In vivo assessment of the placental anatomy and perfusion in a mouse model of intrauterine inflammation.
In vivo assessment of the placental anatomy and perfusion in a mouse model of intrauterine inflammation.
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10.1002/jmri.25867
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2018-05
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Burd I
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Wu D;Lei J;Jia B;Xie H;Zhu Y;Xu J;Mori S;Zhang J;Burd I
MRI provides useful markers to examine placental function. MRI features of placental injury due to intrauterine inflammation—a common risk during pregnancy, are not well-known. We aim to investigate the capability of structural MRI and intra-voxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging in examining acute placental injury in a mouse model of intrauterine inflammation, as well as gestation-dependent placental changes. Prospective study. Pregnant CD1 mice were scanned on embryonic day 15 (E15, n=40 placentas from six dams) and E17. On E17, mice were subjected to intrauterine injury by exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS, n=25 placentas from three dams) or sham injury (n=25 placentas from three dams). In vivo MRI was performed on an 11.7 Tesla Bruker scanner, using a fast spin-echo sequence and a diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging (EPI) sequence. T2-weighted MRI was acquired to evaluate placental volume. IVIM imaging was performed in a restricted field-of-view using 15 b-values from 10–800 s/mm2, based on which, the pseudo-diffusion fraction (f), pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*), and tissue water coefficient (D) were estimated with a two-step fitting procedure. Two-way ANOVA was used to evaluate the group differences. The placental volume increased by approximately 21% from E15 to E17 (p<0.01), and a 15% volume loss was observed at 6hrs after LPS exposure (p<0.01). IVIM parameters (f, D*, and f·D*) were similar between the E15 and E17 sham groups (p>0.05), which significantly reduced in the LPS-exposed placentas compared to the shams (p<0.001). D values decreased from E15 to E17 (p<0.05), which were further reduced after LPS exposure (p<0.05). Decreased placental area and vascular density were histologically identified in the LPS-exposed group, along with gestation-dependent changes. Our results suggested structural MRI and IVIM measurements are potential markers for detecting acute placental injury after intrauterine inflammation.
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