High-resolution 3D visualization of ductular proliferation of bile duct ligation-induced liver fibrosis in rats using x-ray phase contrast computed tomography
单位:[1]College of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.[2]Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China.临床科室国家中心肝病分中心首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院
X-ray phase-contrast computed tomography (PCCT) can provide excellent image contrast for soft tissues with small density differences, and it is particularly appropriate for three-dimensional (3D) visualization of accurate microstructures inside biological samples. In this study, the morphological structures of proliferative bile ductules (BDs) were visualized without contrast agents via PCCT with liver fibrosis samples induced by bile duct ligation (BDL) in rats. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: sham operation group, 2-week and 6-week post-BDL groups. All livers were removed after euthanasia for a subsequent imaging. The verification of the ductular structures captured by PCCT was achieved by a careful head-to-head comparison with their corresponding histological images. Our experimental results demonstrated that PCCT images corresponded very well to the proliferative BDs shown by histological staining using cytokeratin 19 (CK19). Furthermore, the 3D density of proliferative BDs increased with the progression of liver fibrosis. In addition, PCCT accurately revealed the architecture of proliferative BDs in a 3D fashion, including the ductular ramification, the elongation and tortuosity of the branches, and the corrugations of the luminal duct surface. Thus, the high-resolution PCCT technique can improve our understanding of the characteristics of ductular proliferation from a new 3D perspective.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81371549, 81671683, 81670545]; WBE Liver Fibrosis Foundation of China [CFHPC20131033]; Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City in ChinaNatural Science Foundation of Tianjin [16JCYBJC28600]
第一作者单位:[1]College of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.
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Lili Qin,Xinyan Zhao,Jianbo Jian,et al.High-resolution 3D visualization of ductular proliferation of bile duct ligation-induced liver fibrosis in rats using x-ray phase contrast computed tomography[J].SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.2017,7:doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03993-2.
APA:
Lili Qin,Xinyan Zhao,Jianbo Jian,Yuqing Zhao,Mengyu Sun&Chunhong Hu.(2017).High-resolution 3D visualization of ductular proliferation of bile duct ligation-induced liver fibrosis in rats using x-ray phase contrast computed tomography.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,7,
MLA:
Lili Qin,et al."High-resolution 3D visualization of ductular proliferation of bile duct ligation-induced liver fibrosis in rats using x-ray phase contrast computed tomography".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7.(2017)