Deep in vivo photoacoustic imaging of mammalian tissues using a tyrosinase-based genetic reporter

Jathoul, Amit P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6767-7775, Laufer, Jan, Ogunlade, Olumide, Treeby, Bradley, Cox, Ben, Zhang, Edward, Johnson, Peter, Pizzey, Arnold R., Philip, Brian, Marafioti, Teresa, Lythgoe, Mark F., Pedley, R. Barbara, Pule, Martin A. and Beard, Paul 2015. Deep in vivo photoacoustic imaging of mammalian tissues using a tyrosinase-based genetic reporter. Nature Photonics 9 , pp. 239-246. 10.1038/nphoton.2015.22

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Abstract

Photoacoustic imaging allows absorption-based high-resolution spectroscopic in vivo imaging at a depth beyond that of optical microscopy. Until recently, photoacoustic imaging has largely been restricted to visualizing the vasculature through endogenous haemoglobin contrast, with most non-vascularized tissues remaining invisible unless exogenous contrast agents are administered. Genetically encodable photoacoustic contrast is attractive as it allows selective labelling of cells, permitting studies of, for example, specific genetic expression, cell growth or more complex biological behaviours in vivo. In this study we report a novel photoacoustic imaging scanner and a tyrosinase-based reporter system that causes human cell lines to synthesize the absorbing pigment eumelanin, thus providing strong photoacoustic contrast. Detailed three-dimensional images of xenografts formed of tyrosinase-expressing cells implanted in mice are obtained in vivo to depths approaching 10 mm with a spatial resolution below 100 μm. This scheme is a powerful tool for studying cellular and genetic processes in deep mammalian tissues.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	1749-4885
Date of Acceptance:	26 January 2015
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2022 11:27
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/102050

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