The use of micro-CT imaging to examine and illustrate fetal skeletal abnormalities in Dutch Belted rabbits and to prove concordance with Alizarin Red stained skeletal examination.
Birth Defects Res
; 110(3): 276-298, 2018 02 15.
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OBJECTIVES: In our laboratory we evaluated the use of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) using a high resolution acquisition protocol and fetuses obtained on Gestation Day (GD) 29 (mating = GD 0). METHODS: To show concordance between traditional Alizarin Red S stain and micro-CT skeletal examination methods, 103 fetuses from 19 untreated Dutch belted rabbits were obtained by cesarean section and stored frozen. The fetuses were thawed, imaged and examined digitally by micro-CT, then stained and re-examined using traditional methods. RESULTS: A total of 12 individual malformations and 35 unique variations were detected by both methods. Differences in the extent of ossification were found in only 51 of 26,196 bones while 99.8% of the observations were identical. Of the 51 differences, 31 were an unossified fifth medial phalanx of the forepaw indicating that very low-density skeletal bones may be visible by Alizarin Red stain but not by micro-CT scan. To establish this methodology under pharmaceutical testing conditions, we obtained and imaged by micro-CT Alizarin Red S stained abnormal fetal rabbit skeletons previously exposed to a drug candidate associated with craniofacial malformations in humans. All of the types of skeletal abnormalities first identified by staining were also detected by micro-CT examination. Representative images of these 66 different fetal skeletal abnormalities were characterized, and compiled to illustrate visual concordance between micro-CT scanned and traditional Alizarin Red S stained skeletons. CONCLUSION: Micro-CT imaging is an accurate, reliable and robust method that can be used as an alternative to stain when examining fetal rabbit skeletons in developmental toxicity studies.
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Coloración y Etiquetado
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Huesos
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Antraquinonas
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Microtomografía por Rayos X
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Animals
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Birth Defects Res
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2018
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Estados Unidos