Yiheng Lim, Shumpei Kojima, Pradipta Mukherjee, Ibrahim Abd El-Sadek, Shuichi Makita, Yoshiaki Yasuno
{"title":"Developmental Imaging of Radish Sprouts Using Dynamic Optical Coherence Tomography.","authors":"Yiheng Lim, Shumpei Kojima, Pradipta Mukherjee, Ibrahim Abd El-Sadek, Shuichi Makita, Yoshiaki Yasuno","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The germination process of radish sprouts was investigated in detail using volumetric dynamic optical coherence tomography (OCT). Dynamic OCT involves the sequential acquisition of 16 OCT images and subsequent temporal variance analysis of each pixel, enabling non-invasive visualization of the cellular and tissue activities of plants. The radish sprouts were longitudinally investigated for up to 12 days, and changes in morphology and dynamic OCT image patterns were observed as the plants developed. The dynamic OCT signals in the vessels and growing roots were relatively high in the early stage of germination and decreased as the tissue matured. These results suggest that dynamic OCT is sensitive to water and nutrient transport as well as cellular activities associated with plant growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400254"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142576041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Irina Druzhkova, Kseniya Bylinskaya, Anton Plekhanov, Alexey Kostyuk, Mikhail Kirillin, Valeriya Perekatova, Aleksandr Khilov, Anna Orlova, Anastasiya Polozova, Anastasiya Komarova, Uliyana Lisitsa, Marina Sirotkina, Marina Shirmanova, Ilya Turchin
{"title":"Effects of FOLFOX Chemotherapy on Tumor Oxygenation and Perfused Vasculature: An In Vivo Study by Optical Techniques.","authors":"Irina Druzhkova, Kseniya Bylinskaya, Anton Plekhanov, Alexey Kostyuk, Mikhail Kirillin, Valeriya Perekatova, Aleksandr Khilov, Anna Orlova, Anastasiya Polozova, Anastasiya Komarova, Uliyana Lisitsa, Marina Sirotkina, Marina Shirmanova, Ilya Turchin","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400339","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy on tumor vasculature and oxygenation are in the focus of modern investigations because vascular structure and distribution of oxygen influence tumor behavior and treatment response. The aim of our study was to monitor changes in the vascular component of colorectal tumor xenografts induced by a clinical combination of chemotherapy drugs FOLFOX in vivo using two complementary techniques: diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and optical coherence tomography-based microangiography (OCT-MA). These techniques revealed a slower decrease in tumor blood oxygenation in treated tumors as compared to untreated ones, faster suppression of tumor vasculature perfusion and increase in water content as a result of treatment, and decrease in total hemoglobin in untreated tumors. Immunohistochemical analysis of hypoxia-inducible factor HIF-2α detected tissue hypoxia as a consequence of inappropriate oxygen supply in the treated tumors. The obtained results show the prospects for monitoring of treatment efficacy using DRS and OCT-MA.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400339"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hala Zuhayri, Tatiana B Lepekhina, Viktor V Nikolaev, Houssain Baalbaki, Anastasia I Knyazkova, Alexey V Borisov, Natalya A Krivova, Yury V Kistenev
{"title":"The Quantitative In Vivo Assessment of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Skin Wound Healing Using Phasor-FLIM Approach.","authors":"Hala Zuhayri, Tatiana B Lepekhina, Viktor V Nikolaev, Houssain Baalbaki, Anastasia I Knyazkova, Alexey V Borisov, Natalya A Krivova, Yury V Kistenev","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A quantitative assessment of wound status in a murine model was developed using phasor plot presentation of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) data. The quantitative assessment is based on calculating Bhattacharyya distance between g coordinates of FLIM data phasor plot density distributions of wound and healthy skin. The approach was validated for both diabetic and non-diabetic mice wounds, including during low-dose photodynamic therapy (LDPDT). Analysis revealed a shift in the FLIM data phasor plot g coordinates, suggesting altered metabolic processes involved in wound healing. Bhattacharyya distances in the LDPDT groups were closer to zero compared to the control group, which was not treated by LDPDT. Bhattacharyya distances in the non-diabetic LDPDT groups were closer to zero compared to the diabetic LDPDT groups that is consistent with the literature regarding the positive role of LDPDT in accelerating wound healing and the role of diabetes mellitus in impairing wound healing.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria R Pinheiro, Maria I Carvalho, Luís M Oliveira
{"title":"Tutorial on the Use of the Photon Diffusion Approximation for Fast Calculation of Tissue Optical Properties.","authors":"Maria R Pinheiro, Maria I Carvalho, Luís M Oliveira","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Computer simulations, which are performed at a single wavelength at a time, have been traditionally used to estimate the optical properties of tissues. The results of these simulations need to be interpolated. For a broadband estimation of tissue optical properties, the use of computer simulations becomes time consuming and computer demanding. When spectral measurements are available for a tissue, the use of the photon diffusion approximation can be done to perform simple and direct calculations to obtain the broadband spectra of some optical properties. The additional estimation of the reduced scattering coefficient at a small number of discrete wavelengths allows to perform further calculations to obtain the spectra of other optical properties. This study used spectral measurements from the heart muscle to explain the calculation pipeline to obtain a complete set of the spectral optical properties and to show its versatility for use with other tissues for various biophotonics applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400257"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142515343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of Changes in the Reflection Spectrum of Human Blood When Exposed to Laser Radiation With Wavelengths of 450 or 980 nm.","authors":"V Yu Chuchin, A A Masharskaya, A V Belikov","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400251","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to determine and explain changes in the reflectance spectrum of human blood in vitro when exposed to laser radiation at wavelengths of 450 or 980 nm.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Reflectance spectra of venous blood samples were measured before and after exposure to a single pulse of 450 or 980 nm laser radiation. A numerical optical model based on the Monte Carlo method was applied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Laser irradiation at 450 and 980 nm caused the most significant changes in the reflectance spectrum around 600 nm, associated with alterations in blood oxygen saturation. The maximum efficiency of reducing oxygen saturation was 0.20%/W for 980 nm and 0.72%/W for 450 nm, likely due to differences in blood absorption at these wavelengths.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The greatest change in intensity reflectance spectra and oxygen saturation of human venous blood occurs when exposed to laser radiation at 450 nm, not at 980 nm.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Raman Microspectroscopy of Hair: Low-Frequency Markers of Protein Secondary Structure.","authors":"E I Travkina, A Yu Chikishev, N N Brandt","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400265","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low-frequency intervals that can be used to study the secondary structure of proteins are determined. Compared are Raman spectra of keratins from unpigmented human hair, measured in two experimental configurations: with excitation radiation coaxial with the hair and perpendicular to it. Based on the polarization sensitivity, the bands peaked at 150 and 221 cm<sup>-1</sup> are assigned to vibrations of α-helical structures. The comparison of Raman spectra of hair fragments with different contents of secondary structure elements shows that the vibrations of β-structure are manifested in a spectral interval of 270-340 cm<sup>-1</sup>. The results obtained for a particular object (hair keratin) can be used in the study of the secondary structure of proteins.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel Diagnostic Approach for Acute Pharyngitis: Combining Machine Learning With Thermal Imaging.","authors":"Oshrit Hoffer, Moriya Cohen, Maya Gerstein, Vered Shkalim Zemer, Yael Reichenberg, Dima Bykhovsky, Moshe Hoshen, Herman Avner Cohen","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We evaluated the effect of infrared thermography (IRT) on the clinical assessment of bacterial and viral pharyngitis and its impact on the predictive value of the McIsaac score algorithm for streptococcal pharyngitis in children. We also investigated if IRT could distinguish between bacterial and viral pharyngitis. The study included children aged 2-17 years presenting with sore throat and fever over 38°C from November 1, 2021, to April 30, 2022. Of the 76 assessed children, 16 were excluded due to missing data or technical issues, leaving 60 children (32 males, 28 females) divided into three groups: Group A with streptococcal pharyngitis (N = 30), viral pharyngitis (N = 16), and healthy controls (N = 14). McIsaac score and IRT imaging showed a 90% positive predictive value for streptococcal pharyngitis. While IRT alone could not distinguish between bacterial and viral infections, it significantly increased the predictive value when combined with the McIsaac score.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vladimir Vaks, Elena Domracheva, Maria Chernyaeva, Vladimir Anfertev, Andrey Ayzenshtadt, Kseniya Glushkova, Aleksandra Cherniaeva
{"title":"High-Resolution Terahertz Spectroscopy for Medical Diagnostics.","authors":"Vladimir Vaks, Elena Domracheva, Maria Chernyaeva, Vladimir Anfertev, Andrey Ayzenshtadt, Kseniya Glushkova, Aleksandra Cherniaeva","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400316","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The metabolomics-based approach to diagnostics and therapy monitoring is a fast-emerging trend in modern medicine. Terahertz nonstationary spectroscopy based on the induction and disintegration of freely decaying polarization in the gas mixture during the interaction of radiation with molecules at resonance frequencies is a high-sensitivity method for studying multicomponent gas mixtures, which is promising for identifying metabolites in the thermal decomposition products of biological samples. The paper presents the results of the application of high-resolution terahertz spectroscopy to the study of biological samples taken from patients with certain diseases (pathologically changed tissues of ear-nose-throat organs and similar pathologic tissues formed in other life support systems) to search for characteristic sets of metabolites characterizing the pathology. The world's first measurements of the spectra of pathologic samples of cysts, formed in different life support systems, were carried out, which made it possible to identify similar substances in tissues having the same pathology.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142484169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junwoo Suh, Yehe Liu, Jordan Smith, Michiko Watanabe, Andrew M Rollins, Michael W Jenkins
{"title":"A Simple and Fast Optical Clearing Method for Whole-Mount Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Imaging.","authors":"Junwoo Suh, Yehe Liu, Jordan Smith, Michiko Watanabe, Andrew M Rollins, Michael W Jenkins","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400258","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jbio.202400258","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a single-step optical clearing method that is compatible with RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) imaging. We previously demonstrated microscopy imaging with immunohistochemistry and genetic reporters using a technique called lipid-preserving refractive index matching for prolonged imaging depth (LIMPID). Our protocol reliably produces high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) images with minimal aberrations using high magnification objectives, captures large field-of-view images of whole-mount tissues, and supports co-labeling with antibody and FISH probes. We also custom-designed FISH probes for quail embryos, demonstrating the ease of fabricating probes for use with less common animal models. Furthermore, we show high-quality 3D images using a conventional fluorescence microscope, without using more advanced depth sectioning instruments such as confocal or light-sheet microscopy. For broader adoption, we simplified and optimized 3D-LIMPID-FISH to minimize the barrier to entry, and we provide a detailed protocol to aid users with navigating the thick and thin of 3D microscopy.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Artashes V Karmenyan, Alexander S Krivokharchenko, Micahella N Sarmiento, Eviyona L Barus, Elena V Perevedentseva, Chia-Liang Cheng
{"title":"Impact of Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles on In Vitro Development of a Mouse Preimplantation Embryo and Interaction With the Zona Pellucida.","authors":"Artashes V Karmenyan, Alexander S Krivokharchenko, Micahella N Sarmiento, Eviyona L Barus, Elena V Perevedentseva, Chia-Liang Cheng","doi":"10.1002/jbio.202400268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400268","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of assisted reproductive technologies increases the likelihood of nanoparticles' (NPs) direct contact with gametes and embryos in in vitro conditions. Analyzing the influence of nanomaterials on the early mammalian embryo becomes increasingly relevant. This work is devoted to the effect of graphene oxide (GO) NPs on the in vitro development of mammalian embryos. Mouse 2-cell embryos were preincubated with GO NPs. The interaction of GO with the Zona Pellucida (ZP) of the embryo was investigated using fluorescence lifetime imaging with two-photon excitation (2p-FLIM). During embryo development, the NPs penetration into ZP (blastocyst stage) and perivitelline space (blastocyst hatching stage) was observed. Despite this, GO did not affect the embryo's ability to develop till late and hatching blastocysts. The mechanism of the NPs getting into the perivitelline space and the consequences of NP-embryo direct contact are discussed. The 2p-FLIM efficiency for studying NP interaction with mammalian embryos is evaluated.</p>","PeriodicalId":94068,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biophotonics","volume":" ","pages":"e202400268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142335236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}