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Chu Y, Zhang W, Yuan B, Xu XQ, Ma Y, Wang Y. Deepened Photodynamic Therapy through Skin Optical Clearing Technology in the Visible Light Window. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:1007-1015. [PMID: 38117735 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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The trade-off that shorter wavelength light facilitates the efficient generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from photosensitizer (PS) while facing the drawback of limited penetration depth through skin tissue restricts the further development of photodynamic therapy (PDT). Here, we address this contradiction and achieve visible-light-tailored deep PDT combined with the skin optical clearing technology. With the help of the prepared skin optical clearing gel, the refractive index inhomogeneity between skin tissue components is greatly attenuated, and the light scattering effect within the skin tissue is remarkably reduced. As a consequence, the transmittance of visible light at 600 nm through in vitro porcine skin and in vivo mouse skin after treatment increases from approximately 10 and 40 to 70 and 70%, respectively. Furthermore, in the tumor cell eradication experiment, the local ROS generation efficiency in the experimental group is several times higher than that in the control group owing to improved visible transmittance, which is thus responsible for the complete eradication of tumor cells, even when shaded by skin tissue. The results suggest that this strategy may serve as a valuable supplement to the current deep PDT strategies.
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- Yanji Chu
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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Maillet M, Kammoun M, Avril S, Ho Ba Tho MC, Trabelsi O. Non-destructive Characterization of Skeletal Muscle Extracellular Matrix Morphology by Combining Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Imaging with Tissue Clearing. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:2323-2336. [PMID: 37310491 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-023-03274-2] [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] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Histology is an essential step to visualize and analyze the microstructure of any biological tissue; however, histological processing is often irreversible, and histological samples are unable to be imaged or tested further. In this work, a novel non-destructive protocol is proposed for morphological analysis of skeletal muscles, combining Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging with Tissue Clearing. Imaging combining OCT and Propylene Glycol (PG) as a tissue-clearing agent, was performed on rat tail and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle. The results show that the extracellular matrix morphology of skeletal muscles, including muscular fibers and the whole microstructure architecture were clearly identified. PG improved OCT imaging as measured by image quality metric Contrast Per Pixel CPP (increases by 3.9%), Naturalness Image Quality Evaluator NIQE (decreases by 23%), and Volume of Interest VOI size (higher for CPP and lower for NIQE values). The tendon microstructure was observed with less precision, as collagen fibers could not be clearly detected. The reversibility of the optical effects of the PG on the immersed tissue (in a Phosphate-Buffered Saline solution) was studied comparing native and rehydrated OCT image acquisition from a single EDL sample. Optical properties and microstructure visibility (CPP and NIQE) have been recovered to 99% of the native sample values. Moreover, clearing process caused shrinkage of the tissue recovered to 86% of the original width. Future work will aim to employ the proposed experimental protocol to identify the local mechanical properties of biological tissues.
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- Maxence Maillet
- Université de technologie de Compiègne, CNRS, Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Centre de recherche Royallieu, CS 60319, 60203, Compiègne Cedex, France
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- Université de technologie de Compiègne, CNRS, Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Centre de recherche Royallieu, CS 60319, 60203, Compiègne Cedex, France
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- Mines Saint-Etienne, Univ Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, Inserm, U 1059 Sainbiose, 42023, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Université de technologie de Compiègne, CNRS, Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Centre de recherche Royallieu, CS 60319, 60203, Compiègne Cedex, France
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- Université de technologie de Compiègne, CNRS, Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Centre de recherche Royallieu, CS 60319, 60203, Compiègne Cedex, France.
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Sheet AH, Hamdy O, Abdel-Harith M. Scattering and absorption properties modification of optically cleared skeletal muscles: an ex vivo study. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2023; 40:1042-1050. [PMID: 37706757 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.486496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Optical clearing is a relatively new approach to enhancing the optical transparency of biological tissues by reducing their scattering properties. The optical clearing effect is achievable via various chemical, physical, and photo-thermal techniques. The present work studied optical parameters of bovine skeletal muscles under different clearing protocols: immersion optical clearing in 99% glycerol and photo-thermal optical clearing via exposure to IR laser irradiation. Moreover, the two techniques were combined with different immersion time intervals after multiple exposure periods to get optimum results. The muscle samples' diffuse reflectance and total transmittance were measured using a single integrating sphere and introduced to the Kubleka-Munk mathematical model to determine the absorption and reduced scattering coefficients. Results revealed a 6% scattering reduction after irradiating the sample for 10 min and immersing it in glycerol for 18 min and 8% after 20 min of laser irradiation and 18 min of immersion. Moreover, increases of 6.5% and 7.5% in penetration depth were prominent for the total treatment times of 28 min and 38 min, respectively. Furthermore, the measurements' accuracy and sensitivity were analyzed and evaluated using the receiver operating characteristic method. The accuracy ranged from 0.93 to 0.98, with sensitivity from 0.93 to 0.99 for each clearing protocol. Although laser irradiation and application of 99% glycerol separately produced scattering light reduction, the maximal clearing effect was obtained while irradiating the sample with a laser for 20 min and then immersing it in 99% glycerol for a maximum of 18 min.
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The Glycerol-Induced Perfusion-Kinetics of the Cat Ovaries in the Follicular and Luteal Phases of the Cycle. Diagnostics (Basel) 2023; 13:diagnostics13030490. [PMID: 36766594 PMCID: PMC9914571 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13030490] [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: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The method of immersion optical clearing reduces light scattering in tissues, which improves the use of optical technologies in the practice of clinicians. In this work, we studied the optical and molecular diffusion properties of cat ovarian tissues in the follicular (F-ph) and luteal (L-ph) phases under the influence of glycerol using reflectance spectroscopy in a broad wavelength range from 200 to 800 nm. It was found that the reflectance and transmittance of the ovaries are significantly lower in the range from 200 to 600 nm than for longer wavelengths from 600 to 800 nm, and the efficiency of optical clearing is much lower for the ovaries in the luteal phase compared to the follicular phase. For shorter wavelengths, the following tissue transparency windows were observed: centered at 350 nm and wide (46 ± 5) nm, centered at 500 nm and wide (25 ± 7) nm for the F-ph state and with a center of 500 nm and a width of (21 ± 6) nm for the L-ph state. Using the free diffusion model, Fick's law of molecular diffusion and the Bouguer-Beer-Lambert radiation attenuation law, the glycerol/tissue water diffusion coefficient was estimated as D = (1.9 ± 0.2)10-6 cm2/s for ovaries at F-ph state and D = (2.4 ± 0.2)10-6 cm2/s-in L-ph state, and the time of complete dehydration of ovarian samples, 0.8 mm thick, as 22.3 min in F-ph state and 17.7 min in L-ph state. The ability to determine the phase in which the ovaries are stated, follicular or luteal, is also important in cryopreservation, new reproductive technologies and ovarian implantation.
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Maloshenok LG, Abushinova GA, Ryazanova AY, Bruskin SA, Zherdeva VV. Visualizing the Nucleome Using the CRISPR–Cas9 System: From in vitro to in vivo. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2023; 88:S123-S149. [PMID: 37069118 PMCID: PMC9940691 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297923140080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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One of the latest methods in modern molecular biology is labeling genomic loci in living cells using fluorescently labeled Cas protein. The NIH Foundation has made the mapping of the 4D nucleome (the three-dimensional nucleome on a timescale) a priority in the studies aimed to improve our understanding of chromatin organization. Fluorescent methods based on CRISPR-Cas are a significant step forward in visualization of genomic loci in living cells. This approach can be used for studying epigenetics, cell cycle, cellular response to external stimuli, rearrangements during malignant cell transformation, such as chromosomal translocations or damage, as well as for genome editing. In this review, we focused on the application of CRISPR-Cas fluorescence technologies as components of multimodal imaging methods for in vivo mapping of chromosomal loci, in particular, attribution of fluorescence signal to morphological and anatomical structures in a living organism. The review discusses the approaches to the highly sensitive, high-precision labeling of CRISPR-Cas components, delivery of genetically engineered constructs into cells and tissues, and promising methods for molecular imaging.
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- Liliya G Maloshenok
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center for Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center for Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center for Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center for Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center for Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia.
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Martins IS, Silva HF, Lazareva EN, Chernomyrdin NV, Zaytsev KI, Oliveira LM, Tuchin VV. Measurement of tissue optical properties in a wide spectral range: a review [Invited]. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:249-298. [PMID: 36698664 PMCID: PMC9841994 DOI: 10.1364/boe.479320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A distinctive feature of this review is a critical analysis of methods and results of measurements of the optical properties of tissues in a wide spectral range from deep UV to terahertz waves. Much attention is paid to measurements of the refractive index of biological tissues and liquids, the knowledge of which is necessary for the effective application of many methods of optical imaging and diagnostics. The optical parameters of healthy and pathological tissues are presented, and the reasons for their differences are discussed, which is important for the discrimination of pathologies and the demarcation of their boundaries. When considering the interaction of terahertz radiation with tissues, the concept of an effective medium is discussed, and relaxation models of the effective optical properties of tissues are presented. Attention is drawn to the manifestation of the scattering properties of tissues in the THz range and the problems of measuring the optical properties of tissues in this range are discussed. In conclusion, a method for the dynamic analysis of the optical properties of tissues under optical clearing using an application of immersion agents is presented. The main mechanisms and technologies of optical clearing, as well as examples of the successful application for differentiation of healthy and pathological tissues, are analyzed.
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- Inês S. Martins
- Center for Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology, ISEP, Porto, Portugal
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- Porto University, School of Engineering, Porto, Portugal
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- Science Medical Center, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
- Laboratory of Laser Molecular Imaging and Machine Learning, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physics Department, Polytechnic of Porto – School of Engineering (ISEP), Porto, Portugal
- Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), Porto, Portugal
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- Science Medical Center, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
- Laboratory of Laser Molecular Imaging and Machine Learning, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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Photothermal therapy (PTT) mediated by the second near-infrared light (NIR-II) is considered as the most promising PTT in deep tissues due to the superior penetrability of NIR-II through biological tissues. However, the effective therapeutic depth of NIR-II mediated PTT is limited to only several millimeters beneath the skin tissues. So far, deep PTT still cannot satisfy the depth requirement for most common cancers, including but not limited to lung, pancreatic, colorectal, and stomach cancers. Therefore, it is highly desirable to develop ultradeep PTT strategies to enhance the therapeutic depth with clinical availability. This Perspective highlights the latest research progress in regard to ultradeep PTT strategies, including larger laser spot PTT, skin tissue optical clearing technology enhanced PTT, and optical fiber assisted PTT, followed with pertinent evaluations and expectations. In addition, challenges and perspectives in this fast-growing area of ultradeep PTT are discussed.
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- Yanji Chu
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics, Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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Kazachkina NI, Zherdeva VV, Meerovich IG, Saydasheva AN, Solovyev ID, Tuchina DK, Savitsky AP, Tuchin VV, Bogdanov AA. MR and fluorescence imaging of gadobutrol-induced optical clearing of red fluorescent protein signal in an in vivo cancer model. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2022; 35:e4708. [PMID: 35106848 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Multimodality registration of optical and MR images in the same tissue volume in vivo may be enabled by MR contrast agents with an optical clearing (OC) effect. The goals of this study were to (a) investigate the effects of clinical MR contrast agent gadobutrol (GB) and its combinations as a potential OC agent assisting in fluorescence intensity (FI) imaging in vivo and (b) evaluate MRI as a tool for imaging of topical or systemic application of GB for the purpose of OC. Subcutaneous tumor xenografts expressing red fluorescent marker protein were used as disease models. MRI was performed at 1 T 1 H MRI using T1 -weighted 3D gradient-echo (T1w-3D GRE) sequences to measure time-dependent MR signal intensity changes by region of interest analysis after image segmentation. Topical application of 1.0 M or 0.7 M GB-containing OC mixture with water and dimethyl sulfoxide showed similar 30-40% increases of tumor FI during the initial 15 min. Afterwards, the OC effect of GB on FI and tumor/background FI ratio showed a decrease over time in the case of 1.0 M GB, unlike the 0.7 M GB mixture, which resulted in a steady increase of FI and tumor/background ratio for 15-60 min. The use of T1w-3D GRE MR pulse sequences showed that concentrated 1.0 M GB resulted in MR signal loss of the skin due to high magnetic susceptibility and that signal loss coincided with the OC effect. Intravenous injection of 0.3 mmol GB/kg resulted in a rapid but transient 40% increase of FI of the tumors. Overall, 1 T MRI enabled tracking of GB-containing OC compositions on the skin surface and tumor tissue, supporting the observation of a time-dependent FI increase in vivo.
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- Natalia I Kazachkina
- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Saratov State University, Saratov, Russian Federation
- National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Saratov State University, Saratov, Russian Federation
- National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
- Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Department of Radiology, UMASS Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Genina EA. Tissue Optical Clearing: State of the Art and Prospects. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12071534. [PMID: 35885440 PMCID: PMC9324581 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12071534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Elina A. Genina
- Optics and Biophotonics Department, Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Str., 410012 Saratov, Russia;
- Laboratory of Laser Molecular Imaging and Machine Learning, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin’s Av., 634050 Tomsk, Russia
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Yu W, Chen Y, Cen Q, Zhu J, Lin X. Can 595-nm Pulsed Dye Laser in Conjunction With an Optical Clearing Agent Improve the Treatment of Port-Wine Stains? Dermatol Surg 2022; 48:534-538. [PMID: 35404867 DOI: 10.1097/dss.0000000000003410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies have demonstrated that glycerol can act as an optical clearing agent (OCA) to increase the light penetration through the skin and laser deposition to the target chromophore, thus potentially increasing the efficacy of laser treatment. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether a pulsed dye laser (PDL) in combination with an OCA can increase the efficacy in treating port-wine stains (PWSs). METHODS Thirteen patients with untreated PWSs underwent 3 treatment sessions at 6-week intervals. Each PWS was divided into OCA + PDL sites (PDL treatment after topical use of 0.5 mL hydrous glycerol for 5 minutes), PDL sites, and untreated sites. The chromametric evaluation and visual evaluation (VAS) of the efficacy and the assessment of side effects were conducted 3 months after the final treatment. RESULTS Visual evaluation was 2.69 versus 2.07 (p = .025) and 3.38 versus 3.07 (p = .04) for OCA + PDL and PDL-only sites after the first and second sessions. After the third session, the chromameter and VAS indicated no significant difference between the 2 sites. Permanent side effects were not observed. CONCLUSION Greater efficacy was observed after the first 2 treatments on the OCA + PDL sites. Although after multiple sessions, the OCA + PDL treatment did not improve efficacy over just PDL alone.
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- Wenxin Yu
- Departments of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, and
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- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Departments of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, and
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- Departments of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine, and
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Photoacoustic Imaging in Biomedicine and Life Sciences. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12040588. [PMID: 35455079 PMCID: PMC9028050 DOI: 10.3390/life12040588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Photo-acoustic imaging, also known as opto-acoustic imaging, has become a widely popular modality for biomedical applications. This hybrid technique possesses the advantages of high optical contrast and high ultrasonic resolution. Due to the distinct optical absorption properties of tissue compartments and main chromophores, photo-acoustics is able to non-invasively observe structural and functional variations within biological tissues including oxygenation and deoxygenation, blood vessels and spatial melanin distribution. The detection of acoustic waves produced by a pulsed laser source yields a high scaling range, from organ level photo-acoustic tomography to sub-cellular or even molecular imaging. This review discusses significant novel technical solutions utilising photo-acoustics and their applications in the fields of biomedicine and life sciences.
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Brenna C, Simioni C, Varano G, Conti I, Costanzi E, Melloni M, Neri LM. Optical tissue clearing associated with 3D imaging: application in preclinical and clinical studies. Histochem Cell Biol 2022; 157:497-511. [PMID: 35235045 PMCID: PMC9114043 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-022-02081-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Understanding the inner morphology of intact tissues is one of the most competitive challenges in modern biology. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, optical tissue clearing (OTC) has provided solutions for volumetric imaging, allowing the microscopic visualization of thick sections of tissue, organoids, up to whole organs and organisms (for example, mouse or rat). Recently, tissue clearing has also been introduced in clinical settings to achieve a more accurate diagnosis with the support of 3D imaging. This review aims to give an overview of the most recent developments in OTC and 3D imaging and to illustrate their role in the field of medical diagnosis, with a specific focus on clinical applications.
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- Cinzia Brenna
- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.,Medical Research Center, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.,LTTA - Electron Microscopy Center, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. .,LTTA - Electron Microscopy Center, University of Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
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Naumova EV, Vladimirov YA, Tuchin VV, Namiot VA, Volodyaev IV. Methods of Studying Ultraweak Photon Emission from Biological Objects: III. Physical Methods. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350922010109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Tuchin VV, Genina EA, Tuchina ES, Svetlakova AV, Svenskaya YI. Optical clearing of tissues: Issues of antimicrobial phototherapy and drug delivery. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 180:114037. [PMID: 34752842 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.114037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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This review presents principles and novelties in the field of tissue optical clearing (TOC) technology, as well as application for optical monitoring of drug delivery and effective antimicrobial phototherapy. TOC is based on altering the optical properties of tissue through the introduction of immersion optical cleaning agents (OCA), which impregnate the tissue of interest. We also analyze various methods and kinetics of delivery of photodynamic agents, nanoantibiotics and their mixtures with OCAs into the tissue depth in the context of antimicrobial and antifungal phototherapy. In vitro and in vivo studies of antimicrobial phototherapies, such as photodynamic, photothermal plasmonic and photocatalytic, are summarized, and the prospects of a new TOC technology for effective killing of pathogens are discussed.
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Zaytsev SM, Amouroux M, Khairallah G, Bashkatov AN, Tuchin VV, Blondel W, Genina EA. Impact of optical clearing on ex vivo human skin optical properties characterized by spatially resolved multimodal spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2022; 15:e202100202. [PMID: 34476912 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202100202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A spatially resolved multimodal spectroscopic device was used on a two-layered "hybrid" model made of ex vivo skin and fluorescent gel to investigate the effect of skin optical clearing on the depth sensitivity of optical spectroscopy. Time kinetics of fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectra were acquired in four experimental conditions: with optical clearing agent (OCA) 1 made of polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG-400), propylene glycol and sucrose; with OCA 2 made of PEG-400 and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO); with saline solution as control and a "dry" condition. An increase in the gel fluorescence back reflected intensity was measured after optical clearing. Effect of OCA 2 turned out to be stronger than that of OCA 1, possibly due to DMSO impact on the stratum corneum keratin conformation. Complementary experimental results showed increased light transmittance through the skin and confirmed that the improvement in the depth sensitivity of the multimodal spectroscopic approach is related not only to the dehydration and refractive indices matching due to optical clearing, but also to the mechanical compression of tissues caused by the application of the spectroscopic probe.
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- Sergey M Zaytsev
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CRAN UMR 7039, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- Saratov State University, Institute of Physics, Department of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russian Federation
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CRAN UMR 7039, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CRAN UMR 7039, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
- Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Metz-Thionville Regional Hospital, Ars-Laquenexy, France
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- Saratov State University, Institute of Physics, Department of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russian Federation
- National Research Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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- Saratov State University, Institute of Physics, Department of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russian Federation
- National Research Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russian Federation
- Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control RAS, Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Saratov, Russian Federation
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CRAN UMR 7039, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Saratov State University, Institute of Physics, Department of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russian Federation
- National Research Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russian Federation
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Masamsetti VP, Tam PPL. Identification and Visualization of Protein Expression in Whole Mouse Embryos by Immunofluorescence. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2490:39-45. [PMID: 35486237 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2281-0_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Mouse embryo studies are pivotal for the understanding of early development. Analysis of the spatial and temporal changes of protein expression during development of a mouse embryo allows us to identify the genetic basis of errors of development in animal disease models. Immunofluorescence is a powerful technique to study the localization and variation in expression pattern of specific proteins in cells, tissues, and organs. Detecting the antigens with their specific antibodies labeled with fluorescent probes allows visualization of proteins at the cellular level. Here, we provide the optimized protocol of immunostaining whole mouse embryos at embryonic stages E7.5 to E11.5.
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- V Pragathi Masamsetti
- Embryology Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
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- Embryology Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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Yuan YS, Yu F, Niu SP, Lu H, Kou YH, Xu HL. Combining CUBIC Optical Clearing and Thy1-YFP-16 Mice to Observe Morphological Axon Changes During Wallerian Degeneration. Curr Med Sci 2021; 41:944-952. [PMID: 34693494 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-021-2438-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Wallerian degeneration is a pathological process closely related to peripheral nerve regeneration following injury, and includes the disintegration and phagocytosis of peripheral nervous system cells. Traditionally, morphological changes are observed by performing immunofluorescence staining after sectioning, which results in the loss of some histological information. The purpose of this study was to explore a new, nondestructive, and systematic method for observing axonal histological changes during Wallerian degeneration. METHODS Thirty male Thy1-YFP-16 mice (SPF grade, 6 weeks old, 20±5 g) were randomly selected and divided into clear, unobstructed brain imaging cocktails and computational analysis (CUBIC) optical clearing (n=15) and traditional method groups (n=15). Five mice in each group were sacrificed at 1st, 3rd, and 5th day following a crush operation. The histological axon changes were observed by CUBIC light optical clearing treatment, direct tissue section imaging, and HE staining. RESULTS The results revealed that, compared with traditional imaging methods, there was no physical damage to the samples, which allowed for three-dimensional and deep-seated tissue imaging through CUBIC. Local image information could be nicely obtained by direct fluorescence imaging and HE staining, but it was difficult to obtain image information of the entire sample. At the same time, the image information obtained by fluorescence imaging and HE staining was partially lost. CONCLUSION The combining of CUBIC and Thy1-YFP transgenic mice allowed for a clear and comprehensive observation of histological changes of axons in Wallerian degeneration.
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- Yu-Song Yuan
- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China
- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Orthopaedic Biomaterials, Department of Bone & Joint Surgery, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, 518036, China
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China
- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Orthopaedic Biomaterials, Department of Bone & Joint Surgery, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, 518036, China
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- Office of Academic Research, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China
- Diabetic Foot Treatment Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China.
- Key Laboratory of Trauma and Neural Regeneration (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100044, China.
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China.
- Diabetic Foot Treatment Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China.
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Hofmann J, Keppler SJ. Tissue clearing and 3D imaging - putting immune cells into context. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:271108. [PMID: 34342351 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.258494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A better understanding of cell-cell and cell-niche interactions is crucial to comprehend the complexity of inflammatory or pathophysiological scenarios such as tissue damage during viral infections, the tumour microenvironment and neuroinflammation. Optical clearing and 3D volumetric imaging of large tissue pieces or whole organs is a rapidly developing methodology that holds great promise for the in-depth study of cells in their natural surroundings. These methods have mostly been applied to image structural components such as endothelial cells and neuronal architecture. Recent work now highlights the possibility of studying immune cells in detail within their respective immune niches. This Review summarizes recent developments in tissue clearing methods and 3D imaging, with a focus on the localization and quantification of immune cells. We first provide background to the optical challenges involved and their solutions before discussing published protocols for tissue clearing, the limitations of 3D imaging of immune cells and image analysis. Furthermore, we highlight possible applications for tissue clearing and propose future developments for the analysis of immune cells within homeostatic or inflammatory immune niches.
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- Julian Hofmann
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, München rechts der Isar (MRI), Technical University Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany.,TranslaTUM, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Technical University Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, München rechts der Isar (MRI), Technical University Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany.,TranslaTUM, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Technical University Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
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Song J, Zeng N, Guo W, Guo J, Ma H. Stokes polarization imaging applied for monitoring dynamic tissue optical clearing. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 12:4821-4836. [PMID: 34513227 PMCID: PMC8407829 DOI: 10.1364/boe.426653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We propose a continuous Stokes imaging system with a refresh rate of several seconds, instead of a traditional Mueller measurement setup, to quickly track the microstructural changes of tissues during the optical clearing process. The effectiveness of this fast Stokes imaging applied in monitoring the dynamic process is first validated by three designed experiments with a polarization state that changes continuously and rapidly, and is further confirmed by gradual changes in polarization image contrast and resolution with clearing. By comparison with experiments from different tissue samples with the same agent, the fast Stokes response curve can improve the analysis ability of photon polarization behavior connected with the complicated changes of tissue characteristics.
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- Jiawei Song
- Guangdong Research Center of Polarization Imaging and Measurement Engineering Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, 1 Tsinghua Yuan, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Research Center of Polarization Imaging and Measurement Engineering Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Research Center of Polarization Imaging and Measurement Engineering Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Tsinghua University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 1 Tsinghua Yuan, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Research Center of Polarization Imaging and Measurement Engineering Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Research Center of Polarization Imaging and Measurement Engineering Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, 1 Tsinghua Yuan, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Precision Medicine and Healthcare, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, 518071, China
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Lai JH, Liao EY, Liao YH, Sun CK. Investigating the optical clearing effects of 50% glycerol in ex vivo human skin by harmonic generation microscopy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:329. [PMID: 33431907 PMCID: PMC7801418 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77889-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Imaging depth and quality of optical microscopy can be enhanced by optical clearing. Here we investigate the optical clearing of the ex vivo human skin by 50% glycerol topical application, which is allowed for cosmetic usage. Harmonic generation microscopy, by combining second and third harmonic generation (THG) modalities, was utilized to examine the clearing effect. The THG image intensity is sensitive to the improved optical homogeneity after optical clearing, and the second harmonic generation (SHG) image intensity in the dermis could serve as a beacon to confirm the reduction of the scattering in the epidermis layer. As a result, our study supports the OC effect through 50% glycerol topical application. Our study further indicates the critical role of stratum corneum shrinkage for the observed SHG and THG signal recovery.
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- Jia-Hong Lai
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10002, Taiwan.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.
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Schneidereit D, Bröllochs A, Ritter P, Kreiß L, Mokhtari Z, Beilhack A, Krönke G, Ackermann JA, Faas M, Grüneboom A, Schürmann S, Friedrich O. An advanced optical clearing protocol allows label-free detection of tissue necrosis via multiphoton microscopy in injured whole muscle. Am J Cancer Res 2021; 11:2876-2891. [PMID: 33456578 PMCID: PMC7806485 DOI: 10.7150/thno.51558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Rationale: Structural remodeling or damage as a result of disease or injury is often not evenly distributed throughout a tissue but strongly depends on localization and extent of damaging stimuli. Skeletal muscle as a mechanically active organ can express signs of local or even systemic myopathic damage, necrosis, or repair. Conventionally, muscle biopsies (patients) or whole muscles (animal models) are mechanically sliced and stained to assess structural alterations histologically. Three-dimensional tissue information can be obtained by applying deep imaging modalities, e.g. multiphoton or light-sheet microscopy. Chemical clearing approaches reduce scattering, e.g. through matching refractive tissue indices, to overcome optical penetration depth limits in thick tissues. Methods: Here, we optimized a range of different clearing protocols. We find aqueous solution-based protocols employing (20-80%) 2,2'-thiodiethanol (TDE) to be advantageous over organic solvents (dibenzyl ether, cinnamate) regarding the preservation of muscle morphology, ease-of-use, hazard level, and costs. Results: Applying TDE clearing to a mouse model of local cardiotoxin (CTX)-induced muscle necrosis, a complete loss of myosin-II signals was observed in necrotic areas with little change in fibrous collagen or autofluorescence (AF) signals. The 3D aspect of myofiber integrity could be assessed, and muscle necrosis in whole muscle was quantified locally via the ratios of detected AF, forward- and backward-scattered Second Harmonic Generation (fSHG, bSHG) signals. Conclusion: TDE optical clearing is a versatile tool to study muscle architecture in conjunction with label-free multiphoton imaging in 3D in injury/myopathy models and might also be useful in studying larger biofabricated constructs in regenerative medicine.
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Sang C, Kallmes DF, Kadirvel R, Durka MJ, Ding YH, Dai D, Watkins SC, Robertson AM. Adaptive Remodeling in the Elastase-induced Rabbit Aneurysms. EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS 2021; 61:263-283. [PMID: 33814553 PMCID: PMC8011419 DOI: 10.1007/s11340-020-00671-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rupture of brain aneurysms is associated with high fatality and morbidity rates. Through remodeling of the collagen matrix, many aneurysms can remain unruptured for decades, despite an enlarging and evolving geometry. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to explore this adaptive remodeling for the first time in an elastase induced aneurysm model in rabbits. METHODS Saccular aneurysms were created in 22 New Zealand white rabbits and remodeling was assessed in tissue harvested 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks after creation. RESULTS The intramural principal stress ratio doubled after aneurysm creation due to increased longitudinal loads, triggering a remodeling response. A distinct wall layer with multi-directional collagen fibers developed between the media and adventitia as early as 2 weeks, and in all cases by 4 weeks with an average thickness of 50.6 ± 14.3 μm. Collagen fibers in this layer were multi-directional (AI = 0.56 ± 0.15) with low tortuosity (1.08 ± 0.02) compared with adjacent circumferentially aligned medial fibers (AI = 0.78 ± 0.12) and highly tortuous adventitial fibers (1.22 ± 0.03). A second phase of remodeling replaced circumferentially aligned fibers in the inner media with longitudinal fibers. A structurally motivated constitutive model with both remodeling modes was introduced along with methodology for determining material parameters from mechanical testing and multiphoton imaging. CONCLUSIONS A new mechanism was identified by which aneurysm walls can rapidly adapt to changes in load, ensuring the structural integrity of the aneurysm until a slower process of medial reorganization occurs. The rabbit model can be used to evaluate therapies to increase aneurysm wall stability.
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- C Sang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, 3700 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, 3700 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Center for Biological Imaging, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, 3700 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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Fiedler S, Wünnemann H, Hofmann I, Theobalt N, Feuchtinger A, Walch A, Schwaiger J, Wanke R, Blutke A. A practical guide to unbiased quantitative morphological analyses of the gills of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in ecotoxicological studies. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243462. [PMID: 33296424 PMCID: PMC7725368 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are frequently used as experimental animals in ecotoxicological studies, in which they are experimentally exposed to defined concentrations of test substances, such as heavy metals, pesticides, or pharmaceuticals. Following exposure to a broad variety of aquatic pollutants, early morphologically detectable toxic effects often manifest in alterations of the gills. Suitable methods for an accurate and unbiased quantitative characterization of the type and the extent of morphological gill alterations are therefore essential prerequisites for recognition, objective evaluation and comparison of the severity of gill lesions. The aim of the present guidelines is to provide practicable, standardized and detailed protocols for the application of unbiased quantitative stereological analyses of relevant morphological parameters of the gills of rainbow trout. These gill parameters inter alia include the total volume of the primary and secondary gill lamellae, the surface area of the secondary gill lamellae epithelium (i.e., the respiratory surface) and the thickness of the diffusion barrier. The featured protocols are adapted to fish of frequently used body size classes (300-2000 g). They include well-established, conventional sampling methods, probes and test systems for unbiased quantitative stereological analyses of light- and electron microscopic 2-D gill sections, as well as the application of modern 3-D light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) of optically cleared gill samples as an innovative, fast and efficient quantitative morphological analysis approach. The methods shown here provide a basis for standardized and representative state-of-the-art quantitative morphological analyses of trout gills, ensuring the unbiasedness and reproducibility, as well as the intra- and inter-study comparability of analyses results. Their broad implementation will therefore significantly contribute to the reliable identification of no observed effect concentration (NOEC) limits in ecotoxicological studies and, moreover, to limit the number of experimental animals by reduction of unnecessary repetition of experiments.
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- Sonja Fiedler
- Institute of Veterinary Pathology at the Center for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Unit 73 Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Microbial Ecology, Bavarian Environment Agency, Wielenbach, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology at the Center for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology at the Center for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Unit 73 Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Microbial Ecology, Bavarian Environment Agency, Wielenbach, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology at the Center for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Tuchina DK, Meerovich IG, Sindeeva OA, Zherdeva VV, Savitsky AP, Bogdanov AA, Tuchin VV. Magnetic resonance contrast agents in optical clearing: Prospects for multimodal tissue imaging. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2020; 13:e201960249. [PMID: 32687263 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201960249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Skin optical clearing effect ex vivo and in vivo was achieved by topical application of low molecular weight paramagnetic magnetic resonance contrast agents. This novel feature has not been explored before. By using collimated transmittance the diffusion coefficients of three clinically used magnetic resonance contrast agents, that is Gadovist, Magnevist and Dotarem as well as X-ray contrast agent Visipaque in mouse skin were determined ex vivo as (4.29 ± 0.39) × 10-7 cm2 /s, (5.00 ± 0.72) × 10-7 cm2 /s, (3.72 ± 0.67) × 10-7 cm2 /s and (1.64 ± 0.18) × 10-7 cm2 /s, respectively. The application of gadobutrol (Gadovist) resulted in efficient optical clearing that in general, was superior to other contrast agents tested and allowed to achieve: (a) more than 12-fold increase of transmittance over 10 minutes after application ex vivo; (b) markedly improved images of skin architecture obtained with optical coherence tomography; (c) an increase of the fluorescence intensity/background ratio in TagRFP-red fluorescent marker protein expressing tumor by five times after 15 minutes application into the skin in vivo. The obtained results have immediate implications for multimodality imaging because many contrast agents are capable of simultaneously enhancing the contrast of multiple imaging modalities.
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- Daria K Tuchina
- Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
- А.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- А.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- А.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- А.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- А.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
- А.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russia
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Rapid skin optical clearing enhancement with salicylic acid for imaging blood vessels in vivo. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2020; 32:102005. [PMID: 32961325 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.102005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Light penetration in deeper tissue is impeded by the skin scattering properties, which significantly limits the clinical applications of light in medical diagnosis and therapy. To overcome this problem, skin optical clearing methods using different optical clearing agents (OCAs) have been extensively developed to clear the dermis tissue. It is critically important to remove the outmost stratum corneum (SC) before the OCAs were applied for optical clearing, since the SC works as a natural barrier to the OCAs. For this, a controllable approach for the SC disruption through physical or chemical methods is highly required for enhanced skin optical clearing. METHODS Salicylic acid (SA) was combined with OCAs as a rapid skin optical clearing method to create a transparent window within 5 min. The clearing efficacy of this method was demonstrated by using dorsal skin model of mice. In addition, the intensity variations of vessel gray images and diffuse reflectance (DR) spectra were used to quantify the optical clearing efficacy, which were acquired by a low-cost self-built white light imaging system and optical fiber spectrometer, respectively. RESULTS Within a specific action time of the OCAs to the skin tissue, the enhanced images of the deeper blood vessels were obtained through the removal of the SC. It takes 5 min for the skin to turn transparent and 15 min to visualize the microvascular morphology for naked eyes. Furthermore, the intensity of blood vessel gray images was identified to be an evaluation parameter for quantifying the optical clearing efficacy. CONCLUSIONS An efficient and easy-to-handle method for enhanced skin optical clearing was established by combining SA with OCAs, which could boost the clinical applications of light in medical diagnosis and therapy.
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De Niz M, Kehrer J, Brancucci NMB, Moalli F, Reynaud EG, Stein JV, Frischknecht F. 3D imaging of undissected optically cleared Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes and midguts infected with Plasmodium parasites. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0238134. [PMID: 32936796 PMCID: PMC7494115 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Malaria is a life-threatening disease, caused by Apicomplexan parasites of the Plasmodium genus. The Anopheles mosquito is necessary for the sexual replication of these parasites and for their transmission to vertebrate hosts, including humans. Imaging of the parasite within the insect vector has been attempted using multiple microscopy methods, most of which are hampered by the presence of the light scattering opaque cuticle of the mosquito. So far, most imaging of the Plasmodium mosquito stages depended on either sectioning or surgical dissection of important anatomical sites, such as the midgut and the salivary glands. Optical projection tomography (OPT) and light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) enable imaging fields of view in the centimeter scale whilst providing micrometer resolution. In this paper, we compare different optical clearing protocols and present reconstructions of the whole body of Plasmodium-infected, optically cleared Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes and their midguts. The 3D-reconstructions from OPT imaging show detailed features of the mosquito anatomy and enable overall localization of parasites in midguts. Additionally, LSFM imaging of mosquito midguts shows detailed distribution of oocysts in extracted midguts. This work was submitted as a pre-print to bioRxiv, available at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/682054v2.
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- Mariana De Niz
- Institute of Cell Biology, Heussler Research Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Integrative Parasitology, Heidelberg University Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Oncology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, Integrative Parasitology, Heidelberg University Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
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Gómez-Gaviro MV, Sanderson D, Ripoll J, Desco M. Biomedical Applications of Tissue Clearing and Three-Dimensional Imaging in Health and Disease. iScience 2020; 23:101432. [PMID: 32805648 PMCID: PMC7452225 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Three-dimensional (3D) optical imaging techniques can expand our knowledge about physiological and pathological processes that cannot be fully understood with 2D approaches. Standard diagnostic tests frequently are not sufficient to unequivocally determine the presence of a pathological condition. Whole-organ optical imaging requires tissue transparency, which can be achieved by using tissue clearing procedures enabling deeper image acquisition and therefore making possible the analysis of large-scale biological tissue samples. Here, we review currently available clearing agents, methods, and their application in imaging of physiological or pathological conditions in different animal and human organs. We also compare different optical tissue clearing methods discussing their advantages and disadvantages and review the use of different 3D imaging techniques for the visualization and image acquisition of cleared tissues. The use of optical tissue clearing resources for large-scale biological tissues 3D imaging paves the way for future applications in translational and clinical research.
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- Maria Victoria Gómez-Gaviro
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain; Departamento de Bioingeniería e Ingeniería Aeroespacial, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Departamento de Bioingeniería e Ingeniería Aeroespacial, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Departamento de Bioingeniería e Ingeniería Aeroespacial, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain; Departamento de Bioingeniería e Ingeniería Aeroespacial, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Pires L, Demidov V, Wilson BC, Salvio AG, Moriyama L, Bagnato VS, Vitkin IA, Kurachi C. Dual-Agent Photodynamic Therapy with Optical Clearing Eradicates Pigmented Melanoma in Preclinical Tumor Models. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12071956. [PMID: 32708501 PMCID: PMC7409296 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12071956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Treatment using light-activated photosensitizers (photodynamic therapy, PDT) has shown limited efficacy in pigmented melanoma, mainly due to the poor penetration of light in this tissue. Here, an optical clearing agent (OCA) was applied topically to a cutaneous melanoma model in mice shortly before PDT to increase the effective treatment depth by reducing the light scattering. This was used together with cellular and vascular-PDT, or a combination of both. The effect on tumor growth was measured by longitudinal ultrasound/photoacoustic imaging in vivo and by immunohistology after sacrifice. In a separate dorsal window chamber tumor model, angiographic optical coherence tomography (OCT) generated 3D tissue microvascular images, enabling direct in vivo assessment of treatment response. The optical clearing had minimal therapeutic effect on the in control, non-pigmented cutaneous melanomas but a statistically significant effect (p < 0.05) in pigmented lesions for both single- and dual-photosensitizer treatment regimes. The latter enabled full-depth eradication of tumor tissue, demonstrated by the absence of S100 and Ki67 immunostaining. These studies are the first to demonstrate complete melanoma response to PDT in an immunocompromised model in vivo, with quantitative assessment of tumor volume and thickness, confirmed by (immuno) histological analyses, and with non-pigmented melanomas used as controls to clarify the critical role of melanin in the PDT response. The results indicate the potential of OCA-enhanced PDT for the treatment of pigmented lesions, including melanoma.
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- Layla Pires
- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Sao Carlos-SP 13566-590, Brazil; (L.P.); (L.M.); (V.S.B.); (C.K.)
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada; (V.D.); (I.A.V.)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C1, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada; (V.D.); (I.A.V.)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C1, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada; (V.D.); (I.A.V.)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C1, Canada
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-416-634-8778
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Sao Carlos-SP 13566-590, Brazil; (L.P.); (L.M.); (V.S.B.); (C.K.)
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Sao Carlos-SP 13566-590, Brazil; (L.P.); (L.M.); (V.S.B.); (C.K.)
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada; (V.D.); (I.A.V.)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2C1, Canada
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Sao Carlos-SP 13566-590, Brazil; (L.P.); (L.M.); (V.S.B.); (C.K.)
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Huang W, Gao C, Lan Y, Zeng S, Pathak JL, Zhou M, Ge L, Zhang J. Optical coherence tomography characterizes the roughness and thickness of the heterogeneous layer on cortical bone surface induced by Er:YAG laser ablation at different moisture contents. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2020; 10:713-726. [PMID: 32269931 DOI: 10.21037/qims.2020.02.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Background As an innovative bone ablation tool, pulsed erbium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Er:YAG) laser is being used in clinical practice. It faces the same problems as traditional tools: the water content of bone usually changes with the position, while the amount of water spray in the process of laser irradiation is also uncertain. Real-time monitoring of the effects of laser bone ablation is necessary, but effective tools are still lacking. In this study, we examined the feasibility of rapidly and non-destructively evaluating the surface properties of bone after Er:YAG laser irradiation at different moisture contents by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods Bone specimens (n=90) collected from pig cortical bone were used in this study. All bone specimens had similar volume and surface characteristics after machining. To display the baseline level before Er:YAG laser ablation, a control group (n=10) without dehydration or Er:YAG laser ablation was examined with OCT, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy. The remaining specimens were randomly divided into four groups (n=20/group) with different moisture content: dried (Group 2 and Group 4) or not dried (Group 1 and Group 3). Pulsed Er:YAG laser (120 mJ/pulse, 20 Hz, 100 µs) was used for perpendicular irradiation with (Group 1 and Group 2) or without (Group 3 and Group 4) water spray. The treated specimens were subjected to SEM, EDX spectroscopy, OCT, and then processed for histological evaluation. Results After Er:YAG laser ablation, the melting effect was obvious in the SEM results of the dry groups and non-sprayed groups (Groups 2-4). EDX spectroscopy showed that the content of calcium and phosphorus and their ratios remained unchanged in the undried and with water spray group (Group 1) were the closest to the control group. Three-dimensional (3D) OCT could evaluate the depth and shape of ablation grooves. The roughness of the laser-ablated surface could be visualized by extracting the surface lines from cross-sectional OCT images. The results illustrated that the laser ablation with water spray could achieve a smoother surface. Furthermore, OCT results demonstrated that a layer with high image intensity was generated on the bone surface after laser irradiation. The thickness of these layers showed a correlation with whether or not the laser irradiation was sprayed with water. Histology showed that thin eosin-stained layers were created in all experimental groups, which matched well with OCT results of the layers with high image intensity. No denatured layer was observed in the non-irradiated areas of bone tissues. Conclusions OCT could rapidly and non-destructively visualize the bone surface before and after Er:YAG laser ablation at four different moisture contents. The morphology of ablation grooves, as well as the roughness and thickness of the heterogeneous layer on the bone surface, could be characterized quantitatively with good correlation with SEM and histology. This study will promote the development of OCT as an efficient and accurate tool for evaluating laser ablation of bone.
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- Wenyan Huang
- Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510140, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510140, China
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- Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510140, China
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- Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510140, China
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- Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510140, China.,Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Stomatology Hospital of Peking University, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510140, China.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China.,State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Centre for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Carneiro I, Carvalho S, Henrique R, Oliveira L, Tuchin V. Moving tissue spectral window to the deep-ultraviolet via optical clearing. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2019; 12:e201900181. [PMID: 31465137 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201900181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The optical immersion clearing technique has been successfully applied through the last 30 years in the visible to near infrared spectral range, and has proven to be a promising method to promote the application of optical technologies in clinical practice. To investigate its potential in the ultraviolet range, collimated transmittance spectra from 200 to 1000 nm were measured from colorectal muscle samples under treatment with glycerol-water solutions. The treatments created two new optical windows with transmittance efficiency peaks at 230 and 300 nm, with magnitude increasing with glycerol concentration in the treating solution. Such discovery opens the opportunity to develop clinical procedures to perform diagnosis or treatments in the ultraviolet.
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- Isa Carneiro
- Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology, and Epigenetics Group - Research Center, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology, and Epigenetics Group - Research Center, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology, and Epigenetics Group - Research Center, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar - University of Porto (ICBAS-UP), Porto, Portugal
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- Physics Department - Polytechnic Institute of Porto, School of Engineering, Porto, Portugal
- Centre of Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology (CIETI), School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russian Federation
- Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
- Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russian Federation
- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Perevedentseva E, Ali N, Karmenyan A, Skovorodkin I, Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen R, Vainio S, Cheng CL, Kinnunen M. Optical Studies of Nanodiamond-Tissue Interaction: Skin Penetration and Localization. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 12:E3762. [PMID: 31731700 PMCID: PMC6888210 DOI: 10.3390/ma12223762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In this work, several optical-spectroscopic methods have been used to visualize and investigate the penetration of diamond nanoparticles (NPs) of various sizes (3-150 nm), surface structures and fluorescence properties into the animal skin in vitro. Murine skin samples have been treated with nanodiamond (ND) water suspensions and studied using optical coherence tomography (OCT), confocal and two-photon fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM). An analysis of the optical properties of the used nanodiamonds (NDs) enables the selection of optimal optical methods or their combination for the study of nanodiamond-skin interaction. Among studied NDs, particles of 100 nm in nominal size were shown to be appropriate for multimodal imaging using all three methods. All the applied NDs were able to cross the skin barrier and penetrate the different layers of the epidermis to finally arrive in the hair follicle niches. The results suggest that NDs have the potential for multifunctional applications utilizing multimodal imaging.
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- Elena Perevedentseva
- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan; (E.P.); (A.K.)
- P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute of Rus. Acad. Sci., Moscow 119991, Russia
- Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu 90570, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu 90220, Finland; (N.A.); (I.S.); (R.P.-H.); (S.V.)
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan; (E.P.); (A.K.)
- Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu 90570, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu 90220, Finland; (N.A.); (I.S.); (R.P.-H.); (S.V.)
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu 90220, Finland; (N.A.); (I.S.); (R.P.-H.); (S.V.)
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu 90220, Finland; (N.A.); (I.S.); (R.P.-H.); (S.V.)
- Borealis Biobank of Northern Finland, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu 90220, Finland
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan; (E.P.); (A.K.)
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- Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu 90570, Finland
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Costa EC, Silva DN, Moreira AF, Correia IJ. Optical clearing methods: An overview of the techniques used for the imaging of 3D spheroids. Biotechnol Bioeng 2019; 116:2742-2763. [PMID: 31282993 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Spheroids have emerged as in vitro models that reproduce in a great extent the architectural microenvironment found in human tissues. However, the imaging of 3D cell cultures is highly challenging due to its high thickness, which results in a light-scattering phenomenon that limits light penetration. Therefore, several optical clearing methods, widely used in the imaging of animal tissues, have been recently explored to render spheroids with enhanced transparency. These methods are aimed to homogenize the microtissue refractive index (RI) and can be grouped into four different categories, namely (a) simple immersion in an aqueous solution with high RI; (b) delipidation and dehydration followed by RI matching; (c) delipidation and hyperhydration followed by RI matching; and (d) hydrogel embedding followed by delipidation and RI matching. In this review, the main optical clearing methods, their mechanism of action, advantages, and disadvantages are described. Furthermore, the practical examples of the optical clearing methods application for the imaging of 3D spheroids are highlighted.
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- Elisabete C Costa
- CICS-UBI, Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI, Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI, Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
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- CICS-UBI, Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal.,CIEPQF, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Xie Q, Zeng N, Huang Y, Tuchin VV, Ma H. Study on the tissue clearing process using different agents by Mueller matrix microscope. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 10:3269-3280. [PMID: 31467778 PMCID: PMC6706038 DOI: 10.1364/boe.10.003269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In this paper, we monitor the in vitro tissue clearing process of mouse dorsal skin immersed into two types of agents using Mueller matrix microscope. By Mueller matrix polar decomposition, we can see that the major difference between polarization changes due to two kinds of agents is the opposite trend of phase retardance with clearing. For the insight of the connection between different agents with the microstructural and optical changes of cleared tissues, we establish various models to mimic the dynamic process of microphysical features of tissues with clearing time. The mechanisms considered include refractive index matching, collagen shrinkage, more orderly fibers and birefringence variation. We compare the experimental results with simulations based on a single mechanism model and a combined model, respectively, which confirms that an individual possible mechanism cannot explain the polarization phenomena due to clearing. Also by simulations of various clearing models involving two possible mechanisms, we can speculate that formamide and saturated sucrose as agents have respective impacts on tissue features and then cause different polarization changes with clearing. Specifically, collagen shrinkage plus birefringence reduction can better explain the tissue cleared by formamide, and refractive index match plus increased birefringence model is likely to be a proper description of tissue cleared by sucrose. Both simulations and experiments also validate the potential of Mueller matrix microscope as a good tool to understand the interaction between clearing agents and tissues.
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- Qiaolin Xie
- Tsinghua University, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Institute of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, 2279 Lishui Street, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Tsinghua University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 1 Tsinghua Yuan, Beijing 100084, China
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Tsinghua University, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Institute of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, 2279 Lishui Street, Shenzhen 518055, China
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Tsinghua University, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Institute of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, 2279 Lishui Street, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Tsinghua University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 1 Tsinghua Yuan, Beijing 100084, China
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- Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Street, Saratov 410012, Russia
- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Avenue, Tomsk 634050, Russia
- Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of RAS, 24 Rabochaya Street, Saratov 410028, Russia
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 33-2 Leninsky prospect, Moscow 119071, Russia
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- Tsinghua University, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Institute of Optical Imaging and Sensing, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Minimal Invasive Medical Technologies, 2279 Lishui Street, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, 1 Tsinghua Yuan, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Precision Medicine and Healthcare, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, 518071, China
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Sdobnov AY, Lademann J, Darvin ME, Tuchin VV. Methods for Optical Skin Clearing in Molecular Optical Imaging in Dermatology. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2019; 84:S144-S158. [PMID: 31213200 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297919140098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This short review describes recent progress in using optical clearing (OC) technique in skin studies. Optical clearing is an efficient tool for enhancing the probing depth and data quality in multiphoton microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Here, we discuss the main mechanisms of OC, its safety, advantages, and limitations. The data on the OC effect on the skin water content are presented. It was demonstrated that 70% glycerol and 100% OmnipaqueTM 300 reduce the water content in the skin. Both OC agents (OCAs) significantly affect the strongly bound and weakly bound water. However, OmnipaqueTM 300 causes considerably less skin dehydration than glycerol. In addition, the results of examination of the OC effect on autofluorescence in two-photon excitation and background fluorescence in Raman scattering at different skin depths are presented. It is shown that OmnipaqueTM 300 is a promising OCA due to its ability to reduce background fluorescence in the upper skin layers. The possibility of multimodal imaging combining optical methods and OC technique is discussed.
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- A Yu Sdobnov
- Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu, 90570, Finland. .,Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University, Saratov, 410012, Russia
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, 10117, Germany
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, 10117, Germany
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- Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University, Saratov, 410012, Russia.,Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, 410028, Russia.,Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 634050, Russia.,Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia
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Sdobnov AY, Darvin ME, Schleusener J, Lademann J, Tuchin VV. Hydrogen bound water profiles in the skin influenced by optical clearing molecular agents-Quantitative analysis using confocal Raman microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2019; 12:e201800283. [PMID: 30565427 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201800283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Confocal Raman microscopy has been used to measure depth-dependent profiles of porcine skin ex vivo in the high wavenumber region after application of molecular optical clearing agents (OCAs). Glycerol (70%) and iohexol (100% Omnipaque [300]) water solutions were used as OCAs and topically applied to porcine ear skin for 30 and 60 minutes. Using Gaussian function-based deconvolution, the changes of hydrogen bound water molecule types have been microscopically analyzed down to the depth of 200 μm. Results show that both OCAs induced skin dehydration (reduction of total water), which is 51.3% for glycerol (60 minutes), 33.1% for glycerol (30 minutes), 8.3% for Omnipaque (60 minutes) and 4.4% for Omnipaque (30 minutes), on average for the 40 to 200 μm depths. Among the water types in the skin, the following reduction was observed in concentration of weakly bound (51.1%, 33.2%, 7.5% and 4.6%), strongly bound (50.4%, 33.0%, 7.9% and 3.4%), tightly bound (63.6%, 42.3%, 26.1% and 12.9%) and unbound (55.4%, 28.7%, 10.1% and 5.9%) water types on average for the 40 to 200 μm depths, post application of glycerol (60 minutes), glycerol (30 minutes), Omnipaque (60 minutes) and Omnipaque (30 minutes), respectively. As most concentrated in the skin, weakly and strongly bound water types are preferentially involved in the OCA-induced water flux in the skin, and thus, are responsible for optical clearing efficiency.
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- Anton Y Sdobnov
- Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Optics and Biophotonics, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Optics and Biophotonics, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
- Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of RAS, Saratov, Russia
- Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Carneiro I, Carvalho S, Henrique R, Oliveira LM, Tuchin VV. A robust ex vivo method to evaluate the diffusion properties of agents in biological tissues. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2019; 12:e201800333. [PMID: 30585430 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201800333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A robust method is presented for evaluating the diffusion properties of chemicals in ex vivo biological tissues. Using this method that relies only on thickness and collimated transmittance measurements, the diffusion properties of glycerol, fructose, polypropylene glycol and water in muscle tissues were evaluated. Amongst other results, the diffusion coefficient of glycerol in colorectal muscle was estimated with a value of 3.3 × 10-7 cm2 /s. Due to the robustness and simplicity of the method, it can be used in other fields of biomedical engineering, namely in organ cryoprotection and food industry.
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- Isa Carneiro
- Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology, and Epigenetics Group - Research Center, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology, and Epigenetics Group - Research Center, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology, and Epigenetics Group - Research Center, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar - University of Porto (ICBAS-UP), Porto, Portugal
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- Physics Department - Polytechnic Institute of Porto, School of Engineering, Porto, Portugal
- Centre of Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology (CIETI), School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russian Federation
- Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
- Laboratory of Femtomedicine, ITMO University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
- Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russian Federation
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Umezawa M, Haruguchi S, Fukushima R, Sekiyama S, Kamimura M, Soga K. Rapid increase in transparency of biological organs by matching refractive index of medium to cell membrane using phosphoric acid. RSC Adv 2019; 9:15269-15276. [PMID: 35514863 PMCID: PMC9066346 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01445d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Tissue clearing effect of phosphoric acid is fast and needs only 60 min incubation.
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- Masakazu Umezawa
- Department of Materials Science and Technology
- Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 125-8585
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology
- Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 125-8585
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology
- Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 125-8585
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology
- Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 125-8585
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology
- Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 125-8585
- Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology
- Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Tokyo 125-8585
- Japan
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Alexandrovskaya YM, Evtushenko EG, Obrezkova MM, Tuchin VV, Sobol EN. Control of optical transparency and infrared laser heating of costal cartilage via injection of iohexol. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2018; 11:e201800195. [PMID: 30043483 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201800195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Infrared (IR) laser impact has no analogues for rapid and safe cartilage reshaping. For better penetration of radiation optical clearing agents (OCAs) can be applied. In present work, the effect of low-osmolality agent iohexol on costal cartilage is studied. Specifically, it is shown that ½ of total increase of optical transparency occurs in 20 minutes of immersion. Maximally, cartilage transparency on 1560 nm can be increased in 1.5 times. Injection of iohexol results in increased tissue hygroscopicity, lower drying rate and higher percentage of bound water. Effective diffusion coefficients of water liberation at 21°C are (5.3 ± 0.4) × 10-7 and (3.3 ± 0.1) × 10-7 cm2 /s for untreated and iohexol-modified tissue, respectively. Raman spectroscopy of irradiated iohexol solution reveals its photo and thermo-stability under clinically used IR laser energies up to 350 W/cm2 for exposure times of several seconds. At energies higher than 500 W/cm2 [Correction added on 5 September 2018, after first online publication: This unit has been changed] decomposition of iohexol occurs rapidly through formation of molecular iodine and fluorescent residue.
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- Yulia M Alexandrovskaya
- Institute of Photon Technologies, Federal Scientific Research Centre "Crystallography and Photonics" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
- Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control RAS, Saratov, Russia
- Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Institute of Photon Technologies, Federal Scientific Research Centre "Crystallography and Photonics" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- IPG Medical Corporation, Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Chen H, Gao Y, Liu X, Zhou Z. Imaging through scattering media using semidefinite programming. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2018; 24:1-11. [PMID: 30499267 PMCID: PMC6975277 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.24.3.031016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A clear image of an observed object may deteriorate into unrecognizable speckle when encountering heterogeneous scattering media, thus it is necessary to recover the object image from the speckle. A method combining least square and semidefinite programming is proposed, which can be used for imaging through scattering media. The proposed method consists of two main stages, that is, media scattering characteristics (SCs) estimation and image reconstruction. SCs estimation is accomplished through LS concept after establishing a database of known object-and-speckle pairs. Image reconstruction is realized by solving an SDP problem to obtain the product of the unknown object image and its Hermitian transposition. Finally, the unknown object image can be reconstructed by extracting the largest rank-1 component of the product. Structural similarity (SSIM) index is employed as a performance indicator in speckle prediction and image reconstruction. Numerical simulations and physical experiments are performed to verify the feasibility and practicality of the proposed method. Compared with the existing phase shift interferometry mean square optimization method and the single-shot phase retrieval algorithm, the proposed method is the most precise to obtain the best reconstruction results with highest SSIM index value. The work can be used for exploring the potential applications of scattering media, especially for imaging through turbid media in biomedical, scattering property measurement, and optical image encryption.
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- Hui Chen
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai, China
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- Space Engineering University, Beijing, China
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Bashkatov AN, Berezin KV, Dvoretskiy KN, Chernavina ML, Genina EA, Genin VD, Kochubey VI, Lazareva EN, Pravdin AB, Shvachkina ME, Timoshina PA, Tuchina DK, Yakovlev DD, Yakovlev DA, Yanina IY, Zhernovaya OS, Tuchin VV. Measurement of tissue optical properties in the context of tissue optical clearing. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2018; 23:1-31. [PMID: 30141286 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.23.9.091416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Nowadays, dynamically developing optical (photonic) technologies play an ever-increasing role in medicine. Their adequate and effective implementation in diagnostics, surgery, and therapy needs reliable data on optical properties of human tissues, including skin. This paper presents an overview of recent results on the measurements and control of tissue optical properties. The issues reported comprise a brief review of optical properties of biological tissues and efficacy of optical clearing (OC) method in application to monitoring of diabetic complications and visualization of blood vessels and microcirculation using a number of optical imaging technologies, including spectroscopic, optical coherence tomography, and polarization- and speckle-based ones. Molecular modeling of immersion OC of skin and specific technique of OC of adipose tissue by its heating and photodynamic treatment are also discussed.
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- Alexey N Bashkatov
- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
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- Saratov State Medical University, Subdivision of Medical and Biological Physics, Saratov, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russia
- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Center for Functionalized Magnetic Materials, Kaliningrad, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russia
- Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
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- Saratov State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, Russia
- Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russia
- Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russia
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Sdobnov AY, Darvin ME, Genina EA, Bashkatov AN, Lademann J, Tuchin VV. Recent progress in tissue optical clearing for spectroscopic application. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 197:216-229. [PMID: 29433855 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.01.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This paper aims to review recent progress in optical clearing of the skin and over naturally turbid biological tissues and blood using this technique in vivo and in vitro with multiphoton microscopy, confocal Raman microscopy, confocal microscopy, NIR spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography, and laser speckle contrast imaging. Basic principles of the technique, its safety, advantages and limitations are discussed. The application of optical clearing agent on a tissue allows for controlling the optical properties of tissue. Optical clearing-induced reduction of tissue scattering significantly facilitates the observation of deep-located tissue regions, at the same time improving the resolution and image contrast for a variety of optical imaging methods suitable for clinical applications, such as diagnostics and laser treatment of skin diseases, mucosal tumor imaging, laser disruption of pathological abnormalities, etc.
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- A Yu Sdobnov
- Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu 90570, Finland; Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University (National Research University of Russia), Astrakhanskaya 83, 410012 Saratov, Russian Federation.
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University (National Research University of Russia), Astrakhanskaya 83, 410012 Saratov, Russian Federation; Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University (National Research University of Russia), Lenin's av. 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russian Federation
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- Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University (National Research University of Russia), Astrakhanskaya 83, 410012 Saratov, Russian Federation; Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University (National Research University of Russia), Lenin's av. 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russian Federation
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- Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov State University (National Research University of Russia), Astrakhanskaya 83, 410012 Saratov, Russian Federation; Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk State University (National Research University of Russia), Lenin's av. 36, 634050 Tomsk, Russian Federation; Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control RAS, Rabochaya 24, 410028 Saratov, Russian Federation
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Ma J, Chen B, Li D, Zhang Y, Ying Z. Glucose in Conjunction with Multiple Laser Pulses on Laser Treatment of Port-wine Stain: An in vivo Study. Lasers Med Sci 2018. [PMID: 29542044 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-018-2481-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Port-wine stain (PWS) birthmark is a congenital microvascular malformation of the skin. A 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser can achieve a deeper treatment, but the weak absorption by blood limits its clinical application. Multiple laser pulses (MLPs) are a potential solution to enhance the curative effect of a Nd:YAG laser. To reduce the pulse number (pn) required for the thermal destruction of the blood vessel, the effect of glucose in conjunction with MLP was investigated. In vivo experiments were performed on a dorsal skin chamber model. Different concentrations (20, 25, 30, and 40%) of glucose were applied to the sub-dermal side of the hamster skin before laser irradiation. Identical vessels with diameters of 200 ± 30 and 110 ± 20 μm were chosen as representatives of typical PWS vessels. Instant thermal responses of the blood vessel were recorded by a high-speed camera. The required pn for blood vessel damage was compared with that without glucose pretreatment. Results showed that the use of glucose with a concentration of 20% combined with MLP Nd:YAG laser to damage blood vessels is more appropriate because severe hemorrhage or carbonization easily appeared in blood vessels at higher glucose concentration of 25, 30, and 40%. When 20% glycerol is pretreated on the sub-dermal hamster skin, the required pn for blood vessel damage can be significantly decreased for different power densities. For example, pn can be reduced by 40% when the power density is 57 J/cm2. In addition, generation of cavitation and bubbles in blood vessels is difficult upon pretreatment with glucose. The combination of glucose with MLP Nd:YAG laser could be an effective protocol for reducing the pn required for blood vessel damage. Randomized controlled trial (RCT) and human trials will be conducted in the future.
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- Jun Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China.
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Alexandrovskaya Y, Sadovnikov K, Sharov A, Sherstneva A, Evtushenko E, Omelchenko A, Obrezkova M, Tuchin V, Lunin V, Sobol E. Controlling the near-infrared transparency of costal cartilage by impregnation with clearing agents and magnetite nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2018; 11:e201700105. [PMID: 28731618 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Penetration depth of near-infrared laser radiation to costal cartilage is controlled by the tissue absorption and scattering, and it is the critical parameter to provide the relaxation of mechanical stress throughout the whole thickness of cartilage implant. To enhance the penetration for the laser radiation on 1.56 μm, the optical clearing solutions of glycerol and fructose of various concentrations are tested. The effective and reversible tissue clearance was achieved. However, the increasing absorption of radiation should be concerned: 5°C-8°C increase of tissue temperature was detected. Laser parameters used for stress relaxation in cartilage should be optimized when applying optical clearing agents. To concentrate the absorption in the superficial tissue layers, magnetite nanoparticle (NP) dispersions with the mean size 95 ± 5 nm and concentration 3.9 ± 1.1 × 1011 particles/mL are applied. The significant increase in the tissue heating rate was observed along with the decrease in its transparency. Using NPs the respective laser power can be decreased, allowing us to obtain the working temperature locally with reduced thermal effect on the surrounding tissue.
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- Yulia Alexandrovskaya
- Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Institute of Photon Technologies, Federal Scientific Research Centre "Crystallography and Photonics" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Institute of Photon Technologies, Federal Scientific Research Centre "Crystallography and Photonics" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, National Research Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia
- Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control RAS, Saratov, Russia
- Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
- Institute of Photon Technologies, Federal Scientific Research Centre "Crystallography and Photonics" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Yu T, Qi Y, Gong H, Luo Q, Zhu D. Optical clearing for multiscale biological tissues. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2018; 11. [PMID: 29024450 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Three-dimensional reconstruction of tissue structures is essential for biomedical research. The development of light microscopes and various fluorescent labeling techniques provides powerful tools for this motivation. However, optical imaging depth suffers from strong light scattering due to inherent heterogeneity of biological tissues. Tissue optical clearing technology provides a distinct solution and permits us to image large volumes with high resolution. Until now, various clearing methods have been developed. In this study, from the perspective of the end users, we review in vitro tissue optical clearing techniques based on the sample features in terms of size and age, enumerate the methods suitable for immunostaining and lipophilic dyes and summarize the combinations with various imaging techniques. We hope this review will be helpful for researchers to choose the most suitable clearing method from a variety of protocols to meet their specific needs.
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- Tingting Yu
- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- MOE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Abadie S, Jardet C, Colombelli J, Chaput B, David A, Grolleau JL, Bedos P, Lobjois V, Descargues P, Rouquette J. 3D imaging of cleared human skin biopsies using light-sheet microscopy: A new way to visualize in-depth skin structure. Skin Res Technol 2018; 24:294-303. [PMID: 29377352 DOI: 10.1111/srt.12429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Human skin is composed of the superimposition of tissue layers of various thicknesses and components. Histological staining of skin sections is the benchmark approach to analyse the organization and integrity of human skin biopsies; however, this approach does not allow 3D tissue visualization. Alternatively, confocal or two-photon microscopy is an effective approach to perform fluorescent-based 3D imaging. However, owing to light scattering, these methods display limited light penetration in depth. The objectives of this study were therefore to combine optical clearing and light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) to perform in-depth optical sectioning of 5 mm-thick human skin biopsies and generate 3D images of entire human skin biopsies. MATERIALS AND METHODS A benzyl alcohol and benzyl benzoate solution was used to successfully optically clear entire formalin fixed human skin biopsies, making them transparent. In-depth optical sectioning was performed with LSFM on the basis of tissue-autofluorescence observations. 3D image analysis of optical sections generated with LSFM was performed by using the Amira® software. RESULTS This new approach allowed us to observe in situ the different layers and compartments of human skin, such as the stratum corneum, the dermis and epidermal appendages. With this approach, we easily performed 3D reconstruction to visualise an entire human skin biopsy. Finally, we demonstrated that this method is useful to visualise and quantify histological anomalies, such as epidermal hyperplasia. CONCLUSION The combination of optical clearing and LSFM has new applications in dermatology and dermatological research by allowing 3D visualization and analysis of whole human skin biopsies.
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- S Abadie
- Syntivia, Toulouse, France.,ITAV, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Advanced Digital Microscopy, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Service de chirurgie plastique et reconstructrice, CHU de Toulouse Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- Service de chirurgie plastique et reconstructrice, CHU de Toulouse Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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- ITAV, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- ITAV, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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Tang SC, Baeyens L, Shen CN, Peng SJ, Chien HJ, Scheel DW, Chamberlain CE, German MS. Human pancreatic neuro-insular network in health and fatty infiltration. Diabetologia 2018; 61:168-181. [PMID: 28852792 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-017-4409-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Identification of a pancreatic neuro-insular network in mice suggests that a similar integration of islets and nerves may be present in the human pancreas. To characterise the neuro-insular network and the intra-pancreatic ganglia in a clinically related setting, we examined human pancreases in health and with fatty infiltration via 3-dimensional (3D) histology and compared the human pancreatic microenvironment with its counterpart in mice. METHODS Human pancreatic specimens from individuals with normal BMI, high BMI (≥ 25) and type 2 diabetes were used to investigate the neuro-insular network. Transparent specimens were prepared by tissue clearing for transmitted light and deep-tissue fluorescence imaging to simultaneously visualise infiltrated adipocytes, islets and neurovascular networks. RESULTS High-definition images of human islets reveal that both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves enter the islet core and reside in the immediate microenvironment of islet cells. Around the islets, the neuro-insular network is visualised with 3D histology to identify the intra-pancreatic ganglia (peri-lobular and intra-parenchymal ganglia) and the islet-ganglionic association. In humans, but not in mice, pancreatic fatty infiltration (BMI dependent) features adipocytes infiltrating into the parenchyma and accumulating in the peri-lobular space, in which the peri-lobular ganglia also reside. We identified the formation of adipose-ganglionic complexes in the peri-lobular space and enlargement of ganglia around adipocytes. In the specimen from the individual with type 2 diabetes, an increase in the number of nerve projections from the intra-parenchymal ganglia is associated with severe fatty infiltration. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION We present new perspectives of human pancreas and islet innervation via 3D histology. Our results strongly suggest that fatty infiltration in the human pancreas creates a neurotrophic microenvironment and promotes remodelling of pancreatic innervation.
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- Shiue-Cheng Tang
- Connectomics Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
- Department of Medical Science, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Diabetes Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Connectomics Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Diabetes Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Diabetes Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Diabetes Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Oliveira LM, Carvalho MI, Nogueira EM, Tuchin VV. Skeletal muscle dispersion (400-1000 nm) and kinetics at optical clearing. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2018; 11. [PMID: 28766914 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Skeletal muscle dispersion and optical clearing (OC) kinetics were studied experimentally to prove the existence of the refractive index (RI) matching mechanism of OC. Sample thickness and collimated transmittance spectra were measured during treatments with glucose (40%) and ethylene glycol (EG; 99%) solutions and used to obtain the time dependence of the RI of tissue fluids based on the proposed theoretical model. Calculated results demonstrated an increase of RI of tissue fluids and consequently proved the occurrence of the RI matching mechanism. The RI increase was observed for the wavelength range between 400 and 1000 nm and for the 2 probing molecules explored. We found that for 30 min treatment with 40% glucose and 99% EG, RI of sarcoplasm plus interstitial fluid was increased at 800 nm from 1.328 to 1.348 and from 1.328 to 1.369, respectively.
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- Luís M Oliveira
- Physics Department - Polytechnic Institute of Porto, School of Engineering, Porto, Portugal
- School of Engineering, Porto University, Porto, Portugal
- Centre of Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology (CIETI), School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- DEEC and INESC TEC, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Physics Department - Polytechnic Institute of Porto, School of Engineering, Porto, Portugal
- Centre of Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology (CIETI), School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov National Research State University, Saratov, Russia
- Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control RAS, Saratov, Russia
- Laboratory of Femtomedicine, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Carneiro I, Carvalho S, Henrique R, Oliveira L, Tuchin VV. Simple multimodal optical technique for evaluation of free/bound water and dispersion of human liver tissue. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2017; 22:1-10. [PMID: 29210219 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.22.12.125002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The optical dispersion and water content of human liver were experimentally studied to estimate the optical dispersions of tissue scatterers and dry matter. Using temporal measurements of collimated transmittance [Tc(t)] of liver samples under treatment at different glycerol concentrations, free water and diffusion coefficient (Dgl) of glycerol in liver were found as 60.0% and 8.2×10-7 cm2/s, respectively. Bound water was calculated as the difference between the reported total water of 74.5% and found free water. The optical dispersion of liver was calculated from the measurements of refractive index (RI) of tissue samples made for different wavelengths between 400 and 1000 nm. Using liver and water optical dispersions at 20°C and the free and total water, the dispersions for liver scatterers and dry matter were calculated. The estimated dispersions present a decreasing behavior with wavelength. The dry matter dispersion shows higher RI values than liver scatterers, as expected. Considering 600 nm, dry matter has an RI of 1.508, whereas scatterers have an RI of 1.444. These dispersions are useful to characterize the RI matching mechanism in optical clearing treatments, provided that [Tc(t)] and thickness measurements are performed during treatment. The knowledge of Dgl is also important for living tissue cryoprotection applications.
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- Isa Carneiro
- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology and Epigenetics G, Portugal
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology and Epigenetics G, Portugal
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology and Epigenetics G, Portugal
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar-University of Porto, Department of Pathology and Molec, Portugal
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- Polytechnic of Porto, School of Engineering, Department of Physics, Porto, Portugal
- Centre of Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology, ISEP, Porto, Portugal
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- Saratov State University (National Research University of Russia), Research-Educational Institute of, Russia
- Precision Mechanics and Control Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Laser Di, Russia
- ITMO University, Laboratory of Femtomedicine, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Shi R, Feng W, Zhang C, Zhang Z, Zhu D. FSOCA-induced switchable footpad skin optical clearing window for blood flow and cell imaging in vivo. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2017; 10:1647-1656. [PMID: 28516571 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201700052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The mouse footpad for its feature of hairlessness provides an available window for imaging vascular and cellular structure and function in vivo. Unfortunately, the strong scattering of its skin limits the penetration of light and reduces the imaging contrast and depth. Herein, an innovative footpad skin optical clearing agent (FSOCA) was developed to make the footpad skin transparent quickly by topical application. The results demonstrate that FSOCA treatment not only allowed the cutaneous blood vessels and blood flow distribution to be monitored by laser speckle contrast imaging technique with higher contrast, but also permitted the fluorescent cells to be imaged by laser scanning confocal microscopy with higher fluorescence signal intensity and larger imaging depth. In addition, the physiological saline-treatment could make the footpad skin recover to the initial turbid status, and reclearing would not induce any adverse effects on the distributions and morphologies of blood vessels and cells, which demonstrated a safe and switchable window for biomedical imaging. This switchable footpad skin optical clearing window will be significant for studying blood flow dynamics and cellular immune function in vivo in some vascular and immunological diseases. Picture: Repeated cell imaging in vivo before (a) and after (b) FSOCA treatment. (c) Merged images of 4 h (cyan border) or 72 h (magenta border) over 0 h. (d) Zoom of ROI in 4 h (yellow rectangle) or 72 h (red rectangle).
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- Rui Shi
- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics, HUST, Ministry of Education, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Hubei Bioinformatics and Bioimaging Key Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, HUST, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics, HUST, Ministry of Education, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Hubei Bioinformatics and Bioimaging Key Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, HUST, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics, HUST, Ministry of Education, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Hubei Bioinformatics and Bioimaging Key Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, HUST, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics, HUST, Ministry of Education, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Hubei Bioinformatics and Bioimaging Key Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, HUST, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics, HUST, Ministry of Education, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
- Hubei Bioinformatics and Bioimaging Key Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, HUST, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, P. R. China
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Carvalho S, Gueiral N, Nogueira E, Henrique R, Oliveira L, Tuchin VV. Glucose diffusion in colorectal mucosa-a comparative study between normal and cancer tissues. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2017; 22:91506. [PMID: 28241323 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.22.9.091506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Colorectal carcinoma is a major health concern worldwide and its high incidence and mortality require accurate screening methods. Following endoscopic examination, polyps must be removed for histopathological characterization. Aiming to contribute to the improvement of current endoscopy methods of colorectal carcinoma screening or even for future development of laser treatment procedures, we studied the diffusion properties of glucose and water in colorectal healthy and pathological mucosa. These parameters characterize the tissue dehydration and the refractive index matching mechanisms of optical clearing (OC). We used ex vivo tissues to measure the collimated transmittance spectra and thickness during treatments with OC solutions containing glucose in different concentrations. These time dependencies allowed for estimating the diffusion time and diffusion coefficient values of glucose and water in both types of tissues. The measured diffusion times for glucose in healthy and pathological mucosa samples were 299.2 ± 4.7 ?? s and 320.6 ± 10.6 ?? s for 40% and 35% glucose concentrations, respectively. Such a difference indicates a slower glucose diffusion in cancer tissues, which originate from their ability to trap far more glucose than healthy tissues. We have also found a higher free water content in cancerous tissue that is estimated as 64.4% instead of 59.4% for healthy mucosa.
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- Sónia Carvalho
- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology and Epigenetics Group-Research Centre, Porto, Portugal
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- Polytechnic of Porto, School of Engineering, Physics Department, Porto, PortugalcCentre of Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology, ISEP, Porto, Portugal
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- Polytechnic of Porto, School of Engineering, Physics Department, Porto, PortugalcCentre of Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology, ISEP, Porto, Portugal
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- Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, Department of Pathology and Cancer Biology and Epigenetics Group-Research Centre, Porto, PortugaldUniversity of Porto (ICBAS-UP), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, Department of Pathology and Molecular Immunology, Porto, Portugal
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- Polytechnic of Porto, School of Engineering, Physics Department, Porto, PortugalcCentre of Innovation in Engineering and Industrial Technology, ISEP, Porto, Portugal
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- Saratov National Research State University, Research-Educational Institute of Optics and Biophotonics, Saratov, RussiafPrecision Mechanics and Control Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Laser Diagnostics of Technical and Living Systems, Saratov, RussiagNational Research Tomsk State University, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biophotonics, Tomsk, Russia
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