Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 1, Issue 2, 207(2008)

SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING OF A lacZ-MARKED TUMOR AND MICROVASCULATURE MORPHOLOGY IN VIVO BY DUAL-WAVELENGTH PHOTOACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY

LI LI1... HAO F. ZHANG1,2, ROGER J. ZEMP1,3, KONSTANTIN MASLOV1 and LIHONG V. WANG1,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Optical Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
  • 2Department of Electrical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
  • 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G2V4, Canada
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    Photoacoustic molecular imaging, combined with the reporter-gene technique, can provide a valuable tool for cancer research. The expression of the lacZ reporter gene can be imaged using photoacoustic imaging following the injection of X-gal, a colorimetric assay for the lacZ-encoded enzyme β-galactosidase. Dual-wavelength photoacoustic microscopy was used to non-invasively image the detailed morphology of a lacZ-marked 9L gliosarcoma and its surrounding microvasculature simultaneously in vivo, with a superior resolution on the order of 10 μm. Tumor-feeding vessels were found, and the expression level of lacZ in tumor was estimated. With future development of new absorption-enhancing reporter-gene systems, we anticipate this strategy can lead to a better understanding of the role of tumor metabolism in cancer initiation, progression, and metastasis, and in its response to therapy.

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    LI LI, HAO F. ZHANG, ROGER J. ZEMP, KONSTANTIN MASLOV, LIHONG V. WANG. SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING OF A lacZ-MARKED TUMOR AND MICROVASCULATURE MORPHOLOGY IN VIVO BY DUAL-WAVELENGTH PHOTOACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2008, 1(2): 207

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    Received: --

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 10, 2019

    The Author Email: WANG LIHONG V. (lhwang@biomed.wustl.edu)

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    CSTR:32186.14.

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