A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Estimation of oxygen metabolism in a rat model of permanent ischemia using positron emission tomography with injectable O-15-O-2




AuthorsTemma T, Magata Y, Kuge Y, Shimonaka S, Sano K, Katada Y, Kawashima H, Mukai T, Watabe H, Iida H, Saji H

PublisherNATURE PUBLISHING GROUP

Publication year2006

JournalJournal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Journal name in sourceJOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

Journal acronymJ CEREBR BLOOD F MET

Volume26

Issue12

First page 1577

Last page1583

Number of pages7

ISSN0271-678X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600302


Abstract
The threshold of cerebral blood flow (CBF) into infarction in rats has been indicated to be similar to that in patients. However, CBF does not reflect metabolic function, and so estimations of oxygen metabolism have been required. Here, we estimated changes in oxygen metabolism after occluding the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) in rats using an injectable O-15-O-2 we developed. A decrease in CBF (left: 0.67 +/- 0.22 mL/min/g, right: 0.44 +/- 0.17 mL/min/g, P < 0.05) and compensatory increase in the oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) (left: 0.42 +/- 0.13, right: 0.50 +/- 0.19, P < 0.05) were observed at 1-h after occlusion. In contrast, a marked decrease in CBF and the cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen and a collapse of the compensatory OEF mechanism were found at 24 h after occlusion. Injectable O-15-O-2 could be used to reliably estimate oxygen metabolism in an infarction rat model with positron emission tomography.



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