Early monitoring of acute tubular necrosis in the rat kidney by 23Na-MRI

Reabsorption of water and other molecules is dependent on the corticomedullary sodium concentration gradient in the kidney. During the early course of acute tubular necrosis (ATN), this gradient is altered. Therefore, 23Na magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to study the alterations in renal s...

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Published in:	American journal of physiology. Renal physiology Vol. 297; no. 5; p. F1288
Main Authors:	Atthe, Bharath K, Babsky, Andriy M, Hopewell, Paige N, Phillips, Carrie L, Molitoris, Bruce A, Bansal, Navin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-11-2009
Subjects:	Algorithms Animals Data Interpretation, Statistical Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Kidney - pathology Kidney Cortex - pathology Kidney Medulla - pathology Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute - metabolism Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute - pathology Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Male Rats Rats, Wistar Sodium - metabolism Sodium Isotopes
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Summary:	Reabsorption of water and other molecules is dependent on the corticomedullary sodium concentration gradient in the kidney. During the early course of acute tubular necrosis (ATN), this gradient is altered. Therefore, 23Na magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to study the alterations in renal sodium distribution in the rat kidney during ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury, which induces ATN. In-magnet ischemia was induced for 0 (control), 10, 20, 30 or 50 min in Wistar rats. 23Na images were collected every 10 min during baseline, ischemia, and 60-min reperfusion periods. T1 and T2 relaxation times were measured by both 23Na-MRI and -MRS on a separate cohort of animals during ischemia and reperfusion for correction of relaxation-related tissue sodium concentration (TSC). A marked decrease was observed in the medulla and cortex 23Na-MRI signal intensity (SI) during the early evolution of ATN caused by IR injury, with the sodium reabsorption function of the kidney being irreversibly damaged after 50 min of ischemia. Sodium relaxation time characteristics were similar in the medulla and cortex of normal kidney, but significantly decreased with IR. The changes in relaxation times in both compartments were identical; thus the medulla-to-cortex sodium SI ratio represents the TSC ratio of both compartments. The extent of IR damage observed with histological examination correlated with the 23Na-MRI data. 23Na-MRI has great potential for noninvasive, clinical diagnosis of evolving ATN in the setup of acute renal failure and in differentiating ATN from other causes of renal failure where tubular function is maintained.
ISSN:	1522-1466
DOI:	10.1152/ajprenal.00388.2009