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Multimodal functional cardiac MRI in creatine kinase-deficient mice reveals subtle abnormalities in myocardial perfusion and mechanics

¹Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik 1 and ²Physikalisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; ³Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and ⁴Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Submitted 3 October 2005 ; accepted in final form 12 January 2006

A decrease in the supply of ATP from the creatine kinase (CK) system is thought to contribute to the evolution of heart failure. However, previous studies on mice with a combined knockout of the mitochondrial and cytosolic CK (CK^–/–) have not revealed overt left ventricular dysfunction. The aim of this study was to employ novel MRI techniques to measure maximal myocardial velocity (V_max) and myocardial perfusion and thus determine whether abnormalities in the myocardial phenotype existed in CK^–/– mice, both at baseline and 4 wk after myocardial infarction (MI). As a result, myocardial hypertrophy was seen in all CK^–/– mice, but ejection fraction (EF) remained normal. V_max, however, was significantly reduced in the CK^–/– mice [wild-type, 2.32 ± 0.09 vs. CK^–/–, 1.43 ± 0.16 cm/s, P < 0.05; and wild-type MI, 1.53 ± 0.11 vs. CK^–/– MI, 1.26 ± 0.11 cm/s, P = not significant (NS), P < 0.05 vs. baseline]. Myocardial perfusion was also lower in the CK^–/– mice (wild-type, 6.68 ± 0.27 vs. CK^–/–, 4.12 ± 0.63 ml/g·min, P < 0.05; and wild-type MI, 3.97 ± 0.65 vs. CK^–/– MI, 3.71 ± 0.57 ml/g·min, P = NS, P < 0.05 vs. baseline), paralleled by a significantly reduced capillary density (histology). In conclusion, myocardial function in transgenic mice may appear normal when only gross indexes of performance such as EF are assessed. However, the use of a combination of novel MRI techniques to measure myocardial perfusion and mechanics allowed the abnormalities in the CK^–/– phenotype to be detected. The myocardium in CK-deficient mice is characterized by reduced perfusion and reduced maximal contraction velocity, suggesting that the myocardial hypertrophy seen in these mice cannot fully compensate for the absence of the CK system.

magnetic resonance imaging; contractility; myocardial infarction

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