Published January 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Imaging mass spectroscopy delineates the thinned and thickened walls of intracranial aneurysms

  • 1. Department of Clinical Innovative Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Neurosurgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (Japan)
  • 4. International Mass Imaging Center and Department of Cellular and Molecular Anatomy, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (Japan)
  • 5. Riken Center for Molecular Imaging Science (Japan)
  • 6. Division of Neural Systematics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (Japan)
  • 7. Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong (Japan)
  • 8. Preeminent Medical Photonics Education & Research Center (Japan)

Description

Highlights: • Heterogeneity of IA walls was examined with imaging mass spectroscopy. • Phosphatidylinositol (PI 18:0/20:4) was more abundant in the thickened wall of IAs. • SMCs in thick and thin wall were dedifferentiated and differentiated, respectively. • Dedifferentiated SMCs had higher levels of PI (18:0/20:4) than differentiated SMCs. • PI (18:0/20:4) could be associated with phenotypic switching of SMCs in rat IAs. The wall thickness of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) is heterogeneous. Although thinning of the IA wall is thought to contribute to IA rupture, the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood. Recently, imaging mass spectroscopy (IMS) has been used to reveal the distribution of phospholipids in vascular diseases. To investigate the feature of phospholipid composition of IA walls, we conducted IMS in a rat model of experimentally induced IA.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.10.133

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.10.133;
PII
S0006291X17321186;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Journal Volume
495
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 332-338
ISSN
0006-291X
CODEN
BBRCA9

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
53017129
Subject category
S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; VASCULAR DISEASES
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASES; ESTERS; LIPIDS; MAMMALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RODENTS; VERTEBRATES

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