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Kozlovskaya V, Ducharme M, Dolmat M, Omweri JM, Tekin V, Lapi SE, Kharlampieva E. Direct Radiolabeling of Trastuzumab-Targeting Triblock Copolymer Vesicles with 89Zr for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:1784-1797. [PMID: 36926842 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
Abstract
Radiolabeled drug nanocarriers that can be easily imaged via positron emission tomography (PET) are highly significant as their in vivo outcome can be quantitatively PET-traced with high sensitivity. However, typical radiolabeling of most PET-guided theranostic vehicles utilizes modification with chelator ligands, which presents various challenges. In addition, unlike passive tumor targeting, specific targeting of drug delivery vehicles via binding affinity to overexpressed cancer cell receptors is crucial to improve the theranostic delivery to tumors. Herein, we developed 89Zr-labeled triblock copolymer polymersomes of 60 nm size through chelator-free radiolabeling. The polymersomes are assembled from poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)5-b-poly(dimethylsiloxane)30-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)5 (PVPON5-PDMS30-PVPON5) triblock copolymers followed by adsorption of a degradable tannin, tannic acid (TA), on the polymersome surface through hydrogen bonding. TA serves as an anchoring layer for both 89Zr radionuclide and targeting recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody, trastuzumab (Tmab). Unlike bare PVPON5-PDMS30-PVPON5 polymersomes, TA- and Tmab-modified polymersomes demonstrated a high radiochemical yield of more than 95%. Excellent retention of 89Zr by the vesicle membrane for up to 7 days was confirmed by PET in vivo imaging. Animal biodistribution using healthy BALB/c mice confirmed the clearance of 89Zr-labeled polymersomes through the spleen and liver without their accumulation in bone, unlike the free nonbound 89Zr radiotracer. The 89Zr-radiolabeled polymersomes were found to specifically target BT474 HER2-positive breast cancer cells via the Tmab-TA complex on the vesicle surface. The noncovalent Tmab anchoring to the polymersome membrane can be highly advantageous for nanoparticle modification compared to currently developed covalent methods, as it allows easy and quick integration of a broad range of targeting proteins. Given the ability of these polymersomes to encapsulate and release anticancer therapeutics, they can be further expanded as precision-targeted therapeutic carriers for advancing human health through highly effective drug delivery strategies.
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- Veronika Kozlovskaya
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
- Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
- O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
- O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
- Center for Nanomaterials and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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Zhang L, Guo H, Li J, Kang D, Zhang D, He X, Zhao Y, Wei D, Yu J. Multi-target reconstruction strategy based on blind source separation of surface measurement signals in FMT. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:1159-1177. [PMID: 36950247 PMCID: PMC10026579 DOI: 10.1364/boe.481348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) is a promising molecular imaging technique for tumor detection in the early stage. High-precision multi-target reconstructions are necessary for quantitative analysis in practical FMT applications. The existing reconstruction methods perform well in retrieving a single fluorescent target but may fail in reconstructing a multi-target, which remains an obstacle to the wider application of FMT. In this paper, a novel multi-target reconstruction strategy based on blind source separation (BSS) of surface measurement signals was proposed, which transformed the multi-target reconstruction problem into multiple single-target reconstruction problems. Firstly, by multiple points excitation, multiple groups of superimposed measurement signals conforming to the conditions of BSS were constructed. Secondly, an efficient nonnegative least-correlated component analysis with iterative volume maximization (nLCA-IVM) algorithm was applied to construct the separation matrix, and the superimposed measurement signals were separated into the measurements of each target. Thirdly, the least squares fitting method was combined with BSS to determine the number of fluorophores indirectly. Lastly, each target was reconstructed based on the extracted surface measurement signals. Numerical simulations and in vivo experiments proved that it has the ability of multi-target resolution for FMT. The encouraging results demonstrate the significant effectiveness and potential of our method for practical FMT applications.
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- Lizhi Zhang
- The Xi’an Key Laboratory of Radiomics and Intelligent Perception, Xi’an, China
- School of Information Sciences and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
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- The Xi’an Key Laboratory of Radiomics and Intelligent Perception, Xi’an, China
- School of Information Sciences and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
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- The Xi’an Key Laboratory of Radiomics and Intelligent Perception, Xi’an, China
- School of Information Sciences and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
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- The Xi’an Key Laboratory of Radiomics and Intelligent Perception, Xi’an, China
- School of Information Sciences and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
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- The Xi’an Key Laboratory of Radiomics and Intelligent Perception, Xi’an, China
- School of Information Sciences and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
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- The Xi’an Key Laboratory of Radiomics and Intelligent Perception, Xi’an, China
- School of Information Sciences and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
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- The Xi’an Key Laboratory of Radiomics and Intelligent Perception, Xi’an, China
- School of Information Sciences and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
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- The Xi’an Key Laboratory of Radiomics and Intelligent Perception, Xi’an, China
- School of Information Sciences and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710127, China
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- School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710062, China
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O'Brien CM, Bishop KW, Zhang H, Xu X, Shmuylovich L, Conley E, Nwosu K, Duncan K, Mondal SB, Sudlow G, Achilefu S. Quantitative tumor depth determination using dual wavelength excitation fluorescence. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 13:5628-5642. [PMID: 36733737 PMCID: PMC9872884 DOI: 10.1364/boe.468059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Quantifying solid tumor margins with fluorescence-guided surgery approaches is a challenge, particularly when using near infrared (NIR) wavelengths due to increased penetration depths. An NIR dual wavelength excitation fluorescence (DWEF) approach was developed that capitalizes on the wavelength-dependent attenuation of light in tissue to determine fluorophore depth. A portable dual wavelength excitation fluorescence imaging system was built and tested in parallel with an NIR tumor-targeting fluorophore in tissue mimicking phantoms, chicken tissue, and in vivo mouse models of breast cancer. The system showed high accuracy in all experiments. The low cost and simplicity of this approach make it ideal for clinical use.
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- Christine M O'Brien
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 4960 Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 4960 Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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Kirillin M, Khilov A, Kurakina D, Orlova A, Perekatova V, Shishkova V, Malygina A, Mironycheva A, Shlivko I, Gamayunov S, Turchin I, Sergeeva E. Dual-Wavelength Fluorescence Monitoring of Photodynamic Therapy: From Analytical Models to Clinical Studies. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13225807. [PMID: 34830963 PMCID: PMC8616416 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13225807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Fluorescence imaging is an efficient tool in monitoring photodynamic therapy procedures allowing us to track accumulation and photobleaching of a photosensitizer (PS). Chlorin-based PSs feature high absorption in the red and blue bands of visible spectrum. Due to spectral dispersion of light penetration depth in biotissues, fluorescence signals registered upon excitation by red or blue light are formed in different measurement volumes. We present analytical and numerical models of dual-wavelength fluorescence imaging for evaluation of PS localization depth in the cases of topical administration and intravenous injection. The results of analytical and numerical simulations are in good agreement with the phantom experiments, and are translated to the in vivo imaging, which allows to interpret experimental observations in animal trials, human volunteers, and clinical studies. The proposed approach allows us to noninvasively estimate typical accumulation depths of PS localization which are consistent with the morphologically expected values. Abstract Fluorescence imaging modalities are currently a routine tool for the assessment of marker distribution within biological tissues, including monitoring of fluorescent photosensitizers (PSs) in photodynamic therapy (PDT). Conventional fluorescence imaging techniques provide en-face two-dimensional images, while depth-resolved techniques require complicated tomographic modalities. In this paper, we report on a cost-effective approach for the estimation of fluorophore localization depth based on dual-wavelength probing. Owing to significant difference in optical properties of superficial biotissues for red and blue ranges of optical spectra, simultaneous detection of fluorescence excited at different wavelengths provides complementary information from different measurement volumes. Here, we report analytical and numerical models of the dual-wavelength fluorescence imaging of PS-containing biotissues considering topical and intravenous PS administration, and demonstrate the feasibility of this approach for evaluation of the PS localization depth based on the fluorescence signal ratio. The results of analytical and numerical simulations, as well as phantom experiments, were translated to the in vivo imaging to interpret experimental observations in animal experiments, human volunteers, and clinical studies. The proposed approach allowed us to estimate typical accumulation depths of PS localization which are consistent with the morphologically expected values for both topical PS administration and intravenous injection.
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- Mikhail Kirillin
- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Institute of Information Technology, Mathematics and Mechanics, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 23 Gagarin Avenue, 603022 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Center for Skin Tumor Diagnostics and Treatment, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Center for Skin Tumor Diagnostics and Treatment, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Center for Skin Tumor Diagnostics and Treatment, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 603005 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Nizhny Novgorod Regional Oncological Hospital, Delovaya 11/1, 603126 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics RAS, 46 Ulyanov St., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Smith JT, Aguénounon E, Gioux S, Intes X. Macroscopic fluorescence lifetime topography enhanced via spatial frequency domain imaging. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:4232-4235. [PMID: 32735266 PMCID: PMC7935427 DOI: 10.1364/ol.397605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
Abstract
We report on a macroscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging (MFLI) topography computational framework based around machine learning with the main goal of retrieving the depth of fluorescent inclusions deeply seated in bio-tissues. This approach leverages the depth-resolved information inherent to time-resolved fluorescence data sets coupled with the retrieval of in situ optical properties as obtained via spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI). Specifically, a Siamese network architecture is proposed with optical properties (OPs) and time-resolved fluorescence decays as input followed by simultaneous retrieval of lifetime maps and depth profiles. We validate our approach using comprehensive in silico data sets as well as with a phantom experiment. Overall, our results demonstrate that our approach can retrieve the depth of fluorescence inclusions, especially when coupled with optical properties estimation, with high accuracy. We expect the presented computational approach to find great utility in applications such as optical-guided surgery.
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- Jason T. Smith
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- University of Strasbourg, ICube Laboratory, 300 Boulevard Sebastien Brant, 67412 Illkirch, France
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- University of Strasbourg, ICube Laboratory, 300 Boulevard Sebastien Brant, 67412 Illkirch, France
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
- Corresponding author:
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Wang L, Wang J, Xia S, Wang X, Yu Y, Zhou H, Liu H. A FRET-based near-infrared ratiometric fluorescent probe for detection of mitochondria biothiol. Talanta 2020; 219:121296. [PMID: 32887038 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A new fluorescent probe A with BODIPY as FRET donor and near-infrared rhodamine as FRET acceptor is constructed through disulfide bonding and use for ratiometric fluorescence detection of biothiol. Due to the efficient fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) from BODIPY donor to near-infrared rhodamine acceptor, Probe A only displays near-infrared rhodamine fluorescence (λem = 656 nm) under BODIPY excitation at 480 nm. The presence of biothiol leads to BODIPY fluorescence increases (λem = 511 nm) and near-infrared rhodamine fluorescence decreases since the disulfide bond of the probe is broken by biothiols, effectively separating the donor from the acceptor, thus inhibiting the FRET process. Probe A exhibits remarkable high selectivity and excellent linear relationship from 10 μM to 100 μM of GSH, with low detection limit as 0.26 μM. Cellular imaging experiments shows that the probe is predominantly present in mitochondria and has been successfully applied to detect biothiol concentrations changes in mitochondria of living cells.
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- Lu Wang
- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI, 49931, USA
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI, 49931, USA.
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Mathis CL, Saouma CT. Protic media enhanced protodeboronation for a potential H2O2-sensitive ligand system. Polyhedron 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2020.114377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cho N, Shokeen M. Changing landscape of optical imaging in skeletal metastases. J Bone Oncol 2019; 17:100249. [PMID: 31316892 PMCID: PMC6611980 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbo.2019.100249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Optical imaging is an emerging strategy for in vitro and in vivo visualization of the molecular mechanisms of cancer over time. An increasing number of optical imaging contrast agents and techniques have been developed in recent years specifically for bone research and skeletal metastases. Visualizing molecular processes in relation to bone remodeling in metastasized cancers provides valuable information for understanding disease mechanisms and monitoring expression of primary molecular targets and therapeutic efficacy. This review is intended to provide an overview of tumor-specific and non-specific contrast agents in the first near-infrared window (NIR-I) window from 650 nm to 950 nm that can be used to study functional and structural aspects of skeletal remodeling of cancer in preclinical animal models. Near-infrared (NIR) optical imaging techniques, specifically NIR spectroscopy and photoacoustic imaging, and their use in skeletal metastases will also be discussed. Perspectives on the promises and challenges facing this exciting field are then given.
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- Nicholas Cho
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4515 McKinley Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States.,Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States
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Vu H, Zhou J, Huang Y, Hakamivala A, Khang MK, Tang L. Development of a dual-wavelength fluorescent nanoprobe for in vivo and in vitro cell tracking consecutively. Bioorg Med Chem 2019; 27:1855-1862. [PMID: 30910476 PMCID: PMC6469702 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Many imaging probes have been developed for a wide variety of imaging modalities. However, no optical imaging probe could be utilized for both microscopic and whole animal imaging. To fill the gap, the dual-wavelength fluorescent imaging nanoprobe was developed to simultaneously carry both visible-range fluorescent dye and near-infrared (NIR) dye. Emission scan confirms that the nanoprobe exhibits two separate peaks with strong fluorescent intensity in both visible and NIR ranges. Furthermore, the dual-wavelength fluorescent nanoprobe has high photostability and colloidal stability, as well as long shelf-life. In vitro cell culture experiments show that the nanoprobe has the ability to label different types of cells (namely, esophageal, prostate, fibroblast and macrophage cell) for fluorescent microscope imaging. More importantly, cell tracking experiments confirm that cell migration and distribution in various organs can be tracked in real time using in vivo whole-body NIR imaging and in vitro microscopic imaging, respectively.
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- Hong Vu
- Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA; Progenitec Inc., 7301 West Pioneer Parkway Suite B, Arlington, TX 76013, USA
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA; Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
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- Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA.
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Crouch BT, Gallagher J, Wang R, Duer J, Hall A, Soo MS, Hughes P, Haystead T, Ramanujam N. Exploiting heat shock protein expression to develop a non-invasive diagnostic tool for breast cancer. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3461. [PMID: 30837677 PMCID: PMC6400939 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40252-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Leveraging the unique surface expression of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) in breast cancer provides an exciting opportunity to develop rapid diagnostic tests at the point-of-care setting. Hsp90 has previously been shown to have elevated expression levels across all breast cancer receptor subtypes. We have developed a non-destructive strategy using HS-27, a fluorescently-tethered Hsp90 inhibitor, to assay surface Hsp90 expression on intact tissue specimens and validated our approach in clinical samples from breast cancer patients across estrogen receptor positive, Her2-overexpressing, and triple negative receptor subtypes. Utilizing a pre-clinical biopsy model, we optimized three imaging parameters that may affect the specificity of HS-27 based diagnostics – time between tissue excision and staining, agent incubation time, and agent dose, and translated our strategy to clinical breast cancer samples. Findings indicated that HS-27 florescence was highest in tumor tissue, followed by benign tissue, and finally followed by mammoplasty negative control samples. Interestingly, fluorescence in tumor samples was highest in Her2+ and triple negative subtypes, and inversely correlated with the presence of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes indicating that HS-27 fluorescence increases in aggressive breast cancer phenotypes. Development of a Gaussian support vector machine classifier based on HS-27 fluorescence features resulted in a sensitivity and specificity of 82% and 100% respectively when classifying tumor and benign conditions, setting the stage for rapid and automated tissue diagnosis at the point-of-care.
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- Brian T Crouch
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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An Y, Wang K, Tian J. Recent methodology advances in fluorescence molecular tomography. Vis Comput Ind Biomed Art 2018; 1:1. [PMID: 32240398 PMCID: PMC7098398 DOI: 10.1186/s42492-018-0001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Molecular imaging (MI) is a novel imaging discipline that has been continuously developed in recent years. It combines biochemistry, multimodal imaging, biomathematics, bioinformatics, cell & molecular physiology, biophysics, and pharmacology, and it provides a new technology platform for the early diagnosis and quantitative analysis of diseases, treatment monitoring and evaluation, and the development of comprehensive physiology. Fluorescence Molecular Tomography (FMT) is a type of optical imaging modality in MI that captures the three-dimensional distribution of fluorescence within a biological tissue generated by a specific molecule of fluorescent material within a biological tissue. Compared with other optical molecular imaging methods, FMT has the characteristics of high sensitivity, low cost, and safety and reliability. It has become the research frontier and research hotspot of optical molecular imaging technology. This paper took an overview of the recent methodology advances in FMT, mainly focused on the photon propagation model of FMT based on the radiative transfer equation (RTE), and the reconstruction problem solution consist of forward problem and inverse problem. We introduce the detailed technologies utilized in reconstruction of FMT. Finally, the challenges in FMT were discussed. This survey aims at summarizing current research hotspots in methodology of FMT, from which future research may benefit.
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- Yu An
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Yuan D, Ding L, Sun Z, Li X. MRI/Fluorescence bimodal amplification system for cellular GSH detection and tumor cell imaging based on manganese dioxide nanosheet. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1747. [PMID: 29379132 PMCID: PMC5788857 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20110-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Here, we report a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/fluorescence bimodal amplification platform for the detection of glutathione (GSH) on the basis of redoxable manganese dioxide (MnO2) nanosheets, which can be readily applied as a DNA nanocarrier, fluorescence quencher, and intracellular GSH-activated MRI contrast agent. The binding of aptamers that absorbed on the MnO2 nanosheets to their target can facilitating the endocytosis of target-nanoprobes. Once endocytosed, the MnO2 nanosheets can react with cellular GSH, resulting in the disintegration of nanosheets to generate plenty of Mn2+ ions for MRI and releases the primers which were adsorbed on the MnO2 nanosheets. Then the rolling circle amplification (RCA) reaction was initiated to amplify the fluorescence signal. In addition, after treatment with GSH, the MnO2 nanosheets were reduced and then most of the fluorescence was recovered. Therefore, this MnO2 nanoprobe exhibits excellent selectivity, suggesting a potential detection platform for analyzing the glutathione level in cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dandan Yuan
- Center of Cooperative Innovation for Chemical Imaging Functional Probes in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Research Institute of Biochemical Analysis, Linyi University, Linyi, 276005, P. R. China
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- Center of Cooperative Innovation for Chemical Imaging Functional Probes in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P. R. China.,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Research Institute of Biochemical Analysis, Linyi University, Linyi, 276005, P. R. China
| | - Zhaomei Sun
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Research Institute of Biochemical Analysis, Linyi University, Linyi, 276005, P. R. China
| | - Xuemei Li
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Research Institute of Biochemical Analysis, Linyi University, Linyi, 276005, P. R. China.
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