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ArticleLasers in surgery and medicine2017

Spectroscopic characterization of oral epithelial dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma using multiphoton autofluorescence micro-spectroscopy.

Rahul Pal, Kert Edward, Liang Ma, Suimin Qiu, Gracie Vargas

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Article in Lasers in surgery and medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Rahul PalCenter for Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77555.
Kert EdwardDepartment of Physics, University of the West Indies, UWI Mona, Kingston 7, Mona, Jamaica.
Liang MaCenter for Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77555.
Suimin QiuDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77555.
Gracie VargasCenter for Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77555.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USUniversity of the West Indies System · JM

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Nonlinear Optical Staging of Epithelial NeoplasmsR01CA127429 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI VARGAS, GRACIE · 2008 to 2012
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NCI NIH HHS R01 CA127429
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Abstract

objectiveMultiphoton autofluorescence microscopy (MPAM) has shown potential in identifying features that are directly related to tissue microstructural and biochemical changes throughout epithelial neoplasia. In this study, we evaluate the autofluorescence spectral characteristics of neoplastic epithelium in dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) using multiphoton autofluorescence spectroscopy (MPAS) in an in vivo hamster model of oral neoplasia in order to identify unique signatures that could be used to delineate normal oral mucosa from neoplasia. MATERIALS/

methodsA 9,10-dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene (DMBA) hamster model of oral precancer and OSCC was used for in vivo MPAM and MPAS. Multiphoton Imaging and spectroscopy were performed with 780 nm excitation while a bandpass emission 450-650 nm was used for MPAM. Autofluorescence spectra was collected in the spectral window of 400-650 nm.

resultsMPAS with fluorescence excitation at 780 nm revealed an overall red shift of a primary blue-green peak (480-520 nm) that is attributed to NADH and FAD. In the case of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and some high-grade dysplasia an additional prominent peak at 635 nm, attributed to PpIX was observed. The fluorescence intensity at 635 nm and an intensity ratio of the primary blue-green peak versus 635 nm peak, showed statistically significant difference between control and neoplastic tissue. DISCUSSION: Neoplastic transformation in the epithelium is known to alter the intracellular homeostasis of important tissue metabolites such as NADH, FAD, and PpIX, which was observed by MPAS in their native environment. A combination of deep tissue microscopy owing to higher penetration depth of multiphoton excitation and depth resolved spectroscopy could prove to be invaluable in identification of cytologic as well as biomolecular spectral characteristic of oral epithelial neoplasia. Lasers Surg. Med. 49:866-873, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Microscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonOptical ImagingSpectrometry, FluorescenceAnimalsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCricetinaeDisease Models, AnimalEpithelial CellsMouth Neoplasmsanimal modelmultiphoton autofluorescence spectroscopymultiphoton microscopyoral cancerprotoporphyrin IXtwo-photon fluorescence

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PMCPMC5643238
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