Abstract:
:The availability and applicability of the combination of paramagnetic nitroxyl contrast agent and T(1)-weighted gradient echo (GE)-based dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurement for redox imaging are described. The time courses of T(1)-weighted GE MRI signal intensities according to first-order paramagnetic loss of a nitroxyl contrast agent were simulated for several experimental conditions. The apparent decay rate calculated based on decreasing T(1)-weighted MRI contrast (k(MRI)) can show an approximate value of the original decay rate (k(true)) discretionarily given for simulation with suitable experimental parameters. The difference between k(MRI) and k(true) can be sufficiently small under T(1)-weighted spoiled gradient echo (SPGR) scan conditions (repetition time=75 ms, echo time=3 ms, and flip angle=45 degrees ), with a conventional redox-sensitive nitroxyl contrast agent, such as 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6,-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl (TEMPOL) and/or 3-carbamoyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidine-N-oxyl (carbamoyl-PROXYL), and with i.v. doses of below 1.5 micromol/g b.w. for mice. The results of this simulation suggest that the k(MRI) of nitroxyl contrast agents can be the primary index of redox status under biological conditions.
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Biol Pharm Bulljournal_title
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletinauthors
Matsumoto Kdoi
10.1248/bpb.32.711subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-04-01 00:00:00pages
711-6issue
4eissn
0918-6158issn
1347-5215pii
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