Separate analysis of asialoglycoprotein receptors in the right and left hepatic lobes using Tc-GSA SPECT
Open Access
- 30 December 2003
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Hepatology
- Vol. 38 (6), 1401-1409
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hep.2003.09.031
Abstract
The asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) is abundantly expressed on the sinusoidal surfaces of hepatocytes. We aimed to clarify the clinical significance of the regional distribution of ASGPRs in the human liver, especially in chronic viral hepatitis. Eighteen volunteers, 34 patients with chronic hepatitis, and 33 patients with cirrhosis (11/Child‐Pugh A, 11/Child‐Pugh B, 11/Child‐Pugh C) were studied using a newly developed, conventional technetium‐99m‐diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid‐galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc‐GSA), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) method. Using Cantlie's line as a guide, ASGPR dynamics were analyzed separately in the right and left lobes, as well as in the whole liver, using novel indices (the liver uptake ratio [LUR] and the liver uptake density [LUD], which reflect the amount and density of ASGPRs in the liver, respectively). Mean LUR and LUD values for the whole liver and the right and left lobes decreased with increasing progression of chronic viral hepatitis. The LUR for the whole liver correlated well with parameters measuring the hepatic functional reserve and the platelet count. The right LUR correlated particularly well with conventional liver function tests, and comparison of the right LUD with histologic findings showed that it was a good indicator of periportal and/or bridging necrosis and fibrosis. In conclusion, our 99mTc‐GSA SPECT method was clinically useful in evaluating regional hepatic function and the progression of chronic viral hepatitis using dynamic changes in ASGPRs.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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