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Chemical Properties of Cartilage Studied Using Charged Ions

Söderman, Olle LU ; Algotsson, Jenny LU ; Dahlberg, Leif E. LU and Svensson, Jonas LU (2017) In New Developments in NMR p.176-190
Abstract

Articular cartilage is a soft tissue built mainly from collagen and highly negatively charged biological polyelectrolytes. The high negative charge is responsible for crucial properties of cartilage, such as tissue hydration and biomechanical load resistance. As a consequence, breakdown and loss of the polyelectrolytes in cartilage has an adverse effect on its function and there is a need for methods to determine the amount of polyelectrolytes in cartilage. Here we discuss one such method, the delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC). dGEMRIC builds on the fact that a negatively charged MRI contrast agent will distribute in an inverse relation to the concentration of polyelectrolytes on account of the electrostatic... (More)

Articular cartilage is a soft tissue built mainly from collagen and highly negatively charged biological polyelectrolytes. The high negative charge is responsible for crucial properties of cartilage, such as tissue hydration and biomechanical load resistance. As a consequence, breakdown and loss of the polyelectrolytes in cartilage has an adverse effect on its function and there is a need for methods to determine the amount of polyelectrolytes in cartilage. Here we discuss one such method, the delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC). dGEMRIC builds on the fact that a negatively charged MRI contrast agent will distribute in an inverse relation to the concentration of polyelectrolytes on account of the electrostatic repulsion between the two. We introduce the method and discuss some of the key assumptions. In particular, we focus on the relaxivity parameter that should be used to convert the measured water spin-lattice relaxation times to a concentration of the contrast agent, the time for reaching equilibrium with respect to penetration of the contrast agent into cartilage and the use of ideal Donnan equilibrium in the further analysis of dGEMRIC data. Finally, we present some examples of clinical applications of the dGEMRIC method.

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Biophysics and Biochemistry of Cartilage by NMR and MRI
series title
New Developments in NMR
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Xia, Y. and Momot, K.
issue
8
pages
15 pages
publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
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  • scopus:85006341309
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20442548
2044253X
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978-1-78262-905-4
978-1-78262-133-1
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10.1039/9781782623663-00176
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English
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  author       = {{Söderman, Olle and Algotsson, Jenny and Dahlberg, Leif E. and Svensson, Jonas}},
  booktitle    = {{Biophysics and Biochemistry of Cartilage by NMR and MRI}},
  editor       = {{Xia, Y. and Momot, K.}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-78262-905-4}},
  issn         = {{20442548}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{8}},
  pages        = {{176--190}},
  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{New Developments in NMR}},
  title        = {{Chemical Properties of Cartilage Studied Using Charged Ions}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781782623663-00176}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/9781782623663-00176}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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