This is the first of a 4-part series introducing Scintica’s newly formed relationship with IVIM Technology and their IntraVital Microscopy platform (IVM).
In this session, we introduced the fundamentals of fluorescence microscopy, review some example images, and focus on this technique's intravital imaging applications. This webinar focused on formulating a basic understanding of the imaging modality to further understand the IVM system's capabilities throughout the rest of the webinar series.
First, the fundamental principles of fluorescence imaging were explained, along with their advantages and challenges with applied in an in vivo setting. Next, we highlighted intravital microscopy's advantages and its role in oncology research and other scientific areas. We also provided an overview of the most commonly used animal models for intravital imaging. Finally, we focused on the importance of acquiring quantitative imaging data and navigate around some pitfalls. Key examples from the research field were collected in this webinar.
After attending this webinar, attendees will have:
a basic understanding of the fundamentals of fluorescence microscopy,
an overview of intravital imaging advantages and applications,
an overview of the most commonly used intravital imaging animal models,
an understanding of what to pay attention to in order to acquire quantitative imaging data.
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Conclusions
Optical imaging has excellent resolution but poor
penetration depth
Propagation of light through biological tissue is affected
by hemoglobin and water
The optimal window for in vivo optical imaging lies
between 600 and 1000 nm
Fluorescence is the commonly used optical technique for
in vivo imaging
Up to 4 fluorophores can be imaged simultaneously
when chosen carefully to avoid spectral overlap
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Intravital Microscopy | What?
For cancer and drug development, intravital microscopy enables a direct imaging analysis of the tumor
development and drug delivery to target tissue as well as efficacy, and mode of action (MOA) of new
therapeutic candidates at a microscopic, cellular level in various preclinical model of human disease.
Cancer Metastasis - CTC
Cancer cell dissemination to circulation
Drug Delivery - Nanoparticle
Anti-cancer nanoparticle delivery
Circulating
Tumor cell (CTC)
Drug carrier
Cancer cell
Vessel
Bone Marrow
Transplanted BM cell, HSPC
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Skin
Inflammatory response
KARS
Granulocyte
Intravital Microscopy | What?
Intravital microscopy enables dynamic 3D imaging of various cellular-level dynamics such as cell
trafficking, cell-cell interaction, and cell-microenvironment interaction inside the living body in vivo,
providing a new insight in the processes of human disease development.
Cancer Xenograft - T cell
Triple Negative Human Breast Cancer
T cell
Cancer cell
Vessel
Lung
Microcirculation in Sepsis Model
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Heating pad
Objective
Lens
Motorized XYZ
translational stage
Heating pad
sensor
Rectal probe: body
temp. monitoring
Cover glass
holder
Dynamic Immune Cell Imaging
In Vivo Blood Vessel Imaging
- Endothelial cell labeled in vivo by intravenous injection of
anti- CD31 antibody conjugated with far-red fluorophore
LysM-GFP mouse
- endogenously expresses green fluorescence protein (GFP) in the neutrophil and
macrophage by genetically knocking eGFP gene into the lysozyme M (LysM) locus
Intravital Imaging of ear skin
Neutrophil/Macrophage (LysM-GFP)
Vessel (CD31)
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Dynamic Immune Cell Imaging
KARS protein
- KARS protein labelled with far-red fluorophore Alexa647
was intradermally injected by using microinjector
3 hours after KARS injection 6 hours after KARS injection
0 hours after KARS injection
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LysM-GFP mouse
- endogenously expresses green fluorescence protein (GFP) in the neutrophil and
macrophage by genetically knocking eGFP gene into the lysozyme M (LysM) locus
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Real-time Lymphatics Imaging
Heating pad
Popliteal lymph
node Cover
glass
Warm water
circulator
Rectal probe:
body temp.
monitoring
Temperature
Sensor
Objective
Lens
Cover glass
holder
Motorized XYZ
translational stage
Tail vein
catheter
Intravital Imaging of popliteal lymph node
Parenchyma
HEV
Lumen
Intravital imaging of extravasation of T cells & B cells
in the high endothelial venule (HEV) of Lymph Node
• T cell & B cell obtained from actin-DsRed & actin-GFP mice
then adoptively transferred to wildtype C57BL/6 mouse
• FRC labeled by anti-ER-TR7 antibody conjugated with Alexa Fluor 647
• HEV Lumen labeled by IV injection of 2MD FITC-Dextran
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Longitudinal Transplanted Cell Imaging
Day 1 Day 3 Day 4
1 mm
Heating pad
Cover
glass
Cranium Stereotaxic
Instrument: Mouth
Adapter, Ear Bar
Objective
Lens
Motorized XYZ
translational
stage
Coronal
suture
Central vein
Sagittal suture
Cranium
Transplanted cell
Vessel (CD31)
Longitudinal repetitive wide-area intravital imaging of cranial bone marrow
after bone marrow transplantation of c-kit+ BM cell (DsRed)
Intravital Imaging of cranial bone marrow
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Longitudinal Transplanted Cell Imaging
H2B-GFP / β-actin-DsRed mouse
- expresses green fluorescence protein (GFP) in the nucleus and DsRed in cytoplasm
Longitudinal repetitive wide-area intravital imaging of cranial bone marrow
after bone marrow transplantation of c-kit+ BM cell (DsRed)
Day 1
Intravital Imaging of cranial bone marrow
Day 3 Day 4
1 mm
Transplanted cell
Vessel (CD31)
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Longitudinal Brain Imaging
Intravital Imaging of brain
Motorized XYZ
translational stage
Objective
Stereotaxic stage
with heating
function
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Day 1 Day 4 Day 7 Day 10
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