. To assess ultrastructural changes in the myocardium at the infarct area, lateral border zone and normal myocardium, electron microscopic examination was performed. RESULTS The high signal area seen on T2-weighted images and the enhanced area seen on Gadomer-17-enhanced T1WI were larger than the enhanced area on Gadophrin-2-enhanced T1WI and the infarct area revealed by TTC staining; the difference was expressed as a percentage of the size of the total left ventricle mass (T2= 39.2 %; Gadomer-17 =37.25 % vs Gadophrin-2 = 29.6 %; TTC staining = 28.2 %; p < 0.05). The ultrastructural changes seen at the lateral border zone were compatible with reversible myocardial damage. CONCLUSION In a reperfused myocardial infarction cat model, the presence and size of the lateral border zone can be determined by means of Gadomer-17- and Gadophrin-2-enhanced MR imaging.
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- Ae Kyung Jeong
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
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Choi SI, Choi SH, Kim ST, Lim KH, Lim CH, Gong GY, Kim HY, Weinmann HJ, Lim TH. Irreversibly damaged myocardium at MR imaging with a necrotic tissue-specific contrast agent in a cat model. Radiology 2000; 215:863-8. [PMID: 10831712 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.3.r00jn01863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the capability of a necrosis-avid magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agent, bis-gadolinium mesoporphyrins, for assessment of irreversibly damaged myocardium and to evaluate the time course of signal enhancement in the reperfused myocardium. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nine cats were subjected to 90 minutes of occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery followed by 90 minutes of reperfusion. Contrast material-enhanced T1-weighted spin-echo images were obtained for 12 hours in five cats and 6 hours in four cats. Pathologic examinations of the resected specimens were performed with 2'3'5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) histochemical staining and electron microscopy. The size of enhanced area on MR images was compared with that of irreversibly damaged myocardium with TTC staining. The time course of signal enhancement was evaluated. RESULTS The size of enhanced area on MR images was well correlated with that of irreversibly damaged myocardium with TTC staining. Maximum enhancement occurred 1-3 hours after administration of the contrast material, with mean enhancement of 171% that of normal myocardium. Electron microscopic examinations showed severe myocardial damage in the irreversibly damaged myocardium but only mild edematous changes in the reversibly damaged myocardium. CONCLUSION MR images enhanced with bis-gadolinium mesoporphyrins provide accurate sizing of irreversibly damaged myocardium with a strong and persistent signal enhancement in the reperfused myocardium.
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- S I Choi
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Choi SI, Jiang CZ, Lim KH, Kim ST, Lim CH, Gong GY, Lim TH. Application of breath-hold T2-weighted, first-pass perfusion and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MR imaging for assessment of myocardial viability in a pig model. J Magn Reson Imaging 2000; 11:476-80. [PMID: 10813856 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2586(200005)11:5<476::aid-jmri2>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The purpose of this study was to correlate the abnormal signal area on various magnetic resonance (MR) images to the infarct area on pathologic examination and to assess the myocardial viability on the basis of MR images. T2-weighted, first-pass perfusion, and delayed gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted images were used as "one-stop examinations" in a pig model of reperfused myocardial infarction. The results of each MR image were compared with those of 2,3, 5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining. The abnormal signal areas on T2-weighted and Gd-enhanced T1-weighted images were larger than the infarct areas on TTC staining (34.7% and 32.3% vs. 28.3%; P< 0.05), whereas the nonperfused areas on perfusion images were correlated (25.6% vs, 28.3%; P = 0.139). Electron microscopic examination showed severely distorted ultrastructures in the infarct areas and mildly damaged ultrastructures in the peri-infarct areas. Perfusion images probably reflected the infarct areas, whereas T2-weighted and Gd-enhanced T1-weighted images seemed to include peri-infarct as well as infarct areas.
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- S I Choi
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, 138-736, Korea
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With the advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology that have occurred in recent years, it is possible to examine the myocardial status with high spatial and temporal resolutions in the evaluation of ischemic heart disease. The purpose of this article is to review the current status and the role of MRI for the evaluation of myocardial infarction. We discuss the pathophysiology of myocardial infarction, MRI techniques for the evaluation of myocardial status, and the pathophysiological significance of MR signal changes observed in various MRI techniques. We conclude that, with further development of MR techniques and contrast agents, MRI will play an increasing role in the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 1999;10:686-693.
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- T H Lim
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 138-736, Korea.
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A review of contrast agents used for magnetic resonance imaging was made with regard to methods of drug delivery using published literature. Since the clinical approval of Gd-DTPA in 1988, there has been extensive research towards developing organ- and tissue-specific contrast agents. Targeting strategies have consistently improved along with improvements in nuclear medicine imaging, and a broad spectrum of potential agents has accumulated. Liver, blood-pool targeted, and, due to their inherent convenience of delivery, intraorally administered gastrointestinal agents have been developed or are being developed. For intravenous contrast agents, collective magnetic labels with modifications for some specificities results in the larger-sized agents which can be an obstacle for the agent in accessing the targeted cells. In conclusion, the next step in the development of specific contrast agents for clinical use is to improve non-specific delivery to the extra-capillary space adjacent to targeted cells.
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- Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Ohyaguchikami-cho 30-1, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-0032, Japan
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Kovar DA, Lewis MZ, River JN, Lipton MJ, Karczmar GS. In vivo imaging of extraction fraction of low molecular weight MR contrast agents and perfusion rate in rodent tumors. Magn Reson Med 1997; 38:259-68. [PMID: 9256106 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Tissue uptake of a fully extractable MR detectable tracer, deuterated water (D2O), was compared with that of a less extractable contrast agent, Gadolinium-DTPA-dimeglumine (Gd-DTPA), in rodent tumor and muscle tissue. This dual tracer method allowed calculation of relative (to muscle) tissue perfusion and extraction fraction of Gd-DTPA in each image pixel in vivo. Solutions of Gd-DTPA and D2O were injected intravenously into Fisher female rats (n = 9) with R3230 mammary adenocarcinomas implanted in the hind limb. Perfusion rate was approximately two times greater (P < 0.005 by paired t test) in tumor than in muscle. Gd-DTPA extraction fraction at the interface between tumor and muscle was 2.0 times the extraction fraction in normal muscle (P < 0.005 by paired t test). Extraction fraction at the tumor center was 1.6 times the extraction fraction in muscle (P < 0.01 by paired t test). High extraction fraction of Gd-DTPA correlated with high capillary permeability determined from Evans Blue staining. Low molecular weight Gd-DTPA derivatives are widely used in clinical practice, and their extraction fractions are crucial determinants of image contrast during the first few passes of the contrast agent bolus. Therefore spatially resolved measurements of contrast agent extraction fractions obtained in vivo have significant clinical utility. The data demonstrate that extraction of low molecular weight tracers is sensitive to increased permeability in tumor vasculature and that this increased permeability can be imaged.
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- D A Kovar
- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Marchal G, Ni Y, Herijgers P, Flameng W, Petré C, Bosmans H, Yu J, Ebert W, Hilger CS, Pfefferer D, Semmler W, Baert AL. Paramagnetic metalloporphyrins: infarct avid contrast agents for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction by MRI. Eur Radiol 1996; 6:2-8. [PMID: 8797942 DOI: 10.1007/bf00619942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In previous experiments in tumors we demonstrated that metalloporphyrins are particularly avid for nonviable tumor components. This study was performed to find out whether these agents can be used as MRI contrast agents for the visualization of acute myocardial infarction (MI). A total of 44 rats, 6 normal controls and 38 with occlusive MI (2-24 h old), were used. Gadolinium mesoporphyrin (Gd-MP) or manganese tetraphenylporphyrin (Mn-TPP) was intravenously injected at doses of 0.1, 0.05, and 0.01 mmol/kg. Three to 24 h after injection, axial and coronal T1-weighted (TR/TE 300/15 ms) spin-echo MR images were obtained before and after killing the animals and correlated with triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) histochemical preparations. The Gd-MP content in infarcted and noninfarcted myocardium was measured using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). MRI without contrast media could not discern the MI. However, 3-24 h after injection of either Gd-MP or Mn-TPP, the infarcted area was positively stained on MR images. This area matched well with the negatively TTC-stained area on the heart slices (r = 0.97). The contrast ratios between the infarcted necrotic myocardium and the noninfarcted regions varied from 150 to 300% depending on the type of agents and doses used. Neither false-positive nor false-negative findings were encountered. The metalloporphyrin concentration was more than 10 times higher in the infarcted than in the noninfarcted heart. Metalloporphyrins appear to be promising MRI contrast agents for detection and quantification of necrosis in MI. These preclinical results may open new perspectives in cardiac imaging.
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- G Marchal
- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals K.U. Leuven, Belgium
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Mathur-De Vré R, Lemort M. Invited review: biophysical properties and clinical applications of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents. Br J Radiol 1995; 68:225-47. [PMID: 7735761 DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-68-807-225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a very versatile and effective technique for detecting and characterizing lesions, for identifying a variety of patho-physiological abnormalities, and for providing perfusion and functional information. The application of contrast enhanced MRI to many clinical and research indications has emerged because of the rapid evolution in imaging techniques, improved methodology, and the development of efficient and specific contrast agents. Problems related to optimizing parameters and dosage have been due to complex interplay of relaxation times, biophysical mechanisms and acquisition parameters. A knowledge of basic biophysical aspects is therefore essential for a full understanding of the results obtained for different organs under different conditions, and for optimizing the image parameters and dosage of contrast agents. This article underlines the biophysical basis of the effects of contrast agents in MRI, identifies the problems involved in optimizing the parameters for maximum efficiency, and presents a general overview of the clinical studies and research applications in the central nervous system, perfusion abnormalities, hepatobiliary system, musculoskeletal system and the gastrointestinal tract. The section on perfusion studies includes a discussion of quantitative analysis and kinetic models describing the effects of contrast agents. Finally, a critical evaluation of the scope and limitations of contrast enhanced MRI is presented.
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