Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of Gd-albumin delivery to the rat hippocampus in vivo by convection-enhanced delivery
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- 作者：Jung Hwan Kim ; Garrett W. Astary ; Tatiana L. Nobrega ; Svetlana Kantorovich ; Paul R. Carney ; Thomas H. Mareci ; Malisa Sarntinoranont
- 关键词：Convection-enhanced delivery ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging ; Gd-albumin ; Rat hippocampus
- 刊名：Journal of Neuroscience Methods
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：30 July, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：209
- 期：1
- 页码：62-73
- 全文大小：1917 K
文摘
Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) shows promise in treating neurological diseases due to its ability to circumvent the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and deliver therapeutics directly to the parenchyma of the central nervous system (CNS). Such a drug delivery method may be useful in treating CNS disorders involving the hippocampus such as temporal lobe epilepsy and gliomas; however, the influence of anatomical structures on infusate distribution is not fully understood. As a surrogate for therapeutic agents, we used gadolinium-labeled-albumin (Gd-albumin) tagged with Evans Blue dye to observe the time dependence of CED infusate distributions into the rat dorsal and ventral hippocampus in vivo with dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). For finer anatomical detail, final distribution volumes (Vd) of the infusate were observed with high-resolution T1-weighted MR imaging and light microscopy of fixed brain sections. Dynamic images demonstrated that Gd-albumin preferentially distributed within the hippocampus along neuroanatomical structures with less fluid resistance and less penetration was observed in dense cell layers. Furthermore, significant leakage into adjacent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces such as the hippocampal fissure, velum interpositum and midbrain cistern occurred toward the end of infusion. Vd increased linearly with infusion volume (Vi) at a mean Vd/Vi ratio of 5.51 ¡À 0.55 for the dorsal hippocampus infusion and 5.30 ¡À 0.83 for the ventral hippocampus infusion. This study demonstrated the significant effects of tissue structure and CSF space boundaries on infusate distribution during CED.