1. Evaluating the correlation of the impairment between skeletal muscle and heart using MRI in a spontaneous type 2 diabetes mellitus rhesus monkey model.
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Chen Y, Zeng W, Chen W, Zhang Y, Zhu T, Sun J, Liang Z, Wang L, Yang Z, Wu B, Song B, Wang F, Liang Y, Gong L, Zheng J, and Gao F
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- Animals, Coronary Vessels diagnostic imaging, Coronary Vessels pathology, Diabetic Angiopathies diagnosis, Diabetic Angiopathies pathology, Diabetic Angiopathies physiopathology, Female, Heart physiopathology, Humans, Male, Microcirculation physiology, Muscle, Skeletal blood supply, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Muscle, Skeletal physiopathology, Myocardium pathology, Regional Blood Flow, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 complications, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 diagnosis, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 pathology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 physiopathology, Disease Models, Animal, Heart diagnostic imaging, Macaca mulatta, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Muscle, Skeletal diagnostic imaging
- Abstract
Aims: To investigate the correlation of impairment in skeletal muscle and heart in spontaneous type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rhesus monkeys using magnetic resonance image (MRI)., Methods: Fifteen T2DM monkeys and fourteen healthy control (HC) monkeys were included. The microcirculation of skeletal muscle [skeletal muscle blood flow (SMBF), skeletal muscle oxygen extraction fraction (SMOEF)] and the function and strain of heart were evaluated by MRI. Three regions of interests were chosen on the soleus muscle (SOL), gastrocnemius muscle (GAS) and tibialis anterior muscle (TA) for image analysis., Results: Eight T2DM monkeys and eight HC monkeys were obtained the full data. The SMBF reserves and SMOEF reserves were found significantly decreased in T2DM during inflation in SOL, GAS and TA muscles (all p < 0.05), and the SMBF reserves decreased during hyperemia in GAS and TA muscles (all p < 0.05). In these monkeys, the global peak longitudinal strain (longitudinal PS), peak systolic longitudinal strain rate (longitudinal PSSR) and peak diastolic longitudinal strain rate (longitudinal PDSR) were seen significantly different in T2DM compared to HC monkeys (all p < 0.05). The longitudinal PSSR was found negatively correlated with SMBF reserves in SOL, GAS and TA during inflation in all monkeys., Conclusions: The impaired microcirculation of skeletal muscle and the myocardial deformation were found in T2DM monkeys with normal ejection fraction. And a negative correlation was existed in the longitudinal PSSR and the SMBF reserves.
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- 2020
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