We demonstrate the ability of nondestructive optical imaging techniques such as second-harmonic generation (SHG), two-photon fluorescence (TPF), fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM), and Raman spectroscopy (RS) to monitor biochemical and mechanical alterations in tissues upon collagen degradation. Decellularized equine pericardium (EP) was treated with 50 μg/mL bacterial collagenase at 37 °C for 8, 16, 24, and 32 h. The SHG ratio (defined as the normalized ratio between SHG and TPF signals) remained unchanged for untreated EP (stored in phosphate-buffered solution (PBS)), whereas treated EP showed a trend of a decreasing SHG ratio with increasing collagen degradation. In the fluorescence domain, treated EP experienced a red-shifted emission and the fluorescence lifetime had a trend of decreasing lifetime with increasing collagen digestion. RS monitors collagen degradation, the spectra had less intense Raman bands at 814, 852, 938, 1242, and 1270 cm–1. Non-negative least-squares (NNLS) modeling quantifies collagen loss and relative increase of elastin. The Young’s modulus, derived from atomic force microscope-based nanoindentation experiments, showed a rapid decrease within the first 8 h of collagen degradation, whereas more gradual changes were observed for optical modalities. We conclude that optical imaging techniques like SHG, RS, and FLIM can monitor collagen degradation in a label-free manner and coarsely access mechanical properties in a nondestructive manner.

Monitoring Changes in Biochemical and Biomechanical Properties of Collagenous Tissues Using Label-Free and Nondestructive Optical Imaging Techniques / Tanveer Ahmed Shaik, João L. Lagarto, Enrico Baria, Melis Goktas, Patrick Igoche Onoja, Kerstin G. Blank, Francesco S. Pavone, Jürgen Popp, Christoph Krafft*, and Riccardo Cicchi. - In: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1520-6882. - ELETTRONICO. - (2021), pp. 3813-3821. [10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04306]

Monitoring Changes in Biochemical and Biomechanical Properties of Collagenous Tissues Using Label-Free and Nondestructive Optical Imaging Techniques

Enrico Baria;Francesco S. Pavone;
2021

Abstract

We demonstrate the ability of nondestructive optical imaging techniques such as second-harmonic generation (SHG), two-photon fluorescence (TPF), fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM), and Raman spectroscopy (RS) to monitor biochemical and mechanical alterations in tissues upon collagen degradation. Decellularized equine pericardium (EP) was treated with 50 μg/mL bacterial collagenase at 37 °C for 8, 16, 24, and 32 h. The SHG ratio (defined as the normalized ratio between SHG and TPF signals) remained unchanged for untreated EP (stored in phosphate-buffered solution (PBS)), whereas treated EP showed a trend of a decreasing SHG ratio with increasing collagen degradation. In the fluorescence domain, treated EP experienced a red-shifted emission and the fluorescence lifetime had a trend of decreasing lifetime with increasing collagen digestion. RS monitors collagen degradation, the spectra had less intense Raman bands at 814, 852, 938, 1242, and 1270 cm–1. Non-negative least-squares (NNLS) modeling quantifies collagen loss and relative increase of elastin. The Young’s modulus, derived from atomic force microscope-based nanoindentation experiments, showed a rapid decrease within the first 8 h of collagen degradation, whereas more gradual changes were observed for optical modalities. We conclude that optical imaging techniques like SHG, RS, and FLIM can monitor collagen degradation in a label-free manner and coarsely access mechanical properties in a nondestructive manner.
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