Non-invasive in vivo magnetic resonance imaging assessment of acute aflatoxin B1 hepatotoxicity in rats

Towner, Rheal A., Hashimoto, Hisanori, and Summers, Phillip M. (2000) Non-invasive in vivo magnetic resonance imaging assessment of acute aflatoxin B1 hepatotoxicity in rats. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1475 (3). pp. 314-320.

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Abstract

Acute aflatoxin B1 (AFB1)-induced hepatotoxicity was assessed in vivo in male Sprague-Dawley rats (150-300 g) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI results were compared to serum enzyme levels, histology and electron microscopy. Twenty-four hours following intraperitoneal delivery of AFB1 (3 mg/kg body weight in a saline/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO; 0.03 ml/kg body weight) solution), regions of damage, characterised by increased proton signal intensities in T2-weighted images, were observed in the vicinity of the hepatic portal vein (HPV) and in the right medial regions of the liver. Image analysis of regions of apparent damage around the HPV and right medial regions, following 24 h of AFB1 exposure, indicated statistically significant (P<0.05) increases in proton image signal intensities, when compared to saline/DMSO-treated rats. No significant difference in proton image signal intensities were observed 1-2 h following AFB1 exposure. Twenty-four hours following AFB1 exposure, histopathological assessment was characterised by portal/central vein/artery congestion, sinusoid congestion, nuclear pyknosis and karyolysis, and hepatocyte vacuolation; electron microscopy (EM) examination indicated nuclear debris, swollen cytoplasmic compartments, vacuolation, and the disappearance of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum, and elevated levels of serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase were found to be significantly different (P<0.01) than controls.

Item ID: 12801
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1872-8006
Keywords: alflatoxin; edma; electoral systems; histology; in vivo; magnetic resonance imaging; tissue injury
Date Deposited: 03 Jul 2012 05:57
FoR Codes: 10 TECHNOLOGY > 1004 Medical Biotechnology > 100499 Medical Biotechnology not elsewhere classified @ 34%
11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences > 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified @ 33%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9299 Other Health > 929999 Health not elsewhere classified @ 34%
92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920118 Surgical Methods and Procedures @ 33%
92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920110 Inherited Diseases (incl. Gene Therapy) @ 33%
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