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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 115(1): 174-179, 2018 01 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29255046

ABSTRACT

Detection and quantification of brown adipose tissue (BAT) mass remains a major challenge, as current tomographic imaging techniques are either nonspecific or lack the necessary resolution to quantify BAT mass, especially in obese phenotypes, in which this tissue may be present but inactive. Here, we report quantification of BAT mass by xenon-enhanced computed tomography. We show that, during stimulation of BAT thermogenesis, the lipophilic gas xenon preferentially accumulates in BAT, leading to a radiodensity enhancement comparable to that seen in the lungs. This enhancement is mediated by a selective reduction in BAT vascular resistance, which greatly increases vascular perfusion of BAT. This enhancement enables precise identification and quantification of BAT mass not only in lean, but also in obese, mouse phenotypes, in which this tissue is invisible to conventional tomographic imaging techniques. The method is developed and validated in rodents and then applied in macaques to assess its feasibility in larger species.


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Adipose Tissue, Brown/diagnostic imaging , Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography/methods , Xenon , Animals , Macaca , Mice, Obese , Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography/instrumentation
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 111(50): 18001-6, 2014 Dec 16.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25453088

ABSTRACT

The study of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in human weight regulation has been constrained by the lack of a noninvasive tool for measuring this tissue and its function in vivo. Existing imaging modalities are nonspecific and intrinsically insensitive to the less active, lipid-rich BAT of obese subjects, the target population for BAT studies. We demonstrate noninvasive imaging of BAT in mice by hyperpolarized xenon gas MRI. We detect a greater than 15-fold increase in xenon uptake by BAT during stimulation of BAT thermogenesis, which enables us to acquire background-free maps of the tissue in both lean and obese mouse phenotypes. We also demonstrate in vivo MR thermometry of BAT by hyperpolarized xenon gas. Finally, we use the linear temperature dependence of the chemical shift of xenon dissolved in adipose tissue to directly measure BAT temperature and to track thermogenic activity in vivo.


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Adipose Tissue, Brown/physiology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Thermogenesis/physiology , Adipose Tissue, Brown/blood supply , Animals , Mice , Spectrum Analysis , Temperature , Xenon Isotopes
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