Gadolinium chloride is a calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) agonist

Gadolinium chloride (GdCl ) , a well-known Kupffer/foam cell inhibitor, at late stages of NPC liver disease and compared it with NPC1 genetic rescue in hepatocytes in vivo.?GdCl treatment successfully blocked the endocytic capacity of hepatic Kupffer/foam measured by India ink endocytosis, decreased the levels CD68-A marker of Kupffer cells in the liver-and normalized the transaminase levels in serum of NPC mice to a similar extent to those obtained by genetic Npc1 rescue of liver cells.?Gadolinium salts are widely used as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrasts.?This study opens the possibility of targeting foam cells with gadolinium or by other means for improving NPC liver disease.?Synopsis: Gadolinium chloride can effectively rescue some parameters of liver dysfunction in NPC mice and its potential use in patients should be carefully evaluated.