Tc-99m-HL91 imaging in the early detection of neuronal injury in a neonatal rat model of hypoxic ischemia

Bi Fang Lee, Lan Wan Wang, Sheng Hsiang Lin, Ting Jyun Jhuo, Nan Tsing Chiu, Chao Ching Huang, Chien Chung Hsia, Lie Hang Shen

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Objective: Hypoxic-ischemic insult in newborns results in progressive neuronal loss. For neuroprotective therapy to be effective, it is important to identify high-risk neonates soon after birth. Tc-labeled imaging agent, Tc-99m-HL91, developed as a putative hypoxic reagent, has been reported to demonstrate increased uptake in ischemic myocardium. We hypothesized that Tc-99m-HL91 is sensitive for the early identification of hypoxic-ischemic injury in neonatal rat brains. Design: Laboratory investigation. Setting: University research laboratory. Subjects: Sprague-Dawley rat pups. Interventions: Postnatal day-7 pups were divided into four groups: hypoxic-ischemia, hypoxia-only, ischemia-only, and controls. In the early (2 hrs), intermediate (20 hrs), and late (44 hrs) reoxygenation phases, Tc-99m-HL91 in vivo and ex vivo imaging and quantitative autoradiography were performed. Regions of interest were drawn to calculate the contrast ratio of Tc-99m-HL91 uptake between the ipsilateral and contralateral hemispheres. Pathology, cerebral blood flow, and blood-brain barrier damage were determined. Measurements and Main Results: After hypoxic-ischemia, there were very few pyknotic neurons in the early phase, many pyknotic neurons in the intermediate phase, and extensive neuronal loss in the late phase postreoxygenation. Blood-brain barrier damage occurred in the early phase, progressed in the intermediate phase, and became extensive in the late phase. The hypoxia-only and ischemia-only pups showed no neuronal or blood-brain barrier damage and had higher cerebral blood flow postreoxygenation compared with the hypoxia-ischemia pups. Regions of interest analysis of in vivo and ex vivo images and autoradiography revealed significantly higher Tc-99m-HL91 contrast ratio at early and intermediate phases, not late phase of hypoxic-ischemic group. Hypoxic-ischemia group had significantly higher contrast ratio values in the early and intermediate phases than the hypoxia-only and ischemia-only groups. A contrast ratio value of 0.15 in the early phase on postnatal day 7 had a sensitivity of 0.95 and specificity of 0.89 in detecting significant hypoxic-ischemic lesions on postnatal day 21. Conclusion: Tc-99m-HL91 uptake is sensitive for the early detection of hypoxic-ischemic injury in neonatal brains.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)1930-1938
頁數9
期刊Critical Care Medicine
40
發行號6
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 6月 2012
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  • 重症監護和重症監護醫學

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