on November 3, 2005
Published online before print November 3, 2005, doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000194098.82677.57
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Submitted on May 25, 2005
Accepted on October 19, 2005
Ferumoxtran-10-Enhanced MRI of the Hypercholesterolemic Rabbit Aorta Relationship Between Signal Loss and Macrophage Infiltration
Fabien Hyafil ;
From the INSERM U698 (F.H., J.P.L., M.M., D.T., L.L., M.P.J., D.L., L.J.F.), Departments of Cardiology (F.H., D.T., L.J.F.), Radiology (J.P.L., S.C.), and Pathology (H.A.B., D.H.), CHU Bichat, AP-HP, Paris, France.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: laurent.feldman{at}bch.aphp.fr.
Objective--Ferumoxtran-10 is an MRI contrast agent, which accumulates in macrophages and induces magnetic susceptibility artifacts (MSAs). We evaluated the ability of ferumoxtran-10-enhanced MRI to quantify focal macrophage infiltration in the aortic wall of hypercholesterolemic rabbits.
Methods and Results--Six weeks after a double-balloon injury of the infrarenal aorta, 12 hypercholesterolemic rabbits underwent MRI of the aorta before (first MRI) and after (second MRI) intravenous injection of ferumoxtran-10 (n=10) or saline (n=2). A third MRI was performed 5 days later to detect ferumoxtran-10-induced MSA in the aortic wall. Aortas were subsequently processed for histology, immunohistochemistry, and gelatin zymography studies. Injured aortas displayed a macrophage-rich neointima with high-matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 9 activities. Iron stain of injured aortas showed massive accumulation of ferumoxtran-10 in neointimal macrophages. Five days after the injection of ferumoxtran-10, MSAs were detected only in the injured aortas by in vivo MRI and were quantified indirectly using the percentage reduction of luminal area attributable to the extension of these MSAs in the aortic lumen. This parameter correlated with macrophage infiltration on corresponding aortic cross-sections (r=0.82; P<0.05).
Conclusion--Ferumoxtran-10-enhanced MRI allows quantitative assessment of macrophage infiltration induced by balloon angioplasty in the aorta of hypercholesterolemic rabbits.
Key words: MRI • imaging agents • atherosclerosis • macrophages • metalloproteinases
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