作品は、国立衛生研究所からの補助金1P01DA028555 - 01A1、2R01 NS034239、2R37 NS36126、NS31492 P01、P20RR 15635、P01MH64570、およびP01 NS43985（HEGへ）によってサポートされていました。著者は、原稿と卓越したグラフィックと文学的支援の重要な読書のために氏ロビンテイラーに感謝。我々は彼の湿式粉砕の専門知識のためにスティーブGrzelakに感謝します。我々はまた、スキャンおよび透過型電子顕微鏡像を供給するためのネブラスカ大学リンカーン電子顕微鏡の中核施設の大学の博士漢チェンに感謝したいと思います。最後に、我々は、ライブ共焦点顕微鏡を使用して彼女の専門知識についてはミーガンMarquartに感謝します。

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NanoARTは、HIV - 1治療を改善するために設計されています。我々は、臨床使用のためとnanoformulated医薬品開発のための臨床検査システムなどの技術を開発する最初のステップとして、単球 - マクロファージ系薬物送達システムを提案している。私たちの過去の作品は、システムがそのようなアプリケーション5,6に対して利用可能であることを示している。 現在のレポートでは、我々は一般的に使用されるHIV - 1薬（; ritonovir、RTV、エファビレンツ、EFVとアタザナビル、ATVインジナビル、IDV）のNPの合成方法を説明しました。これは、湿式粉砕、均質化、超音波によって達成された。重要なことは、我々のアプローチは大きさ、形状や電荷5,6などnanoART物理的特性の変更が可能。界面活性剤を慎重に選択することによって、人は非常に肯定的に中立的に非常に負の粒子の電荷を制御することができます。処理時間と強度を変えることによって、一つのサイズを制御し、≥3μmのと同じくらい≤200nm以下のような小さなまたは大きな粒子をレンダリングすることができます。粒子の形状はまた、他の物理的な特性よりも少ない程度に、制御することができます。多面的幾何学的図形が湿式粉砕または均質化を経て製造することができますが、例えば、球状粒子は、ポリマーと超音波処理によって作ることができます。湿式粉砕し、均質化は、形状の異なる粒子を産生するが、このプロセスは、分画法に依存し、直接に制御することができます。製造方法のこれらのプロパティは、研究が簡単に正確な設計仕様にnanoARTを生成できるようにすることができます。 nanoARTの物理化学的性質は、それらの安定性とどのように細胞と相互作用の両方に応じて強力な効果を持っているので、これは極めて重要です。例えば、我々は大きさで約1μmであるnanoARTは、強い正電荷を持っていることが示され、そしてマルチサイド幾何学的形状を有することがより迅速に細胞を1回の内部に、より安定した、マクロファージによって取り込まれ、長期間にわたって放出されるている時間6。 テストnanoART方法は、取り込まれるため、粒子の能力の単純なスクリーニングを可能にするその開発保持され、ウイルス複製を阻害する能力に加えて、マクロファージ、HIV - 1の原則の標的細胞の一つ、がリリースされました。これは、1つは、簡単にパフォーマンスに基づいてnanoARTを区別し、ヒト用nanoARTの開発の効率と速度の両方を増加させる、従って、in vivoモデルでの成功の最善の機会を持っているものを識別することができます。 それはnanoARTとex vivoでロードされ、養子ヒトHIV - 1感染マウスに静脈注射によって転送されたマウス骨髄マクロファージは2週間までのために中枢神経系を含め、アクティブな感染の部位に移動し、リリースの薬ができることが示されているウイルスの複製2-4を阻害する。さらに、これらのnanoARTロードされた細胞はまた、効果的に血漿中のウイルス感染細胞、リンパ節、脾臓、肝臓および肺の数字を減らすだけでなく、CD4 +細胞は2を保護することができた。これらの研究は、予備的なものの、細胞媒介nanoART配信システムは、血液や感染組織の両方に薬剤の臨床的に有意な量を配布することができることを示す。ためにHIV - 1感染マウスでの研究から有望な予備的結果から、我々は現在、さらに臨床使用のためのnanoARTの可能性をテストするサル免疫不全ウイルス感染サルモデルの開発を進めています。

テーブルで使用される略語：IDV：イン​​ジナビル、RTV：リトナビル、ATV：アタザナビル、EFV：effavirenz、PVA：ポリビニルアルコール、SDSのドデシル硫酸ナトリウム、P188：ポロクサマー188（また、プルロニックF68と呼ぶ）、MPEG 2000 - DSPE：メチル - ポリ（エチレングリコール）、1,2 - ジステアロイル - ホスファチジル - エタノールアミン、DOTAP：（1 - オレオイル-2 - [6 - [（7 - ニトロ- 21 ,3 - benzoxadiazol -4 - イル）アミノ]ヘキサノイル] - 3 -トリメチルアンモニウムプロパン）; PLGA：ポリ（乳酸 - コ - グリコール酸）、CTAB：セチルトリメチルアンモニウムブロマイド、DMEM：ダルベッコ改変イーグル培地; MCSF：マクロファージコロニー刺激因子、HPLC：高速液体クロマトグラフィー、HIV - 1 ：ヒト免疫不全ウイルス- 1

methods development for blood borne macrophage carriage of nanoformulated antiretroviral drugs

抗レトロウイルス（ART）医薬品のための薬剤の毒性を減らすためにも役立っている間Nanoformulated薬は、薬力学及び生物学的利用能を向上させることができます。この目的のために、私たちの研究室では、ARTのレジメンを簡素化し、コンプライアンスや薬物動態を改善しながらのような毒性を減らすためにナノメディシンの原則を適用しております。製造nanoformulated ART（nanoART）のための、シンプルで信頼性の高い方法が示されています。純粋な薬剤の粒子は、界面活性剤の脂質コーティングの薄い層でカプセル化し、湿式粉砕または高圧均質化のどちらかで小さなものに大きな薬物の結晶を分画することにより生産されています。別の方法で遊離薬物は、ポリマーの液滴に懸濁させる。ここで、薬剤は、個々のナノサイズの液滴が形成されるまで、超音波によって攪拌ポリマー中に溶解させる。動的光散乱と顕微鏡検査では、粒子（粒径、電荷や形状）の物理的性質を特徴づける。それらの生物学的特性（細胞の取り込みと保持、細胞毒性と抗レトロウイルス効果）はヒト単球由来マクロファージ（MDM）で決定される。 MDMは、精製のために遠心水簸を使用してleukopacksから単離されたヒト末梢血単球から誘導される。このような血液が媒介マクロファージはヒト免疫不全ウイルス（HIV）感染臓器へnanoART配布のための細胞のトランスポーターとして使用することができます。 HIV - 1治療のためのナノ粒子に臨床的に利用可能な抗レトロウイルス薬の再パッケージすると、コンプライアンスを向上させ、積極的に疾患の転帰に影響を与える可能性があることを我々は仮定。

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Methods Development for Blood Borne Macrophage Carriage of Nanoformulated Antiretroviral Drugs

インジナビル、リトナビル、エファビレンツとアタザナビルのナノ粒子は、湿式粉砕、均質化と超音波を用いて製造された。総称nanoformulated抗レトロウイルス療法（nanoART）と呼ばれるこれらのnanoformulationsは、、マクロファージベースの薬物送達を評価した。単球由来マクロファージのnanoART取り込み、保持し、持続的な放出を決定した。これらの予備的研究は、臨床使用のためのnanoARTの可能性を示唆している。

Nanoformulated抗レトロウイルス薬の血液媒介マクロファージのキャリッジのための方法の開発

Nanoformulated drugs can improve pharmacodynamics and bioavailability while serving also to reduce drug toxicities for antiretroviral (ART) medicines. To ...

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13.1K ビュー.  University of Nebraska Medical Center. インジナビル、リトナビル、エファビレンツとアタザナビルのナノ粒子は、湿式粉砕、均質化と超音波を用いて製造された。総称nanoformulated抗レトロウイルス療法（nanoART）と呼ばれるこれらのnanoformulationsは、、マクロファージベースの薬物送達を評価した。単球由来マクロファージのnanoART取り込み、保持し、持続的な放出を決定した。これらの予備的研...

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Fluorescence detection methods for microfluidic droplet platforms

The development of microfluidic platforms for performing chemistry and biology has in large part been driven by a range of potential benefits that accompany system miniaturisation. Advantages include the ability to efficiently process nano- to femoto- liter volumes of sample, facile integration of functional components, an intrinsic predisposition towards large-scale multiplexing, enhanced analytical throughput, improved control and reduced instrumental footprints.1
In recent years much interest has focussed on the development of droplet-based (or segmented flow) microfluidic systems and their potential as platforms in high-throughput experimentation.2-4 Here water-in-oil emulsions are made to spontaneously form in microfluidic channels as a result of capillary instabilities between the two immiscible phases. Importantly, microdroplets of precisely defined volumes and compositions can be generated at frequencies of several kHz. Furthermore, by encapsulating reagents of interest within isolated compartments separated by a continuous immiscible phase, both sample cross-talk and dispersion (diffusion- and Taylor-based) can be eliminated, which leads to minimal cross-contamination and the ability to time analytical processes with great accuracy. Additionally, since there is no contact between the contents of the droplets and the channel walls (which are wetted by the continuous phase) absorption and loss of reagents on the channel walls is prevented.
Once droplets of this kind have been generated and processed, it is necessary to extract the required analytical information. In this respect the detection method of choice should be rapid, provide high-sensitivity and low limits of detection, be applicable to a range of molecular species, be non-destructive and be able to be integrated with microfluidic devices in a facile manner. To address this need we have developed a suite of experimental tools and protocols that enable the extraction of large amounts of photophysical information from small-volume environments, and are applicable to the analysis of a wide range of physical, chemical and biological parameters. Herein two examples of these methods are presented and applied to the detection of single cells and the mapping of mixing processes inside picoliter-volume droplets. We report the entire experimental process including microfluidic chip fabrication, the optical setup and the process of droplet generation and detection.

Droplet-based microfluidic platforms are promising candidates for high throughput experimentation since they are able to generate picoliter, self-compartmentalized vessels inexpensively at kHz rates. Through integration with fast, sensitive and high resolution fluorescence spectroscopic methods, the large amounts of information generated within these systems can be efficiently extracted, harnessed and utilized.

マイクロ流体液滴のプラットフォームのための蛍光検出法

The development of microfluidic platforms for performing chemistry and biology has in large part been driven by a range of potential benefits that ...

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Improved Method for the Preparation of a Human Cell-based, Contact Model of the Blood-Brain Barrier

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) comprises impermeable but adaptable brain capillaries which tightly control the brain environment. Failure of the BBB has been implied in the etiology of many brain pathologies, creating a need for development of human in vitro BBB models to assist in clinically-relevant research. Among the numerous BBB models thus far described, a static (without flow), contact BBB model, where astrocytes and brain endothelial cells (BECs) are cocultured on the opposite sides of a porous membrane, emerged as a simplified yet authentic system to simulate the BBB with high throughput screening capacity. Nevertheless the generation of such model presents few technical challenges. Here, we describe a protocol for preparation of a contact human BBB model utilizing a novel combination of primary human BECs and immortalized human astrocytes. Specifically, we detail an innovative method for cell-seeding on inverted inserts as well as specify insert staining techniques and exemplify how we use our model for BBB-related research.

Establishment of human models of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) can benefit research into brain conditions associated with BBB failure. We describe here an improved technique for preparation of a contact BBB model, which permits coculturing of human astrocytes and brain endothelial cells on the opposite sides of a porous membrane.

人間の細胞に基づく、血液脳関門の接触モデルの作製のための改善された方法

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) comprises impermeable but adaptable brain capillaries which tightly control the brain environment. Failure of the BBB has ...

Methods for Characterizing the Co-development of Biofilm and Habitat Heterogeneity

Biofilms are surface-attached microbial communities that have complex structures and produce significant spatial heterogeneities. Biofilm development is strongly regulated by the surrounding flow and nutritional environment. Biofilm growth also increases the heterogeneity of the local microenvironment by generating complex flow fields and solute transport patterns. To investigate the development of heterogeneity in biofilms and interactions between biofilms and their local micro-habitat, we grew mono-species biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and dual-species biofilms of P. aeruginosa and Escherichia coli under nutritional gradients in a microfluidic flow cell. We provide detailed protocols for creating nutrient gradients within the flow cell and for growing and visualizing biofilm development under these conditions. We also present protocols for a series of optical methods to quantify spatial patterns in biofilm structure, flow distributions over biofilms, and mass transport around and within biofilm colonies. These methods support comprehensive investigations of the co-development of biofilm and habitat heterogeneity.

Biofilms have complex interactions with their surrounding environment. To comprehensively investigate biofilm-environment interactions, we present here a series of methods to create heterogeneous chemical environment for biofilm development, to quantify local flow velocity, and to analyze mass transport in and around biofilm colonies.

バイオフィルムと生息地異質の共同開発を特徴付けるための方法

Biofilms are surface-attached microbial communities that have complex structures and produce significant spatial heterogeneities. Biofilm development is ...

In Vitro Model of Physiological and Pathological Blood Flow with Application to Investigations of Vascular Cell Remodeling

Vascular disease is a common cause of death within the United States. Herein, we present a method to examine the contribution of flow dynamics towards vascular disease pathologies. Unhealthy arteries often present with wall stiffening, scarring, or partial stenosis which may all affect fluid flow rates, and the magnitude of pulsatile flow, or pulsatility index. Replication of various flow conditions is the result of tuning a flow pressure damping chamber downstream of a blood pump. Introduction of air within a closed flow system allows for a compressible medium to absorb pulsatile pressure from the pump, and therefore vary the pulsatility index. The method described herein is simply reproduced, with highly controllable input, and easily measurable results. Some limitations are recreation of the complex physiological pulse waveform, which is only approximated by the system. Endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and fibroblasts are affected by the blood flow through the artery. The dynamic component of blood flow is determined by the cardiac output and arterial wall compliance. Vascular cell mechano-transduction of flow dynamics may trigger cytokine release and cross-talk between cell types within the artery. Co-culture of vascular cells is a more accurate picture reflecting cell-cell interaction on the blood vessel wall and vascular response to mechanical signaling. Contribution of flow dynamics, including the cell response to the dynamic and mean (or steady) components of flow, is therefore an important metric in determining disease pathology and treatment efficacy. Through introducing an in vitro co-culture model and pressure damping downstream of blood pump which produces simulated cardiac output, various arterial disease pathologies may be investigated.

In Vitro Model of Physiological and Pathological Blood Flow with Application to Investigations of Vascular Cell Remodeling

This protocol replicates physiological or pathological blood flow in vitro to aid in determining cell response in disease pathologies. By introducing a pressure damping chamber downstream of a blood pump, blood flow across the vasculature can be recapitulated and imposed on a monolayer of vascular endothelium or a mimetic co-culture.

血管細胞リモデリングの研究への応用生理学的および病理学的血流のインビトロモデル

Vascular disease is a common cause of death within the United States. Herein, we present a method to examine the contribution of flow dynamics towards ...

Fully Automated Centrifugal Microfluidic Device for Ultrasensitive Protein Detection from Whole Blood

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a promising method to detect small amount of proteins in biological samples. The devices providing a platform for reduced sample volume and assay time as well as full automation are required for potential use in point-of-care-diagnostics. Recently, we have demonstrated ultrasensitive detection of serum proteins, C-reactive protein (CRP) and cardiac troponin I (cTnI), utilizing a lab-on-a-disc composed of TiO2 nanofibrous (NF) mats. It showed a large dynamic range with femto molar (fM) detection sensitivity, from a small volume of whole blood in 30 min. The device consists of several components for blood separation, metering, mixing, and washing that are automated for improved sensitivity from low sample volumes. Here, in the video demonstration, we show the experimental protocols and know-how for the fabrication of NFs as well as the disc, their integration and the operation in the following order: processes for preparing TiO2 NF mat; transfer-printing of TiO2 NF mat onto the disc; surface modification for immune-reactions, disc assembly and operation; on-disc detection and representative results for immunoassay. Use of this device enables multiplexed analysis with minimal consumption of samples and reagents. Given the advantages, the device should find use in a wide variety of applications, and prove beneficial in facilitating the analysis of low abundant proteins.

This protocol demonstrates how to achieve femto molar detection sensitivity of proteins in 10 &#181;L of whole blood within 30 min. This can be achieved by using electrospun nanofibrous mats integrated in a lab-on-a-disc, which offers high surface area as well as effective mixing and washing for enhanced signal-to-noise ratio.

全血からの超高感度のタンパク質検出のための全自動遠心マイクロ流体デバイス

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a promising method to detect small amount of proteins in biological samples. The devices providing a platform ...

Development of a Multicellular Three-dimensional Organotypic Model of the Human Intestinal Mucosa Grown Under Microgravity

Because cells growing in a three-dimensional (3-D) environment have the potential to bridge many gaps of cell cultivation in 2-D environments (e.g., flasks or dishes). In fact, it is widely recognized that cells grown in flasks or dishes tend to de-differentiate and lose specialized features of the tissues from which they were derived. Currently, there are mainly two types of 3-D culture systems where the cells are seeded into scaffolds mimicking the native extracellular matrix (ECM): (a) static models and (b) models using bioreactors. The first breakthrough was the static 3-D models. 3-D models using bioreactors such as the rotating-wall-vessel (RWV) bioreactors are a more recent development. The original concept of the RWV bioreactors was developed at NASA&#39;s Johnson Space Center in the early 1990s and is believed to overcome the limitations of static models such as the development of hypoxic, necrotic cores. The RWV bioreactors might circumvent this problem by providing fluid dynamics that allow the efficient diffusion of nutrients and oxygen. These bioreactors consist of a rotator base that serves to support and rotate two different formats of culture vessels that differ by their aeration source type: (1) Slow Turning Lateral Vessels (STLVs) with a co-axial oxygenator in the center, or (2) High Aspect Ratio Vessels (HARVs) with oxygenation via a flat, silicone rubber gas transfer membrane. These vessels allow efficient gas transfer while avoiding bubble formation and consequent turbulence. These conditions result in laminar flow and minimal shear force that models reduced gravity (microgravity) inside the culture vessel. Here we describe the development of a multicellular 3-D organotypic model of the human intestinal mucosa composed of an intestinal epithelial cell line and primary human lymphocytes, endothelial cells and fibroblasts cultured under microgravity provided by the RWV bioreactor.

Cells growing in a three-dimensional (3-D) environment represent a marked improvement over cell cultivation in 2-D environments (e.g., flasks or dishes). Here we describe the development of a multicellular 3-D organotypic model of the human intestinal mucosa cultured under microgravity provided by rotating-wall-vessel (RWV) bioreactors.

微小重力下で増殖させたヒト腸粘膜の多細胞三次元器官型モデルの開発

Because cells growing in a three-dimensional (3-D) environment have the potential to bridge many gaps of cell cultivation in 2-D environments (e.g., ...

In Vitro Permeation of FITC-loaded Ferritins Across a Rat Blood-brain Barrier: a Model to Study the Delivery of Nanoformulated Molecules

Brain microvascular endothelial cells, supported by pericytes and astrocytes endfeet, are responsible for the low permeation of large hydrosoluble drugs through the blood-brain barrier (BBB), causing difficulties for effective pharmacological therapies. In recent years, different strategies for promoting brain targeting have aimed to improve drug delivery and activity at this site, including innovative nanosystems for drug delivery across the BBB. In this context, an in vitro approach based on a simplified cellular model of the BBB provides a useful tool to investigate the effect of nanoformulations on the trans-BBB permeation of molecules. This study describes the development of a double-layer BBB, consisting of co-cultured commercially available primary rat brain microvascular endothelial cells and astrocytes. A multiparametric approach for the validation of the model, based on the measurement of the transendothelial electrical resistance and the apparent permeability of a high molecular weight dextran, is also described. As proof of concept for the employment of this BBB model to study the effect of different nanoformulations on the translocation of fluorescent molecules across the barrier, we describe the use of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), loaded into ferritin nanoparticles. The ability of ferritins to improve the trans-BBB permeation of FITC was demonstrated by flux measurements and confocal microscopy analyses. The results suggest this is a useful system for validating nanosystems for delivery of drugs across the BBB.

In Vitro Permeation of FITC-loaded Ferritins Across a Rat Blood-brain Barrier: a Model to Study the Delivery of Nanoformulated Molecules

A method to establish an in vitro model of blood-brain barrier based on a co-culture of rat brain microvascular endothelial cells and astrocytes is described and validated. This system proved to be a valid tool to study the effect of nanoformulation on the trans-barrier permeation of fluorescent molecules.

Nanoformulated分子の送達を研究するためのモデル：ラット血液脳関門を通過して、FITCロードフェリチンのin vitro浸透で

Brain microvascular endothelial cells, supported by pericytes and astrocytes endfeet, are responsible for the low permeation of large hydrosoluble drugs ...

Two Methods for Decellularization of Plant Tissues for Tissue Engineering Applications

The autologous, synthetic, and animal-derived grafts currently used as scaffolds for tissue replacement have limitations due to low availability, poor biocompatibility, and cost. Plant tissues have favorable characteristics that make them uniquely suited for use as scaffolds, such as high surface area, excellent water transport and retention, interconnected porosity, preexisting vascular networks, and a wide range of mechanical properties. Two successful methods of plant decellularization for tissue engineering applications are described here. The first method is based on detergent baths to remove cellular matter, which is similar to previously established methods used to clear mammalian tissues. The second is a detergent-free method adapted from a protocol that isolates leaf vasculature and involves the use of a heated bleach and salt bath to clear the leaves and stems. Both methods yield scaffolds with comparable mechanical properties and low cellular metabolic impact, thus allowing the user to select the protocol which better suits their intended application.

Here we present, and contrast two protocols used to decellularize plant tissues: a detergent-based approach and a detergent-free approach. Both methods leave behind the extracellular matrix of the plant tissues used, which can then be utilized as scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.

組織工学用植物組織の Decellularization の 2 つの方法

The autologous, synthetic, and animal-derived grafts currently used as scaffolds for tissue replacement have limitations due to low availability, poor ...

Nondestructive Monitoring of Degradable Scaffold-Based Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessel Development Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Engineered vascular grafts with structural and mechanical properties similar to natural blood vessels are expected to meet the growing demand for arterial bypass. Characterization of the growth dynamics and remodeling process of degradable polymer scaffold-based tissue-engineered blood vessels (TEBVs) with pulsatile stimulation is crucial for vascular tissue engineering. Optical imaging techniques stand out as powerful tools for monitoring vascularization of engineered tissue enabling high-resolution imaging in real-time culture. This paper demonstrates a nondestructive and fast real-time imaging strategy to monitor the growth and remodeling of TEBVs in long-term culture by using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Geometric morphology is evaluated, including vascular remodeling process, wall thickness, and comparison of TEBV thickness in different culture time points and presence of pulsatile stimulation. Finally, OCT provides practical possibilities for real-time observation of the degradation of polymer in the reconstructing tissues under pulsatile stimulation or not and in each vessel segment, by compared with the assessment of polymer degradation using scanning electron microscopic(SEM) and polarized microscope.

A step by step protocol for nondestructive and long-period monitoring the process of vascular remodeling and scaffold degradation in real-time culture of biodegradable polymeric scaffold-based tissue-engineered blood vessels with pulsatile stimulation using optical coherence tomography is described here.

光干渉断層計を用いた分解足場ベース組織設計血容器開発の非破壊モニタリング

Engineered vascular grafts with structural and mechanical properties similar to natural blood vessels are expected to meet the growing demand for arterial ...

Intra-cardiac Side-Firing Light Catheter for Monitoring Cellular Metabolism using Transmural Absorbance Spectroscopy of Perfused Mammalian Hearts

Absorbance spectroscopy of cardiac muscle provides non-destructive assessment of cytosolic and mitochondrial oxygenation via myoglobin and cytochrome absorbance respectively. In addition, numerous aspects of the mitochondrial metabolic status such as membrane potential and substrate entry can also be estimated. To perform cardiac wall transmission optical spectroscopy, a commercially available side-firing optical fiber catheter is placed in the left ventricle of the isolated perfused heart as a light source. Light passing through the heart wall is collected with an external optical fiber to perform optical spectroscopy of the heart in near real- time. The transmission approach avoids numerous surface scattering interference occurring in widely used reflection approaches. Changes in transmural absorbance spectra were deconvolved using a library of chromophore reference spectra, providing quantitative measures of all the known cardiac chromophores simultaneously. This spectral deconvolution approach eliminated intrinsic errors that may result from using common dual wavelength methods applied to overlapping absorbance spectra, as well as provided a quantitative evaluation of the goodness of fit. A custom program was designed for data acquisition and analysis, which permitted the investigator to monitor the metabolic state of the preparation during the experiment. These relatively simple additions to the standard heart perfusion system provide a unique insight into the metabolic state of the heart wall in addition to conventional measures of contraction, perfusion, and substrate/oxygen extraction.

Here we introduce a method for using an intra-ventricle optical catheter in perfused hearts to perform absorbance spectroscopy across the heart wall. The data obtained provides robust information on tissue oxygen tension as well as substrate utilization and membrane potential simultaneously with cardiac performance measures in this ubiquitous preparation.

浸透哺乳動物の心臓のトランスムラル吸光分光法を用いた細胞代謝モニタリングのための心臓内側発射光カテーテル

Absorbance spectroscopy of cardiac muscle provides non-destructive assessment of cytosolic and mitochondrial oxygenation via myoglobin and cytochrome ...