目的:探讨家兔饥饿死亡过程中肝内31P磁共振波谱学(MRS)磷代谢物变化特征与病理改变相关性。方法:建立家兔饥饿死亡模型22只,分成2组,即病理组和MRS检测组。病理组12只:分成4个亚组,即正常对照组、过度饥饿组、濒临死亡组和死亡组,每组3只,取肝组织作病理检测。MRS检测组10只:分别于饥饿前、过度饥饿期、濒临死亡期及死亡期行^31P MRS检测4个阶段的磷代谢物含量变化,检测内容包括磷酸单脂(PME)、无机磷(Pi)、磷酸二脂(PDE)、三磷酸腺苷(ATP)的相对值,并与病理检测结果作对照分析。所有数据采用Kruskal-wallis H统计学方法进行非参数χ2检验,并用Sperman方法进行等级相关性检验。结果:家兔饥饿死亡过程分的4个阶段,即从正常-饥饿-濒临死亡-死亡,4种肝内磷代谢物相对量从正常至死亡过程中均出现明显变化,经统计学分析均有显著性差异,χ2值为23.13~35.41,P值均〈0.01;ATP相对值与疾病严重程度呈负相关,即随着病程加重呈明显下降趋势至最后耗尽,其相对值分别为2.54±0.53、1.73±0.14、0.88±0.23、0.05±0.08,经等级相关性检验,rs=1.0,P〈0.01;而PDE和Pi相对值均呈正相关,即随着病程加重呈明显上升趋势,死亡后最高,PDE相对值分别为1.25±0.54、2.76±0.23、3.33±0.49、3.87±0.43,Pi相对值分别为0.42±0.02、0.65±0.05、0.89±0.15、0.99±0.08。经等级相关性检验,rs=1.0,P〈0.01;PME相对值与病程无明显相关性,经等级相关性检验,rs=0.4,P=0.6。家兔从正常-饥饿-濒临死亡-死亡4个阶段的病理改变为:肝细胞形态逐渐变小、数量减少;肝细胞肿胀、变性逐渐加重,并最终出现不同程度肝出血和肝细胞坏死。结论:^31P MRS可动态监测并准确反映家兔从饥饿到死亡过程中磷代谢变化特征,肝细胞的损伤程度与多种磷代谢物含量变化有明显相关性。
Objective: To investigate the biochemical metabolic changes detected by phosphorus-31 MR spectroscopy(31P MRS) with pathologic changes in the liver of fasting rabbits.Methods: A total of 22 rabbits were under the starvation up to death to establish animal models.Hepatic 31P MRS was performed in different period of 10 rabbits including normal condition,over-starvation,agonal condition and death after 30 min.Other 9 rabbits were divided into three type including over-starvation,agonal condition and death group with 3 rabbits in each group,and 3 healthy rabbits served as controls.All the 12 rabbits were sacrificed for the hepatic pathological examination.The MR examination was performed on a 1.5 T imager using a 1H/31P surface coil by the 2D chemical shift imaging technique.The relative quantities of phosphomonoesters(PME),phosphodiesters(PDE),inorganic phosphate(Pi) and adenosine triphosphate(ATP) were measured.Results: All the relative quantification of phosphorus metabolites were changed significantly from starvation to death(χ2 =23.13-35.41,P0.01).The relative quantifications of ATP of normal condition,over-starvation,agonal condition and death were 2.54±0.53,1.73±0.14,0.88±0.23 and 0.05±0.08,respectively(rs=1.0,P0.01).The relative quantifications of PDE from normal to death were 1.25±0.54,2.76±0.23,3.33±0.49 and 3.87±0.43,respectively,and those of Pi were 0.42±0.02,0.65±0.05,0.89±0.15 and 0.99±0.08,respectively(rs= 1.0,P0.01).The relative quantifications of PME were also significantly changed(rs=0.4,P=0.6).The pathologic changes of normal condition,over-starvation,agonal condition and death:decreased size of hepatocytes,loss of cell number,cellular swelling,degeneration and cell necrosis or hepatic hemorrhage became more and more pronounced.Conclusion: 31P MRS can monitor dynamic changes of relative quantification of phosphorus metabolites,which are correlated with the pathological severity of acute hepatic injury by fasting.