Spectrally Resolved Multiphoton Imaging of in Vivo and Excised Mouse Skin Tissues

Overview

Journal Biophys J

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biophysics

Date 2007 Apr 24

PMID 17449667

Citations 42

Authors

Jonathan A Palero

Henriette S de Bruijn

Angelique van der Ploeg van den Heuvel

Henricus J C M Sterenborg

Hans C Gerritsen

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Abstract

The deep tissue penetration and submicron spatial resolution of multiphoton microscopy and the high detection efficiency and nanometer spectral resolution of a spectrograph were utilized to record spectral images of the intrinsic emission of mouse skin tissues. Autofluorescence from both cellular and extracellular structures, second-harmonic signal from collagen, and a narrowband emission related to Raman scattering of collagen were detected. Visualization of the spectral images by wavelength-to-RGB color image conversion allowed us to identify and discriminate tissue structures such as epidermal keratinocytes, lipid-rich corneocytes, intercellular structures, hair follicles, collagen, elastin, and dermal cells. Our results also showed morphological and spectral differences between excised tissue section, thick excised tissue, and in vivo tissue samples of mouse skin. Results on collagen excitation at different wavelengths suggested that the origin of the narrowband emission was collagen Raman peaks. Moreover, the oscillating spectral dependency of the collagen second-harmonic intensity was experimentally studied. Overall, spectral imaging provided a wealth of information not easily obtainable with present conventional multiphoton imaging systems.

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