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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2026

Label-free correlative morpho-chemical tomography of 3D kidney mesangial cells.

Ankit Butola, Biswajoy Ghosh, Jaena Park, Minsung Kwon, Alejandro De la Cadena, Sudipta S Mukherjee, Rohit Bhargava, Stephen A Boppart, Krishna Agarwal

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Ankit ButolaUiT the Arctic University of Norway, Department of Automation and Process Engineering, Tromsø, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7847-7173
Biswajoy GhoshUiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Physics and Technology, Tromsø, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1309-1661
Jaena ParkUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, NIH/NIBIB P41 Center for Label-free Imaging and Multiscale Biophotonics, Urbana, Illinois, United States.
Minsung KwonUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, NIH/NIBIB P41 Center for Label-free Imaging and Multiscale Biophotonics, Urbana, Illinois, United States.
Alejandro De la CadenaUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, NIH/NIBIB P41 Center for Label-free Imaging and Multiscale Biophotonics, Urbana, Illinois, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8951-972X
Sudipta S MukherjeeUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, NIH/NIBIB P41 Center for Label-free Imaging and Multiscale Biophotonics, Urbana, Illinois, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4796-2659
Rohit BhargavaUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, NIH/NIBIB P41 Center for Label-free Imaging and Multiscale Biophotonics, Urbana, Illinois, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-994X
Stephen A BoppartUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, NIH/NIBIB P41 Center for Label-free Imaging and Multiscale Biophotonics, Urbana, Illinois, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-5630
Krishna AgarwalUiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Physics and Technology, Tromsø, Norway.

Funding

The Center for Label-free Imagingand Multiscale Biophotonics (CLIMB)P41EB031772 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Stephen A Boppart · 2022 to 2026
$7.6M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB031772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Significance: Imaging 3D Aim: We aim to develop and demonstrate a correlative label-free imaging platform capable of simultaneously capturing morphological and chemical-specific information from 3D cultured kidney mesangial cells. Approach: We combined simultaneous label-free autofluorescence-multiharmonic (SLAM) microscopy and gradient light interference microscopy (GLIM) to extract both chemical-specific and morphological tomography of 3D cultured kidney mesangial cells. In this approach, SLAM provides a nonlinear imaging platform with a single excitation source to simultaneously acquire autofluorescence (FAD and NAD(P)H), second- and third-harmonic signals from the cells. Complementarily, GLIM acquires high-contrast quantitative phase information to quantify structural changes in samples with a thickness of up to Results: Our correlative imaging results demonstrate the ability to image and quantify both morphology and chemical-specific signals of kidney mesangial cells in 3D. The combination of GLIM and SLAM provides complementary information critical for understanding kidney function, including metabolism and matrix deposition under controlled physiological conditions. Conclusions: The proposed correlative imaging approach establishes a versatile and hassle-free platform for morpho-chemical cellular tomography, offering unique opportunities for studying the structure and function of 3D kidney models in their native state.

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Imaging, Three-DimensionalMesangial CellsOptical ImagingTomography, OpticalAnimalsCells, CulturedKidneyMicroscopy, FluorescenceQuantitative Phase ImagingRatsLabel-free imagingmultiharmonic imagingmultiphoton imagingoptical microscopyquantitative phase imaging

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PMID41816704
PMCPMC12972753

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