Characterization of Tumor Imaging with Microbubble-Based Ultrasound Contrast Agent, Sonazoid, in Rabbit Liver

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  • Watanabe Rira
    New Product Research Laboratories II, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  • Matsumura Manabu
    New Product Research Laboratories II, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  • Chen Chun-Jen
    New Product Research Laboratories II, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  • Kaneda Yuki
    New Product Research Laboratories II, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
  • Fujimaki Masayoshi
    New Product Research Laboratories II, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

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In order to investigate improvement of hepatic tumor detectability by Sonazoid with phase inversion imaging, the contrast effects on the liver of metastatic carcinoma-model rabbits were evaluated by videodensitometry and visual assessment. Correlation between the contrast enhancement of Sonazoid and histopathology was examined using the same animals. Electron microscopy was performed on hepatic tissue from another healthy rabbits to identify the distribution of Sonazoid microbubbles. As a result, all tumors were smaller than 12 mm in diameter, and after intravenous injection of Sonazoid, they were surrounded with a ring of enhanced signal during the early phase (up to 30 s), followed by a clear contrast defect during the delayed phase (after 10 min). Histopathologic observation revealed that the ring-enhancement was caused by neovasculature in the tumor, and the contrast defects corresponded to living and dead parts of tumors, which lack Kupffer cells. Videodensitometric differences between tumor and healthy tissue markedly increased at delayed phase, and visual detectability of tumors was improved when Sonazoid was used. Ultrastructural analysis showed microbubble-like structures in Kupffer cells, which indicated that Sonazoid microbubbles were taken up with these cells. In conclusion, Sonazoid, used with phase inversion imaging, greatly increases the detectability of small hepatic tumors by highlighting neovascularity at early phase and providing clear contrast defects due to absence of Kupffer cells, which take up Sonazoid microbubbles, at delayed phase.

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