High-Resolution Optical Mapping of Inflammatory Macrophages Following Endovascular Arterial Injury

Autor: Farouc A. Jaffer, Charles P. Lin, Jason R. McCarthy, Yoshiko Iwamoto, Amit Saxena, Chase W. Kessinger, Brian Thompson
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Molecular Imaging and Biology. 15:282-289
ISSN: 1860-2002
1536-1632
Popis: Inflammation following arterial injury mediates vascular restenosis, a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity. Here we utilize intravital microscopy (IVM) and a dextran-coated nanosensor to spatially map inflammatory macrophages in vivo following endovascular injury of murine carotid arteries. C57Bl/6 mice (n = 23) underwent endovascular guidewire carotid arterial injury. At day 14 or day 28 post-injury, mice underwent fluorescence IVM, 24 h after injection with the near-infrared fluorescent macrophage nanosensor CLIO-VT680. Adventitial collagen was concomitantly imaged using second harmonic generation (SHG) IVM. Correlative fluorescence microscopy and immunohistochemistry were performed. Two-plane IVM reconstructions detected macrophage inflammation in the arterial wall that was elevated at day 14 compared to day 28 animals (P
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