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Tkaczyk ER, Tkaczyk AH. Multiphoton flow cytometry strategies and applications. Cytometry A 2011; 79:775-88. [DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.21110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nedosekin DA, Sarimollaoglu M, Ye JH, Galanzha EI, Zharov VP. In vivo ultra-fast photoacoustic flow cytometry of circulating human melanoma cells using near-infrared high-pulse rate lasers. Cytometry A 2011; 79:825-33. [PMID: 21786417 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.21102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2011] [Revised: 06/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The circulating tumor cells (CTCs) appear to be a marker of metastasis development, especially, for highly aggressive and epidemically growing melanoma malignancy that is often metastatic at early stages. Recently, we introduced in vivo photoacoustic (PA) flow cytometry (PAFC) for label-free detection of mouse B16F10 CTCs in melanoma-bearing mice using melanin as an intrinsic marker. Here, we significantly improve the speed of PAFC by using a high-pulse repetition rate laser operating at 820 and 1064 nm wavelengths. This platform was used in preclinical studies for label-free PA detection of low-pigmented human CTCs. Demonstrated label-free PAFC detection, low level of background signals, and favorable safety standards for near-infrared irradiation suggest that a fiber laser operating at 1064 nm at pulse repetition rates up to 0.5 MHz could be a promising source for portable clinical PAFC devices. The possible applications can include early diagnosis of melanoma at the parallel progression of primary tumor and CTCs, detection of cancer recurrence, residual disease and real-time monitoring of therapy efficiency by counting CTCs before, during, and after therapeutic intervention. Herewith, we also address sensitivity of label-free detection of melanoma CTCs and introduce in vivo CTC targeting by magnetic nanoparticles conjugated with specific antibody and magnetic cells enrichment.
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- Dmitry A Nedosekin
- Philips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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Morgan SP. Can new optical techniques for in vivo imaging and flow cytometry of the microcirculation benefit sickle cell disease research? Cytometry A 2011; 79:766-74. [PMID: 21744494 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.21101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Revised: 04/25/2011] [Accepted: 06/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Intravital microscopy is a valuable tool for research into sickle cell disease with studies being carried out on transgenic mice and human volunteers. The method has helped to develop an explanation for sickle crises based on cell adhesion to the vascular endothelium followed by logjamming of rigid sickle cells and has stimulated much research into new treatments. In recent years there have been numerous new optical techniques developed for imaging the microcirculation and understanding the circulation of cells within the body, many of which have been further developed into in vivo flow cytometry techniques. This brief review highlights some of the progress made to date in the understanding of sickle cell disease using intravital microscopy. New techniques for imaging the microcirculation and their potential uses in understanding sickle cell disease are discussed.
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- Stephen P Morgan
- Electrical Systems and Optics Research Division, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham. NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
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Roach M, Alberini JL, Pecking AP, Testori A, Verrecchia F, Soteldo J, Ganswindt U, Joyal JL, Babich JW, Witte RS, Unger E, Gottlieb R. Diagnostic and therapeutic imaging for cancer: therapeutic considerations and future directions. J Surg Oncol 2011; 103:587-601. [PMID: 21480253 DOI: 10.1002/jso.21805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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As cancer treatment cost soar and the mantra for "personalized medicine" grows louder, we will increasingly be searching for solutions to these diametrically opposed forces. In this review we highlight several exciting novel imaging strategies including MRI, CT, PET SPECT, sentinel node, and ultrasound imaging that hold great promise for improving outcomes through detection of lymph node involvement. We provide clinical data that demonstrate how these evolving strategies have the potential to transform treatment paradigms.
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- Mack Roach
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Servais EL, Colovos C, Bograd AJ, White J, Sadelain M, Adusumilli PS. Animal models and molecular imaging tools to investigate lymph node metastases. J Mol Med (Berl) 2011; 89:753-69. [PMID: 21556810 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-011-0764-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Revised: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 04/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Lymph node metastasis is a strong predictor of poor outcome in cancer patients. Animal studies of lymph node metastasis are constrained by difficulties in the establishment of appropriate animal models, limitations in the noninvasive monitoring of lymph node metastasis progression, and challenges in the pathologic confirmation of lymph node metastases. In this comprehensive review, we summarize available preclinical animal cancer models for noninvasive imaging and identification of lymph node metastases of non-hematogenous cancers. Furthermore, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of common noninvasive imaging modalities used to identify tumor-bearing lymph nodes and provide guidelines for their pathological confirmation.
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- Elliot L Servais
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY 10065, USA
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Cytometric techniques are continually being improved, refined, and adapted to new applications. This chapter briefly outlines recent advances in the field of cytometry with the main focus on new instrumentations in flow and image cytometry as well as new probes suitable for multiparametric analyses. There is a remarkable trend for miniaturizing cytometers, developing label-free and fluorescence-free analytical approaches, and designing "intelligent" probes. Furthermore, new methods for analyzing complex data for extracting relevant information are reviewed.
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Brusnichkin AV, Nedosekin DA, Galanzha EI, Vladimirov YA, Shevtsova EF, Proskurnin MA, Zharov VP. Ultrasensitive label-free photothermal imaging, spectral identification, and quantification of cytochrome c in mitochondria, live cells, and solutions. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2010. [PMID: 20572284 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.v3.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Light-absorbing endogenous cellular proteins, in particular cytochrome c, are used as intrinsic biomarkers for studies of cell biology and environment impacts. To sense cytochrome c against real biological backgrounds, we combined photothermal (PT) thermal-lens single-channel schematic in a back-synchronized measurement mode and a multiplex thermal-lens schematic in a transient high resolution (ca. 350 nm) imaging mode. These multifunctional PT techniques using continuous-wave (cw) Ar+ laser and a nanosecond pulsed optical parametric oscillator in the visible range demonstrated the capability for label-free spectral identification and quantification of trace amounts of cytochrome c in a single mitochondrion alone or within a single live cell. PT imaging data were verified in parallel by molecular targeting and fluorescent imaging of cellular cytochrome c. The detection limit of cytochrome c in a cw mode was 5 x 10(-9) mol/L (80 attomols in the signal-generation zone); that is ca. 10³ lower than conventional absorption spectroscopy. Pulsed fast PT microscopy provided the detection limit for cytochrome c at the level of 13 zmol (13 x 10(-21) mol) in the ultrasmall irradiated volumes limited by optical diffraction effects. For the first time, we demonstrate a combination of high resolution PT imaging with PT spectral identification and ultrasensitive quantitative PT characterization of cytochrome c within individual mitochondria in single live cells. A potential of far-field PT microscopy to sub-zeptomol detection thresholds, resolution beyond diffraction limit, PT Raman spectroscopy, and 3D imaging are further highlighted.
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- Anton V Brusnichkin
- Chemistry Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob'evy Hills 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Brusnichkin AV, Nedosekin DA, Galanzha EI, Vladimirov YA, Shevtsova EF, Proskurnin MA, Zharov VP. Ultrasensitive label-free photothermal imaging, spectral identification, and quantification of cytochrome c in mitochondria, live cells, and solutions. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2010; 3:791-806. [PMID: 20572284 PMCID: PMC3350104 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201000012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Light-absorbing endogenous cellular proteins, in particular cytochrome c, are used as intrinsic biomarkers for studies of cell biology and environment impacts. To sense cytochrome c against real biological backgrounds, we combined photothermal (PT) thermal-lens single-channel schematic in a back-synchronized measurement mode and a multiplex thermal-lens schematic in a transient high resolution (ca. 350 nm) imaging mode. These multifunctional PT techniques using continuous-wave (cw) Ar+ laser and a nanosecond pulsed optical parametric oscillator in the visible range demonstrated the capability for label-free spectral identification and quantification of trace amounts of cytochrome c in a single mitochondrion alone or within a single live cell. PT imaging data were verified in parallel by molecular targeting and fluorescent imaging of cellular cytochrome c. The detection limit of cytochrome c in a cw mode was 5 x 10(-9) mol/L (80 attomols in the signal-generation zone); that is ca. 10³ lower than conventional absorption spectroscopy. Pulsed fast PT microscopy provided the detection limit for cytochrome c at the level of 13 zmol (13 x 10(-21) mol) in the ultrasmall irradiated volumes limited by optical diffraction effects. For the first time, we demonstrate a combination of high resolution PT imaging with PT spectral identification and ultrasensitive quantitative PT characterization of cytochrome c within individual mitochondria in single live cells. A potential of far-field PT microscopy to sub-zeptomol detection thresholds, resolution beyond diffraction limit, PT Raman spectroscopy, and 3D imaging are further highlighted.
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- Anton V. Brusnichkin
- Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob’evy Hills 1/3, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob’evy Hills 1/3, Moscow, 119991, Russia
- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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- Faculty of Basic Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Lomonosovskii prosp. 31-5, Moscow, 117192, Russia
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, 142432, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorob’evy Hills 1/3, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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Nedosekin DA, Shashkov EV, Galanzha EI, Hennings L, Zharov VP. Photothermal multispectral image cytometry for quantitative histology of nanoparticles and micrometastasis in intact, stained and selectively burned tissues. Cytometry A 2010; 77:1049-58. [PMID: 20949577 PMCID: PMC3339495 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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There is a rapidly growing interest in the advanced analysis of histological data and the development of appropriate detection technologies in particular for mapping of nanoparticle distributions in tissue in nanomedicine applications. We evaluated photothermal (PT) scanning cytometry for color-coded imaging, spectral identification, and quantitative detection of individual nanoparticles and abnormal cells in histological samples with and without staining. Using this tool, individual carbon nanotubes, gold nanorods, and melanoma cells with intrinsic melanin markers were identified in unstained (e.g. sentinel lymph nodes) and conventionally-stained tissues. In addition, we introduced a spectral burning technique for histology through selective laser bleaching areas with nondesired absorption background and nanobubble-based PT signal amplification. The obtained data demonstrated the promise of PT cytometry in the analysis of low-absorption samples and mapping of various individual nanoparticles' distribution that would be impossible with existing assays. Comparison of PT cytometry and photoacoustic (PA) cytometry previously developed by us, revealed that these methods supplement each other with a sensitivity advantage (up to 10-fold) of contactless PT technique in assessment of thin (≤100 μm) histological samples, while PA imaging provides characterization of thicker samples which, however, requires an acoustic contact with transducers. A potential of high-speed integrated PT-PA cytometry for express histology and immunohistochemistry of both intact and stained heterogeneous tissues with high sensitivity at the zepromolar concentration level is further highlighted.
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- Dmitry A. Nedosekin
- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Cheung KC, Di Berardino M, Schade-Kampmann G, Hebeisen M, Pierzchalski A, Bocsi J, Mittag A, Tárnok A. Microfluidic impedance-based flow cytometry. Cytometry A 2010; 77:648-66. [PMID: 20583276 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Microfabricated flow cytometers can detect, count, and analyze cells or particles using microfluidics and electronics to give impedance-based characterization. Such systems are being developed to provide simple, low-cost, label-free, and portable solutions for cell analysis. Recent work using microfabricated systems has demonstrated the capability to analyze micro-organisms, erythrocytes, leukocytes, and animal and human cell lines. Multifrequency impedance measurements can give multiparametric, high-content data that can be used to distinguish cell types. New combinations of microfluidic sample handling design and microscale flow phenomena have been used to focus and position cells within the channel for improved sensitivity. Robust designs will enable focusing at high flowrates while reducing requirements for control over multiple sample and sheath flows. Although microfluidic impedance-based flow cytometers have not yet or may never reach the extremely high throughput of conventional flow cytometers, the advantages of portability, simplicity, and ability to analyze single cells in small populations are, nevertheless, where chip-based cytometry can make a large impact.
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- Karen C Cheung
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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Zucker RM, Massaro EJ, Sanders KM, Degn LL, Boyes WK. Detection of TiO2 nanoparticles in cells by flow cytometry. Cytometry A 2010; 77:677-85. [PMID: 20564539 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Evaluation of the potential hazard of man-made nanomaterials has been hampered by a limited ability to observe and measure nanoparticles in cells. In this study, different concentrations of TiO(2) nanoparticles were suspended in cell culture medium. The suspension was then sonicated and characterized by dynamic light scattering and microscopy. Cultured human-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells (ARPE-19) were incubated with TiO(2) nanoparticles at 0, 0.1, 0.3, 1, 3, 10, and 30 microg/ml for 24 hours. Cellular reactions to nanoparticles were evaluated using flow cytometry and dark field microscopy. A FACSCalibur flow cytometer was used to measure changes in light scatter after nanoparticle incubation. Both the side scatter and forward scatter changed substantially in response to the TiO(2). From 0.1 to 30 microg/ml TiO(2), the side scatter increased sequentially while the forward scatter decreased, presumably due to substantial light reflection by the TiO(2) particles. Based on the parameters of morphology and the calcein-AM/propidium iodide viability assay, TiO(2) concentrations below 30 microg/ml TiO(2) caused minimal cytotoxicity. Microscopic analysis was done on the same cells using an E-800 Nikon microscope containing a xenon light source and special dark field objectives. At the lowest concentrations of TiO(2) (0.1-0.3 microg/ml), the flow cytometer could detect as few as 5-10 nanoparticles per cell due to intense light scattering by TiO(2). Rings of concentrated nanoparticles were observed around the nuclei in the vicinity of the endoplasmic reticulum at higher concentrations. These data suggest that the uptake of nanoparticles within cells can be monitored with flow cytometry and confirmed by dark field microscopy. This approach may help fulfill a critical need for the scientific community to assess the relationship between nanoparticle dose and cellular toxicity Such experiments could potentially be performed more quickly and easily using the flow cytometer to measure both nanoparticle uptake and cellular health.
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- R M Zucker
- Toxicology Assessment Division (MD-67), National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA
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Dixon JB. Lymphatic lipid transport: sewer or subway? Trends Endocrinol Metab 2010; 21:480-7. [PMID: 20541951 PMCID: PMC2914116 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2010.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2010] [Revised: 04/29/2010] [Accepted: 04/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The lymphatics began receiving attention in the scientific community as early as 1622, when Gasparo Aselli noted the appearance of milky-white vessels in the mesentery of a well-fed dog. Since this time, the lymphatic system has been historically regarded as the sewer of the vasculature, passively draining fluid and proteins from the interstitial spaces (along with lipid from the gut) into the blood. Recent reports, however, suggest that the lymphatic role in lipid transport is an active and intricate process, and that when lymphatic function is compromised, there are systemic consequences to lipid metabolism and transport. This review highlights these recent findings, and suggests future directions for understanding the interplay between lymphatic and lipid biology in health and disease.
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- J Brandon Dixon
- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
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Staley J, Grogan P, Samadi AK, Cui H, Cohen MS, Yang X. Growth of melanoma brain tumors monitored by photoacoustic microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:040510. [PMID: 20799777 DOI: 10.1117/1.3478309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Melanoma is a primary malignancy that is known to metastasize to the brain and often causes death. The ability to image the growth of brain melanoma in vivo can provide new insights into its evolution and response to therapies. In our study, we use a reflection mode photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) system to detect the growth of melanoma brain tumor in a small animal model. The melanoma tumor cells are implanted in the brain of a mouse at the beginning of the test. Then, PAM is used to scan the region of implantation in the mouse brain, and the growth of the melanoma is monitored until the death of the animal. It is demonstrated that PAM is capable of detecting and monitoring the brain melanoma growth noninvasively in vivo.
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Chang YC, Ye JY, Thomas TP, Cao Z, Kotlyar A, Tkaczyk ER, Baker JR, Norris TB. Fiber-optic multiphoton flow cytometry in whole blood and in vivo. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:047004. [PMID: 20799835 PMCID: PMC2924903 DOI: 10.1117/1.3463481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream are sensitive indicators for metastasis and disease prognosis. Circulating cells have usually been monitored via extraction from blood, and more recently in vivo using free-space optics; however, long-term intravital monitoring of rare circulating cells remains a major challenge. We demonstrate the application of a two-photon-fluorescence optical fiber probe for the detection of cells in whole blood and in vivo. A double-clad fiber was used to enhance the detection sensitivity. Two-channel detection was employed to enable simultaneous measurement of multiple fluorescent markers. Because the fiber probe circumvents scattering and absorption from whole blood, the detected signal strength from fluorescent cells was found to be similar in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and in whole blood. The detection efficiency of cells labeled with the membrane-binding dye 1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindoldicarbocyanine, 4-chlorobenzenesulfonate (DiD) was demonstrated to be the same in PBS and in whole blood. A high detection efficiency of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing cells in whole blood was also demonstrated. To characterize in vivo detection, DiD-labeled untransfected and GFP-transfected cells were injected into live mice, and the cell circulation dynamics was monitored in real time. The detection efficiency of GFP-expressing cells in vivo was consistent with that observed ex vivo in whole blood.
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- Yu-Chung Chang
- National Changhua University of Education, Department of Electrical Engineering, Changhua, Taiwan.
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Chaney EJ, Tang L, Tong R, Cheng J, Boppart SA. Lymphatic biodistribution of polylactide nanoparticles. Mol Imaging 2010; 9:153-162. [PMID: 20487681 PMCID: PMC3699327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
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Tumor metastases occur through both the cardiovascular and lymphatic circulations. However, the majority of nanoparticle biodistribution studies have been focused on the cardiovascular circulation. In this study, we report the formulation of Cy5-labeled polylactide (Cy5-PLA) nanoparticles with controlled size and surface features and the subsequent evaluation of their lymphatic biodistribution. Cy5-PLA nanoparticles were formulated through Cy5/(BDI)ZnN(TMS)2-mediated [(BDI) = 2-((2,6-diisopropylphenyl)amido)-4-((2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-imino)-2-pentene] ring-opening polymerization of lactide followed by nanoprecipitation. Their lymphatic biodistribution was evaluated by using whole-body fluorescence imaging of nude mice and ex vivo fluorescence imaging of the resected organs. This technique has the potential for providing optical contrast and drug delivery through the lymphatic circulation for the treatment of metastatic cancer.
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- Eric J Chaney
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Chaney EJ, Tang L, Tong R, Cheng J, Boppart SA. Lymphatic Biodistribution of Polylactide Nanoparticles. Mol Imaging 2010. [DOI: 10.2310/7290.2010.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Eric J. Chaney
- From the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Medicine; and Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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- From the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Medicine; and Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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- From the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Medicine; and Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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- From the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Medicine; and Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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- From the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology; Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Medicine; and Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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Nedosekin DA, Sarimollaoglu M, Shashkov EV, Galanzha EI, Zharov VP. Ultra-fast photoacoustic flow cytometry with a 0.5 MHz pulse repetition rate nanosecond laser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2010; 18:8605-20. [PMID: 20588705 PMCID: PMC2898905 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.008605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In vivo photoacoustic (PA) flow cytometry (PAFC) has great potential for detecting disease-associated biomarkers in blood and lymph flow, as well as real-time control of the efficacy of photothermal (PT) and other therapies through the counting of circulating abnormal objects. We report on a high speed PAFC with a Yb-doped fiber laser having a 0.5-MHz pulse repetition rate at a wavelength of 1064 nm, pulse width of 10 ns, and energy up to 100 microJ. This is the first biomedical application of PA and PT techniques operating at the highest pulse repetition rate of nanosecond lasers that provide 100-fold enhancement in detection speed of carbon nanotube clusters, as well as real-time monitoring of the flow velocity of individual targets through the width of PA signals. The laser pulse rate limits for PT and PA techniques depending on the sizes of laser beam and targets and flow velocity are discussed. We propose time-overlapping mode and generation of periodic nano- and microbubbles as PA-signal and PT-therapy amplifiers, including discrimination of small absorbing targets among large ones. Taking into account the relatively low level of background signals from most biotissues at 1064 nm, our data suggest that a nanosecond Yb-doped fiber laser operating at high pulse repetition rate could be a promising optical source for time-resolved PA and PT cytometry, imaging, microscopy, and therapy, including detection of nanoparticles and cells flowing at velocities up to 2.5 m/s.
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- Dmitry A. Nedosekin
- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, AR, 72205,
USA
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, AR, 72205,
USA
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, AR, 72205,
USA
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow 119991,
Russia
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, AR, 72205,
USA
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, AR, 72205,
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Pauli J, Brehm R, Spieles M, Kaiser WA, Hilger I, Resch-Genger U. Novel fluorophores as building blocks for optical probes for in vivo near infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging. J Fluoresc 2010; 20:681-93. [PMID: 20213244 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-010-0603-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aiming at the identification of new fluorescent reporters for targeted optical probes, we assessed the application-relevant features of a novel asymmetric cyanine, DY-681, in comparison to the only clinically approved dye indocyanine green (ICG), the golden imaging standard Cy5.5, and the asymmetric cyanine DY-676 successfully exploited by us for the design of different contrast agents. This comparison included the analysis of the spectroscopic properties of the free fluorophores and their thermal stability in aqueous solution as well as their cytotoxic potential. In addition, the absorption and emission features of IgG-conjugated DY-681 were examined. The trimethine DY-681 exhibited spectral features closely resembling that of the pentamethine Cy5.5. Its high thermal stability in phosphate buffer saline (PBS) solution in conjunction with its low cytotoxicity, reaching similar values as determined for Cy5.5 and DY-676, renders this dye more attractive as ICG and, due to its improved fluorescence quantum yield in PBS, also superior to DY-676. Although in PBS, Cy5.5 was still more fluorescent, the fluorescence quantum yields (Phi(f)) of DY-681 and Cy5.5 in PBS containing 5 mass-% bovine serum albumin (BSA) were comparable. Labeling experiments with DY-681 and the model antibody IgG revealed promisingly high Phi(f) values of the bioconjugated dye.
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- Jutta Pauli
- BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Division I.5, Richard-Willstaetter-Str. 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Yao J, Wang LV. Transverse flow imaging based on photoacoustic Doppler bandwidth broadening. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:021304. [PMID: 20459226 PMCID: PMC2857455 DOI: 10.1117/1.3339953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We propose a new method to measure transverse flow velocity based on photoacoustic Doppler bandwidth broadening, which is determined by the geometry of the probe-beam and the velocity of the transverse flow. By exploiting pulsed laser excitation and raster motor scanning, three-dimensional structure and flow velocity can be imaged simultaneously. In addition, the flow direction can be determined with bidirectional scanning. In a flowing suspension of red-dyed microspheres (diameter: 6 microm), transverse flow speeds ranging from 0 to 2.5 mms as well as flow direction were measured. A cross-sectional flow image was also obtained with the tube laid in a zigzag pattern.
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- Junjie Yao
- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Optical Imaging Laboratory, Campus Box 1097, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Hu S, Wang LV. Photoacoustic imaging and characterization of the microvasculature. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:011101. [PMID: 20210427 PMCID: PMC2821418 DOI: 10.1117/1.3281673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2009] [Revised: 09/15/2009] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Photoacoustic (optoacoustic) tomography, combining optical absorption contrast and highly scalable spatial resolution (from micrometer optical resolution to millimeter acoustic resolution), has broken through the fundamental penetration limit of optical ballistic imaging modalities-including confocal microscopy, two-photon microscopy, and optical coherence tomography-and has achieved high spatial resolution at depths down to the diffusive regime. Optical absorption contrast is highly desirable for microvascular imaging and characterization because of the presence of endogenous strongly light-absorbing hemoglobin. We focus on the current state of microvascular imaging and characterization based on photoacoustics. We first review the three major embodiments of photoacoustic tomography: microscopy, computed tomography, and endoscopy. We then discuss the methods used to characterize important functional parameters, such as total hemoglobin concentration, hemoglobin oxygen saturation, and blood flow. Next, we highlight a few representative applications in microvascular-related physiological and pathophysiological research, including hemodynamic monitoring, chronic imaging, tumor-vascular interaction, and neurovascular coupling. Finally, several potential technical advances toward clinical applications are suggested, and a few technical challenges in contrast enhancement and fluence compensation are summarized.
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- Song Hu
- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA
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Wang Q, Ornstein M, Kaufman HL. Imaging the immune response to monitor tumor immunotherapy. Expert Rev Vaccines 2009; 8:1427-37. [PMID: 19803763 DOI: 10.1586/erv.09.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The goal of cancer immunotherapy is to promote antitumor immunity, and novel approaches include vaccination, adoptive transfer of tumor-reactive T cells, and administration of monoclonal antibodies and small molecules that target immune regulatory pathways. The molecular and cellular events responsible for tumor rejection are not completely defined and correlative studies have been used to help understand the mechanisms and extent of immune activation and tumor regression with these approaches. The real-time monitoring of immune responses to immunotherapy has been challenging as specific cell subsets may be difficult to define, and molecular pathways have evolved functionally diverse outcomes in different cells and in different tissues. Recently, improvements in optics and digital imaging have led to novel imaging techniques that make it possible to track the migration of individual immune cells ex vivo and in vivo, and to detect the dynamic interactions between T cells and antigen-presenting cells or tumor cells within complex microenvironments, including lymphoid tissue and established tumors. This review will explain some of the more established imaging techniques and discuss their role in monitoring the immune response in patients treated with various tumor immunotherapy approaches.
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- Qin Wang
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Galanzha EI, Shashkov EV, Kelly T, Kim JW, Yang L, Zharov VP. In vivo magnetic enrichment and multiplex photoacoustic detection of circulating tumour cells. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2009; 4:855-60. [PMID: 19915570 PMCID: PMC3663137 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 381] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2009] [Accepted: 10/01/2009] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The spread of cancer cells between organs, a process known as metastasis, is the cause of most cancer deaths. Detecting circulating tumour cells -- a common marker for the development of metastasis -- is difficult because ex vivo methods are not sensitive enough owing to limited blood sample volume and in vivo diagnosis is time-consuming as large volumes of blood must be analysed. Here, we show a way to magnetically capture circulating tumour cells in the bloodstream of mice followed by rapid photoacoustic detection. Magnetic nanoparticles, which were functionalized to target a receptor commonly found in breast cancer cells, bound and captured circulating tumour cells under a magnet. To improve detection sensitivity and specificity, gold-plated carbon nanotubes conjugated with folic acid were used as a second contrast agent for photoacoustic imaging. By integrating in vivo multiplex targeting, magnetic enrichment, signal amplification and multicolour recognition, our approach allows circulating tumour cells to be concentrated from a large volume of blood in the vessels of tumour-bearing mice, and this could have potential for the early diagnosis of cancer and the prevention of metastasis in humans.
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- Ekaterina I. Galanzha
- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
- Saratov State University, Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Institute for Nanoscale Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
- Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to V.P.Z.
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Galanzha EI, Kim JW, Zharov VP. Nanotechnology-based molecular photoacoustic and photothermal flow cytometry platform for in-vivo detection and killing of circulating cancer stem cells. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2009; 2:725-35. [PMID: 19957272 PMCID: PMC2910622 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200910078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In-vivo multicolor photoacoustic (PA) flow cytometry for ultrasensitive molecular detection of the CD44+ circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is demonstrated on a mouse model of human breast cancer. Targeting of CTCs with stem-like phenotype, which are naturally shed from parent tumors, was performed with functionalized gold and magnetic nanoparticles. Results in vivo were verified in vitro with a multifunctional microscope, which integrates PA, photothermal (PT), fluorescent and transmission modules. Magnet-induced clustering of magnetic nanoparticles in individual cells significantly amplified PT and PA signals. The novel noninvasive platform, which integrates multispectral PA detection and PT therapy with a potential for multiplex targeting of many cancer biomarkers using multicolor nanoparticles, may prospectively solve grand challenges in cancer research for diagnosis and purging of undetectable yet tumor-initiating cells in circulation before they form metastasis.
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- Ekaterina I Galanzha
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Institute for Nanoscale Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA.
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Galanzha EI, Shashkov EV, Spring PM, Suen JY, Zharov VP. In vivo, noninvasive, label-free detection and eradication of circulating metastatic melanoma cells using two-color photoacoustic flow cytometry with a diode laser. Cancer Res 2009; 69:7926-34. [PMID: 19826056 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-4900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The circulating tumor cell (CTC) count has been shown as a prognostic marker for metastasis development. However, its clinical utility for metastasis prevention remains unclear, because metastases may already be present at the time of initial diagnosis with existing assays. Their sensitivity ex vivo is limited by a small blood sample volume, whereas in vivo examination of larger blood volumes may be clinically restricted by the toxicity of labels used for targeting of CTCs. We introduce a method for in vivo photoacoustic blood cancer testing with a high-pulse-repetition-rate diode laser that, when applied to melanoma, is free of this limitation. It uses the overexpression of melanin clusters as intrinsic, spectrally-specific cancer markers and signal amplifiers, thus providing higher photoacoustic contrast of melanoma cells compared with a blood background. In tumor-bearing mouse models and melanoma-spiked human blood samples, we showed a sensitivity level of 1 CTC/mL with the potential to improve this sensitivity 10(3)-fold in humans in vivo, which is impossible with existing assays. Additional advances of this platform include decreased background signals from blood through changes in its oxygenation, osmolarity, and hematocrit within physiologic norms, assessment of CTCs in deep vessels, in vivo CTC enrichment, and photoacoustic-guided photothermal ablation of CTCs in the bloodstream. These advances make feasible the early diagnosis of melanoma during the initial parallel progression of primary tumor and CTCs, and laser blood purging using noninvasive or hemodialysis-like schematics for the prevention of metastasis.
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- Ekaterina I Galanzha
- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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Kim JW, Galanzha EI, Shashkov EV, Moon HM, Zharov VP. Golden carbon nanotubes as multimodal photoacoustic and photothermal high-contrast molecular agents. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2009; 4:688-94. [PMID: 19809462 PMCID: PMC3663138 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 477] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes have shown promise as contrast agents for photoacoustic and photothermal imaging of tumours and infections because they offer high resolution and allow deep tissue imaging. However, in vivo applications have been limited by the relatively low absorption displayed by nanotubes at near-infrared wavelengths and concerns over toxicity. Here, we show that gold-plated carbon nanotubes-termed golden carbon nanotubes-can be used as photoacoustic and photothermal contrast agents with enhanced near-infrared contrast ( approximately 10(2)-fold) for targeting lymphatic vessels in mice using extremely low laser fluence levels of a few mJ cm(-2). Antibody-conjugated golden carbon nanotubes were used to map the lymphatic endothelial receptor, and preliminary in vitro viability tests show golden carbon nanotubes have minimal toxicity. This new nanomaterial could be an effective alternative to existing nanoparticles and fluorescent labels for non-invasive targeted imaging of molecular structures in vivo.
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- Jin-Woo Kim
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Institute for Nanoscale Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
- Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to J.-W.K. and V.P.Z. ;
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
- Saratov State University, Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov 410012, Russia
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Institute for Nanoscale Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
- Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to J.-W.K. and V.P.Z. ;
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Galanzha EI, Kokoska MS, Shashkov EV, Kim JW, Tuchin VV, Zharov VP. In vivo fiber-based multicolor photoacoustic detection and photothermal purging of metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes targeted by nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2009; 2:528-39. [PMID: 19743443 PMCID: PMC3663141 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200910046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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This report introduces a novel diagnostic and therapeutic platform for in vivo non-invasive detection and treatment of metastases in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) at single cell level using an integrated system of multicolor photoacoustic (PA) lymph flow cytometry, PA lymphography, absorption image cytometry, and photothermal (PT) therapy. A melanoma-bearing mouse model was used to demonstrate the capability of this platform for real-time lymphatic mapping, counting of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) in prenodal lymphatics, and detecting metastasis in SLNs and its purging. The detection and ablation of non-pigmented breast cancer cells in SLNs was achieved by labeling them with nanoparticles. The association between DTC count and SLN metastasis progression supports lymphatic DTCs as a novel prognostic marker of metastasis. The fiber-based portable PA device may replace the conventional SLN(s) excision and histology-based staging. The earliest detection of DTCs in the lymphatic vessels before the establishment of nodal metastasis may prevent metastasis by well-timed ablation of DTCs.
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- Ekaterina I Galanzha
- Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Phillips Classic Laser & Nanomedicine Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Yao J, Maslov K, Hu S, Wang LV. Evans blue dye-enhanced capillary-resolution photoacoustic microscopy in vivo. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2009; 14:054049. [PMID: 19895150 PMCID: PMC2782364 DOI: 10.1117/1.3251044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Complete and continuous imaging of microvascular networks is crucial for a wide variety of biomedical applications. Photoacoustic tomography can provide high resolution microvascular imaging using hemoglobin within red blood cells (RBCs) as an endogenic contrast agent. However, intermittent RBC flow in capillaries results in discontinuous and fragmentary capillary images. To overcome this problem, we use Evans blue (EB) dye as a contrast agent for in vivo photoacoustic imaging. EB has strong optical absorption and distributes uniformly in the blood stream by chemically binding to albumin. With the help of EB, complete and continuous microvascular networks--especially capillaries--are imaged. The diffusion dynamics of EB leaving the blood stream and the clearance dynamics of the EB-albumin complex are also quantitatively investigated.
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- Junjie Yao
- Washington University in St. Louis, Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is probably the fastest growing biomedical imaging technology owing to its capability of high-resolution sensing of rich optical contrast in vivo at depths beyond the optical transport mean free path (~1 mm in the skin). Existing high-resolution optical imaging technologies, such as confocal microscopy and two-photon microscopy, have fundamentally impacted biomedicine but cannot reach such depths. Taking advantage of low ultrasonic scattering, PAT indirectly improves tissue transparency by 100 to 1000 fold and consequently enables deeply penetrating functional and molecular imaging at high spatial resolution. Further, PAT holds the promise of in vivo imaging at multiple length scales ranging from subcellular organelles to organs with the same contrast origin, an important application in multiscale systems biology research.
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- Lihong V Wang
- Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1097, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
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Olszewski WL, Tárnok A. Photoacoustic listening of cells in lymphatics: research art or novel clinical noninvasive lymph test. Cytometry A 2009; 73A:1111-3. [PMID: 18985726 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Waldemar L Olszewski
- Department of Surgical Research & Transplantation, Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland.
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Biris AS, Galanzha EI, Li Z, Mahmood M, Xu Y, Zharov VP. In vivo Raman flow cytometry for real-time detection of carbon nanotube kinetics in lymph, blood, and tissues. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2009; 14:021006. [PMID: 19405719 PMCID: PMC4788970 DOI: 10.1117/1.3119145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Nanoparticles are intensively being explored as contrast agents for medical diagnostics and therapies using various optical methods. We present the first demonstration of the use of time-resolved Raman spectroscopy for in vivo real-time detection of circulating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or cancer cells labeled with CNTs in the lymph, blood, and tissues of live animals with fast spectral acquisition times of down to few milliseconds. After intravenously administering CNTs in the tail vein of the rat, this technique provides the ability to detect the circulation of CNTs in the blood microvessels of the intact rat ear. The capability of Raman spectroscopy is also demonstrated to monitor, identify, and image the CNTs during their transportation by lymphatics in the rat ear and mesentery. The strong and specific Raman scattering properties of CNTs make it possible to detect in vitro and in vivo single cancer cells (HeLa) tagged with CNTs. In vivo Raman flow cytometry opens a new avenue for multiparameter analysis of circulating nanoparticles with strong Raman scattering properties and their pharmokinetics in blood and lymph systems. Moreover, this technology has the potential for molecular detection and identification of circulating tumor cells, and infections labeled with CNTs.
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- Alexandru S Biris
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Applied Science Department, Nanotechnology Center, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204, USA.
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Shashkov EV, Everts M, Galanzha EI, Zharov VP. Quantum dots as multimodal photoacoustic and photothermal contrast agents. NANO LETTERS 2008; 8:3953-8. [PMID: 18834183 PMCID: PMC2645025 DOI: 10.1021/nl802442x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Quantum dots (QDs) have primarily been developed as fluorescent probes with unique optical properties. We herein demonstrate an extension of these QD utilities to photoacoustic (PA) and photothermal (PT) microscopy, using a nanosecond pulse laser excitation (420-900 nm, 8 ns, 10(-3)-10 J/cm(2)). The laser-induced PA, PT and accompanying bubble formation phenomena were studied with an advanced multifunctional microscope, which integrates fluorescence, PA, PT imaging, and PT thermolens modules. It was demonstrated that QDs, in addition to being excellent fluorescent probes, can be used as PA and PT contrast agents and sensitizers, thereby providing an opportunity for multimodal high resolution (300 nm) PA-PT-fluorescent imaging as well as PT therapy. Further improvements for this technology are suggested by increasing the conversion of laser energy in PT, PA, and bubble phenomena in hybrid multilayer QDs that have optimized absorption, thermal, and acoustic properties.
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- Evgeny V Shashkov
- Philips Classic Laser Laboratories, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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