Visualization of Keratin with Diffuse Reflectance and Autofluorescence Imaging and Nonlinear Optical Microscopy in a Rare Keratinopathic Ichthyosis

Autor: Norbert Wikonkál, Balázs Mayer, Marta Lange, Alexey Lihachev, Szabolcs Bozsányi, Krisztina Becker, Judit Noll, Pálma Anker, Márta Medvecz, Kende Lőrincz, Ilze Lihacova, Enikő Kuroli, Norbert Kiss, Luca Fésűs
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Male
Nonlinear Optical Microscopy
Hyperkeratosis
autofluorescence
lcsh:Chemical technology
Biochemistry
Analytical Chemistry
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
In vivo
Keratin
medicine
Humans
lcsh:TP1-1185
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Instrumentation
keratin
Skin
chemistry.chemical_classification
Hyperkeratosis
Epidermolytic

integumentary system
hyperkeratosis
Chemistry
Communication
Optical Imaging
LED
nonlinear microscopy
epidermolytic ichthyosis
medicine.disease
diffuse reflectance
Fluorescence
Nonlinear optical microscopy
Atomic and Molecular Physics
and Optics

Autofluorescence
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Child
Preschool

multiphoton microscopy
histopathology
Keratins
KRT1
Epidermis
Diffuse reflection
Biomedical engineering
Zdroj: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Sensors, Vol 21, Iss 1105, p 1105 (2021)
ISSN: 1424-8220
Popis: Keratins are one of the main fluorophores of the skin. Keratinization disorders can lead to alterations in the optical properties of the skin. We set out to investigate a rare form of keratinopathic ichthyosis caused by KRT1 mutation with two different optical imaging methods. We used a newly developed light emitting diode (LED) based device to analyze autofluorescence signal at 405 nm excitation and diffuse reflectance at 526 nm in vivo. Mean autofluorescence intensity of the hyperkeratotic palmar skin was markedly higher in comparison to the healthy control (162.35 vs. 51.14). To further assess the skin status, we examined samples from affected skin areas ex vivo by nonlinear optical microscopy. Two-photon excited fluorescence and second-harmonic generation can visualize epidermal keratin and dermal collagen, respectively. We were able to visualize the structure of the epidermis and other skin changes caused by abnormal keratin formation. Taken together, we were able to show that such imaging modalities are useful for the diagnosis and follow-up of keratinopathic diseases.
Databáze: OpenAIRE