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Garcia-Canadilla P, Mohun TJ, Bijnens B, Cook AC. Detailed quantification of cardiac ventricular myocardial architecture in the embryonic and fetal mouse heart by application of structure tensor analysis to high resolution episcopic microscopic data. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:1000684. [DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1000684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The mammalian heart, which is one of the first organs to form and function during embryogenesis, develops from a simple tube into a complex organ able to efficiently pump blood towards the rest of the body. The progressive growth of the compact myocardium during embryonic development is accompanied by changes in its structural complexity and organisation. However, how myocardial myoarchitecture develops during embryogenesis remain poorly understood. To date, analysis of heart development has focused mainly on qualitative descriptions using selected 2D histological sections. High resolution episcopic microscopy (HREM) is a novel microscopic imaging technique that enables to obtain high-resolution three-dimensional images of the heart and perform detailed quantitative analyses of heart development. In this work, we performed a detailed characterization of the development of myocardial architecture in wildtype mice, from E14.5 to E18.5, by means of structure tensor analysis applied to HREM images of the heart. Our results shows that even at E14.5, myocytes are already aligned, showing a gradual change in their helical angle from positive angulation in the endocardium towards negative angulation in the epicardium. Moreover, there is gradual increase in the degree of myocardial organisation concomitant with myocardial growth. However, the development of the myoarchitecture is heterogeneous showing regional differences between ventricles, ventricular walls as well as between myocardial layers, with different growth patterning between the endocardium and epicardium. We also found that the percentage of circumferentially arranged myocytes within the LV significantly increases with gestational age. Finally, we found that fractional anisotropy (FA) within the LV gradually increases with gestational age, while the FA within RV remains unchanged.
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Wilson AJ, Sands GB, LeGrice IJ, Young AA, Ennis DB. Myocardial mesostructure and mesofunction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2022; 323:H257-H275. [PMID: 35657613 PMCID: PMC9273275 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00059.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The complex and highly organized structural arrangement of some five billion cardiomyocytes directs the coordinated electrical activity and mechanical contraction of the human heart. The characteristic transmural change in cardiomyocyte orientation underlies base-to-apex shortening, circumferential shortening, and left ventricular torsion during contraction. Individual cardiomyocytes shorten ∼15% and increase in diameter ∼8%. Remarkably, however, the left ventricular wall thickens by up to 30-40%. To accommodate this, the myocardium must undergo significant structural rearrangement during contraction. At the mesoscale, collections of cardiomyocytes are organized into sheetlets, and sheetlet shear is the fundamental mechanism of rearrangement that produces wall thickening. Herein, we review the histological and physiological studies of myocardial mesostructure that have established the sheetlet shear model of wall thickening. Recent developments in tissue clearing techniques allow for imaging of whole hearts at the cellular scale, whereas magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) can image the myocardium at the mesoscale (100 µm to 1 mm) to resolve cardiomyocyte orientation and organization. Through histology, cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and other modalities, mesostructural sheetlets have been confirmed in both animal and human hearts. Recent in vivo cardiac DTI methods have measured reorientation of sheetlets during the cardiac cycle. We also examine the role of pathological cardiac remodeling on sheetlet organization and reorientation, and the impact this has on ventricular function and dysfunction. We also review the unresolved mesostructural questions and challenges that may direct future work in the field.
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- Alexander J Wilson
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California
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Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function and Myocardial Microstructure in Fetal Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11154456. [PMID: 35956075 PMCID: PMC9369849 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11154456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Right ventricular (RV) function is one of the critical factors affecting the prognosis of fetuses with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Our study objectives included assessment of cardiac function and comprehensive measurement of cardiac microstructure. We retrospectively studied 42 fetuses diagnosed as HLHS by echocardiography. Myocardial deformation of the right ventricular wall was calculated automatically in offline software. Postmortem cardiac imaging for three control fetal hearts and four HLHS specimens was performed by a 9.4T DTI scanner. Myocardial deformation parameters of the RV (including strain, strain rate, and velocity) were significantly lower in HLHS fetuses (all p < 0.01). FA values increased (0.18 ± 0.01 vs. 0.21 ± 0.02; p < 0.01) in HLHS fetuses, but MD reduced (1.3 ± 0.15 vs. 0.88 ± 0.13; p < 0.001). The HLHS fetuses’ RV lateral base wall (−7.31 ± 51.91 vs. −6.85 ± 31.34; p = 0.25), middle wall (1.71 ± 50.92 vs. −9.38 ± 28.18; p < 0.001), and apical wall (−6.19 ± 46.61 vs. −11.16 ± 29.86, p < 0.001) had HA gradient ascent but HA gradient descent in the anteroseptal wall (p < 0.001) and inferoseptal wall (p < 0.001). RV basal lateral wall HA degrees were correlated with RVGLS (R2 = 0.97, p = 0.02). MD values were positively correlated with RVGLS (R2 = 0.93, p = 0.04). Our study found morphological and functional changes of the RV in HLHS fetuses, and cardiac function was related to the orientation patterns of myocardial fibers. It may provide insight into understanding the underlying mechanisms of impaired RV performance in HLHS.
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Connecting macroscopic diffusion metrics of cardiac diffusion tensor imaging and microscopic myocardial structures based on simulation. Med Image Anal 2022; 77:102325. [DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2021.102325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Knighton NJ, Cottle BK, Tiwari S, Mondal A, Kaza AK, Sachse FB, Hitchcock RW. Toward cardiac tissue characterization using machine learning and light-scattering spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2021; 26:JBO-200330RR. [PMID: 34729970 PMCID: PMC8562351 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.26.11.116001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE The non-destructive characterization of cardiac tissue composition provides essential information for both planning and evaluating the effectiveness of surgical interventions such as ablative procedures. Although several methods of tissue characterization, such as optical coherence tomography and fiber-optic confocal microscopy, show promise, many barriers exist that reduce effectiveness or prevent adoption, such as time delays in analysis, prohibitive costs, and limited scope of application. Developing a rapid, low-cost non-destructive means of characterizing cardiac tissue could improve planning, implementation, and evaluation of cardiac surgical procedures. AIM To determine whether a new light-scattering spectroscopy (LSS) system that analyzes spectra via neural networks is capable of predicting the nuclear densities (NDs) of ventricular tissues. APPROACH We developed an LSS system with a fiber-optics probe and applied it for measurements on cardiac tissues from an ovine model. We quantified the ND in the cardiac tissues using fluorescent labeling, confocal microscopy, and image processing. Spectra acquired from the same cardiac tissues were analyzed with spectral clustering and convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to assess the feasibility of characterizing the ND of tissue via LSS. RESULTS Spectral clustering revealed distinct groups of spectra correlated to ranges of ND. CNNs classified three groups of spectra with low, medium, or high ND with an accuracy of 95.00 ± 11.77 % (mean and standard deviation). Our analyses revealed the sensitivity of the classification accuracy to wavelength range and subsampling of spectra. CONCLUSIONS LSS and machine learning are capable of assessing ND in cardiac tissues. We suggest that the approach is useful for the diagnosis of cardiac diseases associated with changes of ND, such as hypertrophy and fibrosis.
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- Nathan J. Knighton
- University of Utah, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States
- University of Utah, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Salt Lake City, United States
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- University of Utah, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States
- University of Utah, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Salt Lake City, United States
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- University of Utah, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States
- University of Utah, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Salt Lake City, United States
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston, United States
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- Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston, United States
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- University of Utah, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States
- University of Utah, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Salt Lake City, United States
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- University of Utah, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States
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Le B, Ferreira P, Merchant S, Zheng G, Sutherland MR, Dahl MJ, Albertine KH, Black MJ. Microarchitecture of the hearts in term and former-preterm lambs using diffusion tensor imaging. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2020; 304:803-817. [PMID: 33015923 DOI: 10.1002/ar.24516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is an MRI technique that can be used to map cardiomyocyte tracts and estimate local cardiomyocyte and sheetlet orientation within the heart. DTI measures diffusion distances of water molecules within the myocardium, where water diffusion generally occurs more freely along the long axis of cardiomyocytes and within the extracellular matrix, but is restricted by cell membranes such that transverse diffusion is limited. DTI can be undertaken in fixed hearts and it allows the three-dimensional mapping of the cardiac microarchitecture, including cardiomyocyte organization, within the whole heart. The objective of this study was to use DTI to compare the cardiac microarchitecture and cardiomyocyte organization in archived fixed left ventricles of lambs that were born either preterm (n = 5) or at term (n = 7), at a postnatal timepoint equivalent to about 6 years of age in children. Although the findings support the feasibility of retrospective DTI scanning of fixed hearts, several hearts were excluded from DTI analysis because of poor scan quality, such as ghosting artifacts. The preliminary findings from viable DTI scans (n = 3/group) suggest that the extracellular compartment is altered and that there is an immature microstructural phenotype early in postnatal life in the LV of lambs born preterm. Our findings support a potential time-efficient imaging role for DTI in detecting abnormal changes in the microstructure of fixed hearts of former-preterm neonates, although further investigation into factors that affect scan quality is required.
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- Bianca Le
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology and Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology and Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology and Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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Nishitani S, Torii N, Imai H, Haraguchi R, Yamada S, Takakuwa T. Development of Helical Myofiber Tracts in the Human Fetal Heart: Analysis of Myocardial Fiber Formation in the Left Ventricle From the Late Human Embryonic Period Using Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e016422. [PMID: 32993423 PMCID: PMC7792405 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Background Detection of the fiber orientation pattern of the myocardium using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging lags ≈12 weeks of gestational age (WGA) behind fetal myocardial remodeling with invasion by the developing coronary vasculature (8 WGA). We aimed to use diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging tractography to characterize the evolution of fiber architecture in the developing human heart from the later embryonic period. Methods and Results Twenty human specimens (8–24 WGA) from the Kyoto Collection of Human Embryos and Fetuses, including specimens from the embryonic period (Carnegie stages 20–23), were used. Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging data were acquired with a 7T magnetic resonance system. Fractional anisotropy and helix angle were calculated using standard definitions. In all samples, the fibers ran helically in an organized pattern in both the left and right ventricles. A smooth transmural change in helix angle values (from positive to negative) was detected in all 16 directions of the ventricles. This feature was observed in almost all small (Carnegie stage 23) and large samples. A higher fractional anisotropy value was detected at the outer side of the anterior wall and septum at Carnegie stage 20 to 22, which spread around the ventricular wall at Carnegie stage 23 and in the early fetal samples (11–12 WGA). The fractional anisotropy value of the left ventricular walls decreased in samples with ≥13 WGA, which remained low (≈0.09) in larger samples. Conclusions From the human late embryonic period (from 8 WGA), the helix angle arrangement of the myocardium is comparable to that of the adult, indicating that the myocardial structure blueprint, organization, and integrity are already formed.
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- Saori Nishitani
- Human Health Science Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
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- Human Health Science Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
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- Department of Systems Science Graduate School of Informatics Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
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- Graduate School of Applied Informatics University of Hyogo Kobe Japan
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- Human Health Science Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.,Congenital Anomaly Research Center Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
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- Human Health Science Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
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Li DS, Avazmohammadi R, Merchant SS, Kawamura T, Hsu EW, Gorman JH, Gorman RC, Sacks MS. Insights into the passive mechanical behavior of left ventricular myocardium using a robust constitutive model based on full 3D kinematics. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2020; 103:103508. [PMID: 32090941 PMCID: PMC7045908 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Myocardium possesses a hierarchical structure that results in complex three-dimensional (3D) mechanical behavior, forming a critical component of ventricular function in health and disease. A wide range of constitutive model forms have been proposed for myocardium since the first planar biaxial studies were performed by Demer and Yin (J. Physiol. 339 (1), 1983). While there have been extensive studies since, none have been based on full 3D kinematic data, nor have they utilized optimal experimental design to estimate constitutive parameters, which may limit their predictive capability. Herein we have applied our novel 3D numerical-experimental methodology (Avazmohammadi et al., Biomechanics Model. Mechanobiol. 2018) to explore the applicability of an orthotropic constitutive model for passive ventricular myocardium (Holzapfel and Ogden, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond.: Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 367, 2009) by integrating 3D optimal loading paths, spatially varying material structure, and inverse modeling techniques. Our findings indicated that the initial model form was not successful in reproducing all optimal loading paths, due to previously unreported coupling behaviors via shearing of myofibers and extracellular collagen fibers in the myocardium. This observation necessitated extension of the constitutive model by adding two additional terms based on the I8(C) pseudo-invariant in the fiber-normal and sheet-normal directions. The modified model accurately reproduced all optimal loading paths and exhibited improved predictive capabilities. These unique results suggest that more complete constitutive models are required to fully capture the full 3D biomechanical response of left ventricular myocardium. The present approach is thus crucial for improved understanding and performance in cardiac modeling in healthy, diseased, and treatment scenarios.
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- David S Li
- James T. Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- James T. Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- James T. Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
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In utero diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides unique opportunities to noninvasively study the microstructure of tissue during fetal development. A wide range of developmental processes, such as the growth of white matter tracts in the brain, the maturation of placental villous trees, or the fibers in the fetal heart remain to be studied and understood in detail. Advances in fetal interventions and surgery furthermore increase the need for ever more precise antenatal diagnosis from fetal MRI. However, the specific properties of the in utero environment, such as fetal and maternal motion, increased field-of-view, tissue interfaces and safety considerations, are significant challenges for most MRI techniques, and particularly for diffusion. Recent years have seen major improvements, driven by the development of bespoke techniques adapted to these specific challenges in both acquisition and processing. Fetal diffusion MRI, an emerging research tool, is now adding valuable novel information for both research and clinical questions. This paper will highlight specific challenges, outline strategies to target them, and discuss two main applications: fetal brain connectomics and placental maturation.
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Dahl MJ, Bowen S, Aoki T, Rebentisch A, Dawson E, Pettet L, Emerson H, Yu B, Wang Z, Yang H, Zhang C, Presson AP, Joss-Moore L, Null DM, Yoder BA, Albertine KH. Former-preterm lambs have persistent alveolar simplification at 2 and 5 months corrected postnatal age. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2018; 315:L816-L833. [PMID: 30211655 PMCID: PMC6295507 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00249.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Preterm birth and mechanical ventilation (MV) frequently lead to bronchopulmonary dysplasia, the histopathological hallmark of which is alveolar simplification. How developmental immaturity and ongoing injury, repair, and remodeling impact completion of alveolar formation later in life is not known, in part because of lack of suitable animal models. We report a new model, using former-preterm lambs, to test the hypothesis that they will have persistent alveolar simplification later in life. Moderately preterm lambs (~85% gestation) were supported by MV for ~6 days before being transitioned from all respiratory support to become former-preterm lambs. Results are compared with term control lambs that were not ventilated, and between males (M) and females (F). Alveolar simplification was quantified morphometrically and stereologically at 2 mo (4 M, 4 F) or 5 mo (4 M, 6 F) corrected postnatal age (cPNA) compared with unventilated, age-matched term control lambs (4 M, 4 F per control group). These postnatal ages in sheep are equivalent to human postnatal ages of 1-2 yr and ~6 yr, respectively. Multivariable linear regression results showed that former-preterm lambs at 2 or 5 mo cPNA had significantly thicker distal airspace walls ( P < 0.001 and P < 0.009, respectively), lower volume density of secondary septa ( P < 0.007 and P < 0.001, respectively), and lower radial alveolar count ( P < 0.003 and P < 0.020, respectively) compared with term control lambs. Sex-specific differences were not detected. We conclude that moderate preterm birth and MV for ~6 days impedes completion of alveolarization in former-preterm lambs. This new model provides the opportunity to identify underlying pathogenic mechanisms that may reveal treatment approaches.
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- Mar Janna Dahl
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
- Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, University of California , Davis, California
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah
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