Multimodal nonlinear optical imaging of cartilage development in mouse model

Sicong He; Wenqian Xue; Qiqi Sun; Xuesong Li; Jiandong Huang; Jianan Y. Qu

doi:10.1117/12.2252066

21 February 2017 Multimodal nonlinear optical imaging of cartilage development in mouse model

Sicong He, Wenqian Xue, Qiqi Sun, Xuesong Li, Jiandong Huang, Jianan Y. Qu

Proceedings Volume 10069, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII; 100690O (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2252066
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Kinesin-1 is a kind of motor protein responsible for intracellular transportation and has been studied in a variety of tissues. However, its roles in cartilage development are not clear. In this study, a kinesin-1 heavy chain (Kif5b) knockout mouse model is used to study the functions of kinesin-1 in the cartilage development. We developed a multimodal nonlinear optical (NLO) microscope system integrating stimulated Raman scattering (SRS), second harmonic generation (SHG) and two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) to investigate the morphological and biomedical characteristics of fresh tibial cartilage from normal and mutant mice at different developmental stages. The combined forward and backward SHG imaging resolved the fine structure of collagen fibrils in the extracellular matrix of cartilage. Meanwhile, the chondrocyte morphology in different zones of cartilage was visualized by label-free SRS and TPEF images. The results show that the fibrillar collagen in the superficial zone of cartilage in postnatal day 10 and 15 (P10 and P15) knockout mice was significantly less than that of control mice. Moreover, we observed distorted morphology and disorganization of columnar arrangement of chondrocytes in the growth plate cartilage of mutant mice. This study reveals the significant roles of kinesin-1 in collagen formation and chondrocyte morphogenesis.

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Sicong He, Wenqian Xue, Qiqi Sun, Xuesong Li, Jiandong Huang, and Jianan Y. Qu "Multimodal nonlinear optical imaging of cartilage development in mouse model", Proc. SPIE 10069, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII, 100690O (21 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2252066

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