Successful serial imaging of the mouse cerebral arteries using conventional 3-T magnetic resonance imaging

Authors

Hiroshi Makino, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Kazuya Hokamura, Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Takahiro Natsume, Faculty of Radiological Technology, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Tetsuro Kimura, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Yoshinobu Kamio, Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Yasuhiro Magata, Medical Photonics Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Hiroki Namba, Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Takasumi Katoh, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Shigehito Sato, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Tomoki Hashimoto, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Kazuo Umemura, Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Serial imaging studies can be useful in characterizing the pathologic and physiologic remodeling of cerebral arteries in various mouse models. We tested the feasibility of using a readily available, conventional 3-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to serially image cerebrovascular remodeling in mice. We utilized a mouse model of intracranial aneurysm as a mouse model of the dynamic, pathologic remodeling of cerebral arteries. Aneurysms were induced by hypertension and a single elastase injection into the cerebrospinal fluid. For the mouse cerebrovascular imaging, we used a conventional 3-T MRI system and a 40-mm saddle coil. We used non-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to detect intracranial aneurysm formation and T2-weighted imaging to detect aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A serial MRI was conducted every 2 to 3 days. MRI detection of aneurysm formation and subarachnoid hemorrhage was compared against the postmortem inspection of the brain that was perfused with dye. The imaging times for the MRA and T2-weighted imaging were 3.7±0.5 minutes and 4.8±0.0 minutes, respectively. All aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhages were correctly identified by two masked observers on MRI. This MRI-based serial imaging technique was useful in detecting intracranial aneurysm formation and subarachnoid hemorrhage in mice.

Medical Subject Headings

Animals; Cerebral Angiography; Cerebral Arteries (diagnostic imaging, physiopathology); Disease Models, Animal; Intracranial Aneurysm (chemically induced, diagnostic imaging, physiopathology); Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Male; Mice

Publication Date

9-1-2015

Publication Title

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

E-ISSN

1559-7016

Volume

35

Issue

9

First Page

1523

Last Page

7

PubMed ID

25920958

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1038/jcbfm.2015.78

Recommended Citation

Makino, Hiroshi; Hokamura, Kazuya; Natsume, Takahiro; Kimura, Tetsuro; Kamio, Yoshinobu; Magata, Yasuhiro; Namba, Hiroki; Katoh, Takasumi; Sato, Shigehito; Hashimoto, Tomoki; and Umemura, Kazuo, "Successful serial imaging of the mouse cerebral arteries using conventional 3-T magnetic resonance imaging" (2015). Translational Neuroscience. 1702.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurobiology/1702