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Kadalie E, Trotier AJ, Corbin N, Miraux S, Ribot EJ. Rapid whole brain 3D T 2 mapping respiratory-resolved Double-Echo Steady State (DESS) sequence with improved repeatability. Magn Reson Med 2024; 91:221-236. [PMID: 37794821 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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PURPOSE To propose a quantitative 3D double-echo steady-state (DESS) sequence that offers rapid and repeatable T2 mapping of the human brain using different encoding schemes that account for respiratory B0 variation. METHODS A retrospective self-gating module was firstly implemented into the standard DESS sequence in order to suppress the respiratory artifact via data binning. A compressed-sensing trajectory (CS-DESS) was then optimized to accelerate the acquisition. Finally, a spiral Cartesian encoding (SPICCS-DESS) was incorporated to further disrupt the coherent respiratory artifact. These different versions were compared to a standard DESS sequence (fully DESS) by assessing the T2 distribution and repeatability in different brain regions of eight volunteers at 3 T. RESULTS The respiratory artifact correction was determined to be optimal when the data was binned into seven respiratory phases. Compared to the fully DESS, T2 distribution was improved for the CS-DESS and SPICCS-DESS with interquartile ranges reduced significantly by a factor ranging from 2 to 12 in the caudate, putamen, and thalamus regions. In the gray and white matter areas, average absolute test-retest T2 differences across all volunteers were respectively 3.5 ± 2% and 3.1 ± 2.1% for the SPICCS-DESS, 4.6 ± 4.6% and 4.9 ± 5.1% for the CS-DESS, and 15% ± 13% and 7.3 ± 5.6% for the fully DESS. The SPICCS-DESS sequence's acquisition time could be reduced by half (<4 min) while maintaining its efficient T2 mapping. CONCLUSION The respiratory-resolved SPICCS-DESS sequence offers rapid, robust, and repeatable 3D T2 mapping of the human brain, which can be especially effective for longitudinal monitoring of cerebral pathologies.
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- Emile Kadalie
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB), UMR 5536, F-33000, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB), UMR 5536, F-33000, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB), UMR 5536, F-33000, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB), UMR 5536, F-33000, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB), UMR 5536, F-33000, Bordeaux, France
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Zhao H, Sene S, Mielcarek AM, Miraux S, Menguy N, Ihiawakrim D, Ersen O, Péchoux C, Guillou N, Scola J, Grenèche JM, Nouar F, Mura S, Carn F, Gazeau F, Dumas E, Serre C, Steunou N. Hierarchical superparamagnetic metal-organic framework nanovectors as anti-inflammatory nanomedicines. J Mater Chem B 2023; 11:3195-3211. [PMID: 36951043 DOI: 10.1039/d2tb02094g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
Abstract
Among a plethora of drug nanocarriers, biocompatible nanoscale metal-organic frameworks (nanoMOFs) with a large surface area and an amphiphilic internal microenvironment have emerged as promising drug delivery platforms, mainly for cancer therapy. However, their application in biomedicine still suffers from shortcomings such as a limited chemical and/or colloidal stability and/or toxicity. Here, we report the design of a hierarchically porous nano-object (denoted as USPIO@MIL) combining a benchmark nanoMOF (that is, MIL-100(Fe)) and ultra-small superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) nanoparticles (that is, maghemite) that is synthesized through a one-pot, cost-effective and environmentally friendly protocol. The synergistic coupling of the physico-chemical and functional properties of both nanoparticles confers to these nano-objects valuable features such as high colloidal stability, high biodegradability, low toxicity, high drug loading capacity as well as stimuli-responsive drug release and superparamagnetic properties. This bimodal MIL-100(Fe)/maghemite nanocarrier once loaded with anti-tumoral and anti-inflammatory drugs (doxorubicin and methotrexate) shows high anti-inflammatory and anti-tumoral activities. In addition, the USPIO@MIL nano-object exhibits excellent relaxometric properties and its applicability as an efficient contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging is herein demonstrated. This highlights the high potential of the maghemite@MOF composite integrating the functions of imaging and therapy as a theranostic anti-inflammatory formulation.
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- Heng Zhao
- Institut des Matériaux Poreux de Paris, ENS, ESPCI Paris, CNRS, PSL university, Paris, France.
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- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut des Matériaux Poreux de Paris, ENS, ESPCI Paris, CNRS, PSL university, Paris, France.
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- Centre de Resonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 7590, MNHN, IRD, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS) UMR 7504 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS) UMR 7504 CNRS - Université de Strasbourg, 23 rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Groupe d'Etudes de la Matière Condensée, UMR CNRS 8635, Université de Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris Saclay, 78035 Versailles, France
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- Institut des Molécules et des Matériaux du Mans, UMR CNRS 6283, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans, France
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- Institut des Matériaux Poreux de Paris, ENS, ESPCI Paris, CNRS, PSL university, Paris, France.
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- Institut Galien Paris-Saclay, UMR 8612, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Faculte de Pharmacie, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, F92296 Chatenay-Malabry cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), UMR CNRS 7057, Université de Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), UMR CNRS 7057, Université de Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut des Matériaux Poreux de Paris, ENS, ESPCI Paris, CNRS, PSL university, Paris, France.
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- Institut des Matériaux Poreux de Paris, ENS, ESPCI Paris, CNRS, PSL university, Paris, France.
- Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, UMR CNRS 8180, Université de Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris Saclay, Versailles, France
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Boudries D, Massot P, Parzy E, Seren S, Mellet P, Franconi JM, Miraux S, Bezançon E, Marque SRA, Audran G, Muetzel M, Wintzheimer S, Fidler F, Thiaudiere E. A system for in vivo on-demand ultra-low field Overhauser-enhanced 3D-Magnetic resonance imaging. J Magn Reson 2023; 348:107383. [PMID: 36724576 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Development of very-low field MRI is an active area of research. It aims at reducing operating costs and improve portability. However, the signal-to-noise issue becomes prominent at ultra-low field (<1 mT), especially for molecular imaging purposes that addresses specific biochemical events. In the context of preclinical molecular MRI of abnormal proteolysis the paper describes a MRI system able to produce Overhauser-enhanced MR images in living rats through in situ Dynamic Nuclear Polarization at 206 µT using stable and non-toxic nitroxides. In parallel conventional images are generated at 206 µT following pre-polarization at 20 mT. Results show that nitroxides are visualized in 3D within a few minutes in the lungs, kidneys and bladder post-administration. This system will be used for molecular imaging of inflammation using protease-specific nitroxide probes.
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, CRMSB, UMR 5536, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, CRMSB, UMR 5536, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, CRMSB, UMR 5536, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, CRMSB, UMR 5536, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, CRMSB, UMR 5536, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, CRMSB, UMR 5536, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, ICR, UMR 7273, F-13013 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, ICR, UMR 7273, F-13013 Marseille, France
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- Würzburg University Fraunhofer IIS D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, CRMSB, UMR 5536, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
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Lee JB, Grande BR, Fournier M, Clément T, Trotier AJ, Miraux S, Marchi N, Badaut J, Obenaus A. Juvenile concussion results in accelerated aging:A diffusion MRI investigation. Alzheimers Dement 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/alz.065916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lefevre E, Bouilhol E, Chauvière A, Souleyreau W, Derieppe MA, Trotier AJ, Miraux S, Bikfalvi A, Ribot EJ, Nikolski M. Deep learning model for automatic segmentation of lungs and pulmonary metastasis in small animal MR images. Front Bioinform 2022; 2:999700. [PMID: 36304332 PMCID: PMC9580845 DOI: 10.3389/fbinf.2022.999700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Lungs are the most frequent site of metastases growth. The amount and size of pulmonary metastases acquired from MRI imaging data are the important criteria to assess the efficacy of new drugs in preclinical models. While efficient solutions both for MR imaging and the downstream automatic segmentation have been proposed for human patients, both MRI lung imaging and segmentation in preclinical animal models remains challenging due to the physiological motion (respiratory and cardiac movements), to the low amount of protons in this organ and to the particular challenge of precise segmentation of metastases. As a consequence post-mortem analysis is currently required to obtain information on metastatic volume. In this work, we have developed a complete methodological pipeline for automated analysis of lungs and metastases in mice, consisting of an MR sequence for image acquisition and a deep learning method for automatic segmentation of both lungs and metastases. On one hand, we optimized an MR sequence for mouse lung imaging with high contrast for high detection sensitivity. On the other hand we developed DeepMeta, a multiclass U-Net 3+ deep learning model to automatically segment the images. To assess if the proposed deep learning pipeline is able to provide an accurate segmentation of both lungs and pulmonary metastases, we have longitudinally imaged mice with fast- and slow-growing metastasis. Fifty-five balb/c mice were injected with two different derivatives of renal carcinoma cells. Mice were imaged with a SG-bSSFP (self-gated balanced steady state free precession) sequence at different time points after the injection of cancer cells. Both lung and metastases segmentations were manually performed by experts. DeepMeta was trained to perform lung and metastases segmentation based on the resulting ground truth annotations. Volumes of lungs and of pulmonary metastases as well as the number of metastases per mouse were measured on a separate test dataset of MR images. Thanks to the SG method, the 3D bSSFP images of lungs were artifact-free, enabling the downstream detection and serial follow-up of metastases. Moreover, both lungs and metastases segmentation was accurately performed by DeepMeta as soon as they reached the volume of ∼ 0.02 m m 3 . Thus we were able to distinguish two groups of mice in terms of number and volume of pulmonary metastases as well as in terms of the slow versus fast patterns of growth of metastases. We have shown that our methodology combining SG-bSSFP with deep learning, enables processing of the whole animal lungs and is thus a viable alternative to histology alone.
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- Edgar Lefevre
- Bordeaux Bioinformatics Center, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France,*Correspondence: Edgar Lefevre, ; Macha Nikolski,
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- Bordeaux Bioinformatics Center, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France,IBGC, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Bordeaux Bioinformatics Center, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Bordeaux Bioinformatics Center, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France,IBGC, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France,*Correspondence: Edgar Lefevre, ; Macha Nikolski,
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Trotier AJ, Dilharreguy B, Anandra S, Corbin N, Lefrançois W, Ozenne V, Miraux S, Ribot EJ. The Compressed Sensing MP2RAGE as a Surrogate to the MPRAGE for Neuroimaging at 3 T. Invest Radiol 2022; 57:366-378. [PMID: 35030106 PMCID: PMC9390231 DOI: 10.1097/rli.0000000000000849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The magnetization-prepared 2 rapid acquisition gradient echo (MP2RAGE) sequence provides quantitative T1 maps in addition to high-contrast morphological images. Advanced acceleration techniques such as compressed sensing (CS) allow its acquisition time to be compatible with clinical applications. To consider its routine use in future neuroimaging protocols, the repeatability of the segmented brain structures was evaluated and compared with the standard morphological sequence (magnetization-prepared rapid gradient echo [MPRAGE]). The repeatability of the T1 measurements was also assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirteen healthy volunteers were scanned either 3 or 4 times at several days of interval, on a 3 T clinical scanner, with the 2 sequences (CS-MP2RAGE and MPRAGE), set with the same spatial resolution (0.8-mm isotropic) and scan duration (6 minutes 21 seconds). The reconstruction time of the CS-MP2RAGE outputs (including the 2 echo images, the MP2RAGE image, and the T1 map) was 3 minutes 33 seconds, using an open-source in-house algorithm implemented in the Gadgetron framework.Both precision and variability of volume measurements obtained from CAT12 and VolBrain were assessed. The T1 accuracy and repeatability were measured on phantoms and on humans and were compared with literature.Volumes obtained from the CS-MP2RAGE and the MPRAGE images were compared using Student t tests (P < 0.05 was considered significant). RESULTS The CS-MP2RAGE acquisition provided morphological images of the same quality and higher contrasts than the standard MPRAGE images. Similar intravolunteer variabilities were obtained with the CS-MP2RAGE and the MPRAGE segmentations. In addition, high-resolution T1 maps were obtained from the CS-MP2RAGE. T1 times of white and gray matters and several deep gray nuclei are consistent with the literature and show very low variability (<1%). CONCLUSIONS The CS-MP2RAGE can be used in future protocols to rapidly obtain morphological images and quantitative T1 maps in 3-dimensions while maintaining high repeatability in volumetry and relaxation times.
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- Aurélien J. Trotier
- From the Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux
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- Biomedical Imaging Facility (pIBIO), UMS3767, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Biomedical Imaging Facility (pIBIO), UMS3767, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- From the Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College of London, London, United Kingdom
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- From the Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux
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- From the Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux
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- From the Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux
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- From the Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux
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Moreau MM, Pietropaolo S, Ezan J, Robert BJA, Miraux S, Maître M, Cho Y, Crusio WE, Montcouquiol M, Sans N. Scribble Controls Social Motivation Behavior through the Regulation of the ERK/Mnk1 Pathway. Cells 2022; 11:cells11101601. [PMID: 35626639 PMCID: PMC9139383 DOI: 10.3390/cells11101601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Social behavior is a basic domain affected by several neurodevelopmental disorders, including ASD and a heterogeneous set of neuropsychiatric disorders. The SCRIB gene that codes for the polarity protein SCRIBBLE has been identified as a risk gene for spina bifida, the most common type of neural tube defect, found at high frequencies in autistic patients, as well as other congenital anomalies. The deletions and mutations of the 8q24.3 region encompassing SCRIB are also associated with multisyndromic and rare disorders. Nonetheless, the potential link between SCRIB and relevant social phenotypes has not been fully investigated. Hence, we show that Scribcrc/+ mice, carrying a mutated version of Scrib, displayed reduced social motivation behavior and social habituation, while other behavioral domains were unaltered. Social deficits were associated with the upregulation of ERK phosphorylation, together with increased c-Fos activity. Importantly, the social alterations were rescued by both direct and indirect pERK inhibition. These results support a link between polarity genes, social behaviors and hippocampal functionality and suggest a role for SCRIB in the etiopathology of neurodevelopmental disorders. Furthermore, our data demonstrate the crucial role of the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway in underlying social motivation behavior, thus supporting its relevance as a therapeutic target.
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- Maïté M. Moreau
- Univ. Bordeaux, INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, 33077 Bordeaux, France; (J.E.); (B.J.A.R.); (M.M.); (M.M.)
- Correspondence: (M.M.M.); (N.S.)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Aquitaine Institute for Cognitive and Integrative Neurosciences, UMR5287, 33405 Bordeaux, France; (S.P.); (Y.C.); (W.E.C.)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, 33077 Bordeaux, France; (J.E.); (B.J.A.R.); (M.M.); (M.M.)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, 33077 Bordeaux, France; (J.E.); (B.J.A.R.); (M.M.); (M.M.)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques UMR5536, 33077 Bordeaux, France;
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, 33077 Bordeaux, France; (J.E.); (B.J.A.R.); (M.M.); (M.M.)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Aquitaine Institute for Cognitive and Integrative Neurosciences, UMR5287, 33405 Bordeaux, France; (S.P.); (Y.C.); (W.E.C.)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Aquitaine Institute for Cognitive and Integrative Neurosciences, UMR5287, 33405 Bordeaux, France; (S.P.); (Y.C.); (W.E.C.)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, 33077 Bordeaux, France; (J.E.); (B.J.A.R.); (M.M.); (M.M.)
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, 33077 Bordeaux, France; (J.E.); (B.J.A.R.); (M.M.); (M.M.)
- Correspondence: (M.M.M.); (N.S.)
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Loubrie S, Trotier A, Ribot E, Massot P, Lefrançois W, Thiaudière E, Dallaudière B, Miraux S, Bourdel-Marchasson I. New setup for multi-parametric MRI in young and old rat gastrocnemius at 4.7 and 7 T during muscle stimulation. NMR Biomed 2022; 35:e4620. [PMID: 34585794 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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T1 and T2 relaxation times combined with 31 P spectroscopy have been proven efficient for muscular disease characterization as well as for pre- and post-muscle stimulation measurements. Even though 31 P spectroscopy can already be performed during muscle exercise, no method for T1 and T2 measurement enables this possibility. In this project, a complete setup and protocol for multi-parametrical MRI of the rat gastrocnemius before, during and after muscle stimulation at 4.7 and 7 T is presented. The setup is fully MRI compatible and is composed of a cradle, an electro-stimulator and an electronic card in order to synchronize MRI sequences with muscle stimulation. A 2D triggered radial-encoded Look-Locker sequence was developed, and enabled T1 measurements in less than 2 min on stimulated muscle. Also, a multi-slice multi-echo sequence was adapted and synchronized for T2 measurements as well as 31 P spectroscopy acquisitions in less than 4 min in both cases on stimulated muscle. Methods were validated on young rats using different stimulation paradigms. Then they were applied on older rats to compare quantification results, using the different stimulation paradigms, and allowed observation of metabolic changes related to aging with good reproducibility. The robustness of the whole setup shows wide application opportunities.
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- Stéphane Loubrie
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB)-UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB)-UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB)-UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB)-UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB)-UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB)-UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB)-UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Centre d'Imagerie Ostéo-articulaire, Clinique du Sport de Bordeaux-Mérignac, Mérignac, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB)-UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (CRMSB)-UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Pôle de gérontologie clinique, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Dallaudiere B, Ribot E, Trotier A, Miraux S, Hauger O. Three-dimensional Ultrashort Echo Time MRI of the Normal and Degenerative Diskovertebral Complex at 4.7 T: A Feasibility Study with Longitudinal Evaluation. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Dallet L, Stanicki D, Voisin P, Miraux S, Ribot EJ. Micron-sized iron oxide particles for both MRI cell tracking and magnetic fluid hyperthermia treatment. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3286. [PMID: 33558583 PMCID: PMC7870900 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82095-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Iron oxide particles (IOP) are commonly used for Cellular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and in combination with several treatments, like Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia (MFH), due to the rise in temperature they provoke under an Alternating Magnetic Field (AMF). Micrometric IOP have a high sensitivity of detection. Nevertheless, little is known about their internalization processes or their potential heat power. Two micrometric commercial IOP (from Bangs Laboratories and Chemicell) were characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and their endocytic pathways into glioma cells were analyzed. Their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) and cytotoxicity were evaluated using a commercial AMF inductor. T2-weighted imaging was used to monitor tumor growth in vivo after MFH treatment in mice. The two micron-sized IOP had similar structures and r2 relaxivities (100 mM-1 s-1) but involved different endocytic pathways. Only ScreenMAG particles generated a significant rise in temperature following AMF (SAR = 113 W g-1 Fe). After 1 h of AMF exposure, 60% of ScreenMAG-labeled cells died. Translated to a glioma model, 89% of mice responded to the treatment with smaller tumor volume 42 days post-implantation. Micrometric particles were investigated from their characterization to their intracellular internalization pathways and applied in one in vivo cancer treatment, i.e. MFH.
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- Laurence Dallet
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of General, Organic and Biomedical Chemistry, NMR and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, University of Mons, 19 avenue Maistriau, 7000, Mons, Belgium
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux, France.
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Faller TL, Trotier AJ, Rousseau AF, Franconi JM, Miraux S, Ribot EJ. 2D multislice MP2RAGE sequence for fast T 1 mapping at 7 T: Application to mouse imaging and MR thermometry. Magn Reson Med 2020; 84:1430-1440. [PMID: 32083341 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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PURPOSE To develop a 2D radial multislice MP2RAGE sequence for fast and reliable T1 mapping at 7 T in mice and for MR thermometry. METHODS The 2D-MP2RAGE sequence was performed with the following parameters: TI1 -TI2 -MP2RAGETR = 1000-3000-9000 ms. The multiple dead times within the sequence were used for interleaved multislice acquisition, enabling one to acquire six slices in 9 seconds. The excitation pulse shape, inversion selectivity, and interslice gap were optimized. In vitro comparison with the inversion-recovery sequence was performed. The T1 variations with temperature were measured on tubes with T1 ranging from 800 ms to 2000 ms. The sequence was used to acquire T1 maps continuously during 30 minutes on the brain and abdomen of healthy mice. RESULTS A three-lobe cardinal sine excitation pulse, combined with an inversion slice thickness and an interslice gap of respectively 150% and 50% of the imaging slice thickness, led to a SD and bias of the T1 measurements below 1% and 2%, respectively. A linear dependence of T1 with temperature was measured between 10°C and 60°C. In vivo, less than 1% variation was measured between successive T1 maps in the mouse brain. In the abdomen, no obvious in-plane motion artifacts were observed but respiratory motion in the slice dimension led to 6% T1 underestimation. CONCLUSION The multislice MP2RAGE sequence could be used for fast whole-body T1 mapping and MR thermometry. Its reconstruction method would enable on-the-fly reconstruction.
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- Thibaut L Faller
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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de Senneville BD, Cardiet CR, Trotier AJ, Ribot EJ, Lafitte L, Facq L, Miraux S. Optimizing 4D abdominal MRI: image denoising using an iterative back-projection approach. Phys Med Biol 2020; 65:015003. [PMID: 31714255 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab563e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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4D-MRI is a promising tool for organ exploration, target delineation and treatment planning. Intra-scan motion artifacts may be greatly reduced by increasing the imaging frame rate. However, poor signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) are observed when increasing spatial and/or frame number per physiological cycle, in particular in the abdomen. In the current work, the proposed 4D-MRI method favored spatial resolution, frame number, isotropic voxels and large field-of-view (FOV) during MR-acquisition. The consequential SNR penalty in the reconstructed data is addressed retrospectively using an iterative back-projection (IBP) algorithm. Practically, after computing individual spatial 3D deformations present in the images using a deformable image registration (DIR) algorithm, each 3D image is individually enhanced by fusing several successive frames in its local temporal neighborood, these latter being likely to cover common independent informations. A tuning parameter allows one to freely readjust the balance between temporal resolution and precision of the 4D-MRI. The benefit of the method was quantitatively evaluated on the thorax of 6 mice under free breathing using a clinically acceptable duration. Improved 4D cardiac imaging was also shown in the heart of 1 mice. Obtained results are compared to theoretical expectations and discussed. The proposed implementation is easily parallelizable and optimized 4D-MRI could thereby be obtained with a clinically acceptable duration.
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- B Denis de Senneville
- 'Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux', University of Bordeaux/CNRS UMR 5251, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France. Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed
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Dallaudiere B, Trotier AJ, Ribot EJ, Loubrie S, Miraux S, Hauger O. Early Achilles Enthesis Involvement in a Murine Model of Spondyloarthropathy: Morphological Imaging with Ultrashort Echo-Time Sequences and Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide (USPIO) Particle Evaluation in Macrophagic Detection. Contrast Media Mol Imaging 2019; 2019:2834273. [PMID: 31049042 PMCID: PMC6458856 DOI: 10.1155/2019/2834273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Purpose To confirm the interest of 3-dimensional ultrashort echo-time (3D-UTE) sequences to assess morphologic aspects in normal and pathological Achilles entheses in a rat model of spondyloarthropathy (SpA) with histological correlations, in comparison with conventional RARE T2 Fat-Sat sequences, and, furthermore, to evaluate the feasibility of a 3D multiecho UTE sequence performed before and after the intravenous injection of ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) particles to assess macrophagic involvement in the Achilles enthesis in the same rat model of SpA. Materials and Methods Fourteen rats underwent in vivo MRI of the ankle at 4.7 T, including a 3D RARE T2 Fat-Sat sequence and a 3D ultrashort echo-time (UTE) sequence for morphologic assessment at baseline and day 3 after induction of an SpA model, leading to Achilles enthesopathy in the left paw (right paw serving as a control). A 3D multiecho UTE sequence was also performed at day 3 before and then 24 (4 rats) and 48 (2 rats) hours after intravenous injection of USPIO. Visual analysis and signal intensity measurements of all images were performed at different locations of the Achilles enthesis and preinsertional area. Visual analysis and T2∗ measurements were performed before and after USPIO injection, on the 3D multiecho UTE sequence in the same locations. Normal and pathological values were compared by Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. MR findings were compared against histological data. Results 3D-UTE sequences enabled morphologic identification of the anterior fibrocartilage and posterior collagenic areas of the Achilles enthesis. Visual analysis and signal intensity measurements distinguished SpA-affected entheses from healthy ones at day 3 (P=0.02). After administration of USPIO, no differences in signals were detected. Similarly, both visual analysis and signal T2∗ measurements in the enthesis were unable to distinguish the SpA-affected tendons from healthy ones (P=0.914). Neither the normal anatomy of the enthesis nor its pathological pattern could be distinguished using the standard RARE sequence. Histology confirmed the absence of USPIO in Achilles entheses, despite marked signs of inflammation. Conclusion Unlike conventional RARE T2 Fat-Sat sequences, 3D-UTE sequences enable morphologic assessment of normal enthesis anatomy and early detection of abnormalities in pathological conditions. However, 3D multiecho UTE sequences combined with USPIO injections with T2∗ measurements were unable to detect macrophagic involvement in these pathological conditions.
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- Benjamin Dallaudiere
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systémes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systémes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systémes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systémes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systémes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systémes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Dallaudière B, Trotier A, Ribot E, Verdier D, Lepreux S, Miraux S, Hauger O. Three-dimensional ultrashort echo time (3D UTE) MRI of Achilles tendon at 4.7T MRI with comparison to conventional sequences in an experimental murine model of spondyloarthropathy. J Magn Reson Imaging 2018; 50:127-135. [PMID: 30575218 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.26569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Due to the very short T2 of its components, the normal anatomy of Achilles enthesis is impossible to define with "conventional" long echo time (TE) T2 sequences. However, this is a common site affected by rheumatologic disease. Early abnormalities related to inflammatory processes are impossible to detect in this location. PURPOSE To assess the feasibility of a 3D-UTE (ultrashort echo time) sequence to evaluate normal and pathological Achilles entheses, determining both anterior fibrocartilaginous and posterior collagenic portions at 4.7T, in a rat model of spondyloarthropathy (SpA) with histological correlation. To assess whether this sequence detects SpA enthesopathy prior to long TE T2 sequences, enabling disease monitoring. STUDY TYPE Prospective case-control study. ANIMAL MODEL Twelve immunocompetent Wistar male rats imaged before (controls); the model was induced in eight rats (16 tendons) imaged at day 6, day 13, and day 21 with regular sacrifice for ex vivo imaging and histological correlation. FIELD STRENGTH 4.7T Bruker Biospec Systems. 3D balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) and 3D-UTE sequences, performed at baseline (day 0, n = 12 animals / 24 tendons), day 6 (n = 8/16), 13 (n = 4/8), and day 21 (n = 2/4). ASSESSMENT Visual analysis and signal intensity measurements (signal to noise ratio, SNR) of both bSSFP and UTE images were performed by two independent musculoskeletal radiologists at different locations of the Achilles enthesis and preinsertional area. STATISTICAL TESTS Normal and pathological rat values were compared by Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, as well as interobserver differences. MRI findings were compared against histological data. RESULTS The 3D-UTE sequence identified the anterior fibrocartilage and posterior collagenic areas of Achilles entheses in all cases. Visual analysis and signal intensity measurements distinguished SpA-affected entheses from healthy ones at days 6 and 13 (P = 0.002 and P = 0.006, respectively). Neither the normal anatomy of the enthesis nor its pathological pattern could be identified on T2 bSSFP sequences. DATA CONCLUSION Unlike bSSFP T2 sequences, 3D-UTE sequences enable visualization of normal enthesis anatomy and early detection of abnormalities in pathological conditions. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 2 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2019;50:127-135.
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- Benjamin Dallaudière
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Département d'Imagerie Musculo-squelettique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pellegrin, 33000, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Département d'Imagerie Musculo-squelettique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pellegrin, 33000, Bordeaux, France
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- Département d'Anatomopathologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Département d'Imagerie Musculo-squelettique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pellegrin, 33000, Bordeaux, France
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Kérourédan O, Ribot EJ, Fricain JC, Devillard R, Miraux S. Magnetic Resonance Imaging for tracking cellular patterns obtained by Laser-Assisted Bioprinting. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15777. [PMID: 30361490 PMCID: PMC6202323 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34226-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Recent advances in the field of Tissue Engineering allowed to control the three-dimensional organization of engineered constructs. Cell pattern imaging and in vivo follow-up remain a major hurdle in in situ bioprinting onto deep tissues. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) associated with Micron-sized superParamagnetic Iron Oxide (MPIO) particles constitutes a non-invasive method for tracking cells in vivo. To date, no studies have utilized Cellular MRI as a tool to follow cell patterns obtained via bioprinting technologies. Laser-Assisted Bioprinting (LAB) has been increasingly recognized as a new and exciting addition to the bioprinting’s arsenal, due to its rapidity, precision and ability to print viable cells. This non-contact technology has been successfully used in recent in vivo applications. The aim of this study was to assess the methodology of tracking MPIO-labeled stem cells using MRI after organizing them by Laser-Assisted Bioprinting. Optimal MPIO concentrations for tracking bioprinted cells were determined. Accuracy of printed patterns was compared using MRI and confocal microscopy. Cell densities within the patterns and MRI signals were correlated. MRI enabled to detect cell patterns after in situ bioprinting onto a mouse calvarial defect. Results demonstrate that MRI combined with MPIO cell labeling is a valuable technique to track bioprinted cells in vitro and in animal models.
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- Olivia Kérourédan
- INSERM, Bioingénierie Tissulaire, U1026, F-33076, Bordeaux, France. .,CHU de Bordeaux, Services d'Odontologie et de Santé Buccale, F-33076, Bordeaux, France.
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, F-33076, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Bioingénierie Tissulaire, U1026, F-33076, Bordeaux, France.,CHU de Bordeaux, Services d'Odontologie et de Santé Buccale, F-33076, Bordeaux, France.,ART BioPrint, INSERM, U1026, F-33076, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Bioingénierie Tissulaire, U1026, F-33076, Bordeaux, France.,CHU de Bordeaux, Services d'Odontologie et de Santé Buccale, F-33076, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS/Univ. Bordeaux, F-33076, Bordeaux, France
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Trotier AJ, Rapacchi S, Faller TL, Miraux S, Ribot EJ. Compressed-Sensing MP2RAGE sequence: Application to the detection of brain metastases in mice at 7T. Magn Reson Med 2018; 81:551-559. [PMID: 30198115 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.27438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To develop a Compressed Sensing (CS)-MP2RAGE sequence to drastically shorten acquisition duration and then detect and measure the T1 of brain metastases in mice at 7 T. METHODS The encoding trajectory of the standard Cartesian MP2RAGE sequence has been modified (1) to obtain a variable density Poisson disk under-sampling distribution along the ky -kz plane, and (2) to sample the central part of the k-space exactly at TI1 and TI2 inversion times. In a prospective study, the accuracy of the T1 measurements was evaluated on phantoms containing increasing concentrations of gadolinium. The CS acceleration factors were increased to evaluate their influence on the contrast and T1 measurements of brain metastases in vivo. Finally, the 3D T1 maps were acquired with at 4-fold increased spatial resolution. The volumes and T1 values of the metastases were measured while using CS to reduce scan time. RESULTS The implementation of the CS-encoding trajectory did not affect the T1 measurements in vitro. Accelerating the acquisition by a factor of 2 did not alter the contrast or the T1 values of the brain metastases. 3D T1 maps could be obtained in < 1 min using a CS factor of 6. Increasing the spatial resolution enabled more accurately measurement of the metastasis volumes while maintaining an acquisition duration below 5 min. CONCLUSION The CS-MP2RAGE sequence could be of great interest in oncology to either rapidly obtain mouse brain 3D T1 maps or to increase the spatial resolution with no penalty on the scan duration.
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- Aurélien J Trotier
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, CNRS-University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, CNRS-University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, CNRS-University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, CNRS-University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Villéga F, Delpech JC, Griton M, André C, Franconi JM, Miraux S, Konsman JP. Circulating bacterial lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation reduces flow in brain-irrigating arteries independently from cerebrovascular prostaglandin production. Neuroscience 2017; 346:160-172. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Revised: 01/07/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Castets CR, Lefrançois W, Wecker D, Ribot EJ, Trotier AJ, Thiaudière E, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Fast 3D ultrashort echo-time spiral projection imaging using golden-angle: A flexible protocol for in vivo mouse imaging at high magnetic field. Magn Reson Med 2016; 77:1831-1840. [PMID: 27170060 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To develop a fast three-dimensional (3D) k-space encoding method based on spiral projection imaging (SPI) with an interleaved golden-angle approach and to validate this novel sequence on small animal models. METHODS A disk-like trajectory, in which each disk contained spirals, was developed. The 3D encoding was performed by tilting the disks with a golden angle. The sharpness was first calculated at different T2* values. Then, the sharpness was measured on phantom using variable undersampling ratios. Finally, the sampling method was validated by whole brain time-of-flight angiography and ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) enhanced free-breathing liver angiography on mouse. RESULTS The in vitro results demonstrated the robustness of the method for short T2* and high undersampling ratios. In vivo experiments showed the ability to properly detect small vessels in the brain with an acquisition time shorter than 1 min. Free-breathing mice liver angiography showed the insensitivity of this protocol toward motions and flow artifacts, and enabled the visualization of liver motion during breathing. CONCLUSIONS The method implemented here allowed fast 3D k-space sampling with a high undersampling ratio. Combining the advantages of center-out spirals with the flexibility of the golden angle approach could have major implications for real-time imaging. Magn Reson Med 77:1831-1840, 2017. © 2016 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
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- Charles R Castets
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 CNRS, Bordeaux, France.,Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 CNRS, Bordeaux, France.,Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 CNRS, Bordeaux, France.,Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 CNRS, Bordeaux, France.,Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 CNRS, Bordeaux, France.,Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 CNRS, Bordeaux, France.,Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 CNRS, Bordeaux, France.,Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Trotier AJ, Castets CR, Lefrançois W, Ribot EJ, Franconi JM, Thiaudière E, Miraux S. USPIO-enhanced 3D-cine self-gated cardiac MRI based on a stack-of-stars golden angle short echo time sequence: Application on mice with acute myocardial infarction. J Magn Reson Imaging 2016; 44:355-65. [PMID: 26778077 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To develop and assess a 3D-cine self-gated method for cardiac imaging of murine models. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 3D stack-of-stars (SOS) short echo time (STE) sequence with a navigator echo was performed at 7T on healthy mice (n = 4) and mice with acute myocardial infarction (MI) (n = 4) injected with ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) nanoparticles. In all, 402 spokes were acquired per stack with the incremental or the golden angle method using an angle increment of (360/402)° or 222.48°, respectively. A cylindrical k-space was filled and repeated with a maximum number of repetitions (NR) of 10. 3D cine cardiac images at 156 μm resolution were reconstructed retrospectively and compared for the two methods in terms of contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). The golden angle images were also reconstructed with NR = 10, 6, and 3, to assess cardiac functional parameters (ejection fraction, EF) on both animal models. RESULTS The combination of 3D SOS-STE and USPIO injection allowed us to optimize the identification of cardiac peaks on navigator signal and generate high CNR between blood and myocardium (15.3 ± 1.0). The golden angle method resulted in a more homogeneous distribution of the spokes inside a stack (P < 0.05), enabling reducing the acquisition time to 15 minutes. EF was significantly different between healthy and MI mice (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The method proposed here showed that 3D-cine images could be obtained without electrocardiogram or respiratory gating in mice. It allows precise measurement of cardiac functional parameters even on MI mice. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2016;44:355-365.
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- Aurélien J Trotier
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Trotier AJ, Castets C, Lefrançois W, Franconi JM, Thiaudière E, Miraux S. USPIO enhanced 4D flow imaging of the mouse cardiovascular system at 7T with an ultrashort echo time sequence. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2015. [PMCID: PMC4328232 DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-17-s1-o70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Castets C, Ribot EJ, Lefrançois W, Trotier AJ, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Fast and robust 3D T1 mapping using spiral gradient shape and continuous radio-frequency excitation at 7 T : Application on cardiac Manganese Enhanced (MEMRI) MRI in mice. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2015. [PMCID: PMC4328154 DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-17-s1-p258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Ribot EJ, Trotier AJ, Castets CR, Dallaudière B, Thiaudière E, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Free-breathing 3D diffusion MRI for high-resolution hepatic metastasis characterization in small animals. Clin Exp Metastasis 2015; 33:167-78. [DOI: 10.1007/s10585-015-9766-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ribot EJ, Wecker D, Trotier AJ, Dallaudière B, Lefrançois W, Thiaudière E, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Water Selective Imaging and bSSFP Banding Artifact Correction in Humans and Small Animals at 3T and 7T, Respectively. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139249. [PMID: 26426849 PMCID: PMC4591352 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to develop an easy method to generate both fat signal and banding artifact free 3D balanced Steady State Free Precession (bSSFP) images at high magnetic field. METHODS In order to suppress fat signal and bSSFP banding artifacts, two or four images were acquired with the excitation frequency of the water-selective binomial radiofrequency pulse set On Resonance or shifted by a maximum of 3/4TR. Mice and human volunteers were imaged at 7 T and 3 T, respectively to perform whole-body and musculoskeletal imaging. "Sum-Of-Square" reconstruction was performed and combined or not with parallel imaging. RESULTS The frequency selectivity of 1-2-3-2-1 or 1-3-3-1 binomial pulses was preserved after (3/4TR) frequency shifting. Consequently, whole body small animal 3D imaging was performed at 7 T and enabled visualization of small structures within adipose tissue like lymph nodes. In parallel, this method allowed 3D musculoskeletal imaging in humans with high spatial resolution at 3 T. The combination with parallel imaging allowed the acquisition of knee images with ~500 μm resolution images in less than 2 min. In addition, ankles, full head coverage and legs of volunteers were imaged, demonstrating the possible application of the method also for large FOV. CONCLUSION In conclusion, this robust method can be applied in small animals and humans at high magnetic fields. The high SNR and tissue contrast obtained in short acquisition times allows to prescribe bSSFP sequence for several preclinical and clinical applications.
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- Emeline J. Ribot
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Trotier AJ, Lefrançois W, Van Renterghem K, Franconi JM, Thiaudière E, Miraux S. Positive contrast high-resolution 3D-cine imaging of the cardiovascular system in small animals using a UTE sequence and iron nanoparticles at 4.7, 7 and 9.4 T. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2015; 17:53. [PMID: 26149628 PMCID: PMC4493959 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-015-0167-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To show that 3D sequences with ultra-short echo times (UTEs) can generate a positive contrast whatever the magnetic field (4.7, 7 or 9.4 T) and whatever Ultra Small Particles of Iron Oxide (USPIO) concentration injected and to use it for 3D time-resolved imaging of the murine cardiovascular system with high spatial and temporal resolutions. METHODS Three different concentrations (50, 200 and 500 μmol Fe/kg) of USPIO were injected in mice and static images of the middle part of the animals were acquired at 4.7, 7 and 9.4 T pre and post-contrast with UTE (TE/TR = 0.05/4.5 ms) sequences. Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and Contrast-to-Noise Ratio (CNR) of blood and static tissus were evaluated before and after contrast agent injection. 3D-cine images (TE/TR = 0.05/3.5 ms, scan time < 12 min) at 156 μm isotropic resolution of the mouse cardiopulmonary system were acquired prospectively with the UTE sequence for the three magnetic fields and with an USPIO dose of 200 μmol Fe/kg. SNR, CNR and signal homogeneity of blood were measured. High spatial (104 μm) or temporal (3.5 ms) resolution 3D-cine imaging (scan time < 35 min) isotropic resolution were also performed at 7 T with a new sequence encoding scheme. RESULTS UTE imaging generated positive contrast and higher SNR and CNR whatever the magnetic field and the USPIO concentration used compared to pre-contrast images. Time-resolved 3D acquisition enables high blood SNR (66.6 ± 4.5 at 7 T) and CNR (33.2 ± 4.2 at 7 T) without flow or motion artefact. Coronary arteries and aortic valve were visible on images acquired at 104 μm resolution. CONCLUSIONS We have demonstrated that by combining the injection of iron nanoparticles with 3D-cine UTE sequences, it was possible to generate a strong positive contrast between blood and surrounding tissues. These properties were exploited to produce images of the cardiovascular system in small animals at high magnetic fields with a high spatial and temporal resolution. This approach might be useful to measure the functional cardiac parameters or to assess anatomical modifications to the blood vessels in cardio-vascular disease models.
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- Aurélien J Trotier
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Cedex 33076, Bordeaux, France.
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Cedex 33076, Bordeaux, France.
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Cedex 33076, Bordeaux, France.
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Cedex 33076, Bordeaux, France.
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Cedex 33076, Bordeaux, France.
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Cedex 33076, Bordeaux, France.
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Castets CR, Ribot EJ, Lefrançois W, Trotier AJ, Thiaudière E, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Fast and robust 3D T1 mapping using spiral encoding and steady RF excitation at 7 T: application to cardiac manganese enhanced MRI (MEMRI) in mice. NMR Biomed 2015; 28:881-889. [PMID: 25989986 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Mapping longitudinal relaxation times in 3D is a promising quantitative and non-invasive imaging tool to assess cardiac remodeling. Few methods are proposed in the literature allowing us to perform 3D T1 mapping. These methods often require long scan times and use a low number of 3D images to calculate T1 . In this project, a fast 3D T1 mapping method using a stack-of-spirals sampling scheme and regular RF pulse excitation at 7 T is presented. This sequence, combined with a newly developed fitting procedure, allowed us to quantify T1 of the whole mouse heart with a high spatial resolution of 208 × 208 × 315 µm(3) in 10-12 min acquisition time. The sensitivity of this method for measuring T1 variations was demonstrated on mouse hearts after several injections of manganese chloride (doses from 25 to 150 µmol kg(-1) ). T1 values were measured in vivo in both pre- and post-contrast experiments. This protocol was also validated on ischemic mice to demonstrate its efficiency to visualize tissue damage induced by a myocardial infarction. This study showed that combining spiral gradient shape and steady RF excitation enabled fast and robust 3D T1 mapping of the entire heart with a high spatial resolution.
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- Charles R Castets
- Centre de Resonance Magnetique des Systemes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- Centre de Resonance Magnetique des Systemes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- Centre de Resonance Magnetique des Systemes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- Centre de Resonance Magnetique des Systemes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- Centre de Resonance Magnetique des Systemes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- Centre de Resonance Magnetique des Systemes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- Centre de Resonance Magnetique des Systemes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Hannecart A, Stanicki D, Vander Elst L, Muller RN, Lecommandoux S, Thévenot J, Bonduelle C, Trotier A, Massot P, Miraux S, Sandre O, Laurent S. Nano-thermometers with thermo-sensitive polymer grafted USPIOs behaving as positive contrast agents in low-field MRI. Nanoscale 2015; 7:3754-67. [PMID: 25644780 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr07064j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Two commercial statistical copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, Jeffamine® M-2005 (PEO5-st-PPO37) and M-2070 (PEO46-st-PPO13), exhibiting lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in water, were grafted onto the surface of ultra-small superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (USPIOs) using silanization and amide-bond coupling reactions. The LCSTs of the polymers in solution were measured by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In accordance with the compositions of EO vs. PO, the transition temperature was measured to be 22 ± 2 °C for M-2005 by both DLS and NMR, while the LCST was much higher, 52 ± 2 °C, for M-2070 (a second transition was also detected above 80 °C by NMR in that case, ascribed to the full dehydration of chains at the molecular level). The resulting polymer-grafted USPIOs exhibit a temperature-responsive colloidal behaviour, their surface reversibly changing from hydrophilic below LCST to hydrophobic above it. This phenomenon was utilised to design thermo-sensitive contrast agents for MRI. Transverse relaxivities (r2) of the USPIO@PEO5-st-PPO37 core-shell nanoparticles were measured at 8.25, 20, 60, and 300 MHz. Nuclear magnetic resonance dispersion (NMRD) profiles, giving longitudinal relaxivities (r1) between 0.01 and 60 MHz, were acquired at temperatures ranging from 15 to 50 °C. For all tested frequencies except 300 MHz, both r1 and r2 decrease with temperature and show an inflection point at 25 °C, near the LCST. To illustrate the interest of such polymer-coated USPIOs for MRI thermometry, sample tubes were imaged on both low-field (8.25 MHz/0.194 Tesla) and high-field (300 MHz/7.05 Tesla) MRI scanners with either T1- or T2*-weighted spin echo sequences. The positive contrast on low-field MR images and the perfect linearity of the signal with a T2*-weighted sequence over the entire temperature range 15-50 °C render these LCST polymer coated USPIOs interesting positive contrast agents, also working as "nano-thermometers".
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- Adeline Hannecart
- Department of General, Organic and Biomedical Chemistry, NMR and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, University of Mons, 19 avenue Maistriau, B-7000 Mons, Belgium.
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Schlaubitz S, Derkaoui SM, Marosa L, Miraux S, Renard M, Catros S, Le Visage C, Letourneur D, Amédée J, Fricain JC. Pullulan/dextran/nHA macroporous composite beads for bone repair in a femoral condyle defect in rats. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110251. [PMID: 25330002 PMCID: PMC4203774 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The repair of bone defects is of particular interest for orthopedic, oral, maxillofacial, and dental surgery. Bone loss requiring reconstruction is conventionally addressed through bone grafting. Depending on the size and the location of the defect, this method has limits and risks. Biomaterials can offer an alternative and have features supporting bone repair. Here, we propose to evaluate the cellular penetration and bone formation of new macroporous beads based on pullulan/dextran that has been supplemented with nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite in a rat model. Cross-linked beads of 300–500 µm diameters were used in a lateral femoral condyle defect and analyzed by magnetic resonance imaging, micro-computed tomography, and histology in comparison to the empty defects 15, 30, and 70 days after implantation. Inflammation was absent for both conditions. For empty defects, cellularisation and mineralization started from the periphery of the defect. For the defects containing beads, cellular structures filling out the spaces between the scaffolds with increasing interconnectivity and trabecular-like organization were observed over time. The analysis of calcified sections showed increased mineralization over time for both conditions, but was more pronounced for the samples containing beads. Bone Mineral Density and Bone Mineral Content were both significantly higher at day 70 for the beads in comparison to empty defects as well as compared with earlier time points. Analysis of newly formed tissue around the beads showed an increase of osteoid tissue, measured as percentage of the defect surface. This study suggests that the use of beads for the repair of small size defects in bone may be expanded on to meet the clinical need for a ready-to-use fill-up material that can favor bone formation and mineralization, as well as promote vessel ingrowth into the defect site.
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- Silke Schlaubitz
- CIC 1401, University hospital of Bordeaux/Inserm, Bordeaux, France
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- U1148, LVTS/Inserm, Paris, France
- Près Sorbonne Paris Cité, University of Paris Nord and University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- U1026 Tissue Bioengineering, University of Bordeaux/Inserm, Bordeaux, France
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- CIC 1401, University hospital of Bordeaux/Inserm, Bordeaux, France
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- U1026 Tissue Bioengineering, University of Bordeaux/Inserm, Bordeaux, France
- Dental School, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- U1148, LVTS/Inserm, Paris, France
- Près Sorbonne Paris Cité, University of Paris Nord and University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- U1148, LVTS/Inserm, Paris, France
- Près Sorbonne Paris Cité, University of Paris Nord and University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- U1026 Tissue Bioengineering, University of Bordeaux/Inserm, Bordeaux, France
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- U1026 Tissue Bioengineering, University of Bordeaux/Inserm, Bordeaux, France
- Dental School, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Ribot EJ, Duriez TJ, Trotier AJ, Thiaudiere E, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Self-gated bSSFP sequences to detect iron-labeled cancer cells and/or metastases in vivo in mouse liver at 7 Tesla. J Magn Reson Imaging 2014; 41:1413-21. [DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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- Emeline J. Ribot
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS-Université Bordeaux; France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS-Université Bordeaux; France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS-Université Bordeaux; France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS-Université Bordeaux; France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS-Université Bordeaux; France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR5536, CNRS-Université Bordeaux; France
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Trotier AJ, Lefrançois W, Ribot EJ, Thiaudiere E, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Time-resolved TOF MR angiography in mice using a prospective 3D radial double golden angle approach. Magn Reson Med 2014; 73:984-94. [DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Aurelien J. Trotier
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université Bordeaux Segalen; Bordeaux Cedex France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université Bordeaux Segalen; Bordeaux Cedex France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université Bordeaux Segalen; Bordeaux Cedex France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université Bordeaux Segalen; Bordeaux Cedex France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université Bordeaux Segalen; Bordeaux Cedex France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université Bordeaux Segalen; Bordeaux Cedex France
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Gouspillou G, Bourdel-Marchasson I, Rouland R, Calmettes G, Biran M, Deschodt-Arsac V, Miraux S, Thiaudiere E, Pasdois P, Detaille D, Franconi JM, Babot M, Trézéguet V, Arsac L, Diolez P. Mitochondrial energetics is impaired in vivo in aged skeletal muscle. Aging Cell 2014; 13:39-48. [PMID: 23919652 PMCID: PMC4326861 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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With aging, most skeletal muscles undergo a progressive loss of mass and strength, a process termed sarcopenia. Aging-related defects in mitochondrial energetics have been proposed to be causally involved in sarcopenia. However, changes in muscle mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation with aging remain a highly controversial issue, creating a pressing need for integrative approaches to determine whether mitochondrial bioenergetics are impaired in aged skeletal muscle. To address this issue, mitochondrial bioenergetics was first investigated in vivo in the gastrocnemius muscle of adult (6 months) and aged (21 months) male Wistar rats by combining a modular control analysis approach with 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements of energetic metabolites. Using this innovative approach, we revealed that the in vivo responsiveness (‘elasticity’) of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation to contraction-induced increase in ATP demand is significantly reduced in aged skeletal muscle, a reduction especially pronounced under low contractile activities. In line with this in vivo aging-related defect in mitochondrial energetics, we found that the mitochondrial affinity for ADP is significantly decreased in mitochondria isolated from aged skeletal muscle. Collectively, the results of this study demonstrate that mitochondrial bioenergetics are effectively altered in vivo in aged skeletal muscle and provide a novel cellular basis for this phenomenon.
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- Gilles Gouspillou
- Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques; UMR 5536 CNRS - Bordeaux Segalen University; Bordeaux France
- Département de Kinanthropologie; Université du Québec à Montréal; Montreal Quebec Canada
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- Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques; UMR 5536 CNRS - Bordeaux Segalen University; Bordeaux France
- CHU de Bordeaux; Pôle de gérontologie clinique; Bordeaux France
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- Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques; UMR 5536 CNRS - Bordeaux Segalen University; Bordeaux France
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- Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques; UMR 5536 CNRS - Bordeaux Segalen University; Bordeaux France
- Department of Medicine (Cardiology); David Geffen School of Medicine; University of California; Los Angeles CA USA
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- Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques; UMR 5536 CNRS - Bordeaux Segalen University; Bordeaux France
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- INSERM U1045 - Cardio-Thoracic Research Centre - and Rhythmology and Heart Modeling Institute (LIRYC); Bordeaux University; Bordeaux France
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- Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques; UMR 5536 CNRS - Bordeaux Segalen University; Bordeaux France
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- Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques; UMR 5536 CNRS - Bordeaux Segalen University; Bordeaux France
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- INSERM U1045 - Cardio-Thoracic Research Centre - and Rhythmology and Heart Modeling Institute (LIRYC); Bordeaux University; Bordeaux France
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- INSERM U1045 - Cardio-Thoracic Research Centre - and Rhythmology and Heart Modeling Institute (LIRYC); Bordeaux University; Bordeaux France
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- Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques; UMR 5536 CNRS - Bordeaux Segalen University; Bordeaux France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire; Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires; UMR 5095; CNRS-Université Bordeaux 2; Bordeaux Cedex France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire; Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires; UMR 5095; CNRS-Université Bordeaux 2; Bordeaux Cedex France
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- Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques; UMR 5536 CNRS - Bordeaux Segalen University; Bordeaux France
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- INSERM U1045 - Cardio-Thoracic Research Centre - and Rhythmology and Heart Modeling Institute (LIRYC); Bordeaux University; Bordeaux France
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Konsman J, Miraux S, Nahon JL, Pourtau L, Rovere C, Aubert A, Heeringa A. Increased circulating rather than spinal cytokines accompany chronic pain behaviors in experimental bone cancer and arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4103/2347-8659.143680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Pourtau L, Oliveira H, Thevenot J, Wan Y, Brisson AR, Sandre O, Miraux S, Thiaudiere E, Lecommandoux S. Antibody-functionalized magnetic polymersomes: in vivo targeting and imaging of bone metastases using high resolution MRI. Adv Healthc Mater 2013; 2:1420-4. [PMID: 23606565 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201300061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Multifunctional polymersomes loaded with maghemite nanoparticles and grafted with an antibody, directed against human endothelial receptor 2, are developed as novel MRI contrast agents for bone metastasis imaging. Upon administration in mice bearing bone tumor grown from human breast cancer cells, MR images show targeting and enhanced retention of antibody-labeled polymersomes at the tumor site.
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- Line Pourtau
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique, des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, Université Bordeaux Segalen, CNRS, France
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Garnier B, Tan S, Miraux S, Bled E, Brisson AR. Optimized synthesis of 100 nm diameter magnetoliposomes with high content of maghemite particles and high MRI effect. Contrast Media Mol Imaging 2012; 7:231-9. [PMID: 22434636 DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Magnetoliposomes are liposomes surrounding an iron oxide core, which are used as contrast enhancing agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). One method for producing magnetoliposomes consists of hydration of a lipid film with citrate-coated iron oxide particles followed by extrusion. Two parameters are of major importance for in vivo applications of magnetoliposomes, namely their size, which must be small, optimally around 100 nm diameter, in order to ensure their prolonged circulation in the bloodstream, and their iron content, which must be maximal for generating high MRI effect. We studied the formation of magnetoliposomes by passive encapsulation of maghemite (γ-Fe(2)O(3)) particle suspensions of varying concentrations, with the objective of producing magnetoliposomes of small size and high iron content. The iron to lipid ratio was used to determine the iron content of the magnetoliposomes after the successive purification steps and cryo-TEM was used to characterize their size, their homogeneity and the efficiency of purification. The size of citrate-coated maghemite clusters was found to be of critical importance for obtaining magnetoliposomes smaller than 200 nm. We were able to reproducibly synthesize magnetoliposomes of 100 nm diameter with high iron content -up to 77 particles per liposome (5.6 moles iron per mole lipid) - and high r(2) MRI relaxivity - up to 320 m m(-1) . s(-1) . The magnetoliposomes present improved characteristics compared with previous reports. Future research will focus on using these magnetoliposomes as drug delivery systems for in vivo diagnostics or therapeutics applications.
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- Boris Garnier
- Molecular Imaging and NanoBioTechnology, IECB, UMR-5248 CBMN CNRS-University Bordeaux1-ENITAB, Avenue des Facultés, F-33402, Talence, France
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Ziane S, Schlaubitz S, Miraux S, Patwa A, Lalande C, Bilem I, Lepreux S, Rousseau B, Le Meins JF, Latxague L, Barthélémy P, Chassande O, Chassande O. A thermosensitive low molecular weight hydrogel as scaffold for tissue engineering. Eur Cell Mater 2012; 23:147-60; discussion 160. [PMID: 22370797 DOI: 10.22203/ecm.v023a11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Hydrogels that are non-toxic, easy to use, cytocompatible, injectable and degradable are valuable biomaterials for tissue engineering and tissue repair. However, few compounds currently fulfil these requirements. In this study, we describe the biological properties of a new type of thermosensitive hydrogel based on low-molecular weight glycosyl-nucleosyl-fluorinated (GNF) compound. This gel forms within 25 min by self-assembly of monomers as temperature decreases. It degrades slowly in vitro and in vivo. It induces moderate chronic inflammation and is progressively invaded by host cells and vessels, suggesting good integration to the host environment. Although human adult mesenchymal stem cells derived from adipose tissue (ASC) cannot adhere on the gel surface or within a 3D gel scaffold, cell aggregates grow and differentiate normally when entrapped in the GNF-based gel. Moreover, this hydrogel stimulates osteoblast differentiation of ASC in the absence of osteogenic factors. When implanted in mice, gel-entrapped cell aggregates survive for several weeks in contrast with gel-free spheroids. They are maintained in their original site of implantation where they interact with the host tissue and adhere on the extracellular matrix. They can differentiate in situ into alkaline phosphatase positive osteoblasts, which deposit a calcium phosphate-rich matrix. When injected into subcutaneous sites, gel-encapsulated cells show similar biological properties as implanted gel-cells complexes. These data point GNF-based gels as a novel class of hydrogels with original properties, in particular osteogenic potential, susceptible of providing new therapeutic solutions especially for bone tissue engineering applications.
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- Sophia Ziane
- University of Bordeaux, Bioingénierie Tissulaire, U1026, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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Ribot EJ, Miraux S, Konsman JP, Bouchaud V, Pourtau L, Delville MH, Franconi JM, Thiaudière E, Voisin PJ. In vivo MR tracking of therapeutic microglia to a human glioma model. NMR Biomed 2011; 24:1361-1368. [PMID: 21387452 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2010] [Revised: 01/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A knowledge of the spatial localization of cell vehicles used in gene therapy against glioma is necessary before launching therapy. For this purpose, MRI cell tracking is performed by labeling the cell vehicles with contrast agents. In this context, the goal of this study was to follow noninvasively the chemoattraction of therapeutic microglial cells to a human glioma model before triggering therapy. Silica nanoparticles grafted with gadolinium were used to label microglia. These vehicles, expressing constitutively the thymidine kinase suicide gene fused to the green fluorescent protein gene, were injected intravenously into human glioma-bearing nude mice. MRI was performed at 4.7 T to track noninvasively microglial accumulation in the tumor. This was followed by microscopy on brain slices to assess the presence in the glioma of the contrast agents, microglia and fusion gene through the detection of silica nanoparticles grafted with tetramethyl rhodamine iso-thiocyanate, 3,3'-dioctadecyloxacarbocyanine perchlorate and green fluorescent protein fluorescence, respectively. Finally, gancyclovir was administered systemically to mice. Human microglia were detectable in living mice, with strong negative contrast on T(2) *-weighted MR images, at the periphery of the glioma only 24 h after systemic injection. The location of the dark dots was identical in MR microscopy images of the extracted brains at 9.4 T. Fluorescence microscopy confirmed the presence of the contrast agents, exogenous microglia and suicide gene in the intracranial tumor. In addition, gancyclovir treatment allowed an increase in mice survival time. This study validates the MR tracking of microglia to a glioma after systemic injection and their use in a therapeutic strategy against glioma.
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- Emeline J Ribot
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, CNRS/Université V. Ségalen Bordeaux, 146 rue Léo Saignat, Bordeaux, France.
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Lefrançois W, Thiaudière E, Ben Hassen W, Sanchez S, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Fast whole-body magnetic resonance angiography in mice. Magn Reson Med 2011; 66:32-9. [DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Revised: 04/08/2011] [Accepted: 04/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Jacobin-Valat MJ, Deramchia K, Mornet S, Hagemeyer CE, Bonetto S, Robert R, Biran M, Massot P, Miraux S, Sanchez S, Bouzier-Sore AK, Franconi JM, Duguet E, Clofent-Sanchez G. MRI of inducible P-selectin expression in human activated platelets involved in the early stages of atherosclerosis. NMR Biomed 2011; 24:413-424. [PMID: 21192086 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Revised: 07/02/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The noninvasive imaging of atherosclerotic plaques at an early stage of atherogenesis remains a major challenge for the evaluation of the pathologic state of patients at high risk of acute coronary syndromes. Recent studies have emphasized the importance of platelet-endothelial cell interactions in atherosclerosis-prone arteries at early stages, and the prominent role of P-selectin in the initial loose contact between platelets and diseased vessel walls. A specific MR contrast agent was developed here for the targeting, with high affinity, of P-selectin expressed in large amounts on activated platelets and endothelial cells. For this purpose, PEGylated dextran/iron oxide nanoparticles [PEG, poly(ethylene glycol)], named versatile ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (VUSPIO) particles, labeled with rhodamine were coupled to an anti-human P-selectin antibody (VH10). Flow cytometry and microscopy experiments on human activated platelets were highly correlated with MRI (performed at 4.7 and 0.2 T), with a 50% signal decrease in T(2) and T(1) values corresponding to the strong labeling of activated vs resting platelets. The number of 1000 VH10-VUSPIO nanoparticles attained per activated platelet appeared to be optimal for the detection of hypo- and hyper-signals in the platelet pellet on T(2) - and T(1) -weighted MRI. Furthermore, in vivo imaging of atherosclerotic plaques in ApoE mice at 4.7 T showed a spatial resolution adapted to the imaging of intimal thickening and a hypo-signal at 4.7 T, as a result of the accumulation of VH10-VUSPIO nanoparticles in the plaque. Our work provides support for the further assessment of the use of VH10-VUSPIO nanoparticles as a promising imaging modality able to identify the early stages of atherosclerosis with regard to the pertinence of both the target and the antibody-conjugated contrast agent used.
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Lalande C, Miraux S, Derkaoui SM, Mornet S, Bareille R, Fricain JC, Franconi JM, Le Visage C, Letourneur D, Amédée J, Bouzier-Sore AK, Bouzier-Sore AK. Magnetic resonance imaging tracking of human adipose derived stromal cells within three-dimensional scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Eur Cell Mater 2011; 21:341-54. [PMID: 21484704 DOI: 10.22203/ecm.v021a25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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For bone tissue engineering, human Adipose Derived Stem Cells (hADSCs) are proposed to be associated with a scaffold for promoting bone regeneration. After implantation, cellularised scaffolds require a non-invasive method for monitoring their fate in vivo. The purpose of this study was to use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-based tracking of these cells, labelled with magnetic agents for in vivo longitudinal assessment. hADSCs were isolated from adipose tissue and labelled with USPIO-rhodamine (Ultrasmall SuperParamagnetic Iron Oxide). USPIO internalisation, absence of toxicity towards hADSCs, and osteogenic differentiation of the labelled cells were evaluated in standard culture conditions. Labelled cells were then seeded within a 3D porous polysaccharide-based scaffold and imaged in vitro using fluorescence microscopy and MRI. Cellularised scaffolds were implanted subcutaneously in nude mice and MRI analyses were performed from 1 to 28 d after implantation. In vitro, no effect of USPIO labelling on cell viability and osteogenic differentiation was found. USPIO were efficiently internalised by hADSCs and generated a high T2* contrast. In vivo MRI revealed that hADSCs remain detectable until 28 d after implantation and could migrate from the scaffold and colonise the area around it. These data suggested that this scaffold might behave as a cell carrier capable of both holding a cell fraction and delivering cells to the site of implantation. In addition, the present findings evidenced that MRI is a reliable technique to validate cell-seeding procedures in 3D porous scaffolds, and to assess the fate of hADSCs transplanted in vivo.
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- C Lalande
- Université Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
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Lefrançois W, Miraux S, Calmettes G, Pourtau L, Franconi JM, Diolez P, Thiaudière E. A fast black-blood sequence for four-dimensional cardiac manganese-enhanced MRI in mouse. NMR Biomed 2011; 24:291-298. [PMID: 20925127 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2009] [Revised: 05/31/2010] [Accepted: 06/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The increasing number of mouse models of cardiac diseases requires improvements in the current MRI tools. Anatomic and functional cardiac phenotyping by MRI calls for both time and space resolution in three dimensions. Black-blood contrast is often needed for the accurate delineation of myocardium and chambers, and is consistent with manganese contrast enhancement. In this article, we propose a fast, three-dimensional, time-resolved (four-dimensional), black-blood MRI sequence that allows mouse heart imaging at 10 periods of the cardiac cycle within 30 min at an isotropic resolution of 200 µm. Two-dimensional imaging was possible within 80 s. Blood cancellation was achieved by employing bipolar gradients without the use of a double inversion recovery preparation scheme. Saturation slices were added in two-dimensional experiments for better blood nulling. The rapidity of the two-dimensional acquisition protocol allowed the measurement of the time course of contrast enhancement on manganese infusion. Owing to the very high contrast-to-noise ratio, manganese-enhanced MRI in four dimensions made possible the accurate assessment of regional cardiac volumes in healthy animals. In experimentally infarcted mice, the size of the ischemic zone could be measured easily with this method. The technique might be valuable in evaluating mouse heart diseases and their follow-up in longitudinal studies.
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- William Lefrançois
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, CNRS/Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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Sanson C, Diou O, Thévenot J, Ibarboure E, Soum A, Brûlet A, Miraux S, Thiaudière E, Tan S, Brisson A, Dupuis V, Sandre O, Lecommandoux S. Doxorubicin loaded magnetic polymersomes: theranostic nanocarriers for MR imaging and magneto-chemotherapy. ACS Nano 2011; 5:1122-40. [PMID: 21218795 DOI: 10.1021/nn102762f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Hydrophobically modified maghemite (γ-Fe(2)O(3)) nanoparticles were encapsulated within the membrane of poly(trimethylene carbonate)-b-poly(l-glutamic acid) (PTMC-b-PGA) block copolymer vesicles using a nanoprecipitation process. This formation method gives simple access to highly magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) (loaded up to 70 wt %) together with good control over the vesicles size (100-400 nm). The simultaneous loading of maghemite nanoparticles and doxorubicin was also achieved by nanoprecipitation. The deformation of the vesicle membrane under an applied magnetic field has been evidenced by small angle neutron scattering. These superparamagnetic hybrid self-assemblies display enhanced contrast properties that open potential applications for magnetic resonance imaging. They can also be guided in a magnetic field gradient. The feasibility of controlled drug release by radio frequency magnetic hyperthermia was demonstrated in the case of encapsulated doxorubicin molecules, showing the viability of the concept of magneto-chemotherapy. These magnetic polymersomes can be used as efficient multifunctional nanocarriers for combined therapy and imaging.
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- Charles Sanson
- Université de Bordeaux/IPB, ENSCBP, 16 avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac Cedex, France
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Bled E, Hassen WB, Pourtau L, Mellet P, Lanz T, Schüler D, Voisin P, Franconi JM, Thiaudière E, Miraux S. Real-time 3D MRI of contrast agents in whole living mice. Contrast Media Mol Imaging 2011; 6:275-81. [PMID: 21287680 DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2010] [Revised: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A specific mouse whole body coil and a dedicated gradient system at 4.7 T were coupled with an ultra-fast 3D gradient echo MRI and keyhole reconstruction technique to obtain 3D whole-body dynamic T(1)-weighted or T(2)*-weighted imaging. The technique was used to visualize the real-time distribution of non-targeting T(1) and T(2)* contrast agent (CA) in a glioma-bearing mouse model. T(1) dynamic contrast-enhancement imaging was performed with a fast imaging with steady-state precession sequence [echo time/repetition time (TE/TR), 1.32/3.7 ms] before and after CA injection (Gd-DOTA and BSA-Gd-DOTA) for 21 min. The temporal resolution was 1 image/6.5 s. T(2)* imaging (TE/TR, 4/8 ms) was performed before and after iron-based (small and ultra-small particles of iron oxide) CA injection for 45 min. The temporal resolution was 1 image/14 s. Signal-to-noise ratio curves were determined in various mouse organs. The whole-body coil and gradient systems made it possible to acquire data with sufficient and homogeneous signal-to-noise ratio on the whole animal. The spatial resolution allowed adequate depiction of the major organs, blood vessels and brain glioma. The distribution and the time-course of T(1) and T(2)* contrasts upon contrast agent injection were also assessed. 3D whole-body mouse MRI is feasible at high spatial resolution in movie mode and can be applied successfully to visualize real-time contrast agent distribution. This method should be effective in future preclinical molecular imaging studies.
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- Emilie Bled
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146, rue Léo Saignat 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Keriquel V, Guillemot F, Arnault I, Guillotin B, Miraux S, Amédée J, Fricain JC, Catros S. In vivo bioprinting for computer- and robotic-assisted medical intervention: preliminary study in mice. Biofabrication 2010; 2:014101. [PMID: 20811116 DOI: 10.1088/1758-5082/2/1/014101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We present the first attempt to apply bioprinting technologies in the perspective of computer-assisted medical interventions. A workstation dedicated to high-throughput biological laser printing has been designed. Nano-hydroxyapatite (n-HA) was printed in the mouse calvaria defect model in vivo. Critical size bone defects were performed in OF-1 male mice calvaria with a 4 mm diameter trephine. Prior to laser printing experiments, the absence of inflammation due to laser irradiation onto mice dura mater was shown by means of magnetic resonance imaging. Procedures for in vivo bioprinting and results obtained using decalcified sections and x-ray microtomography are discussed. Although heterogeneous, these preliminary results demonstrate that in vivo bioprinting is possible. Bioprinting may prove to be helpful in the future for medical robotics and computer-assisted medical interventions.
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- Virginie Keriquel
- INSERM, U577, Bordeaux, F-33076 France and Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, UMR-S577 Bordeaux, F-33076 France
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Cochet H, Montaudon M, Laurent F, Calmettes G, Franconi JM, Miraux S, Thiaudière E, Parzy E. In vivo MR angiography and velocity measurement in mice coronary arteries at 9.4 T: assessment of coronary flow velocity reserve. Radiology 2010; 254:441-8. [PMID: 20093516 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2542090735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To demonstrate the feasibility of coronary magnetic resonance (MR) angiography in living mice and to evaluate a dynamic MR angiographic method for coronary flow measurement at 9.4-T field strength. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted according to European law and was in full compliance with National Institutes of Health recommendations for animal care and a local institutional animal care committee. Mice were anesthetized by using isoflurane. First, time-of-flight MR angiography was performed in 10 mice to measure coronary diameters at 80-mum isotropic resolution. Second, left coronary artery (LCA) velocity measurements were performed at seven cardiac phases in nine other mice to assess the velocity curve profile. Third, coronary velocities were measured at the middiastolic phase in 13 mice at rest and during adenosine-induced hyperemia to calculate coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR). The Pearson coefficient compared the correlation between isoflurane dose and CFVR. Paired t tests compared R-R intervals and respiratory rates between rest and hyperemia. RESULTS Proximal diameters were, respectively, 404 mum +/- 34 [standard deviation] and 259 mum +/- 22 for the LCAs and the right coronary arteries, which were in accordance with reported values. The velocity curve profile throughout the cardiac cycle was similar to values from the literature. Baseline and hyperemic velocities were, respectively, 19.0 cm/sec +/- 4.4 and 33.7 cm/sec +/- 4.7 (P<.001), resulting in a CFVR of 1.77 +/- 0.19. CFVR did not correlate with isoflurane dose (r = 0.05, P = .88). R-R intervals shortened by 2.5% during hyperemia (P = .04). Respiratory rates showed no difference between rest and hyperemia (P = .39). CONCLUSION High-spatial-resolution three-dimensional coronary MR angiography is feasible in living mice. Dynamic MR angiography depicts coronary velocity changes throughout the cardiac cycle and between rest and maximum hyperemia, providing a tool for CFVR assessment.
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- Hubert Cochet
- Unit of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Imaging, Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, CHU Bordeaux, avenue Magellan, 33604 Pessac, France.
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Calmettes G, Deschodt-Arsac V, Gouspillou G, Miraux S, Muller B, Franconi JM, Thiaudiere E, Diolez P. Improved energy supply regulation in chronic hypoxic mouse counteracts hypoxia-induced altered cardiac energetics. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9306. [PMID: 20174637 PMCID: PMC2823784 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 01/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypoxic states of the cardiovacular system are undoubtedly associated with the most frequent diseases of modern time. Therefore, understanding hypoxic resistance encountered after physiological adaptation such as chronic hypoxia, is crucial to better deal with hypoxic insult. In this study, we examine the role of energetic modifications induced by chronic hypoxia (CH) in the higher tolerance to oxygen deprivation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Swiss mice were exposed to a simulated altitude of 5500 m in a barochamber for 21 days. Isolated perfused hearts were used to study the effects of a decreased oxygen concentration in the perfusate on contractile performance (RPP) and phosphocreatine (PCr) concentration (assessed by (31)P-NMR), and to describe the integrated changes in cardiac energetics regulation by using Modular Control Analysis (MoCA). Oxygen reduction induced a concomitant decrease in RPP (-46%) and in [PCr] (-23%) in Control hearts while CH hearts energetics was unchanged. MoCA demonstrated that this adaptation to hypoxia is the direct consequence of the higher responsiveness (elasticity) of ATP production of CH hearts compared with Controls (-1.88+/-0.38 vs -0.89+/-0.41, p<0.01) measured under low oxygen perfusion. This higher elasticity induces an improved response of energy supply to cellular energy demand. The result is the conservation of a healthy control pattern of contraction in CH hearts, whereas Control hearts are severely controlled by energy supply. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE As suggested by the present study, the mechanisms responsible for this increase in elasticity and the consequent improved ability of CH heart metabolism to respond to oxygen deprivation could participate to limit the damages induced by hypoxia.
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- Guillaume Calmettes
- Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, INSERM U885, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France
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Miraux S, Calmettes G, Massot P, Lefrançois W, Parzy E, Muller B, Arsac LM, Deschodt-Arsac V, Franconi JM, Diolez P, Thiaudière E. 4D retrospective black blood trueFISP imaging of mouse heart. Magn Reson Med 2010; 62:1099-105. [PMID: 19780163 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of steady-state True fast imaging with steady precession (TrueFISP) four-dimensional imaging of mouse heart at high resolution and its efficiency for cardiac volumetry. Three-dimensional cine-imaging of control and hypoxic mice was carried out at 4.7 T without magnetization preparation or ECG-triggering. The k-space lines were acquired with the TrueFISP sequence (pulse repetition time/echo time = 4/2 ms) in a repeated sequential manner. Retrospective reordering of raw data allowed the reconstruction of 10 three-dimensional images per cardiac cycle. The acquisition scheme used an alternating radiofrequency phase and sum-of-square reconstruction method. Black-blood three-dimensional images at around 200 mum resolution were produced without banding artifact throughout the cardiac cycle. High contrast to noise made it possible to estimate cavity volumes during diastole and systole. Right and left ventricular stroke volume was significantly higher in hypoxic mice vs controls (20.2 +/- 2 vs 15.1 +/- 2; P < 0.05, 24.9 +/- 2 vs 20.4 +/- 2; P < 0.05, respectively). In conclusion, four-dimensional black-blood TrueFISP imaging in living mice is a method of choice to investigate cardiac abnormalities in mouse models.
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- Sylvain Miraux
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes biologiques, UMR 5536 CNRS/Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France.
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Bouzier-Sore AK, Ribot E, Bouchaud V, Miraux S, Duguet E, Mornet S, Clofent-Sanchez G, Franconi JM, Voisin P. Nanoparticle phagocytosis and cellular stress: involvement in cellular imaging and in gene therapy against glioma. NMR Biomed 2010; 23:88-96. [PMID: 19795366 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In gene therapy against glioma, targeting tumoral tissue is not an easy task. We used the tumor infiltrating property of microglia in this study. These cells are well adapted to this therapy since they can phagocyte nanoparticles and allow their visualization by MRI. Indeed, while many studies have used transfected microglia containing a suicide gene and other internalized nanoparticles to visualize microglia, none have combined both approaches during gene therapy. Microglia cells were transfected with the TK-GFP gene under the control of the HSP(70) promoter. First, the possible cellular stress induced by nanoparticle internalization was checked to avoid a non-specific activation of the suicide gene. Then, MR images were obtained on tubes containing microglia loaded with superparamagnetic nanoparticles (VUSPIO) to characterize their MR properties, as well as their potential to track cells in vivo. VUSPIO were efficiently internalized by microglia, were found non-toxic and their internalization did not induce any cellular stress. VUSPIO relaxivity r(2) was 224 mM(-1).s(-1). Such results could generate a very high contrast between loaded and unloaded cells on T(2)-weighted images. The intracellular presence of VUSPIO does not prevent suicide gene activity, since TK is expressed in vitro and functional in vivo. It allows MRI detection of gene modified macrophages during cell therapy strategies.
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Malaval L, Monfoulet L, Fabre T, Pothuaud L, Bareille R, Miraux S, Thiaudiere E, Raffard G, Franconi JM, Lafage-Proust MH, Aubin JE, Vico L, Amédée J. Absence of bone sialoprotein (BSP) impairs cortical defect repair in mouse long bone. Bone 2009; 45:853-61. [PMID: 19524706 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2008] [Revised: 05/13/2009] [Accepted: 06/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Matrix proteins of the SIBLING family interact with bone cells and with bone mineral and are thus in a key position to regulate bone development, remodeling and repair. Within this family, bone sialoprotein (BSP) is highly expressed by osteoblasts, hypertrophic chondrocytes and osteoclasts. We recently reported that mice lacking BSP (BSP-/-) have very low trabecular bone turnover. In the present study, we set up an experimental model of bone repair by drilling a 1 mm diameter hole in the cortical bone of femurs in both BSP-/- and +/+ mice. A non-invasive MRI imaging and bone quantification procedure was designed to follow bone regeneration, and these data were extended by microCT imaging and histomorphometry on undecalcified sections for analysis at cellular level. These combined approaches revealed that the repair process as reflected in defect-refilling in the cortical area was significantly delayed in BSP-/- mice compared to +/+ mice. Concomitantly, histomorphometry showed that formation, mineralization and remodeling of repair (primary) bone in the medulla were delayed in BSP-/- mice, with lower osteoid and osteoclast surfaces at day 15. In conclusion, the absence of BSP delays bone repair at least in part by impairing both new bone formation and osteoclast activity.
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- Luc Malaval
- Université de Lyon, Saint-Etienne, F42023, France.
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Parzy E, Miraux S, Franconi JM, Thiaudière E. In vivo quantification of blood velocity in mouse carotid and pulmonary arteries by ECG-triggered 3D time-resolved magnetic resonance angiography. NMR Biomed 2009; 22:532-537. [PMID: 19156686 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Blood flow velocity is a functional parameter of fundamental importance in diagnosis and follow-up of various vascular diseases. Vascular pathologies can be efficiently studied in animal models, especially in small rodents. ECG-gated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment of blood velocity in small animals is a challenge because of limited spatial resolution and high-frequency physiological parameters. Here it is shown that a bright-blood cine-3D-MRI method can be used to measure blood velocity at specific times of the cardiac cycle in mouse pulmonary and carotid arteries. The method used a series of time-of-flight (TOF) acquisitions in a volume of interest at different times after signal cancellation in the same volume. This scheme was repeated at different periods of the cardiac cycle by varying the delay between the ECG R-wave peak and signal cancellation. Velocity values in mouse pulmonary artery varied from 35 cm/s in systole to 0-10 cm/s in diastole. A similar pattern was displayed in carotid arteries (18 and 2.5 cm/s, in systole and diastole, respectively). Results are discussed in terms of efficiency, limitation, and comparison with other methods.
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- Elodie Parzy
- Magnetic Resonance Center, UMR 5536, CNRS University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France.
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Miraux S, Massot P, Ribot EJ, Franconi JM, Thiaudiere E. 3D TrueFISP imaging of mouse brain at 4.7T and 9.4T. J Magn Reson Imaging 2008; 28:497-503. [DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Ribot EJ, Thiaudière E, Roulland R, Brugières P, Rahmouni A, Voisin P, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Application of MRI phase-difference mapping to assessment of vascular concentrations of BMS agent in mice. Contrast Media Mol Imaging 2008; 3:53-60. [DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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