Gold Nanorod Enhanced Photoacoustic Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography of Choroidal Neovascularization

Visualization and evaluation of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) are major challenges to improve treatment outcomes for patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Limitations of current imaging techniques include the limited penetration depth, spatial resolution, and sensitivity and dif...

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Published in:ACS applied materials & interfaces 2021-09, Vol.13 (34), p.40214-40228
Main Authors: Nguyen, Van-Phuc, Li, Yanxiu, Henry, Jessica, Zhang, Wei, Wang, Xueding, Paulus, Yannis M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and Medical Applications of Materials and Interfaces
Cattle
Choroid - metabolism
Choroidal Neovascularization - diagnostic imaging
Choroidal Neovascularization - metabolism
Contrast Media - chemistry
Contrast Media - toxicity
Gold - chemistry
Gold - toxicity
HeLa Cells
Humans
Integrin alphaVbeta3 - metabolism
Mice
Microscopy - methods
Nanotubes - chemistry
Nanotubes - toxicity
Oligopeptides - chemistry
Oligopeptides - toxicity
Photoacoustic Techniques - methods
Rabbits
Tomography, Optical Coherence
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Summary:Visualization and evaluation of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) are major challenges to improve treatment outcomes for patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Limitations of current imaging techniques include the limited penetration depth, spatial resolution, and sensitivity and difficulty visualizing CNV from the healthy microvasculature. In this study, a custom-built multimodal photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) system was developed to distinguish the margin of CNV in living rabbits with the assistance of functionalized gold nanorods conjugating with RGD ligands (GNR-RGD). Intravenous administration of GNR-RGD into rabbits in a CNV model resulted in signal enhancements of 27.2-fold in PAM and 171.4% in OCT. This molecular imaging technique of contrast-enhanced PAM and OCT is a promising tool for the precise imaging of CNV as well as the evaluation of the pathophysiology in vivo without destruction of tissue.
ISSN:1944-8244
1944-8252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.1c03504