Light-sheet microscopy in the near-infrared II window

Nat Methods. 2019 Jun;16(6):545-552. doi: 10.1038/s41592-019-0398-7. Epub 2019 May 13.

Abstract

Non-invasive deep-tissue three-dimensional optical imaging of live mammals with high spatiotemporal resolution is challenging owing to light scattering. We developed near-infrared II (1,000-1,700 nm) light-sheet microscopy with excitation and emission of up to approximately 1,320 nm and 1,700 nm, respectively, for optical sectioning at a penetration depth of approximately 750 μm through live tissues without invasive surgery and at a depth of approximately 2 mm in glycerol-cleared brain tissues. Near-infrared II light-sheet microscopy in normal and oblique configurations enabled in vivo imaging of live mice through intact tissue, revealing abnormal blood flow and T-cell motion in tumor microcirculation and mapping out programmed-death ligand 1 and programmed cell death protein 1 in tumors with cellular resolution. Three-dimensional imaging through the intact mouse head resolved vascular channels between the skull and brain cortex, and allowed monitoring of recruitment of macrophages and microglia to the traumatic brain injury site.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / blood supply
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic / pathology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Infrared Rays
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods*
  • Optical Imaging / methods*
  • Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / methods*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes