Longitudinal Monitoring of Angiogenesis in a Murine Window Chamber Model .

Longitudinal Monitoring of Angiogenesis in a Murine Window Chamber Model .

Xu, Zhanpeng;Zhang, Wei;Quesada, Carole;Wang, Xueding;Fabiilli, Mario;
Tissue engineering. Part C, Methods 2024 Vol. 30 pp. 93-101
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Abstract

Angiogenesis induced by growth factor administration, which can augment the blood supply in regenerative applications, has drawn wide attention in medical research. Longitudinal monitoring of vascular structure and development is important for understanding and evaluating the dynamics of involved biological processes. In this work, a dual-modality imaging system consisting of photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) was applied for noninvasive imaging of angiogenesis in a murine model. Fibrin scaffolds, with and without basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), were implanted in a flexible imaging window and longitudinally observed over 9 days. Imaging was conducted at 3, 5, 7, and 9 days after implantation to monitor vascularization in and around the scaffold. Several morphometric parameters were derived from the PAM images, including vessel area density (VAD), total vessel length (TVL), and vessel mean diameter (VMD). On days 7 and 9, mice receiving bFGF-laden fibrin gels exhibited significantly larger VAD and TVL compared to mice with fibrin-only gels. In addition, VMD significantly decreased in +bFGF mice versus fibrin-only mice on days 7 and 9. Blood vessel density, evaluated using immunohistochemical staining of explanted gels and underlying tissue on day 9, corroborated the findings from the PAM images. Overall, the experimental results highlight the utility of a dual-modality imaging system in longitudinally monitoring of vasculature with high resolution and sensitivity, thereby providing an effective tool to study angiogenesis.

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