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Molitoris BA, Reilly ES. Quantifying Glomerular Filtration Rates in Acute Kidney Injury: A Requirement for Translational Success. Semin Nephrol 2017; 36:31-41. [PMID: 27085733 DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2016.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a vexing clinical problem that results in unacceptably high patient mortality, development of chronic kidney disease, and accelerated progression to end-stage kidney disease. Although clinical risks factors for developing AKI have been identified, there is no reasonable surveillance technique to definitively and rapidly diagnose and determine the extent of severity of AKI in any patient. Because patient outcomes correlate with the extent of injury, and effective therapy likely requires early intervention, the ability to rapidly diagnose and stratify patients by their level of kidney injury is paramount for translational progress. Many groups are developing and characterizing optical measurement techniques using novel minimally invasive or noninvasive techniques that can quantify kidney function independent of serum or urinary measurements. The use of both one- and two-compartment models, as well as continuous monitoring, are being developed. This review documents the need for glomerular filtration rate measurement in AKI patients and discusses the approaches being taken to deliver this overdue technique that is necessary to help propel nephrology to individualization of care and therapeutic success.
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- Bruce A Molitoris
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy, Indiana University School of Medicine, Roudebush VA, Indianapolis, Indiana; FAST BioMedical, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Song JM, Jagannathan R, Stokes DL, Kasili PM, Panjehpour M, Phan MN, Overholt BF, DeNovo RC, Pan X, Lee RJ, Vo-Dinh T. Development of a Fluorescence Detection System Using Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) Laser Excitation for in Vivo Diagnosis. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2016; 2:515-23. [PMID: 14640763 DOI: 10.1177/153303460300200604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In this work, the development and applications of a fluorescence detection system using optical parametric oscillator (OPO) laser excitation for in vivo disease diagnosis including oral carcinoma are described. The optical diagnosis system was based on an OPO laser for multi-wavelength excitation and time-resolved detection. The pulsed Nd-YAG-pumped OPO laser system (6 ns, 20 Hz) is compact and has a rapid, broad, and uniform tuning range. Time-gated detection of intensified charge-coupled device (ICCD) making use of external triggering was used to effectively eliminate the laser scattering and contribute to the highly sensitive in vivo measurements. Artificial tissue-simulating phantoms consisting of polystyrene microspheres and tissue fluorophores were tested to optimize the gating parameters. 51-ns gate width and 39-ns gate delays were determined to be the optimal parameters for sensitive detection. in vivo measurements with the optical diagnosis system were applied to esophagus, stomach, and small intestine using an endoscope in canine animal studies. The rapid tuning capability of the optical diagnosis system contributed greatly to the optimization of wavelength for the observation of porphyrin in the small intestine. When the small intestine was thoroughly washed with water, the emission band which corresponds to porphyrin disappeared. Based on this observation, it was concluded that the detected signal was yielded by porphyrin-containing bile secretion. Also, multispectral analyses using multiple excitations from 415 to 480 nm at 5 nm intervals confirmed the porphyrin detection in the small intestine. The optical diagnosis system was also applied to the detection of human xenograft of oral carcinoma in mice using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) which is a photodynamic therapy (PDT) drug. Significant differences in protoporphyrin IX fluorescence intensity between normal and tumor tissue could be obtained 2 hours after the injection of 5-ALA into mice due to the preferential accumulation of 5-ALA in tumors. Results reported herein demonstrate potential capabilities of the LIF-OPO system for in vivo disease diagnosis.
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- J M Song
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bethel Valley Road, MS-6101, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6101, USA.
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Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of Cancer In Vivo. Methods Mol Biol 2016. [PMID: 27283417 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3721-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Optical imaging of fluorescent reporters in animal models of cancer has become a common tool in oncologic research. Fluorescent reporters including fluorescent proteins, organic dyes, and inorganic photonic materials are used in fluorescence spectroscopy, microscopy, and whole body preclinical imaging. Fluorescence lifetime imaging provides additional, quantitative information beyond that of conventional fluorescence intensity signals, enabling signal multiplexing, background separation, and biological sensing unique to fluorescent materials.
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Kristoffersen AS, Erga SR, Hamre B, Frette Ø. Testing fluorescence lifetime standards using two-photon excitation and time-domain instrumentation: rhodamine B, coumarin 6 and lucifer yellow. J Fluoresc 2014; 24:1015-24. [PMID: 24866152 PMCID: PMC4070492 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-014-1368-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Having good information about fluorescence lifetime standards is essential for anyone performing lifetime experiments. Using lifetime standards in fluorescence spectroscopy is often regarded as a straightforward process, however, many earlier reports are limited in terms of lifetime concentration dependency, solvents and other technical aspects. We have investigated the suitability of the fluorescent dyes rhodamine B, coumarin 6, and lucifer yellow as lifetime standards, especially to be used with two-photon excitation measurements in the time-domain. We measured absorption and emission spectra for the fluorophores to determine which wavelengths we should use for the excitation and an appropriate detector range. We also measured lifetimes for different concentrations, ranging from 10(-2)- 10(-6) M, in both water, ethanol and methanol solutions. We observed that rhodamine B lifetimes depend strongly on concentration. Coumarin 6 provided the most stable lifetimes, with a negligible dependency on concentration and solvent. Lucifer yellow lifetimes were also found to depend little with concentration. Finally, we found that a mix of two fluorophores (rhodamine B/coumarin 6, rhodamine B/lucifer yellow, and coumarin 6/lucifer yellow) all yielded very similar lifetimes from a double-exponential decay as the separate lifetimes measured from a single-exponential decay. All lifetime measurements were made using two-photon excitation and obtaining lifetime data in the time-domain using time-correlated single-photon counting.
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- Arne S Kristoffersen
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, P. O. Box 7803, N-5020, Bergen, Norway,
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Berezin MY, Zhan C, Lee H, Joo C, Akers WJ, Yazdanfar S, Achilefu S. Two-photon optical properties of near-infrared dyes at 1.55 μm excitation. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:11530-5. [PMID: 21866928 PMCID: PMC3233988 DOI: 10.1021/jp207618e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Two-photon (2P) optical properties of cyanine dyes were evaluated using a 2P fluorescence spectrophotometer with 1.55 μm excitation. We report the 2P characteristics of common NIR polymethine dyes, including their 2P action cross sections and the 2P excited fluorescence lifetime. One of the dyes, DTTC, showed the highest 2P action cross-section (∼103 ± 19 GM) and relatively high 2P excited fluorescence lifetime and can be used as a scaffold for the synthesis of 2P molecular imaging probes. The 2P action cross-section of DTTC and the lifetime were also highly sensitive to the solvent polarity, providing other additional parameters for its use in optical imaging and the mechanism for probing environmental factors. Overall, this study demonstrated the quantitative measurement of 2P properties of NIR dyes and established the foundation for designing molecular probes for 2P imaging applications in the NIR region.
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- Mikhail Y Berezin
- Department of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Liu Q, Grant G, Li J, Zhang Y, Hu F, Li S, Wilson C, Chen K, Bigner D, Vo-Dinh T. Compact point-detection fluorescence spectroscopy system for quantifying intrinsic fluorescence redox ratio in brain cancer diagnostics. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2011; 16:037004. [PMID: 21456877 PMCID: PMC3173890 DOI: 10.1117/1.3558840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We report the development of a compact point-detection fluorescence spectroscopy system and two data analysis methods to quantify the intrinsic fluorescence redox ratio and diagnose brain cancer in an orthotopic brain tumor rat model. Our system employs one compact cw diode laser (407 nm) to excite two primary endogenous fluorophores, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, and flavin adenine dinucleotide. The spectra were first analyzed using a spectral filtering modulation method developed previously to derive the intrinsic fluorescence redox ratio, which has the advantages of insensitivity to optical coupling and rapid data acquisition and analysis. This method represents a convenient and rapid alternative for achieving intrinsic fluorescence-based redox measurements as compared to those complicated model-based methods. It is worth noting that the method can also extract total hemoglobin concentration at the same time but only if the emission path length of fluorescence light, which depends on the illumination and collection geometry of the optical probe, is long enough so that the effect of absorption on fluorescence intensity due to hemoglobin is significant. Then a multivariate method was used to statistically classify normal tissues and tumors. Although the first method offers quantitative tissue metabolism information, the second method provides high overall classification accuracy. The two methods provide complementary capabilities for understanding cancer development and noninvasively diagnosing brain cancer. The results of our study suggest that this portable system can be potentially used to demarcate the elusive boundary between a brain tumor and the surrounding normal tissue during surgical resection.
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- Quan Liu
- Nanyang Technological University, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, Singapore
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Gioux S, Lomnes SJ, Choi HS, Frangioni JV. Low-frequency wide-field fluorescence lifetime imaging using a high-power near-infrared light-emitting diode light source. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:026005. [PMID: 20459250 PMCID: PMC2859085 DOI: 10.1117/1.3368997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2009] [Revised: 12/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLi) could potentially improve exogenous near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging, because it offers the capability of discriminating a signal of interest from background, provides real-time monitoring of a chemical environment, and permits the use of several different fluorescent dyes having the same emission wavelength. We present a high-power, LED-based, NIR light source for the clinical translation of wide-field (larger than 5 cm in diameter) FLi at frequencies up to 35 MHz. Lifetime imaging of indocyanine green (ICG), IRDye 800-CW, and 3,3(')-diethylthiatricarbocyanine iodide (DTTCI) was performed over a large field of view (10 cm by 7.5 cm) using the LED light source. For comparison, a laser diode light source was employed as a gold standard. Experiments were performed both on the bench by diluting the fluorescent dyes in various chemical environments in Eppendorf tubes, and in vivo by injecting the fluorescent dyes mixed in Matrigel subcutaneously into CD-1 mice. Last, measured fluorescence lifetimes obtained using the LED and the laser diode sources were compared with those obtained using a state-of-the-art time-domain imaging system and with those previously described in the literature. On average, lifetime values obtained using the LED and the laser diode light sources were consistent, exhibiting a mean difference of 3% from the expected values and a coefficient of variation of 12%. Taken together, our study offers an alternative to laser diodes for clinical translation of FLi and explores the use of relatively low frequency modulation for in vivo imaging.
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- Sylvain Gioux
- Boston University, 48 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Berezin MY, Akers WJ, Guo K, Fischer GM, Daltrozzo E, Zumbusch A, Achilefu S. Long fluorescence lifetime molecular probes based on near infrared pyrrolopyrrole cyanine fluorophores for in vivo imaging. Biophys J 2010; 97:L22-4. [PMID: 19883579 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2009] [Revised: 08/14/2009] [Accepted: 08/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Fluorescence lifetime (FLT) properties of organic molecules provide a new reporting strategy for molecular imaging in the near infrared (NIR) spectral region. Unfortunately, most of the NIR fluorescent dyes have short FLT typically clustered below 1.5 ns. In this study, we demonstrate that a new class of NIR fluorescent dyes, pyrrolopyrrole cyanine dyes, have exceptionally long FLTs ranging from 3 to 4 ns, both in vitro (dimethyl sulfoxide and albumin/water solutions) and in vivo (mice). These results provide a new window for imaging molecular processes, rejecting backscattered light and autofluorescence, and multiplexing imaging information with conventional NIR fluorescent dyes that absorb and emit light at similar wavelengths.
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- Mikhail Y Berezin
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Liu Q, Vo-Dinh T. Spectral filtering modulation method for estimation of hemoglobin concentration and oxygenation based on a single fluorescence emission spectrum in tissue phantoms. Med Phys 2010; 36:4819-29. [PMID: 19928112 DOI: 10.1118/1.3218763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Hemoglobin concentration and oxygenation in tissue are important biomarkers that are useful in both research and clinical diagnostics of a wide variety of diseases such as cancer. The authors aim to develop simple ratiometric method based on the spectral filtering modulation (SFM) of fluorescence spectra to estimate the total hemoglobin concentration and oxygenation in tissue using only a single fluorescence emission spectrum, which will eliminate the need of diffuse reflectance measurements and prolonged data processing as required by most current methods, thus enabling rapid clinical measurements. METHODS The proposed method consists of two steps. In the first step, the total hemoglobin concentration is determined by comparing a ratio of fluorescence intensities at two emission wavelengths to a calibration curve. The second step is to estimate oxygen saturation by comparing a double ratio that involves three emission wavelengths to another calibration curve that is a function of oxygen saturation for known total hemoglobin concentration. Theoretical derivation shows that the ratio in the first step is linearly proportional to the total hemoglobin concentrations and the double ratio in the second step is related to both total hemoglobin concentration and hemoglobin oxygenation for the chosen fiber-optic probe geometry. Experiments on synthetic fluorescent tissue phantoms, which included hemoglobin with both constant and varying oxygenation as the absorber, polystyrene spheres as scatterers, and flavin adenine dinucleotide as the fluorophore, were carried out to validate the theoretical prediction. RESULTS Tissue phantom experiments confirm that the ratio in the first step is linearly proportional to the total hemoglobin concentration and the double ratio in the second step is related to both total hemoglobin concentrations and hemoglobin oxygenation. Furthermore, the relations between the two ratios and the total hemoglobin concentration and hemoglobin oxygenation are insensitive to the scattering property of the tissue model for the chosen probe geometry. CONCLUSIONS A simple two-step ratiometric method based on the SFM of fluorescence spectra is proposed to estimate the total hemoglobin concentration and oxygenation in a tissue model using only a single fluorescence emission spectrum. This method is immune to the variation in system throughput caused by inconsistent optical coupling because of its ratiometric nature. Calibration curves are insensitive to the scattering coefficient for the chosen probe geometry. Moreover, since only fluorescence intensities at a few wavelengths in a single fluorescence emission spectrum are needed in this method, the SFM method minimizes the amount of required data and reduces the data acquisition time. Finally, since this method does not use nonlinear regression, it can dramatically save computation time in data processing. The high sensitivity of the proposed method to superficial tissue volumes makes it ideal for fluorescence based oximetry and medical diagnostics in applications such as early epithelial cancer diagnosis or wherever the measured tissue volume is exposed to the outside such as in open surgery.
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- Quan Liu
- Division of Bioengineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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Bai M, Achilefu S. Synthesis of functional near infrared pyrrolopyrrole cyanine dyes for optical and photoacoustic imaging. HETEROCYCL COMMUN 2010. [DOI: 10.1515/hc.2010.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Alford R, Ogawa M, Choyke PL, Kobayashi H. Molecular probes for the in vivo imaging of cancer. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2009; 5:1279-91. [PMID: 19823742 DOI: 10.1039/b911307j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Advancements in medical imaging have brought about unprecedented changes in the in vivo assessment of cancer. Positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomography, optical imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging are the primary tools being developed for oncologic imaging. These techniques may still be in their infancy, as recently developed chemical molecular probes for each modality have improved in vivo characterization of physiologic and molecular characteristics. Herein, we discuss advances in these imaging techniques, and focus on the major design strategies with which molecular probes are being developed.
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- Raphael Alford
- Molecular Imaging Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 10, Room 1B40, MSC1088, Bethesda, Maryland, MD 20892-1088, USA
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Barman I, Singh GP, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Turbidity-corrected Raman spectroscopy for blood analyte detection. Anal Chem 2009; 81:4233-40. [PMID: 19413337 PMCID: PMC2864606 DOI: 10.1021/ac8025509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A major challenge in quantitative biological Raman spectroscopy, particularly as applied to transcutaneous Raman spectroscopy measurements, is overcoming the deleterious effects of scattering and absorption (turbidity). The Raman spectral information is distorted by multiple scattering and absorption events in the surrounding medium, thereby diminishing the prediction capability of the calibration model. To account for these distortions, we present a novel analytical method, that we call turbidity-corrected Raman spectroscopy (TCRS), which is based on the photon migration approach and employs alternate acquisition of diffuse reflectance and Raman spectra. We demonstrate that, upon application of TCRS, the widely varying Raman spectra observed from a set of tissue phantoms having the same concentration of Raman scatterers but different turbidities has a tendency to collapse onto a single spectral profile. Furthermore, in a prospective study that employs physical tissue models with varying turbidities and randomized concentrations of Raman scatterers and interfering agents, a 20% reduction in prediction error is obtained by applying the turbidity correction procedure to the observed Raman spectra.
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- Ishan Barman
- Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Akers WJ, Berezin MY, Lee H, Achilefu S. Predicting in vivo fluorescence lifetime behavior of near-infrared fluorescent contrast agents using in vitro measurements. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2008; 13:054042. [PMID: 19021422 PMCID: PMC2744956 DOI: 10.1117/1.2982535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Fluorescence lifetime (FLT) information is complementary to intensity measurement and can be used to improve signal-to-background contrast and provide environment sensing capability. In this study, we evaluate the FLTs of eight near-infrared fluorescent molecular probes in vitro in various solvent mediums and in vivo to establish the correlation between the in vitro and in vivo results. Compared with other mediums, two exponential fittings of the fluorescence decays of dyes dissolved in aqueous albumin solutions accurately predict the range of FLTs observed in vivo. We further demonstrate that the diffusion of a near-infrared (NIR) reporter from a dye-loaded gel can be detected by FLT change in mice as a model of controlled drug release. The mean FLT of the NIR probe increases as the dye diffuses from the highly polar gel interior to the more lipophilic tissue environment. The two-point analysis demonstrates an efficient in vitro method for screening new NIR fluorescent reporters for use as FLT probes in vivo, thereby minimizing the use of animals for FLT screening studies.
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- Address Correspondence to: Samuel Achilefu, PhD, Optical Radiology Lab, 4525 Scott Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, Telephone: 314-362-8599, Fax: 314-747-5191,
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Berezin MY, Lee H, Akers W, Achilefu S. Near infrared dyes as lifetime solvatochromic probes for micropolarity measurements of biological systems. Biophys J 2007; 93:2892-9. [PMID: 17573433 PMCID: PMC1989699 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The polarity of biological mediums controls a host of physiological processes such as digestion, signaling, transportation, metabolism, and excretion. With the recent widespread use of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent dyes for biological imaging of cells and living organisms, reporting medium polarity with these dyes would provide invaluable functional information in addition to conventional optical imaging parameters. Here, we report a new approach to determine polarities of macro- and microsystems for in vitro and potential in vivo applications using NIR polymethine molecular probes. Unlike the poor solvatochromic response of NIR dyes in solvents with diverse polarity, their fluorescence lifetimes are highly sensitive, increasing by a factor of up to 8 on moving from polar to nonpolar mediums. We also established a correlation between fluorescence lifetime and solvent orientation polarizability and developed a lifetime polarity index for determining the polarity of complex systems, including micelles and albumin binding sites. Because of the importance of medium polarity in molecular, cellular, and biochemical processes and the significance of reduced autofluorescence and deep tissue penetration of light in the NIR region, the findings reported herein represent an important advance toward using NIR molecular probes to measure the polarity of complex biological systems in vitro and in vivo.
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- Mikhail Y Berezin
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Liebert A, Wabnitz H, Obrig H, Erdmann R, Möller M, Macdonald R, Rinneberg H, Villringer A, Steinbrink J. Non-invasive detection of fluorescence from exogenous chromophores in the adult human brain. Neuroimage 2006; 31:600-8. [PMID: 16478666 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.12.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2005] [Revised: 11/24/2005] [Accepted: 12/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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This is the first report on results proving that fluorescence of exogenous dyes inside the human brain can be excited and detected non-invasively at the surface of the adult head. Boli of indocyanine green (ICG) were intravenously applied to healthy volunteers, and the passage of the contrast agent in the brain was monitored by detecting the corresponding fluorescence signal following pulsed laser excitation at 780 nm. Our hypothesis that the observed fluorescence signal contains a considerable cortical fraction was corroborated by performing measurements with picosecond temporal resolution and analyzing distributions of times of arrival of photons, hence taking advantage of the well-known depth selectivity of that method. Our experimental findings are explained by Monte Carlo simulations modeling the head as a layered medium and taking into account realistic bolus kinetics within the extra- and intracerebral compartment. Although a particular non-specific dye (ICG) was used, the results clearly demonstrate that fluorescence-mediated imaging of the adult human brain is generally feasible. In particular, we will discuss how these results serve as proof of concept for non-invasive fluorescence brain imaging and may thus open the door towards optical molecular imaging of the human brain.
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- A Liebert
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Abbestr. 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
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Liang F, Pan T, Sevick-Muraca EM. Measurements of FRET in a Glucose-sensitive Affinity System with Frequency-domain Lifetime Spectroscopy. Photochem Photobiol 2005; 81:1386-94. [PMID: 16120004 DOI: 10.1562/2005-02-14-ra-440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We report measurements of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) for glucose sensing in an established concanavalin A-dextran affinity system using frequency-domain lifetime spectroscopy. A dextran (MW 2,000,000) labeled with a small fluorescent donor molecule, Alexa Fluor 568, was used to competitively bind to a sugar-binding protein, concanavalin A, labeled with acceptor molecule, Alexa Fluor 647, in the presence of glucose. The FRET-quenching kinetics of the donor were analyzed from frequency-domain measurements as a function of both glucose and acceptor-protein concentrations using a Förster-type decay kinetics model. The results show that the frequency-domain measurements and donor decay kinetics can quantitatively indicate changes in the competitive binding of 0.09 microM dextran to labeled concanavalin A at a solution concentration of 10.67 microM in the presence of glucose at concentrations ranging from 0 to 224 mg/dL.
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- Feng Liang
- The Photon Migration Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
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Kuwana E, Sevick-Muraca EM. Fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy for pH sensing in scattering media. Anal Chem 2004; 75:4325-9. [PMID: 14632153 DOI: 10.1021/ac034059a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy in the presence of tissuelike scattering is demonstrated from measurements of phase and modulation ratio as a function of modulation frequency using a pH-sensitive dye, Carboxy Seminaphthofluorescein-1 (C-SNAFL-1). From the optical diffusion equation describing the propagation and generation of fluorescence within solutions of 0.5 microM C-SNAFL-1 containing 2.0% (by volume) of Intralipid as a scatterer, the values of the average lifetime of C-SNAFL-1 were determined as the solution pH varied between 5 and 9. Average lifetime values were found to match those measured using traditional phase-modulation measurement in nonscattering media. Furthermore, the robustness of the spectroscopic technique was demonstrated by conducting lifetime measurements at varying scatterer concentrations (1.5-3.0 vol % Intralipid). These results confirm the approach for analytical sensing in scattering media via fluorescence lifetime kinetics in order to track changes in analyte concentrations.
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- Eddy Kuwana
- Photon Migration Laboratories, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3573, USA
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Thompson AB, Hawrysz DJ, Sevick-Muraca EM. Near-infrared fluorescence contrast-enhanced imaging with area illumination and area detection: the forward imaging problem. APPLIED OPTICS 2003; 42:4125-4136. [PMID: 12868856 DOI: 10.1364/ao.42.004125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Fluorescence frequency-domain photon migration measurements were acquired from tissue phantoms, each containing a fluorescent target, by means of area illumination and area detection on the same surface and for the first time, to our knowledge, compared with predictions computed with a numerical solution to the coupled photon diffusion equations. We accomplished area illumination and area detection using a planar, intensity-modulated excitation light source and a gain-modulated intensified charge-coupled device camera, respectively. A 1-ml vessel containing 1-microm solution of Indocyanine Green in 1% Liposyn was immersed 1 cm deep in each 512-ml tissue phantom. For most tissue phantoms, the background surrounding the 1-ml target was composed of Liposyn solution containing Indocyanine Green or 3,3'-Diethylthiatricarbocyanine Iodide such that the target-to-background ratio of fluorescence yield was > or = 10:1. Measurements of fluorescence modulation amplitude and phase were predicted with a mean error ranging from 10.1% to 13.6% and 0.56 degrees to 1.72 degrees, respectively. These numbers are similar to those obtained by use of single-pixel frequency-domain photon migration techniques and validate the potential use of area illumination and area detection for biomedical imaging of tissues. Results also demonstrate that target-to-background ratios of fluorescence yield and fluorescence lifetime significantly affect target detectability.
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- Alan B Thompson
- Photon Migration Laboratories, Texas A&M University, 3573 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-3573, USA
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Kuwana E, Sevick-Muraca EM. Fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy in multiply scattering media with dyes exhibiting multiexponential decay kinetics. Biophys J 2002; 83:1165-76. [PMID: 12124296 PMCID: PMC1302218 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75240-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To investigate fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy in tissue-like scattering, measurements of phase modulation as a function of modulation frequency were made using two fluorescent dyes exhibiting single exponential decay kinetics in a 2% intralipid solution. To experimentally simulate fluorescence multiexponential decay kinetics, we varied the concentration ratios of the two dyes, 3,3-diethylthiatricarbocyanine iodide and indocynanine green (ICG), which exhibit distinctly different lifetimes of 1.33 and 0.57 ns, respectively. The experimental results were then compared with values predicted using the optical diffusion equation incorporating 1) biexponential decay, 2) average of the biexponential decay, as well as 3) stretched exponential decay kinetic models to describe kinetics owing to independent and quenched relaxation of the two dyes. Our results show that while all kinetic models could describe phase-modulation data in nonscattering solution, when incorporated into the diffusion equation, the kinetic parameters failed to likewise predict phase-modulation data in scattering solutions. We attribute the results to the insensitivity of phase-modulation measurements in nonscattering solutions and the inaccuracy of the derived kinetic parameters. Our results suggest the high sensitivity of phase-modulation measurements in scattering solutions may provide greater opportunities for fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy.
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- Eddy Kuwana
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA
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Hattery D, Chernomordik V, Loew M, Gannot I, Gandjbakhche A. Analytical solutions for time-resolved fluorescence lifetime imaging in a turbid medium such as tissue. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2001; 18:1523-1530. [PMID: 11444544 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.18.001523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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An analytical solution is developed to quantify a site-specific fluorophore lifetime perturbation that occurs, for example, when the local metabolic status is different from that of surrounding tissue. This solution may be used when fluorophores are distributed throughout a highly turbid media and the site of interest is embedded many mean scattering distances from the source and the detector. The perturbation in lifetime is differentiated from photon transit delays by random walk theory. This analytical solution requires a priori knowledge of the tissue-scattering and absorption properties at the excitation and emission wavelengths that may be obtained from concurrent time-resolved reflection measurements. Additionally, the solution has been compared with the exact, numerically solved solution. Thus the presented solution forms the basis for practical lifetime imaging in turbid media such as tissue.
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- D Hattery
- Laboratory of Integrative and Medical Biophysics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Hawrysz DJ, Sevick-Muraca EM. Developments toward diagnostic breast cancer imaging using near-infrared optical measurements and fluorescent contrast agents. Neoplasia 2000; 2:388-417. [PMID: 11191107 PMCID: PMC1507982 DOI: 10.1038/sj.neo.7900118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2000] [Accepted: 10/10/2000] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The use of near-infrared (NIR) light to interrogate deep tissues has enormous potential for molecular-based imaging when coupled with NIR excitable dyes. More than a decade has now passed since the initial proposals for NIR optical tomography for breast cancer screening using time-dependent measurements of light propagation in the breast. Much accomplishment in the development of optical mammography has been demonstrated, most recently in the application of time-domain, frequency-domain, and continuous-wave measurements that depend on endogenous contrast owing to angiogenesis and increased hemoglobin absorbance for contrast. Although exciting and promising, the necessity of angiogenesis-mediated absorption contrast for diagnostic optical mammography minimizes the potential for using NIR techniques to assess sentinel lymph node staging, metastatic spread, and multifocality of breast disease, among other applications. In this review, we summarize the progress made in the development of optical mammography, and focus on the emerging work underway in the use of diagnostic contrast agents for the molecular-based, diagnostic imaging of breast.
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- D J Hawrysz
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-3122, USA
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Abugo OO, Gryczynski Z, Lakowicz JR. Modulation sensing of fluorophores in tissue: a new approach to drug compliance monitoring. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 1999; 4:429-442. [PMID: 23014616 DOI: 10.1117/1.429956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We describe a method to detect the presence of fluorophores in scattering media, including intralipid suspensions and chicken muscle covered with skin. The fluorophores were rhodamine 800 (Rh800) and indocyanine green (IcG), both of which can be excited at long wavelengths where there is minimal absorption by tissues. These fluorophores were dissolved in intralipid or in chicken muscle under skin. A method to approximate the fluorophore concentration in such samples was developed using a long lifetime reference fluorophore in a polymer film placed immediately on the illuminated surface of the sample. Because of the long lifetime of the reference film, the modulation of its emission at low frequencies near 2 MHz is near zero. Since the lifetime of Rh800 and IcG are below 2 ns the modulation of the combined emission is a measure of the intensity of the fluorophore (Rh800 or IcG) relative to the long lifetime reference. Using this method we were able to measure the concentration-dependent intensities of Rh800 and IcG in an intralipid suspension. Additionally, micromolar concentrations of these probes could be detected in chicken muscles, even when the muscle was covered with a layer of chicken skin. The presence of an India ink absorber in the intralipid had only a moderate effect on the modulation values. We suggest the use of this transdermal detection of long-wavelength fluorophores as a noninvasive method to monitor patient compliance when taking medicines used for treatment of chronic diseases such as AIDS or tuberculosis. © 1999 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
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Mayer RH, Reynolds JS, Sevick-Muraca EM. Measurement of the fluorescence lifetime in scattering media by frequency-domain photon migration. APPLIED OPTICS 1999; 38:4930-8. [PMID: 18323983 DOI: 10.1364/ao.38.004930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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A method is presented to determine fluorescence decay lifetimes within tissuelike scattering media. Fluorescence lifetimes are determined for micromolar concentrations of the dyes 3,3'-Diethylthiatricarbocyanine Iodide and Indocyanine Green by frequency-domain investigations of light propagating in turbid media. Dual-wavelength photon-migration measurements that use intensity-modulated sources at excitation and emission wavelengths of the fluorophores provide optical parameters of the media as well as fluorescence properties of the dyes. The deduction of fluorescence lifetimes requires no calibration with reference fluorophores, and the results are shown to be independent of dye concentration.
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- R H Mayer
- School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1283, USA
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Li X, Chance B, Yodh AG. Fluorescent heterogeneities in turbid media: limits for detection, characterization, and comparison with absorption. APPLIED OPTICS 1998; 37:6833-44. [PMID: 18301500 DOI: 10.1364/ao.37.006833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The fundamental limits for detection and characterization of fluorescent (phosphorescent) inhomogeneities embedded in tissuelike highly scattering turbid media are investigated. The absorption and fluorescence contrast introduced by exogenous fluorophores are also compared. Both analyses are based on practical signal-to-noise ratio considerations. For an object with fivefold fluorophore concentration and lifetime contrast with respect to the background tissue, we find the smallest detectable fluorescent object at 3-cm depth in tissuelike turbid media to be ~0.25 cm in radius, whereas the smallest characterizable object size is ~0.75 cm in radius, given a model with 1% amplitude and 0.5 degrees phase noise. We also find that, for fluorescence extinction coefficients epsilon </= 0.5 x 10(5) cm(-1) M(-1), the fluorescence measurement mode is superior to the absorption mode for detecting an inhomogeneity. The optimal choice of modulation frequency for the frequency-domain fluorescence measurements is also discussed.
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Jiang H. Frequency-domain fluorescent diffusion tomography: a finite-element-based algorithm and simulations. APPLIED OPTICS 1998; 37:5337-43. [PMID: 18286015 DOI: 10.1364/ao.37.005337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We present a finite-element-based algorithm for reconstruction of fluorescence lifetime and yield in turbid media, using frequency-domain data. The algorithm is based on a set of coupled diffusion equations that describe the propagation of both excitation and fluorescent emission light in multiply scattering media. Centered on Newton's iterative method, we implemented our algorithm by using a synthesized scheme of Marquardt and Tikhonov regularizations. A low-pass spatial filter is also incorporated into the algorithm for enhancing image reconstruction. Simulation studies using both noise-free and noisy data have been performed with the nonzero photon density boundary conditions. Our results suggest that quantitative images can be produced in terms of fluorescent lifetime and yield values and location, size, and shape of heterogeneities within a circular background region.
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Soper SA, Warner IM, McGown LB. Molecular Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Chemiluminescence Spectrometry. Anal Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/a1980019y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Steven A. Soper
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, and Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Box 90346, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0346
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, and Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Box 90346, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0346
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, and Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Box 90346, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0346
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