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Using Multi-fluorinated Bile Acids and In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Measure Bile Acid Transport
Published on: November 27, 2016
Hepatocyte-mediated transport to the bile of AMI-HS, a particulate contrast agent
B Dupas1, G Pradal, R N Muller
1Department of Radiology, Hôtel Dieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France. benoit.dupas@chu-nantes.fr
Rationale And Objectives:
The elimination of hepatocyte-directed particulate contrast agents has not been studied in the same detail as particles eliminated mainly by the mononuclear phagocyte system. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the fate of these particles by a multidisciplinary approach.
Methods:
After intravenous injection of AMI-HS particles directed to the hepatocytes, rats were killed and cytological studies, by both electron microscopy and histochemistry, and spectroscopic studies of the bile were performed. The data were compared with a dynamic magnetic resonance study of the heart and liver.
Results:
The particles were rapidly cleared from the blood by Kupffer cells and hepatocytes and then found first in the vascular and later in the biliary pole of the hepatocytes. After 24 hours, a relaxometric characterization of the bile showed the presence of unchanged particles in the bile.
Conclusions:
These results show the capacity of the liver to excrete unchanged AMI-HS particles directly into the bile.
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