Vertebral blood perfusion reduction associated with vertebral bone mineral density reduction: A dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI study in a rat orchiectomy model
✍ Scribed by Yi-Xiang J. Wang; Ya-Feng Zhang; James F. Griffith; Hua Zhou; David K.W. Yeung; Timothy C. Kwok; Ling Qin; Anil T. Ahuja
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1053-1807
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the relationship between vertebral blood perfusion and vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) in a rat orchiectomy (ORX) model.
Materials and Methods
Nine 6‐month‐old male Wistar‐Kyoto rats were used. Computed tomography (CT) bone densitometry and dynamic MRI were performed at baseline and four weeks post‐ORX. MRI was performed on a 1.5T clinical MR scanner with a small surface coil placed under the rat lumbar spine region. A sagittal midsection of the lumbar spine was prescribed. Dynamic MRI was performed after a bolus injection of gadolinium‐tetraazacyclododecane tetraacetic acid (Gd‐DOTA) (0.3 mmol/kg) administered through a tail vein cannula. At a temporal resolution of 0.6 seconds, 800 images were acquired. Regions‐of‐interest were drawn comprising the medullary component of lumbar vertebrae L3–L6. Maximum enhancement was analyzed.
Results
Satisfactory CT and MRI data for analysis was obtained in all animals. Vertebral BMD decreased by 16.6% at four weeks post‐ORX (1.134 ± 0.035 vs. 0.946 ± 0.027 g/cm^3^, P = 0.008). MRI maximum enhancement decreased by 17% at four weeks post‐ORX (151.5 ± 12.0% vs. 125.8 ± 9.9%, P = 0.015).
Conclusion
Vertebral blood perfusion reduction is associated with vertebral BMD reduction in a male rat osteoporosis model. Perfusion MRI provides a new investigative technique for osteoporosis experimental research. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2008;28:1515–1518. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.