scholarly journals Optical Imaging of Bacterial Infection in Living Mice Using a Fluorescent Near-Infrared Molecular Probe

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (51) ◽  
pp. 16476-16477 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Matthew Leevy ◽  
Seth T. Gammon ◽  
Hua Jiang ◽  
James R. Johnson ◽  
Dustin J. Maxwell ◽  
...  
2013 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 1350026 ◽  
Author(s):  
CUICUI LIU ◽  
YUEQING GU

The diagnosis of bacterial infections remains a major challenge in medicine. Optical imaging of bacterial infection in living animals is usually conducted with genetic reporters such as light-emitting enzymes or fluorescent proteins. However, there are many circumstances where genetic reporters are not applicable, and there is an urgent need for exogenous synthetic probes that can selectively target bacteria. Optical imaging of bacteria in vivo is much less developed than methods such as radioimaging and MRI. Furthermore near-infrared (NIR) dyes with emission wavelengths in the region of 650–900 nm can propagate through two or more centimeters of tissue and may enable deeper tissue imaging if sensitive detection techniques are employed. Here we constructed an antimicrobial peptide fragment UBI29-41-based near-infrared fluorescent imaging probe. The probe is composed of UBI29-41 conjugated to a near infrared dye ICG-Der-02. UBI29-41 is a cationic antimicrobial peptide that targets the anionic surfaces of bacterial cells. The probe allows detection of Staphylococcus aureus infection (5 × 107 cells) in a mouse local infection model using whole animal near-infrared fluorescence imaging. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the UBI29-41-based imaging probe can selectively accumulate within bacteria. The significantly higher accumulation in bacterial infection suggests that UBI29-41-based imaging probe may be a promising imaging agent to detect bacterial infections.


2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoichi Shimizu ◽  
Takashi Temma ◽  
Isao Hara ◽  
Akira Makino ◽  
Ryo Yamahara ◽  
...  

Endocrinology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (6) ◽  
pp. 2907-2918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Büther ◽  
Matthijs G. Compeer ◽  
Jo G. R. De Mey ◽  
Otmar Schober ◽  
Michael Schäfers ◽  
...  

Endothelin (ET) receptor dysregulation has been described in a number of pathophysiological processes, including cardiovascular disorders, renal failure, and cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of the ET-A receptor (ETAR) in murine models of thyroid carcinoma using optical imaging methods. A recently developed near-infrared fluorescent tracer was first assessed in isolated artery preparations for its functional performance in comparison with known ETAR antagonists BQ123 and PD156707. Before evaluation of the tracer in vivo, different thyroid carcinoma cell lines were characterized with respect to their ET receptor expression by RT-PCR and autoradiography. In vivo, sc and orthotopic papillary thyroid tumor xenografts were clearly visualized by fluorescence reflectance imaging and fluorescence-mediated tomography up to 48 h after injection of the tracer. Binding specificity of the probe was demonstrated by predosing with PD156707 as a competing inhibitor. In conclusion, optical imaging with a fluorescent ETAR tracer allows the noninvasive imaging of tumor-associated ETAR expression in vivo. In the future, this technique may help surgeons to evaluate lesion dimensions in intraoperative settings (e.g. thyroidectomy).


2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 404-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhide Sato ◽  
Alexander P. Gorka ◽  
Tadanobu Nagaya ◽  
Megan S. Michie ◽  
Roger R. Nani ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. e0202610
Author(s):  
Kuo-Hwa Wang ◽  
Yun-Ming Wang ◽  
Li-Hsuan Chiu ◽  
Tze-Chien Chen ◽  
Yu-Hui Tsai ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hak Soo Choi ◽  
Summer L Gibbs ◽  
Jeong Heon Lee ◽  
Soon Hee Kim ◽  
Yoshitomo Ashitate ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenwu Xiao ◽  
Nianhuan Yao ◽  
Li Peng ◽  
Ruiwu Liu ◽  
Kit S. Lam

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1112-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Krohn ◽  
Sarah Ohrndorf ◽  
Stephanie G. Werner ◽  
Bernd Schicke ◽  
Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester ◽  
...  

Objective.Near-infrared fluorescence optical imaging (FOI) is a novel imaging technology in the detection and evaluation of different arthritides. FOI was validated in comparison to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), greyscale ultrasonography (GSUS), and power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods.Hands of 31 patients with early RA were examined by FOI, MRI, and US. In each modality, synovitis of the wrist, metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP) 2–5, and proximal interphalangeal joints (PIP) 2–5 were scored on a 4-point scale (0–3). Sensitivity and specificity of FOI were analyzed in comparison to MRI and US as reference methods, differentiating between 3 phases of FOI enhancement (P1–3). Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated to evaluate the agreement of FOI with MRI and US.Results.A total of 279 joints (31 wrists, 124 MCP and 124 PIP joints) were evaluated. With MRI as the reference method, overall sensitivity/specificity of FOI was 0.81/0.00, 0.49/0.84, and 0.86/0.38 for wrist, MCP, and PIP joints, respectively. Under application of PDUS as reference, sensitivity was even higher, while specificity turned out to be low, except for MCP joints (0.88/0.15, 0.81/0.76, and 1.00/0.27, respectively). P2 appears to be the most sensitive FOI phase, while P1 showed the highest specificity. The best agreement of FOI was shown for PDUS, especially with regard to MCP and PIP joints (ICC of 0.57 and 0.53, respectively), while correlation with MRI was slightly lower.Conclusion.FOI remains an interesting diagnostic tool for patients with early RA, although this study revealed limitations concerning the detection of synovitis. Further research is needed to evaluate its full diagnostic potential in rheumatic diseases.


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