IV Administered Gadodiamide Enters the Lumen of the Prostatic Glands: X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy Examination of a Mouse Model

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · AJR, American Journal of Roentgenology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.14.14055· OSTI ID:1280923

Mustafi, Devkumar ^[1]; Gleber, Sophie-Charlotte ^[2]; Ward, Jesse ^[2]; Dougherty, Urszula ^[3]; Zamora, Marta ^[1]; Markiewicz, Erica ^[1]; Binder, David C. ^[1]; Antic, Tatjana ^[4]; Vogt, Stefan ^[2]; Karczmar, Gregory S. ^[1]; Oto, Aytekin ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept of Radiology
2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
3. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Medicine
4. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept of Pathology

In our objective, we descibe how dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) has become a standard component of multiparametric protocols for MRI examination of the prostate, and its use is incorporated into current guidelines for prostate MRI examination. Analysis of DCE-MRI data for the prostate is usually based on the distribution of gadolinium-based agents, such as gadodiamide, into two well-mixed compartments, and it assumes that gadodiamide does not enter into the glandular lumen. However, this assumption has not been directly tested. The purpose of this study was to use x-ray fluorescence microscopy (XFM) imaging in situ to measure the concentration of gadodiamide in the epithelia and lumens of the prostate of healthy mice after IV injection of the contrast agent. For our materials and methods, six C57Bl6 male mice (age, 28 weeks) were sacrificed 10 minutes after IV injection of gadodiamide (0.13 mmol/kg), and three mice were sacrificed after saline injection. Prostate tissue samples obtained from each mouse were harvested and frozen; 7-μm-thick slices were sectioned for XFM imaging, and adjacent 5-μm-thick slices were sectioned for H and E staining. Elemental concentrations were determined from XFM images. Our results show mean (± SD) baseline concentration of gadolinium of 0.01 ± 0.01 mM was determined from XFM measurements of prostatic tissue samples when no gadodiamide was administered, and it was used to determine the measurement error. When gadodiamide was added, the mean concentrations of gadolinium in the epithelia and lumens in 32 prostatic glands from six mice were 1.00 ± 0.13 and 0.36 ± 0.09 mM, respectively. In conclusion, our data suggest that IV administration of gadodiamide results in uptake of contrast agent by the glandular lumens of the mouse prostate. We were able to quantitatively determine gadodiamide distributions in mouse prostatic epithelia and lumens.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: National Inst. of Health (NIH); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1280923
• Journal Information: AJR, American Journal of Roentgenology, Journal Name: AJR, American Journal of Roentgenology Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 205; ISSN 0361-803X
• Publisher: American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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