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Disassembly of Amyloid Fibril with Infrared Free Electron Laser. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043686. [PMID: 36835098 PMCID: PMC9967569 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Amyloid fibril causes serious amyloidosis such as neurodegenerative diseases. The structure is composed of rigid β-sheet stacking conformation which makes it hard to disassemble the fibril state without denaturants. Infrared free electron laser (IR-FEL) is an intense picosecond pulsed laser that is oscillated through a linear accelerator, and the oscillation wavelengths are tunable from 3 μm to 100 μm. Many biological and organic compounds can be structurally altered by the mode-selective vibrational excitations due to the wavelength variability and the high-power oscillation energy (10-50 mJ/cm2). We have found that several different kinds of amyloid fibrils in amino acid sequences were commonly disassembled by the irradiation tuned to amide I (6.1-6.2 μm) where the abundance of β-sheet decreased while that of α-helix increased by the vibrational excitation of amide bonds. In this review, we would like to introduce the IR-FEL oscillation system briefly and describe combination studies of experiments and molecular dynamics simulations on disassembling amyloid fibrils of a short peptide (GNNQQNY) from yeast prion and 11-residue peptide (NFLNCYVSGFH) from β2-microglobulin as representative models. Finally, possible applications of IR-FEL for amyloid research can be proposed as a future outlook.
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Vu TV, Dat VD, Lavrentyev AA, Gabrelian BV, Hieu NN, Myronchuk GL, Khyzhun OY. Electronic and optical properties of thiogermanate AgGaGeS 4: theory and experiment. RSC Adv 2023; 13:881-887. [PMID: 36686945 PMCID: PMC9811245 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07639j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The electronic and optical properties of an AgGaGeS4 crystal were studied by first-principles calculations, where the full-potential augmented plane-wave plus local orbital (APW+lo) method was used together with exchange-correlation pseudopotential described by PBE, PBE+U, and TB-mBJ+U approaches. To verify the correctness of the present theoretical calculations, we have measured for the AgGaGeS4 crystal the XPS valence-band spectrum and the X-ray emission bands representing the energy distribution of the electronic states with the biggest contributions in the valence-band region and compared them on a general energy scale with the theoretical results. Such a comparison indicates that, the calculations within the TB-mBJ+U approach reproduce the electron-band structure peculiarities (density of states - DOS) of the AgGaGeS4 crystal which are in fairly good agreement with the experimental data based on measurements of XPS and appropriate X-ray emission spectra. In particular, the DOS of the AgGaGeS4 crystal is characterized by the existence of well-separated peaks/features in the vicinity of -18.6 eV (Ga-d states) and around -12.5 eV and -7.5 eV, which are mainly composed by hybridized Ge(Ga)-s/p and S-p state. We gained good agreement between the experimental and theoretical data with respect to the main peculiarities of the energy distribution of the electronic S 3p, Ag 4d, Ga 4p and Ge 4p states, the main contributors to the valence band of AgGaGeS4. The bottom of the conduction band is mostly donated by unoccupied Ge-s states, with smaller contributions of unoccupied Ga-s, Ag-s and S-p states, too. The AgGaGeS4 crystal is almost transparent for visible light, but it strongly absorbs ultra-violet light where the significant polarization also occurs.
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- Tuan V Vu
- Laboratory for Computational Physics, Institute for Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence, Van Lang University Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
- Faculty of Mechanical - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Van Lang University Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
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- Laboratory for Computational Physics, Institute for Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence, Van Lang University Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
- Faculty of Mechanical - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Van Lang University Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Don State Technical University 1 Gagarin Square 344010 Rostov-on-Don Russian Federation
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- Department of Computational Technique and Automated System Software, Don State Technical University 1 Gagarin Square 344010 Rostov-on-Don Russian Federation
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- Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University Da Nang 550000 Vietnam
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Duy Tan University Da Nang 550000 Vietnam
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- Department of Experimental Physics and Information-Measuring Technology, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University 13 Voli Avenue 43025 Lutsk Ukraine
- Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 3 Krzhyzhanivsky Street 03142 Kyiv Ukraine
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- Department of Experimental Physics and Information-Measuring Technology, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University 13 Voli Avenue 43025 Lutsk Ukraine
- Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 3 Krzhyzhanivsky Street 03142 Kyiv Ukraine
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Okumura H, Kawasaki T, Nakamura K. Probing protein misfolding and dissociation with an infrared free-electron laser. Methods Enzymol 2022; 679:65-96. [PMID: 36682873 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2022.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Misfolding is observed in the mutant proteins that are causative for neurodegenerative disorders such as polyglutamine diseases. These proteins are prone to aggregate in the cytoplasm and nucleus of cells. To reproduce cells with the aggregated proteins, gene expression system is usually applied, in which the expression construct having the mutated DNA sequence of the interest is transfected into cells. The transfected DNA is finally converted into the mutant protein, which is gradually aggregated in the cells. In addition, a simple method to prepare the cells having aggregates inside has been recently applied. Peptides were first aggregated by incubating them in water. The aggregates are spontaneously taken up by cells because aggregated proteins generally transfer between cells. Peptides with different degrees of aggregation can be made by changing the incubation times and temperatures, which enables to examine contribution of aggregation to the toxicity to the recipient cells. Moreover, such cells can be used for therapeutic researches of diseases in which aggregates are involved. In this chapter, we show methods to induce aggregation of peptides. The functional analyses of the cells with aggregates are also described. Then, experimental dissociation of the aggregates produced using this method by mid infrared free electron laser irradiation and its theoretical support by molecular dynamics simulation are introduced as the therapeutic research for neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Hisashi Okumura
- Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan; Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan; Department of Structural Molecular Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Accelerator Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
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Tian K, Wang W, Li C, Wan Z, Hu B, He L, Xiang M, Yao J, Wu H, Liang H. Ultrabroad (3.7-17 µm) tunable femtosecond optical parametric amplifier based on BaGa 4Se 7 crystal. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:5973-5976. [PMID: 37219150 DOI: 10.1364/ol.477361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We demonstrate the first (to the best of our knowledge) tunable femtosecond (fs) mid-infrared (MIR) optical parametric amplifier (OPA) based on BaGa4Se7 (BGSe) crystal with an ultra-broadband spectral range. Benefiting from the broad transparency range, high nonlinearity, and relatively large bandgap of BGSe, the MIR OPA pumped at 1030 nm with a repetition of 50 kHz has an output spectrum that is tunable across an extremely wide spectral range spanning from 3.7 to 17 µm. The maximum output power of the MIR laser source is measured as 10 mW at a center wavelength of 16 µm, corresponding to a quantum conversion efficiency of 5%. Power scaling is straightforwardly achieved by using a stronger pump in BGSe with an available large aperture size. A pulse width of 290 fs centered at 16 µm is supported by the BGSe OPA. Our experimental result indicates that BGSe crystal could serve as a promising nonlinear crystal for fs MIR generation with an ultra-broadband tuning spectral range via parametric downconversion for applications such as MIR ultrafast spectroscopy.
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High Pulse Energy, Narrow Linewidth 6.45 μm from an Optical Parametric Oscillator in BaGa4Se7 Crystal. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12136689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This paper presents a high pulse energy, narrow linewidth, mid-infrared (MIR) laser at 6.45 μm, based on a BaGa4Se7 (BGSe) crystal optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped by 1.064 μm laser. The maximum pulse energy at 6.45 μm was up to 1.23 mJ, with a pulse width of 24.3 ns and repetition rate of 10 Hz, corresponding to an optical–optical conversion efficiency of 2.1%, from pump light 1.064 μm to idler light 6.45 μm. The idler light linewidth was about 6.8 nm. Meanwhile, we accurately calculated the OPO phase-matching condition at BGSe crystal pumped by 1.064 μm laser, and a numerical simulation system was performed to analyze the input–output characteristics at 6.45 μm, as well as the effect of crystal length on the conversion efficiency. Good agreement was found between measurement and simulation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest pulse energy at 6.45 μm, with the narrowest linewidth for any all-solid-state MIR ns laser in BGSe-OPO pumped by simple 1.064 μm oscillator. This simple and compact 6.45 μm OPO system, with high pulse energy and narrow linewidth, can meet the requirements for tissue cutting and improve tissue ablation accuracy.
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Kawasaki T, Zen H, Sakai T, Sumitomo Y, Nogami K, Hayakawa K, Yaji T, Ohta T, Nagata T, Hayakawa Y. Degradation of Lignin by Infrared Free Electron Laser. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14122401. [PMID: 35745977 PMCID: PMC9227113 DOI: 10.3390/polym14122401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Lignin monomers have attracted attention as functional materials for various industrial uses. However, it is challenging to obtain these monomers by degrading polymerized lignin due to the rigid ether linkage between the aromatic rings. Here, we propose a novel approach based on molecular vibrational excitation using infrared free electron laser (IR-FEL) for the degradation of lignin. The IR-FEL is an accelerator-based pico-second pulse laser, and commercially available powdered lignin was irradiated by the IR-FEL under atmospheric conditions. Synchrotron-radiation infrared microspectroscopy analysis showed that the absorption intensities at 1050 cm−1, 1140 cm−1, and 3400 cm−1 were largely decreased alongside decolorization. Electrospray ionization mass chromatography analysis showed that coumaryl alcohol was more abundant and a mass peak corresponding to hydrated coniferyl alcohol was detected after irradiation at 2.9 μm (νO-H) compared to the original lignin. Interestingly, a mass peak corresponding to vanillic acid appeared after irradiation at 7.1 μm (νC=C and νC-C), which was supported by our two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis. Therefore, it seems that partial depolymerization of lignin can be induced by IR-FEL irradiation in a wavelength-dependent manner.
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- Takayasu Kawasaki
- Accelerator Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba 305-0801, Ibaraki, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-29-864-5200-2014
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Kyoto, Japan; (H.Z.); (T.N.)
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- Laboratory for Electron Beam Research and Application (LEBRA), Institute of Quantum Science, Nihon University, 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi 274-8501, Chiba, Japan; (T.S.); (K.N.); (K.H.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 1-8-14 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku 101-8308, Tokyo, Japan;
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- Laboratory for Electron Beam Research and Application (LEBRA), Institute of Quantum Science, Nihon University, 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi 274-8501, Chiba, Japan; (T.S.); (K.N.); (K.H.); (Y.H.)
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- Laboratory for Electron Beam Research and Application (LEBRA), Institute of Quantum Science, Nihon University, 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi 274-8501, Chiba, Japan; (T.S.); (K.N.); (K.H.); (Y.H.)
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- SR Center, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-Higashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan; (T.Y.); (T.O.)
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- SR Center, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-Higashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan; (T.Y.); (T.O.)
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Kyoto, Japan; (H.Z.); (T.N.)
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- Laboratory for Electron Beam Research and Application (LEBRA), Institute of Quantum Science, Nihon University, 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi 274-8501, Chiba, Japan; (T.S.); (K.N.); (K.H.); (Y.H.)
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Lv Z, Shen Y, Zong N, Bian Q, Wang EP, Chang JQ, Bo Y, Cui DF, Peng QJ. 1.53 W all-solid-state nanosecond pulsed mid-infrared laser at 6.45 µm. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:1359-1362. [PMID: 35290313 DOI: 10.1364/ol.446336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A compact and robust all-solid-state mid-infrared (MIR) laser at 6.45 µm with high average output power and near-Gaussian beam quality is demonstrated. A maximum output power of 1.53 W with a pulse width of approximately 42 ns at 10 kHz is achieved using a ZnGeP2 (ZGP) optical parametric oscillator (OPO). This is the highest average power at 6.45 µm of any all-solid-state laser to the best of our knowledge. The average beam quality factor is measured to be M2 = 1.19. Moreover, high output power stability is confirmed, with a power fluctuation of less than 1.35% rms over 2 h, and the laser can run efficiently for more than 500 h in total. Using this 6.45 µm pulse as a radiation source, ablation of animal brain tissue is tested. Furthermore, the collateral damage effect is theoretically analyzed for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, and the results indicate that this MIR laser has excellent ablation ability, making it a potential replacement for free electron lasers.
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Wu Q, Zhou J, Liu X, Jiang X, Zhang Q, Lin Z, Xia M. Ca 3(TeO 3) 2(MO 4) (M = Mo, W): Mid-Infrared Nonlinear Optical Tellurates with Ultrawide Transparency Ranges and Superhigh Laser-Induced mage ThreDasholds. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:18512-18520. [PMID: 34747174 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Intense interests in mid-infrared (MIR) nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals have erupted in recent years due to the development of optoelectronic applications ranging from remote monitoring to molecular spectroscopy. Here, two polar crystals Ca3(TeO3)2(MO4) (M = Mo, W) were grown from TeO2-MO3 flux by high-temperature solution methods. Ca3(TeO3)2(MoO4) and Ca3(TeO3)2(WO4) are isostructural, which feature novel structures consisting of asymmetric MO4 tetrahedra and TeO3 trigonal pyramids. Optical characterizations show that both crystals display ultrawide transparency ranges (279 nm to 5.78 μm and 290 nm to 5.62 μm), especially high optical transmittance over 80% in the important atmospheric transparent window of 3-5 μm, and superhigh laser damage thresholds (1.63 GW/cm2 and 1.50 GW/cm2), 54.3 and 50 times larger than that of state-of-the-art MIR NLO AgGaS2, respectively. Notably, they exhibit the widest band gaps and the loftiest laser-induced threshold damages among the reported tellurates so far. Moreover, Ca3(TeO3)2(MO4) exhibit type I phase matching at two working wavelengths owing to their large birefringence and strong second-harmonic generation responses from the distorted anions, as further elucidated by the first-principles calculations. The above characteristics indicate that Ca3(TeO3)2(MO4) crystals are high-performance MIR NLO materials, especially applying in high-power MIR laser operations.
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- Qian Wu
- Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.,Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Femtosecond lasers for high-precision orthopedic surgery. Lasers Med Sci 2019; 35:1263-1270. [DOI: 10.1007/s10103-019-02899-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Investigation by DFT Methods of the Damage of Human Serum Albumin Including Amino Acid Derivative Schiff Base Zn(II) Complexes by IR-FEL Irradiation. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20112846. [PMID: 31212677 PMCID: PMC6600442 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20112846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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An infrared free electron laser (IR-FEL) can decompose aggregated proteins by excitation of vibrational bands. In this study, we prepared hybrid materials of protein (human serum albumin; HSA) including several new Schiff base Zn(II) complexes incorporating amino acid (alanine and valine) or dipeptide (gly-gly) derivative moieties, which were synthesized and characterized with UV-vis, circular dichroism (CD), and IR spectra. Density functional theory (DFT) and time dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations were also performed to investigate vibrational modes of the Zn(II) complexes. An IR-FEL was used to irradiate HSA as well as hybrid materials of HSA-Zn(II) complexes at wavelengths corresponding to imine C=N, amide I, and amide II bands. Analysis of secondary structures suggested that including a Zn(II) complex into HSA led to the structural change of HSA, resulting in a more fragile structure than the original HSA. The result was one of the characteristic features of vibrational excitation of IR-FEL in contrast to electronic excitation by UV or visible light.
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Kawasaki T, Sato A, Tominaga Y, Suzuki Y, Oyama T, Tadokoro M, Tsukiyama K, Nokihara K, Zen H. Photo-Modification of Melanin by a Mid-infrared Free-electron Laser. Photochem Photobiol 2019; 95:946-950. [PMID: 30613988 DOI: 10.1111/php.13079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Melanin is rigidly constructed by several nitrogen-containing aromatic rings, and its excess accumulation in skin tissue is closely associated with melanosis. Although visible lasers (wavelength: 600-1000 nm) are conventionally used for the photo-thermolysis of melanocyte, several pigmented nevi are difficult to be treated. Here, we propose an alternate method for targeting the molecular structure of melanin using an infrared free-electron laser (FEL) tuned to 5.8 μm that corresponds to the stretching vibrational mode of carboxylate group. A drastic morphological change on the black-colored surface of melanin powder was observed after the pulse irradiation with power energy of 500 mJ cm-2 , and the minimum irradiation time for damage to the morphology was 1.4 s. Analyses by mass spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and 13 C-nuclear magnetic resonance implied that a pyrrole group was removed by the FEL irradiation. In addition, the FEL irradiation dispersed almost all of the melanoma cells from a culture solution without any influence on other ingredients in the medium, and one-cell analysis by infrared microscopy showed that the structure of melanoma could be substantially damaged by the irradiation. This study proposes the potency of intense mid-infrared laser as novel alternative way to reduce melanin.
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- Takayasu Kawasaki
- Infrared-Free Electron Laser Research Center, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Infrared-Free Electron Laser Research Center, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
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Mohara M, Kawasaki T, Owada R, Imai T, Kanetaka H, Izumi SI, Tsukiyama K, Nakamura K. Restoration from polyglutamine toxicity after free electron laser irradiation of neuron-like cells. Neurosci Lett 2018; 685:42-49. [PMID: 30044955 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Proteins containing an expanded polyglutamine tract tend to aggregate, leading to the neuronal damage observed in polyglutamine diseases. We recently reported that free electron laser (FEL) irradiation markedly dissociates naked polyglutamine aggregates as well as the aggregate in the 293 T cells. In the present study, we investigated whether FEL irradiation of neuron-like cells with polyglutamine aggregates would restore the cellular damage and dysfunction. The aggregated polyglutamine peptides induced neurite retraction of differentiated SH-SY5Y cells. Upon FEL irradiation, the polyglutamine aggregates in the SH-SY5Y cells were dissociated, and the shorter length of individual neurite, fewer number of neurites per cell and shorter total length of neurite by polyglutamine were inhibited. Same results were essentially obtained in PC12 cells. Moreover, when FEL irradiation was applied to undifferentiated SH-SY5Y cells, the deficits in neuron-like differentiation seen in expanded polyglutamine peptide-containing cells were also rescued. Thus, FEL irradiation restored both the damage and differentiation caused by polyglutamine in neuron-like cells.
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- Miho Mohara
- Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- IR Free Electron Laser Research Center, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Organization for Research Advancement, Tokyo University of Science, 2641, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
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- IR Free Electron Laser Research Center, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Organization for Research Advancement, Tokyo University of Science, 2641, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Laison Center for Innovative Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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- IR Free Electron Laser Research Center, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Organization for Research Advancement, Tokyo University of Science, 2641, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.
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Dissociation of β-Sheet Stacking of Amyloid β Fibrils by Irradiation of Intense, Short-Pulsed Mid-infrared Laser. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2018; 38:1039-1049. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-018-0575-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Iliev I, Gocheva-Ilieva S, Kulin C. Prediction of strontium bromide laser efficiency using cluster and decision tree analysis. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201816704002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Subject of investigation is a new high-powered strontium bromide (SrBr2) vapor laser emitting in multiline region of wavelengths. The laser is an alternative to the atom strontium lasers and electron free lasers, especially at the line 6.45 μm which line is used in surgery for medical processing of biological tissues and bones with minimal damage. In this paper the experimental data from measurements of operational and output characteristics of the laser are statistically processed by means of cluster analysis and tree-based regression techniques. The aim is to extract the more important relationships and dependences from the available data which influence the increase of the overall laser efficiency. There are constructed and analyzed a set of cluster models. It is shown by using different cluster methods that the seven investigated operational characteristics (laser tube diameter, length, supplied electrical power, and others) and laser efficiency are combined in 2 clusters. By the built regression tree models using Classification and Regression Trees (CART) technique there are obtained dependences to predict the values of efficiency, and especially the maximum efficiency with over 95% accuracy.
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Chaitanya Kumar S, Zawilski KT, Schunemann PG, Ebrahim-Zadeh M. High-repetition-rate, deep-infrared, picosecond optical parametric oscillator based on CdSiP 2. OPTICS LETTERS 2017; 42:3606-3609. [PMID: 28914913 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.003606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report a high-repetition-rate picosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on CdSiP2 (CSP) that is synchronously pumped by an Yb-fiber laser at 1064 nm and provides high average power in the deep-infrared (deep-IR) at 79.5 MHz. The OPO is tunable across 6205-6710 nm in the idler, providing as much as 105 mW of average power at 6205 nm and >55 mW over nearly the entire tuning range. The deep-IR idler output exhibits passive power stability better than 2.3% rms over 12 h in good beam quality. The near-IR signal pulses from the OPO have a Gaussian pulse duration of ∼19 ps, measured at 1284 nm. We have investigated the temperature tuning characteristics of the OPO and compared the data with the theoretical calculations using the most recent Sellmeier equations and thermo-optic coefficients for the crystal. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first picosecond OPO based on CSP operating at MHz repetition rates.
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Chaitanya Kumar S, Esteban-Martin A, Santana A, Zawilski KT, Schunemann PG, Ebrahim-Zadeh M. Pump-tuned deep-infrared femtosecond optical parametric oscillator across 6-7 μm based on CdSiP 2. OPTICS LETTERS 2016; 41:3355-3358. [PMID: 27420534 DOI: 10.1364/ol.41.003355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We report on a high-power femtosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) at 80 MHz repetition rate, tunable across 6318-7061 nm in the deep-infrared (deep-IR) using pump wavelength tuning. The OPO, based on CdSiP2 (CSP), is synchronously pumped by a commercial Ti:sapphire-pumped femtosecond OPO in the near-IR, enabling rapid static tuning of the CSP OPO with minimal adjustments to its cavity length. The deep-IR CSP OPO provides as much as 32 mW of average idler power at 6808 nm with spectral bandwidth >1000 nm (at -10 dB level) across the tuning range. By implementing intracavity dispersion control, near-transform-limited signal pulses of ∼100 fs duration with smooth single-peak spectrum are achieved at 1264 nm, corresponding to an idler wavelength at 6440 nm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time such practical idler powers in the deep-IR have been generated from a dispersion-compensated CSP femtosecond OPO at sub-100 MHz repetition rate.
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Xing S, Grassani D, Kharitonov S, Billat A, Brès CS. Characterization and modeling of microstructured chalcogenide fibers for efficient mid-infrared wavelength conversion. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:9741-9750. [PMID: 27137588 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.009741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate wavelength conversion in the 2 µm region by four-wave mixing in an AsSe and a GeAsSe chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers. A maximum conversion efficiency of -25.4 dB is measured for 112 mW of coupled continuous wave pump in a 27 cm long fiber. We estimate the dispersion parameters and the nonlinear refractive indexes of the chalcogenide PCFs, establishing a good agreement with the values expected from simulations. The different fiber geometries and glass compositions are compared in terms of performance, showing that GeAsSe is a more suited candidate for nonlinear optics at 2 µm. Building from the fitted parameters we then propose a new tapered GeAsSe PCF geometry to tailor the waveguide dispersion and lower the zero dispersion wavelength (ZDW) closer to the 2 µm pump wavelength. Numerical simulations shows that the new design allows both an increased conversion efficiency and bandwidth, and the generation of idler waves further in the mid-IR regions, by tuning the pump wavelength in the vicinity of the fiber ZDW.
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Kim B, Kim DY. Enhanced Tissue Ablation Efficiency with a Mid-Infrared Nonlinear Frequency Conversion Laser System and Tissue Interaction Monitoring Using Optical Coherence Tomography. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2016; 16:E598. [PMID: 27128916 PMCID: PMC4883289 DOI: 10.3390/s16050598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We report development of optical parametric oscillator (OPO)-based mid-infrared laser system that utilizes a periodically poled nonlinear crystal pumped by a near-infrared (NIR) laser. We obtained a mid-infrared average output of 8 W at an injection current of 20 A from a quasi-phase-matched OPO using an external cavity configuration. Laser tissue ablation efficiency is substantially affected by several parameters, including an optical fluence rate, wavelength of the laser source, and the optical properties of target tissue. Dimensions of wavelength and radiant exposure dependent tissue ablation are quantified using Fourier domain optical coherence tomography and the ablation efficiency was compared to a non-converted NIR laser system.
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- Bongkyun Kim
- Beckman Laser Institute Korea, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea.
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- Beckman Laser Institute Korea, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea.
- Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Dankook University, 119, Dandae-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam 31116, Korea.
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Kozub J, Shen JH, Joos KM, Prasad R, Hutson MS. Optic nerve sheath fenestration using a Raman-shifted alexandrite laser. Lasers Surg Med 2016; 48:270-80. [PMID: 27020001 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Optic nerve sheath fenestration is an established procedure for relief of potentially damaging overpressure on the optic nerve resulting from idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Prior work showed that a mid-IR free-electron laser could be delivered endoscopically and used to produce an effective fenestration. This study evaluates the efficacy of fenestration using a table-top mid-IR source based on a Raman-shifted alexandrite (RSA) laser. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS Porcine optic nerves were ablated using light from an RSA laser at wavelengths of 6.09, 6.27, and 6.43 μm and pulse energies up to 3 mJ using both free-space and endoscopic beam delivery through 250-μm I.D. hollow-glass waveguides. Waveguide transmission was characterized, ablation thresholds and etch rates were measured, and the efficacy of endoscopic fenestration was evaluated for ex vivo exposures using both optical coherence tomography and histological analysis. RESULTS Using endoscopic delivery, the RSA laser can effectively fenestrate porcine optic nerves. Performance was optimized at a wavelength of 6.09 μm and delivered pulse energies of 0.5-0.8 mJ (requiring 1.5-2.5 mJ to be incident on the waveguide). Under these conditions, the ablation threshold fluence was 0.8 ± 0.2 J/cm(2) , the ablation rate was 1-4 μm/pulse, and the margins of ablation craters showed little evidence of thermal or mechanical damage. Nonetheless, nominally identical exposures yielded highly variable ablation rates. This led to fenestrations that ranged from too deep to too shallow-either damaging the underlying optic nerve or requiring additional exposure to cut fully through the sheath. Of 48 excised nerves subjected to fenestration at 6.09 μm, 16 ex vivo fenestrations were judged as good, 23 as too deep, and 9 as too shallow. CONCLUSIONS Mid-IR pulses from the RSA laser, propagated through a flexible hollow waveguide, are capable of cutting through porcine optic nerve sheaths in surgically relevant times with reasonable accuracy and low collateral damage. This can be accomplished at wavelengths of 6.09 or 6.27 μm, with 6.09 μm slightly preferred. The depth of ex vivo fenestrations was difficult to control, but excised nerves lack a sufficient layer of cerebrospinal fluid that would provide an additional margin of safety in actual patients.
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- John Kozub
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee
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- Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37232, Tennessee.,Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee
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- Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37232, Tennessee.,Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee.,Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee
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- Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37232, Tennessee
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee.,Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee.,Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystem Research & Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee
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Kozub JA, Shen JH, Joos KM, Prasad R, Shane Hutson M. Efficacy and predictability of soft tissue ablation using a prototype Raman-shifted alexandrite laser. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2015; 20:105004. [PMID: 26456553 PMCID: PMC4963468 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.20.10.105004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Previous research showed that mid-infrared free-electron lasers could reproducibly ablate soft tissue with little collateral damage. The potential for surgical applications motivated searches for alternative tabletop lasers providing thermally confined pulses in the 6- to-7-µm wavelength range with sufficient pulse energy, stability, and reliability. Here, we evaluate a prototype Raman-shifted alexandrite laser. We measure ablation thresholds, etch rates, and collateral damage in gelatin and cornea as a function of laser wavelength (6.09, 6.27, or 6.43 µm), pulse energy (up to 3 mJ/pulse), and spot diameter (100 to 600 µm). We find modest wavelength dependence for ablation thresholds and collateral damage, with the lowest thresholds and least damage for 6.09 µm. We find a strong spot-size dependence for all metrics. When the beam is tightly focused (~100-µm diameter), ablation requires more energy, is highly variable and less efficient, and can yield large zones of mechanical damage (for pulse energies>1 mJ). When the beam is softly focused (~300-µm diameter), ablation proceeded at surgically relevant etch rates, with reasonable reproducibility (5% to 12% within a single sample), and little collateral damage. With improvements in pulse-energy stability, this prototype laser may have significant potential for soft-tissue surgical applications.
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- John A. Kozub
- Vanderbilt University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 6301 Stevenson Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Vanderbilt Eye Institute, 2311 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Vanderbilt Eye Institute, 2311 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Vanderbilt Eye Institute, 2311 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Vanderbilt University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 6301 Stevenson Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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Mid-infrared free-electron laser tuned to the amide I band for converting insoluble amyloid-like protein fibrils into the soluble monomeric form. Lasers Med Sci 2014; 29:1701-7. [PMID: 24760285 PMCID: PMC4149878 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-014-1577-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A mid-infrared free-electron laser (FEL) is operated as a pulsed and linearly polarized laser with tunable wavelengths within infrared region. Although the FEL can ablate soft tissues with minimum collateral damage in surgery, the potential of FEL for dissecting protein aggregates is not fully understood. Protein aggregates such as amyloid fibrils are in some cases involved in serious diseases. In our previous study, we showed that amyloid-like lysozyme fibrils could be disaggregated into the native form with FEL irradiation specifically tuned to the amide I band (1,620 cm−1). Here, we show further evidence for the FEL-mediated disaggregation of amyloid-like fibrils using insulin fibrils. Insulin fibrils were prepared in acidic solution and irradiated by the FEL, which was tuned to either 1,620 or 2,000 cm−1 prior to the experiment. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) spectrum after irradiation with the FEL at 1,620 cm−1 indicated that the broad peak (1,630–1,660 cm−1) became almost a single peak (1,652 cm−1), and the β-sheet content was reduced to 25 from 40 % in the fibrils, while that following the irradiation at 2,000 cm−1 remained at 38 %. The Congo Red assay as well as transmission electron microscopy observation confirmed that the number of fibrils was reduced by FEL irradiation at the amide I band. Size-exclusion chromatography analysis indicated that the disaggregated form of fibrils was the monomeric form. These results confirm that FEL irradiation at the amide I band can dissect amyloid-like protein fibrils into the monomeric form in vitro.
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Wang S, Liu G, Shi Q, Zhang X, Zhang X, Li C, Gao Z, Dong C, Lu Q, Tao X. Modified Bridgman growth and characterization of a novel mid-infrared transparent optical crystal: LiGa3Te5. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra02740j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A promising MIR NLO crystal LiGa3Te5 with large size (Ø16 mm × 50 mm) and wide transparency range (0.9–25 μm) was grown by modified Bridgman method.
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- Shanpeng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Engineering
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials
- Shandong University
- Jinan, China
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Qian Z, Mordovanakis A, Schoenly JE, Covarrubias A, Feng Y, Lilge L, Marjoribanks RS. Pulsetrain-burst mode, ultrafast-laser interactions with 3D viable cell cultures as a model for soft biological tissues. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 5:208-22. [PMID: 24466488 PMCID: PMC3891333 DOI: 10.1364/boe.5.000208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A 3D living-cell culture in hydrogel has been developed as a standardized low-tensile-strength tissue proxy for study of ultrafast, pulsetrain-burst laser-tissue interactions. The hydrogel is permeable to fluorescent biomarkers and optically transparent, allowing viable and necrotic cells to be imaged in 3D by confocal microscopy. Good cell-viability allowed us to distinguish between typical cell mortality and delayed subcellular tissue damage (e.g., apoptosis and DNA repair complex formation), caused by laser irradiation. The range of necrosis depended on laser intensity, but not on pulsetrain-burst duration. DNA double-strand breaks were quantified, giving a preliminary upper limit for genetic damage following laser treatment.
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- Zuoming Qian
- Department of Physics, & Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto ON M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Department of Physics, & Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto ON M5S 1A7, Canada
- Current address: Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1101 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, & Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto ON M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Department of Physics, & Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto ON M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Department of Physics, & Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto ON M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Hospital, Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 610 University Ave., Toronto ON M5G 2M9, Canada
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- Department of Physics, & Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto ON M5S 1A7, Canada
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Kumar SC, Jelínek M, Baudisch M, Zawilski KT, Schunemann PG, Kubeček V, Biegert J, Ebrahim-Zadeh M. Tunable, high-energy, mid-infrared, picosecond optical parametric generator based on CdSiP2. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:15703-15709. [PMID: 22772262 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.015703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report a tunable, high-energy, single-pass optical parametric generator (OPG) based on the nonlinear material, cadmium silicon phosphide, CdSiP(2). The OPG is pumped by a cavity-dumped, passively mode-locked, diode-pumped Nd:YAG oscillator, providing 25 µJ pulses in 20 ps at 5 Hz. The pump energy is further boosted by a flashlamp-pumped Nd:YAG amplifier to 2.5 mJ. The OPG is temperature tunable over 1263-1286 nm (23 nm) in the signal and 6153-6731 nm (578 nm) in the idler. Using the single-pass OPG configuration, we have generated signal pulse energy as high as 636 µJ at 1283 nm, together with idler pulse energy of 33 µJ at 6234 nm, for 2.1 mJ of input pump pulse energy. The generated signal pulses have durations of 24 ps with a FWHM spectral bandwidth of 10.4 nm at central wavelength of 1276 nm. The corresponding idler spectrum has a FWHM bandwidth of 140 nm centered at 6404 nm.
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- S Chaitanya Kumar
- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
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Ishii K, Saiki M, Yoshikawa K, Yasuo K, Yamamoto K, Awazu K. Ablation of demineralized dentin using a mid-infrared tunable nanosecond pulsed laser at 6 μm wavelength range for selective excavation of carious dentin. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012; 2011:318-21. [PMID: 22254313 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6090083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In dental clinic, some lasers have already realized the optical drilling of dental hard tissue. However, conventional lasers lack the ability to discriminate and excavate carious tissue only, and still depend on the dentist's ability. The objective of this study is to develop a selective excavation of carious dentin by using the laser ablation with 6 μm wavelength range. Bovine dentin demineralized with lactic acid solution was used as a carious dentin model. A mid-infrared tunable pulsed laser was obtained by difference-frequency generation technique. The wavelength was tuned around the absorption bands called amide 1 and amide 2. In the wavelength range from 5.75 to 6.60 μm, the difference of ablation depth between demineralized and normal dentin was observed. The wavelength at 6.02 μm and the average power density of 15 W/cm(2), demineralized dentin was removed selectively with less-invasive effect on normal dentin. The wavelength at 6.42 μm required the increase of average power density, but also showed the possibility of selective ablation. In the near future, development of compact laser device will open the minimal invasive laser treatment to the dental clinic.
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- K Ishii
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0771, Japan
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Comparing an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) as a viable alternative for mid-infrared tissue ablation with a free electron laser (FEL). Lasers Med Sci 2012; 27:1213-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s10103-011-1048-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 12/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Agnesi A, Carrà L, Dallocchio P, Pirzio F, Reali G, Lodo S, Piccinno G. 50-mJ macro-pulses at 1064 nm from a diode-pumped picosecond laser system. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:20316-20321. [PMID: 21997042 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.020316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Pulse-picking from a 100-mW cw mode-locked seeder, a hybrid master-oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) system, based on Nd:YVO4 and Nd:YAG amplifier modules, has been developed, delivering single-pulses of 8.6 ps at 455-MHz repetition-rate, bunched into ~1-μs trains of 50 mJ ("macro-pulses"). The output beam is linearly polarized and nearly diffraction limited up to the maximum macro-pulse repetition-rate of 50 Hz. The single-pulse peak power and the macro-pulse duration and energy are quite suitable for high-energy nonlinear optical applications such as low-threshold synchronously-pumped parametric converters in the mid infrared. The impact on the overall efficiency of saturation distortion of the macro-pulse envelope as well as of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is considered. The managing of the envelope distortion compensation and of the ASE suppression by means of fast saturable absorbers is reported.
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- A Agnesi
- INFN and Dipartimento di Elettronica dell’Università di Pavia, Via Ferrata 1 - 27100 Pavia, Italy.
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Heinz WF, Hoh M, Hoh JH. Laser inactivation protein patterning of cell culture microenvironments. LAB ON A CHIP 2011; 11:3336-46. [PMID: 21858278 DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20204a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Protein micropatterned substrates have emerged as important tools for studying how cells interact with their environment, as well as allowing useful experimental control over, for example, cell shape and cell position on a surface. Here we present a new approach for protein micropatterning in which a focused laser is used to locally inactivate proteins on a protein-coated substrate. By translating the laser relative to the substrate, protein patterns of essentially arbitrary shape can be produced. This approach has a number of useful features. To begin, it is a maskless writing approach. Thus new patterns can be designed and implemented quickly. Laser inactivation can also be performed on a number of different substrate materials, ranging from glass to polydimethylsiloxane. Further, the inactivation is dose dependent, thus complex gradients and other non-uniform distributions of proteins can be produced. Because the focus of the laser can be changed quickly, laser-based patterning can also be applied to substrates with complex topographies or enclosed surfaces--as long as an optical path is available. To demonstrate this capability, protein patterns were made on the inside of small quartz capillary tubes. Patterned substrates produced using laser inactivation constrain cell shape in predictable ways, and we show that these substrates are compatible with a number of different eukaryotic cell lines.
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- William F Heinz
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Marcus GA, Schwettman HA. Rapid thermal equilibration of differentially heated protein and water in bovine corneal stroma. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2011; 84:041913. [PMID: 22181181 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.84.041913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2011] [Revised: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We measure and simulate the thermal response of bovine corneal stroma to a picosecond IR heating pulse. A thermal diffusion model is developed for this tissue based on the spatial distribution and properties of protein and water constituents in the stroma. In this idealized model, differentially heated protein and water constituents thermally equilibrate with a thermalization time of 515 ps. Using transient absorption spectroscopy for picosecond protein thermometry, a significantly faster thermalization time of 165 ps is measured. The implications of this faster than expected thermalization for the energy-partition model of short-pulse mid-IR tissue ablation are discussed.
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- George Alexander Marcus
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1 College Circle, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, New York 14425, USA.
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Chaitanya Kumar S, Agnesi A, Dallocchio P, Pirzio F, Reali G, Zawilski KT, Schunemann PG, Ebrahim-Zadeh M. Compact, 1.5 mJ, 450 MHz, CdSiP2 picosecond optical parametric oscillator near 6.3 μm. OPTICS LETTERS 2011; 36:3236-3238. [PMID: 21847219 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.003236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report a compact, efficient, high-energy, and high-repetition-rate mid-IR picosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on the new nonlinear material CdSiP(2) (CSP). The OPO is synchronously pumped by a master oscillator power amplifier system at 1064.1 nm, providing 1 μs long macropulses constituting 8.6 ps micropulses at 450 MHz, and it can be tuned over 486 nm across 6091-6577 nm, covering the technologically important wavelength range for surgical applications. Using a compact (∼30 cm) cavity and improved, high-quality nonlinear crystal, idler macropulse energy as high as 1.5 mJ has been obtained at 6275 nm at a photon conversion efficiency of 29.5%, with >1.2 mJ over more than 68% of the tuning range, for an input macropulse energy of 30 mJ. Both the signal and idler beams are recorded to have good beam quality with a Gaussian spatial profile, and the extracted signal pulses are measured to have durations of 10.6 ps. Further, from the experimentally measured transmission data at 1064 nm, we have estimated the two-photon absorption coefficient of CSP to be β=2.4 cm/GW, with a corresponding energy bandgap, E(g)=2.08 eV.
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- S Chaitanya Kumar
- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
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Kozub J, Ivanov B, Jayasinghe A, Prasad R, Shen J, Klosner M, Heller D, Mendenhall M, Piston DW, Joos K, Hutson MS. Raman-shifted alexandrite laser for soft tissue ablation in the 6- to 7-µm wavelength range. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 2:1275-81. [PMID: 21559139 PMCID: PMC3087584 DOI: 10.1364/boe.2.001275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2011] [Revised: 04/10/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Prior work with free-electron lasers (FELs) showed that wavelengths in the 6- to 7-µm range could ablate soft tissues efficiently with little collateral damage; however, FELs proved too costly and too complex for widespread surgical use. Several alternative 6- to 7-µm laser systems have demonstrated the ability to cut soft tissues cleanly, but at rates that were much too low for surgical applications. Here, we present initial results with a Raman-shifted, pulsed alexandrite laser that is tunable from 6 to 7 µm and cuts soft tissues cleanly-approximately 15 µm of thermal damage surrounding ablation craters in cornea-and does so with volumetric ablation rates of 2-5 × 10(-3) mm(3)/s. These rates are comparable to those attained in prior successful surgical trials using the FEL for optic nerve sheath fenestration.
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- John Kozub
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Light Age, Inc., 500 Apgar Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA
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- Light Age, Inc., 500 Apgar Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystem Research & Education, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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Ishii K, Saiki M, Hazama H, Awazu K. Development of selective laser treatment techniques using mid-infrared tunable nanosecond pulsed laser. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2010; 2010:1614-7. [PMID: 21096133 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2010.5626656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mid-infrared (MIR) laser with a specific wavelength can excite the corresponding biomolecular site to regulate chemical, thermal and mechanical interactions to biological molecules and tissues. In laser surgery and medicine, tunable MIR laser irradiation can realize the selective and less-invasive treatments and the special diagnosis by vibrational spectroscopic information. This paper showed a novel selective therapeutic technique for a laser angioplasty of atherosclerotic plaques and a laser dental surgery of a carious dentin using a MIR tunable nanosecond pulsed laser.
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- Katsunori Ishii
- Medical Beam Phisics Laboratory, Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 565-0871, Japan.
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Awazu K, Ishii K, Hazama H. Novel laser therapy and diagnosis using mid-infrared laser. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2010; 2009:4150-3. [PMID: 19963611 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2009.5332390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mid-infrared (MIR) laser with a specific wavelength can excite the corresponding biomolecular site to regulate chemical, thermal and mechanical interactions to biological molecules and tissues. In laser surgery and medicine, tunable MIR laser irradiation can realize the safety regulation of therapeutic effect, less-invasive treatments and the special diagnosis by vibrational spectroscopic information. This paper showed a novel therapeutic and diagnostic applications using tunable MIR laser.
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- Kunio Awazu
- Medical Beam Physics Laboratory, Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Franjic K, Cowan ML, Kraemer D, Miller RJD. Laser selective cutting of biological tissues by impulsive heat deposition through ultrafast vibrational excitations. OPTICS EXPRESS 2009; 17:22937-59. [PMID: 20052221 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.022937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Mechanical and thermodynamic responses of biomaterials after impulsive heat deposition through vibrational excitations (IHDVE) are investigated and discussed. Specifically, we demonstrate highly efficient ablation of healthy tooth enamel using 55 ps infrared laser pulses tuned to the vibrational transition of interstitial water and hydroxyapatite around 2.95 microm. The peak intensity at 13 GW/cm(2) was well below the plasma generation threshold and the applied fluence 0.75 J/cm(2) was significantly smaller than the typical ablation thresholds observed with nanosecond and microsecond pulses from Er:YAG lasers operating at the same wavelength. The ablation was performed without adding any superficial water layer at the enamel surface. The total energy deposited per ablated volume was several times smaller than previously reported for non-resonant ultrafast plasma driven ablation with similar pulse durations. No micro-cracking of the ablated surface was observed with a scanning electron microscope. The highly efficient ablation is attributed to an enhanced photomechanical effect due to ultrafast vibrational relaxation into heat and the scattering of powerful ultrafast acoustic transients with random phases off the mesoscopic heterogeneous tissue structures.
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- Kresimir Franjic
- Institute for Optical Sciences and Departments of Physics and Chemistry, University of Toronto, 60. St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
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Hutson MS, Ivanov B, Jayasinghe A, Adunas G, Xiao Y, Guo M, Kozub J. Interplay of wavelength, fluence and spot-size in free-electron laser ablation of cornea. OPTICS EXPRESS 2009; 17:9840-9850. [PMID: 19506634 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.009840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Infrared free-electron lasers ablate tissue with high efficiency and low collateral damage when tuned to the 6-microm range. This wavelength-dependence has been hypothesized to arise from a multi-step process following differential absorption by tissue water and proteins. Here, we test this hypothesis at wavelengths for which cornea has matching overall absorption, but drastically different differential absorption. We measure etch depth, collateral damage and plume images and find that the hypothesis is not confirmed. We do find larger etch depths for larger spot sizes--an effect that can lead to an apparent wavelength dependence. Plume imaging at several wavelengths and spot sizes suggests that this effect is due to increased post-pulse ablation at larger spots.
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- M Shane Hutson
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.
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Kanai T, Yoshihashi-Suzuki S, Awazu K. Free-electron-laser-induced shock-wave control and mechanistic analysis using pulse control. APPLIED OPTICS 2008; 47:5862-5870. [PMID: 19122728 DOI: 10.1364/ao.47.005862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The wavelength of the free electron laser (FEL) in Osaka University can be continuously varied in the range of 5.0-20.0 microm. The FEL has a double-pulse structure, consisting of a train of macropulses of pulse duration 12 micros. Each macropulse contains a train of 330 micropulses of pulse duration 5 ps. The tunability and picosecond pulses afford new medical and biological applications. However, a macropulse of long pulse duration leads to undesirable secondary effects. Precise control of the macropulse duration is essential for the high-precision applications of the FEL. An FEL pulse control system using acousto-optic modulators has been developed to investigate mechanical (shock-wave) effects of the FEL on living tissues. With this system, we have controlled photoinduced shock waves and determine the mechanism of interaction during FEL-induced tissue ablation.
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- Taizo Kanai
- Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Wilmink GJ, Opalenik SR, Beckham JT, Mackanos MA, Nanney LB, Contag CH, Davidson JM, Jansen ED. In-vivo optical imaging of hsp70 expression to assess collateral tissue damage associated with infrared laser ablation of skin. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2008; 13:054066. [PMID: 19021444 PMCID: PMC3840494 DOI: 10.1117/1.2992594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Laser surgical ablation is achieved by selecting laser parameters that remove confined volumes of target tissue and cause minimal collateral damage. Previous studies have measured the effects of wavelength on ablation, but neglected to measure the cellular impact of ablation on cells outside the lethal zone. In this study, we use optical imaging in addition to conventional assessment techniques to evaluate lethal and sublethal collateral damage after ablative surgery with a free-electron laser (FEL). Heat shock protein (HSP) expression is used as a sensitive quantitative marker of sublethal damage in a transgenic mouse strain, with the hsp70 promoter driving luciferase and green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression (hsp70A1-L2G). To examine the wavelength dependence in the mid-IR, laser surgery is conducted on the hsp70A1-L2G mouse using wavelengths targeting water (OH stretch mode, 2.94 microm), protein (amide-II band, 6.45 microm), and both water and protein (amide-I band, 6.10 microm). For all wavelengths tested, the magnitude of hsp70 expression is dose-dependent and maximal 5 to 12 h after surgery. Tissues treated at 6.45 microm have approximately 4x higher hsp70 expression than 6.10 microm. Histology shows that under comparable fluences, tissue injury at the 2.94-microm wavelength was 2x and 3x deeper than 6.45 and 6.10 microm, respectively. The 6.10-microm wavelength generates the least amount of epidermal hyperplasia. Taken together, this data suggests that the 6.10-microm wavelength is a superior wavelength for laser ablation of skin.
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- Gerald J Wilmink
- Vanderbilt University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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Nakajima Y, Iwatsuki K, Ishii K, Fujinaka T, Awazu K, Yoshimine T. Development of an intravascular laser treatment with an infrared free electron laser. Selective removal of cholesterol ester in carotid atheromatous plaques. Interv Neuroradiol 2008; 10 Suppl 1:67-9. [PMID: 20587275 DOI: 10.1177/15910199040100s109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2004] [Accepted: 01/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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SUMMARY We have studied to develop an intravascular device with an infrared free electron laser (FEL) to treat occlusive carotid atherosclerotic lesions. In this study, we irradiated the FEL with a wavelength of 5.75 mum on surgical specimens of human atheromatous carotid plaques. After the irradiation on a cholesterol-ester-accumulated portion of the carotid plaques under proper conditions, a microscope transmission FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) spectroscopy showed that the peak of a tissue infrared absorption spectrum corresponding to the molecular vibration of cholesterol ester (5.75 mum) disappeared.Tissue damages associated with the irradiation were not histologically noted. This study demonstrated that irradiation of FEL can selectively remove cholesterol ester from the human atheromatous carotid plaques.
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- Y Nakajima
- Dept of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School and Institute of Free Electron Laser; Japan
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Kinetics of a collagen-like polypeptide fragmentation after mid-IR free-electron laser ablation. Biophys J 2008; 95:1371-81. [PMID: 18441025 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Tissue ablation with mid-infrared irradiation tuned to collagen vibrational modes results in minimal collateral damage. The hypothesis for this effect includes selective scission of protein molecules and excitation of surrounding water molecules, with the scission process currently favored. In this article, we describe the postablation infrared spectral decay kinetics in a model collagen-like peptide (Pro-Pro-Gly)(10). We find that the decay is exponential with different decay times for other, simpler dipeptides. Furthermore, we find that collagen-like polypeptides, such as (Pro-Pro-Gly)(10), show multiple decay times, indicating multiple scission locations and cross-linking to form longer chain molecules. In combination with data from high-resolution mass spectrometry, we interpret these products to result from the generation of reactive intermediates, such as free radicals, cyanate ions, and isocyanic acid, which can form cross-links and protein adducts. Our results lead to a more complete explanation of the reduced collateral damage resulting from infrared laser irradiation through a mechanism involving cross-linking in which collagen-like molecules form a network of cross-linked fibers.
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Hoh DJ, Liu CY, Chen JC, Pagnini PG, Yu C, Wang MY, Apuzzo ML. CHAINED LIGHTNING. Neurosurgery 2007; 61:1111-29; discussion 1129-30. [DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000306089.22894.4e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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RADIOSURGERY IS FUNDAMENTALLY the harnessing of energy and delivering it to a focal target for a therapeutic effect. The evolution of radiosurgical technology and practice has served toward refining methodologies for better conformal energy delivery. In the past, this has resulted in developing strategies for improved beam generation and delivery. Ultimately, however, our current instrumentation and treatment modalities may be approaching a practical limit with regard to further optimizing energy containment.
In looking forward, several strategies are emerging to circumvent these limitations and improve conformal radiosurgery. Refinement of imaging techniques through functional imaging and nanoprobes for cancer detection may benefit lesion localization and targeting. Methods for enhancing the biological effect while reducing radiation-induced changes are being examined through dose fractionation schedules. Radiosensitizers and photosensitizers are being investigated as agents for modulating the biological response of tissues to radiation and alternative energy forms. Discovery of new energy modalities is being pursued through development of microplanar beams, free electron lasers, and high-intensity focused ultrasound. The exploration of these future possibilities will provide the tools for radiosurgical treatment of a broader spectrum of diseases for the next generation.
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- Daniel J. Hoh
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Wavelength-dependent conformational changes in collagen after mid-infrared laser ablation of cornea. Biophys J 2007; 94:1359-66. [PMID: 17933877 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We ablated porcine corneas with a free electron laser tuned to either 2.77 or 6.45 microm, two matched wavelengths that predominantly target water and protein, respectively. The ejected nonvolatile debris and the crater left behind were examined by circular dichroism, Raman spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy to characterize the postablation conformation of collagen proteins. We found near-complete unfolding of collagen secondary and tertiary structure at either ablating wavelength. On the other hand, we found excess fibril swelling and evidence for excess cis-hydroxyproline in the 6.45-microm debris. These results support the hypothesis that the favorable ablative properties of protein-targeting wavelengths rest on selective heating of tissue proteins.
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Shah RJ, Shen JH, Joos KM. Endoscopic free electron laser technique development for minimally invasive optic nerve sheath fenestration. Lasers Surg Med 2007; 39:589-96. [PMID: 17868109 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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PURPOSE This study proposed to develop a technique for efficiently accessing the posterior orbital space using endoscopy and attempted application of free electron laser (FEL) energy, biopsy forceps, electrocautery, and CO(2) insufflation to posterior orbital tissues. METHODS Through an inferior transconjunctival incision, access to the posterior orbital space was attempted in 14 eyes of 7 non-survival pigs. FEL energy (6.1 microm, 30 Hz, delivered via 250 microm hollow-glass waveguide), biopsy forceps, and monopolar electrocautery application were endoscopically attempted in the posterior orbit. CO(2) gas insufflation effects were assessed by analyzing arterial blood gases at 30-minute intervals for 1.5 hours. RESULTS The posterior orbit was accessed in 13 of 14 eyes, the optic nerve was encountered, and FEL energy was applied in 8 of 14 eyes. Use of biopsy forceps and electrocautery were successful. Although ANOVA results for arterial blood gas changes were not statistically significant, visibility was adequate without CO(2) insufflation. CONCLUSIONS The posterior orbit was endoscopically accessed and the optic nerve was exposed and successfully treated with FEL energy. CO(2) insufflation did not alter blood gases, but did not further enhance visibility in this study.
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- Rohan J Shah
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Edwards GS, Allen SJ, Haglund RF, Nemanich RJ, Redlich B, Simon JD, Yang WC. Applications of Free-Electron Lasers in the Biological and Material Sciences¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2005.tb01437.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mackanos MA, Simanovskii D, Joos KM, Schwettman HA, Jansen ED. Mid infrared optical parametric oscillator (OPO) as a viable alternative to tissue ablation with the free electron laser (FEL). Lasers Surg Med 2007; 39:230-6. [PMID: 17304561 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Investigations with a Mark-III free electron laser, tuned to 6.45 microm in wavelength have demonstrated minimal collateral damage and high ablation yield in ocular and neural tissues. While the use of mid-IR light produced by the free electron laser (FEL) has shown much promise for surgical applications, further advances are limited due the high costs of its use. Further investigation and widespread clinical use of six-micron radiation requires the development of an alternative laser source. In this research, we compared a Mark-III FEL and an Er:YAG pumped ZGP-OPO with respect to the effect of pulse duration on ablation efficiency and thermal damage on porcine cornea. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS A five by seven grid of craters was made about the center of each cornea. Craters were made with a 60-microm spotsize with a 500-microm spacing. Ablation craters were made using 50 pulses per crater at approximately three times the ablation threshold (for water). Histological analysis was used to determine crater depth and thermal damage. RESULTS The average zone of thermal damage at 6.1 microm was found to be 4.1 microm for the optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and 5.4 microm for the FEL. At 6.45 microm, the damaged zone was 7.2 microm for the OPO and 7.2 microm for the FEL. At 6.73 microm, the damaged zone was 6.3 microm for the OPO and 7.6 microm+/-0.3 microm for the FEL. CONCLUSIONS The OPO caused similar or significantly less thermal damage in porcine cornea when compared with the FEL while generating significantly deeper craters. We determined that the ZGP-OPO has much promise as a bench-top replacement for the FEL for soft tissue ablation.
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- Mark A Mackanos
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA.
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Youn JI, Sweet P, Peavy GM. A comparison of mass removal, thermal injury, and crater morphology of cortical bone ablation using wavelengths 2.79, 2.9, 6.1, and 6.45 µm. Lasers Surg Med 2007; 39:332-40. [PMID: 17457836 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Previous investigations have reported evidence of wavelength dependence on cortical bone ablation. This study used mid-infrared laser wavelengths generated by a free electron laser (FEL) and mass removal measurements to further examine the ablation efficiency of a wavelength (2.79 microm) not previously reported and three wavelengths (2.9, 6.1, and 6.45 microm) previously demonstrated by crater morphology alone to be efficient for cortical bone removal. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS The wavelengths examined were provided by an FEL emitting 4 microseconds macropulses consisting of 1-2 picoseconds duration micropulses delivered at 350 picoseconds intervals. The mass removal measurements were conducted by a microbalance, and the collateral thermal injury and crater morphology of cortical bone were examined by light microscopy following standard histologic processing. RESULTS The study demonstrated that the highest mass removal was achieved at lambda = 6.1 microm followed by, in order, lambda = 2.9, 6.45, and 2.79 microm. The zones of thermal injury and crater morphology created in cortical bone at the selected wavelengths were examined at the radiant exposure of 28.3 J/cm2. Ablation using lambda = 6.1 microm provided the largest crater size and the least collateral thermal injury. The greatest amount of collateral thermal injury was produced by lambda = 2.79 microm at both the sides and base of the ablation crater. CONCLUSIONS The mass removal of cortical bone produced by FEL ablation at selected mid-IR wavelengths was measured as a function of incident radiant exposure. The ablation efficiency was found to be dependent upon wavelength. The lambda = 2.79 microm did not offer any improvement over the other wavelengths evaluated, suggesting that a potential shift in the dynamic optical properties of water during tissue irradiance with the FEL does not present an advantage to the cutting of cortical bone. The lambda = 6.1 microm provided the highest ablation efficiency with deepest crater and the least amount of collateral thermal injury.
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- Jong-In Youn
- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine, California 92612, USA.
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Ellis DL, Kozub J, Reinisch L. Controlling thermal damage of incisions using diamond, copper, and sapphire heat-conducting templates with and without cooling. Lasers Surg Med 2006; 38:814-23. [PMID: 16998914 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We investigated the reduction of thermal damage to the surrounding tissue when laser incisions were made with and without using thermal conducting templates at room temperature and cooled to 5 degrees C. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS We used the Vanderbilt free-electron laser (FEL) at 5.4, 6.1, 6.45, and 7.7 microns. We also used a conventional continuous wave (CW) carbon dioxide laser at 10.6 microns. Incisions were made on 5x10 mm pieces of human breast skin (in vitro) and analyzed with histology. Computer morphometrics were used to measure the amount of thermal damage. RESULTS All templates produced a statistically significant reduction in the thermal damage. Additionally, we showed that cooling the templates made a statistically significant greater reduction in the thermal damage. The cooled diamond template reduced the thermal damage from the FEL to 28% of the damage observed without a template. The same cooled template reduced the thermal damage from the CO(2) laser to 56% of the damage observed without a template. Lesser reductions were observed with the copper template and even less with the sapphire template. The sapphire template reduced the thermal damage to 39 and 67% of the damage observed without a template for the FEL and the CO(2) laser, respectively. CONCLUSION These results indicate that unwanted lateral thermal damage from laser incisions can be reduced with cooled thermally conductive templates with the best results obtained with the diamond template, which is also the best thermal conductor.
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- Darrel L Ellis
- Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-5227, USA. darrel.ellis@.vanderbilt.edu
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Youn JI, Sweet P, Peavy GM, Venugopalan V. Mid-IR laser ablation of articular and fibro-cartilage: a wavelength dependence study of thermal injury and crater morphology. Lasers Surg Med 2006; 38:218-28. [PMID: 16453331 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate areas of collateral thermal injury and crater morphology for evidence of wavelength-dependent effects on the ablation of articular cartilage and fibro-cartilage (meniscus) using selected mid-IR wavelengths produced by a free electron laser. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS Two types of cartilage, articular cartilage and fibro-cartilage were used in the study. The wavelengths (lambda) evaluated were 2.79, 2.9, 6.1, and 6.45 microm generated by a free electron laser (FEL) using a 4 microseconds macropulse configuration. The zone of thermal injury and crater morphology produced by laser ablation were examined by light microscopy following standard histologic processing. RESULTS The zone of thermal injury and crater morphology created in cartilage by the FEL at selected mid-IR wavelengths were examined as a function of incident radiant exposure. Ablation using lambda = 6.1 microm provided the largest crater size for both articular and fibro-cartilage at all radiant exposures. For the zones of collateral thermal injury in articular cartilage, lambda = 6.1 microm produced the least thermal injury at the radiant exposure of 7.6 J/cm2. When the radiant exposure is increased to 20.4 J/cm2, both lambda = 6.1 and 6.45 microm produced less thermal injury than the ablation using lambda = 2.79 and 2.9 microm. The greatest amount of collateral thermal injury was produced by lambda = 2.79 microm for both tissue types. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate that crater depth and collateral thermal injury produced in articular cartilage and fibro-cartilage are wavelength-dependent with 6.1 microm providing the largest craters at all radiant exposures. The least amount of thermal injury was created in articular cartilage using lambda = 6.1 microm at the radiant exposure of 7.6 J/cm2. Both 6.1 and 6.45 microm wavelengths demonstrated similar amount of thermal injury at 20 J/cm2 that was less than lambda = 2.79 and 2.9 microm at similar fluences. These observations are explained based on the absorption by water and protein in the tissue types studied. It is further observed that the use of crater dimensions may not provide a reliable estimate for the amount of tissue removal provided by an ablation procedure.
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- Jong-In Youn
- Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine, California 92612, USA
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Xiao Y, Guo M, Parker K, Hutson MS. Wavelength-dependent collagen fragmentation during mid-IR laser ablation. Biophys J 2006; 91:1424-32. [PMID: 16714345 PMCID: PMC1518642 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.084616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Mid-infrared free-electron lasers have proven adept in surgical applications. When tuned to wavelengths between 6 and 7 microm, such lasers remove defined volumes of soft tissue with very little collateral damage. Previous attempts to explain the wavelength-dependence of collateral damage have invoked a wavelength-dependent loss of protein structural integrity. However, the molecular nature of this structural failure has been heretofore ill-defined. In this report, we evaluate several candidates for the relevant transition by analyzing the nonvolatile debris ejected during ablation. Porcine corneas were ablated with a free-electron laser tuned to 2.77 or 6.45 microm-wavelengths with matched absorption coefficients for hydrated corneas that respectively target either tissue water or protein. The debris ejected during these ablations was characterized via gel electrophoresis, as well as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, micro-Raman and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. We find that high-fluence (240 J/cm2) ablation at 6.45 microm, but not at 2.77 microm, leads to protein fragmentation accompanied by the accumulation of nitrile and alkyne species. The candidate transition most consistent with these observations is scission of the collagen protein backbone at N-alkylamide bonds. Identifying this transition is a key step toward understanding the observed wavelength-dependence of collateral damage in mid-infrared laser ablation.
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- Yaowu Xiao
- Department of Physics & Astronomy and Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystem Research & Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Nakajima Y, Iwatsuki K, Ishii K, Suzuki S, Fujinaka T, Yoshimine T, Awazu K. Medical application of an infrared free-electron laser: selective removal of cholesterol ester in carotid artery atheromatous plaques. J Neurosurg 2006; 104:426-8. [PMID: 16572656 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.3.426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Object
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of infrared free-electron laser (FEL) irradiation of cholesterol esters in human carotid artery (CA) atheromas.
Methods
The degradation of cholesterol ester was estimated from changes in the infrared absorption spectra acquired using microscopic transmission Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. An FEL emitting radiation at 5.75-μm wavelengths and a power density of 15.9 W/cm2 was used to treat intimal slices of extirpated human arterial atherosclerotic plaques.
Peak signals derived from an ester bond of cholesterol ester decreased in height as irradiation time increased and disappeared completely after 180 seconds. No other change was observed in the infrared absorption spectrum after 180 seconds of irradiation, and no histological damage was noted.
Conclusions
The authors concluded that FEL irradiation can remove cholesterol ester selectively from human atheromatous CA plaques. This novel technique differs from previous approaches involving conventional lasers.
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- Yoshikazu Nakajima
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
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