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Theranostics 2018; 8(15):4129-4140. doi:10.7150/thno.26946 This issue Cite

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Label-free imaging of hemoglobin degradation and hemosiderin formation in brain tissues with femtosecond pump-probe microscopy

Lili Zhang1‡, Xiang Zou2‡, Bohan Zhang1, Liyuan Cui3, Jiayi Zhang3, Ying Mao2, Liang Chen2✉, Minbiao Ji1✉

1. State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
2. Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of Bain Science, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
‡These authors contributed equally to this work

✉ Corresponding authors: chenlianghscom, minbiaojedu.cn

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Zhang L, Zou X, Zhang B, Cui L, Zhang J, Mao Y, Chen L, Ji M. Label-free imaging of hemoglobin degradation and hemosiderin formation in brain tissues with femtosecond pump-probe microscopy. Theranostics 2018; 8(15):4129-4140. doi:10.7150/thno.26946. https://www.thno.org/v08p4129.htm
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The degradation of hemoglobin in brain tissues results in the deposition of hemosiderin, which is a major form of iron-storage protein and closely related to neurological disorders such as epilepsy. Optical detection of hemosiderin is vitally important yet challenging for the understanding of disease mechanisms, as well as improving surgical resection of brain lesions. Here, we provide the first label-free microscopy study of sensitive hemosiderin detection in both an animal model and human brain tissues.

Methods: We applied spectrally and temporally resolved femtosecond pump-probe microscopy, including transient absorption (TA) and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) techniques, to differentiate hemoglobin and hemosiderin in brain tissues. The label-free imaging results were compared with Perls' staining to evaluate our method for hemosiderin detection.

Results: Significant differences between hemoglobin and hemosiderin transient spectra were discovered. While a strong ground-state bleaching feature of hemoglobin appears in the near-infrared region, hemosiderin demonstrates pure excited-state absorption dynamics, which could be explained by our proposed kinetic model. Furthermore, simultaneous imaging of hemoglobin and hemosiderin can be rapidly achieved in both an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) rat model and human brain surgical specimens, with perfect correlation with Perls' staining.

Conclusion: Our results suggest that rapid, label-free detection of hemosiderin in brain tissues could be realized by femtosecond pump-probe microscopy. Our method holds great potential in providing a new tool for intraoperative detection of hemosiderin during brain surgeries.

Keywords: hemoglobin, hemosiderin, pump-probe microscopy, transient absorption, stimulated Raman scattering

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Zhang, L., Zou, X., Zhang, B., Cui, L., Zhang, J., Mao, Y., Chen, L., Ji, M. (2018). Label-free imaging of hemoglobin degradation and hemosiderin formation in brain tissues with femtosecond pump-probe microscopy. Theranostics, 8(15), 4129-4140. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.26946.

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Zhang, L.; Zou, X.; Zhang, B.; Cui, L.; Zhang, J.; Mao, Y.; Chen, L.; Ji, M. Label-free imaging of hemoglobin degradation and hemosiderin formation in brain tissues with femtosecond pump-probe microscopy. Theranostics 2018, 8 (15), 4129-4140. DOI: 10.7150/thno.26946.

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Zhang L, Zou X, Zhang B, Cui L, Zhang J, Mao Y, Chen L, Ji M. Label-free imaging of hemoglobin degradation and hemosiderin formation in brain tissues with femtosecond pump-probe microscopy. Theranostics 2018; 8(15):4129-4140. doi:10.7150/thno.26946. https://www.thno.org/v08p4129.htm

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Zhang L, Zou X, Zhang B, Cui L, Zhang J, Mao Y, Chen L, Ji M. 2018. Label-free imaging of hemoglobin degradation and hemosiderin formation in brain tissues with femtosecond pump-probe microscopy. Theranostics. 8(15):4129-4140.

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