Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 15, Issue 1, 2250003(2022)

3-photon fluorescence and third-harmonic generation imaging of myelin sheaths in mouse digital skin in vivo: A comparative study

[in Chinese]1, [in Chinese]1, [in Chinese]1, [in Chinese]1, [in Chinese]1, [in Chinese]2、*, and [in Chinese]1
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
  • 2Department of Dermatology, The sixth Hospital of Shenzhen University (Nanshan Hospital), Shenzhen 518052, P. R. China
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    Myelin sheaths wrapping axons are key structures that help maintain the propagation speed of action potentials in both central and peripheral nervous systems (CNS and PNS). However, noninvasive, deep imaging technologies visualizing myelin sheaths in the digital skin in vivo are lacking in animal models. 3-photon fluorescence (3PF) imaging excited at the 1700-nm window enables deep imaging of myelin sheaths, but necessitates labeling by exogenous fluorescent dyes. Since myelin sheaths are lipid-rich structures which generate strong third-harmonic signals, in this paper, we perform a detailed comparative experimental study of both third-harmonic generation (THG) and 3PF imaging in the mouse digital skin in vivo. Our results show that THG imaging also enables visualization of myelin sheaths deep in the mouse digital skin, which shows colocalization with 3PF signals from labeled myelin sheaths. Besides its superior label-free advantage, THG does not suffer from photobleaching due to its 3PF property.

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    [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese]. 3-photon fluorescence and third-harmonic generation imaging of myelin sheaths in mouse digital skin in vivo: A comparative study[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2022, 15(1): 2250003

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    Paper Information

    Received: Aug. 28, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 16, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 1, 2022

    The Author Email: (chfsums@163.com)

    DOI:10.1142/s1793545822500031

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