Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide–Based Method for Quantifying Recruitment of Monocytes to Mouse Atherosclerotic Lesions In Vivo
Open Access
- 25 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 107 (11), 1545-1549
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000055323.57885.88
Abstract
Background— It has been found recently that the MRI contrast agent superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) localizes to aortic atherosclerotic plaques. We therefore asked whether SPIO might be used to monitor monocyte recruitment into aortic atherosclerotic plaques. Methods and Results— Eleven female apo E knockout (K/O) mice, each 11 months old, were divided into 2 groups. Six mice received tissue necrosis factor-α (0.2 μg IP once), interleukin-1β (0.2 μg IP once), and interferon-γ (100 U/g per day IP for 5 days); 5 received 0.5 mL saline containing1% BSA and served as sham-treated atherosclerotic controls. Two wild-type C57BL/6 mice served as sham-treated nonatherosclerotic controls. Three hours after initial cytokine or sham treatment, all mice received SPIO by intravenous injection (1 mmol/kg iron). Six days later, all mice were euthanized, the hearts and aortas were perfused under physiological pressure, and the entire aortas were studied histologically. Atherosclerotic plaques in cytokine-treated mice contained more iron-positive macrophages per cross section than did those in sham-treated apo E K/O control mice (42±11.8 versus 11.6±5.9) ( P Conclusions— SPIO allows detection of iron-laden macrophages in the aortic subendothelium of apo E–deficient mice under basal conditions and monitoring of monocyte recruitment after cytokine injection.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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