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Mutant Wistar rats (TR− rats) are characterized by a defect in the canalicular transport system for organic anions in the hepatocytes. Anionic hepatobiliary contrast agents for X-ray and MR imaging usually depend on this transport system for biliary secretion. The current study investigated in rats whether Gd-EOB-DTPA, a hepatocyte-directed MR contrast agent, can be completely eliminated in the absence of biliary excretion, and whether urinary elimination may compensate for the hepatic dysfunction. In TR/t- rats elimination of Gd-EOB-DTPA almost completely depended on renal excretion: following intravenous administration of 25µmol kg−1 Gd-EOB-DTPA only 2.4±0.4% of the injected dose underwent biliary excretion. Nevertheless only 2% of a 10-fold higher dose (250µmolkg−1 Gd-EOB-DTPA) was still detected in the body 24 hours p.a., and less than 0.5% 7 days p.a. (no statistically significant differences as compared to values in control rats). In TR− rats, renal and liver signal intensities on T1-weighted MR images returned to baseline within 24 hours following administration of 25µmol kg−1 Gd-EOB-DTPA. In control rats, return to baseline values was observed already 6 hours after injection of the contrast agent. In conclusion, the hepatobiliary MR contrast agent Gd-EOB-DTPA is effectively and completely cleared from the body even in the virtual absence of biliary excretion. The urinary elimination pathway is able to fully compensate for the deficient hepatic transport system.
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Muhler, A., Oude Elferink, R.P.J. & Weinmann, HJ. Complete elimination of the hepatobiliary mr contrast agent Gd-EOB-DTPA in hepatic dysfunction: An experimental study using transport-deficient, mutant rats. MAGMA 1, 134–139 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01769415
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