Journal
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages 403-406Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20142
Keywords
macrophage; MRI; microglia; stroke; iron staining
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Recently, macrophage infiltration in different central nervous system (CNS) pathologies has been visualized with ultrasmall particles of iron oxide (USPIO) as a new cell-specific contrast medium for MRI. However, validation of these findings at the histological level has been hampered by the fact that the in situ detection of iron uptake by conventional Prussian blue staining is not sensitive enough to detect low amounts of iron in the brain. Here, an improved method for the histochemical detection of USPIO uptake in ischemic brain lesions is reported. The procedure relies on the sequential enhancement of Prussian blue staining by diaminobenzidine and silver/gold impregnation. After photothrombotic cortical brain infarction, this method allowed sensitive in situ detection of iron-laden macrophages which matched both macrophage immunostaining and USPIO-induced signal alterations in high-resolution 7 T MRI. This staining method provides a basis for correlative histological assessment of USPIO-enhanced MRI in a broad spectrum of CNS pathologies.
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