Transrectal Absorber Guide Raster‐Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy for Label‐Free In Vivo Assessment of Colitis

Abstract Optoacoustic imaging (OAI) enables microscale imaging of endogenous chromophores such as hemoglobin at significantly higher penetration depths compared to other optical imaging technologies. Raster‐scanning optoacoustic mesoscopy (RSOM) has recently been shown to identify superficial microv...

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Main Authors: Adrian Buehler, Emma Brown, Lars‐Philip Paulus, Markus Eckstein, Oana‐Maria Thoma, Mariam‐Eleni Oraiopoulou, Ulrich Rother, André Hoerning, Arndt Hartmann, Markus F. Neurath, Joachim Woelfle, Oliver Friedrich, Maximilian J. Waldner, Ferdinand Knieling, Sarah E. Bohndiek, Adrian P. Regensburger
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202300564
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author Adrian Buehler
Emma Brown
Lars‐Philip Paulus
Markus Eckstein
Oana‐Maria Thoma
Mariam‐Eleni Oraiopoulou
Ulrich Rother
André Hoerning
Arndt Hartmann
Markus F. Neurath
Joachim Woelfle
Oliver Friedrich
Maximilian J. Waldner
Ferdinand Knieling
Sarah E. Bohndiek
Adrian P. Regensburger
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Emma Brown
Lars‐Philip Paulus
Markus Eckstein
Oana‐Maria Thoma
Mariam‐Eleni Oraiopoulou
Ulrich Rother
André Hoerning
Arndt Hartmann
Markus F. Neurath
Joachim Woelfle
Oliver Friedrich
Maximilian J. Waldner
Ferdinand Knieling
Sarah E. Bohndiek
Adrian P. Regensburger
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description Abstract Optoacoustic imaging (OAI) enables microscale imaging of endogenous chromophores such as hemoglobin at significantly higher penetration depths compared to other optical imaging technologies. Raster‐scanning optoacoustic mesoscopy (RSOM) has recently been shown to identify superficial microvascular changes associated with human skin pathologies. In animal models, the imaging depth afforded by RSOM can enable entirely new capabilities for noninvasive imaging of vascular structures in the gastrointestinal tract, but exact localization of intra‐abdominal organs is still elusive. Herein the development and application of a novel transrectal absorber guide for RSOM (TAG‐RSOM) is presented to enable accurate transabdominal localization and assessment of colonic vascular networks in vivo. The potential of TAG‐RSOM is demonstrated through application during mild and severe acute colitis in mice. TAG‐RSOM enables visualization of transmural vascular networks, with changes in colon wall thickness, blood volume, and OAI signal intensities corresponding to colitis‐associated inflammatory changes. These findings suggest TAG‐RSOM can provide a novel monitoring tool in preclinical IBD models, refining animal procedures and underlines the capabilities of such technologies to address inflammatory bowel diseases in humans.
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spelling doaj.art-705cb5c5b0764e01b319addb400d04d32023-06-23T07:34:34ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442023-06-011018n/an/a10.1002/advs.202300564Transrectal Absorber Guide Raster‐Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy for Label‐Free In Vivo Assessment of ColitisAdrian Buehler0Emma Brown1Lars‐Philip Paulus2Markus Eckstein3Oana‐Maria Thoma4Mariam‐Eleni Oraiopoulou5Ulrich Rother6André Hoerning7Arndt Hartmann8Markus F. Neurath9Joachim Woelfle10Oliver Friedrich11Maximilian J. Waldner12Ferdinand Knieling13Sarah E. Bohndiek14Adrian P. Regensburger15Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91054 Erlangen GermanyDepartment of Physics and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 0RE UKDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91054 Erlangen GermanyInstitute of Pathology Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91054 Erlangen GermanyDepartment of Medicine 1 University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91052 Erlangen GermanyDepartment of Physics and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 0RE UKDepartment of Vascular Surgery University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91054 Erlangen GermanyDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91054 Erlangen GermanyInstitute of Pathology Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91054 Erlangen GermanyDepartment of Medicine 1 University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91052 Erlangen GermanyDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91054 Erlangen GermanyInstitute of Medical Biotechnology Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91052 Erlangen GermanyDepartment of Medicine 1 University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91052 Erlangen GermanyDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91054 Erlangen GermanyDepartment of Physics and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 0RE UKDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine University Hospital Erlangen Friedrich‐Alexander‐Universität (FAU) Erlangen‐Nürnberg 91054 Erlangen GermanyAbstract Optoacoustic imaging (OAI) enables microscale imaging of endogenous chromophores such as hemoglobin at significantly higher penetration depths compared to other optical imaging technologies. Raster‐scanning optoacoustic mesoscopy (RSOM) has recently been shown to identify superficial microvascular changes associated with human skin pathologies. In animal models, the imaging depth afforded by RSOM can enable entirely new capabilities for noninvasive imaging of vascular structures in the gastrointestinal tract, but exact localization of intra‐abdominal organs is still elusive. Herein the development and application of a novel transrectal absorber guide for RSOM (TAG‐RSOM) is presented to enable accurate transabdominal localization and assessment of colonic vascular networks in vivo. The potential of TAG‐RSOM is demonstrated through application during mild and severe acute colitis in mice. TAG‐RSOM enables visualization of transmural vascular networks, with changes in colon wall thickness, blood volume, and OAI signal intensities corresponding to colitis‐associated inflammatory changes. These findings suggest TAG‐RSOM can provide a novel monitoring tool in preclinical IBD models, refining animal procedures and underlines the capabilities of such technologies to address inflammatory bowel diseases in humans.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202300564dextran sodium sulfate induced colitisinflammatory bowel diseasemurine acute colitisoptoacoustic imagingphotoacoustic imagingrasterscanning optoacoustic mesoscopy
spellingShingle Adrian Buehler
Emma Brown
Lars‐Philip Paulus
Markus Eckstein
Oana‐Maria Thoma
Mariam‐Eleni Oraiopoulou
Ulrich Rother
André Hoerning
Arndt Hartmann
Markus F. Neurath
Joachim Woelfle
Oliver Friedrich
Maximilian J. Waldner
Ferdinand Knieling
Sarah E. Bohndiek
Adrian P. Regensburger
Transrectal Absorber Guide Raster‐Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy for Label‐Free In Vivo Assessment of Colitis
Advanced Science
dextran sodium sulfate induced colitis
inflammatory bowel disease
murine acute colitis
optoacoustic imaging
photoacoustic imaging
rasterscanning optoacoustic mesoscopy
title Transrectal Absorber Guide Raster‐Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy for Label‐Free In Vivo Assessment of Colitis
title_full Transrectal Absorber Guide Raster‐Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy for Label‐Free In Vivo Assessment of Colitis
title_fullStr Transrectal Absorber Guide Raster‐Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy for Label‐Free In Vivo Assessment of Colitis
title_full_unstemmed Transrectal Absorber Guide Raster‐Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy for Label‐Free In Vivo Assessment of Colitis
title_short Transrectal Absorber Guide Raster‐Scanning Optoacoustic Mesoscopy for Label‐Free In Vivo Assessment of Colitis
title_sort transrectal absorber guide raster scanning optoacoustic mesoscopy for label free in vivo assessment of colitis
topic dextran sodium sulfate induced colitis
inflammatory bowel disease
murine acute colitis
optoacoustic imaging
photoacoustic imaging
rasterscanning optoacoustic mesoscopy
url https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202300564
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