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- Title
Radiation induced brain injury: assessment of white matter tracts in a pre-clinical animal model using diffusion tensor MR imaging.
- Authors
Wang, Silun; Qiu, Deqiang; So, Kwok-Fai; Wu, Ed; Leung, Lucullus; Gu, Jing; Khong, Pek-Lan
- Abstract
We aim to study radiation induced white matter injury in a pre-clinical model using Diffusion tensor MR imaging (DTI). Nineteen 12-week old Sprague-Dawley rats were irradiated to the right hemisphere using a linear accelerator. The dose distribution map was coregistered to the DTI map to generate the actual radiation dose to each white matter tract. Rats underwent longitudinal DTI scans at five time points from 4 to 48 weeks post-radiation with histological evaluations. Fractional anisotropy (FA) of the external capsule, fornix, cerebral peduncle, anterior commissure, optic tract and optic nerve was evaluated. Radiation dose was highest at the ipsilateral external capsule and fornix (29.4 ± 1.3 and 29.8 ± 1.1 Gy, respectively). Optic nerve received 50 % dose to the external capsule and other white matter tracts received 80 % dose. Significantly lower FA was firstly found in the ipsilateral external capsule at 4 weeks post-radiation and in the ipsilateral fornix at 40 weeks post-radiation compared to the contralateral side. Significantly lower FA was found in contralateral optic nerve compared to ipsilateral optic nerve at 48 weeks post-radiation despite ipsilateral optic nerves receiving higher radiation dose than contralateral optic nerve ( p = 0.021). No differences were found in other white matter regions until 48 weeks. Histology indicated demyelination, axonal degeneration and coagulative necrosis in all injured white matter. DTI can serve as a promising tool for assessment of radiation induced white matter injury and regional radiosensitivity of white matter tracts.
- Subjects
BRAIN injuries; MAGNETIC resonance imaging of the brain; DIFFUSION tensor imaging; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of radiation; RADIATION doses; CEREBRAL hemispheres; LINEAR accelerators; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2013, Vol 112, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
0167-594X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11060-012-1031-0