人体鼻咽组织的时间分辨自体荧光光谱研究

实验研究了在397 nm半导体脉冲激光激发下,人体离体鼻咽正常和癌变组织在600 nm荧光发射波长处的时间分辨自体荧光光谱特性。利用双指数衰减方程对时间分辨自体荧光光谱进行拟合后,获得相应的荧光强度随时间的指数衰减方程以及荧光平均寿命。人体鼻咽癌变和正常组织在600 nm处的自体荧光平均寿命分别为(2.94±0.51)ns和(4.29±0.71)ns,两者之间存在显著的差异。应用时间分辨光谱技术的诊断灵敏度和特异性分别为75%和100%。初步表明了时间分辨自体荧光光谱在早期鼻咽癌诊断的应用价值,该方法可望与传统的稳态荧光光谱结合起来,进一步提高早期鼻咽癌荧光诊断的准确率。     

光学技术在早期龋齿检测中的应用

介绍了光学技术在口腔医学早期龋齿无损检测领域的应用,包括基于牙齿自体荧光效应的定量光导荧光技术和激光龋齿检测技术;基于光散射效应的数字化显影光纤透照术,以及基于牙釉质双折射效应的偏振敏感光学相干断层术和偏振拉曼光谱技术.详细介绍了各种光学方法应用于龋齿检测的基本原理、实验方案和研究现状,并对不同的光学方法进行比较.最后,提出基于频域荧光寿命成像的早期龋齿检测方法,并对该方案的技术路线进行了介绍.     

用荧光偏振法研究人胚肺二倍体成纤维细胞膜脂流动性

细胞膜的正常功能有赖于膜结构的完整和膜脂的恒定流动,细胞膜脂流动性是细胞膜的主要动力学特性。许多资料说明,膜的这种特性与细胞发育、分化增殖、免疫反应和信息传递等生物学基本功能密切相关。可以用差示扫描量热法(DSC)、X射线衍射、电子自旋共振(ESR)、核磁共振(NMR)及荧光偏振法等从不同角度对膜流动性进行研究。其中荧光偏振法比较简便,理论解释比较容易,荧光偏振度参数     

超短脉冲技术测量癌细胞荧光光谱与荧光寿命

研究用于癌症诊断与治疗的光敏剂血卟啉（hematoporphyrin derivative,HPD）的超快光动力学过程,采用超短脉冲激光光谱技术和皮秒时间相关单光子计数系统,测量经血卟啉培养的活体癌细胞与正常细胞的荧光光谱、荧光寿命特性及荧光峰值强度随时间变化曲线,并测量单一细胞内部不同位置的荧光寿命特性,观测到：癌细胞样品在645 nm处具有特有的光谱谱峰;癌细胞样品荧光寿命的快成分约150 ps慢成分约1200 ps,而正常细胞样品快成分约300 ps慢成分约2500 ps;癌细胞样品的荧光峰值强度经12小时衰减约10%,而正常细胞样品衰减约55%;在细胞内部荧光寿命300 ps的快成分十分显著,且中心部位血卟啉浓度最高.癌细胞与正常细胞的荧光光谱、荧光寿命特性及荧光峰值强度随时间变化曲线相差十分明显,反映了癌细胞与正常细胞对血卟啉亲和特性有显著的差异,测量结果确认了荧光光谱技术诊断与治疗癌症的可行性,并对发展超短脉冲激光光谱技术早期诊断与治疗癌症具有重要的指导意义和临床应用价值.     

共振喇曼光谱技术在恶性肿瘤诊断中的应用

目的：探讨共振喇曼光谱技术用于早期恶性肿瘤诊断的研究。方法：利用氩离子激光作为线偏振光的特点,采集偏振荧光光谱,对荧光光谱的偏振态进行分析。利用不同荧光物质的荧光可能具有不同偏振态的特点减少其它荧光物质的荧光对光谱分析的影响。血清样品产生的荧光也具有确定的偏振性。对所检测病人血清经激光分析仪进行喇曼光谱技术分析,光谱数据经计算机软件处理,自动显示图谱和数据,并直接给出各项指标及诊断提示。本结果与细胞病理学结果进行了对照研究。结果：恶性肿瘤样本176例,检测出阳性病例141例,阳性符合率为80.1%;良性肿瘤样本52例,4例阳性,假阳性率为7.7%;正常体检样本248例,检测结果均为阴性。结论：喇曼光谱技术适用于肿瘤初筛、普查及早期诊断,有推广应用前途。     

共振喇曼光谱技术在恶性肿瘤诊断中的应用

目的:探讨共振喇曼光谱技术用于早期恶性肿瘤诊断的研究。方法:利用氩离子激光作为线偏振光的特点,采集偏振荧光光谱,对荧光光谱的偏振态进行分析。利用不同荧光物质的荧光可能具有不同偏振态的特点减少其它荧光物质的荧光对光谱分析的影响。血清样品产生的荧光也具有确定的偏振性。对所检测病人血清经激光分析仪进行喇曼光谱技术分析,光谱数据经计算机软件处理,自动显示图谱和数据,并直接给出各项指标及诊断提示。本结果与细胞病理学结果进行了对照研究。结果:恶性肿瘤样本176例,检测出阳性病例141例,阳性符合率为80.1%;良性肿瘤样本52例,4例阳性,假阳性率为7.7%;正常体检样本248例,检测结果均为阴性。结论:喇曼光谱技术适用于肿瘤初筛、普查及早期诊断,有推广应用前途。     

用于胃癌检测的漫反射光谱

胃癌正严重地威胁人类的健康,为了开发一种可以诊断早期胃癌的新型光学检测技术,建立了一套简便的组织体漫反射光谱检测装置.首先,根据组织体的光学特性,介绍光谱检测方法的基本原理.然后,利用组织癌变导致的组织体光学特性变化,建立漫反射光谱检测的实验装置.最后,利用该实验装置分别获取正常胃组织和胃癌组织的漫反射光谱.实验结果表明:癌变和正常胃组织的漫反射光谱在可见光区域有明显差别,特别是在波长为500 nm和630 nm处,但是漫反射光谱检测无法分辨来自组织不同层的光谱信息.这些结果说明漫反射光谱检测装置可用于胃癌的辅助检测.     

皮肤的光学模型

基于人体皮肤的组织结构,光在皮肤组织中的传输特性以及皮肤各层的组织光学参数,建立了正常皮肤的光学模型,介绍了该模型中的组织光学参数的确定方法。本文建立的皮肤组织光学模型及其方法,可应用于皮肤光学基础与临床的其它研究中。     

基于全场光学相干层析图像的人体肝组织癌变定量特征分析研究

利用实验室搭建的全场光学相干层析(FFOCT)系统对人体正常与癌变肝组织分别进行成像,获得了高分辨率的层析图像。针对人眼识别FFOCT图像时难以区分正常与早期癌变肝组织的问题,提取两者FFOCT图像的灰度特征并进行统计学分析,以实现在参数特征上区分两者的目的。结果表明,在正常与癌变肝组织初步提取的均值、方差和峰度等五个特征参数中,有四个显示出了明显的数值差异,可用于鉴别肝组织是否癌变。该研究结果为进一步研究如何利用FFOCT图像中所提取的特征参数作为判断实际临床诊断中生物组织癌变与否的诊断标准打下了基础。     

基于旋转偏振角的线偏振扫描成像方法研究

提出一种基于旋转偏振角的新的偏振光成像方法:改变入射线偏振光偏振角和检偏角,采集样品图像系列,总结出背向散射光2个正交偏振分量的光强差关于入射线偏振光偏振角和检偏角的函数关系式.通过对模拟散射介质,猪肉脂肪,猪肉骨骼肌和牛肉骨骼肌等样品进行实验,论证了偏振差函数式中各个参数与样品光学特性之间的联系,并从中提取出2个相互独立的参数,分别表征样品的纤维方向角和光学各向异性度,从而实现对样品浅表层光学特性进行定量测量.和普通光强图像相比,用这些独立的光学信息生成不同基色的图像,能更直观明了地区分组织结构差异,具有潜在的临床医学应用价值,如成为一种皮肤疾病、皮肤损伤的检测方法.     

Multimodal imaging to explore endogenous fluorescence of fresh and fixed human healthy and tumor brain tissues

To complement a project toward label‐free optical biopsy and enhanced resection which the overall goal is to develop a multimodal nonlinear endomicroscope, this multimodal approach aims to enhance the accuracy in classifying brain tissue into solid tumor, infiltration and normal tissue intraoperatively. Multiple optical measurements based on one‐ and two‐photon spectral and lifetime autofluorescence, including second harmonic generation imaging, were acquired. As a prerequisite, studying the effect of the time of measurement postexcision on tissue's spectral/lifetime fluorescence properties was warranted, so spectral and lifetime fluorescences of fresh brain tissues were measured using a point‐based linear endoscope. Additionally, a comparative study on tissue's optical properties obtained by multimodal nonlinear optical imaging microscope from fresh and fixed tissue was necessary to test whether clinical validation of the nonlinear endomicroscope is feasible by extracting optical signatures from fixed tissue rather than from freshly excised samples. The former is generally chosen for convenience. Results of this study suggest that an hour is necessary postexcision to have consistent fluorescence intensities\lifetimes. The fresh (a,b,c) vs fixed (d,e,f) tissue study indicates that while all optical signals differ after fixation. The characteristic features extracted from one‐ and two‐photon excitation still discriminate normal brain (a,d) cortical tissue, glioblastoma (GBM) (b,e) and metastases (c,f).      

In vivo time domain optical imaging of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury: discrimination based on fluorescence lifetime

Fluorescence lifetime is an intrinsic parameter of the fluorescent probe, independent of the probe concentration but sensitive to changes in the surrounding microenvironment. Therefore, fluorescence lifetime imaging could potentially be applied to in vivo diagnostic assessment of changes in the tissue microenvironment caused by disease, such as ischemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of noninvasive fluorescence lifetime imaging in distinguishing between normal and ischemic kidney tissue in vivo. Mice were subjected to 60-minute unilateral kidney ischemia followed by 6-hour reperfusion. Animals were then injected with the near-infrared fluorescence probe Cy5.5 or saline and imaged using a time-domain small-animal optical imaging system. Both fluorescence intensity and lifetime were acquired. The fluorescence intensity of Cy5.5 was clearly reduced in the ischemic compared with the contralateral kidney, and the fluorescence lifetime of Cy5.5 was not detected in the ischemic kidney, suggesting reduced kidney clearance. Interestingly, the two-component lifetime analysis of endogenous fluorescence at 700 nm distinguished renal ischemia in vivo without the need for Cy5.5 injection for contrast enhancement. The average fluorescence lifetime of endogenous tissue fluorophores was a sensitive indicator of kidney ischemia ex vivo. The study suggests that fluorescence lifetime analysis of endogenous tissue fluorophores could be used to discriminate ischemic or necrotic tissues by noninvasive in vivo or ex vivo organ imaging.     

生物组织的折射和折射率

光在生物组织中的传播与组织的光学性质有关。光通过组织时,光强和光的偏振状态会发生变化。而折射率是组织光学用来评价组织改变光线行进方向的基本参量。本文以菲涅耳公式为理论依据,用空气一组织界面的反射率、生物组织薄膜的反射率和生物组织反射光的倔振分量,推算生物组织的折射率。     

Molecular organization of bacteriochlorophyll in chlorosomes of the green photosynthetic bacteriumChloroflexus aurantiacus: Studies of fluorescence depolarization accompanied by energy transfer processes

Examination was made of changes in fluorescence polarization plane by energy transfer in the chlorosomes of the green photosynthetic bacterium,Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Fluorescence anisotropy in the picosecond (ps) time region was analyzed using chlorosomes suspended in solution as well as those oriented in a polyacrylamide gel. When the main component of BChlc was preferentially excited, the decay of fluorescence anisotropy was found to depend on wavelength. In the chlorosome suspension, the anisotropy ratio of BChlc changed from 0.31 to 0.24 within 100 ps following excitation. In the baseplate BChla region, this ratio decreased to a negative value (–0.09) from the initial 0.14. In oriented samples, the degree of polarization remained at 0.68 for BChlc, and changed from 0.25 to –0.40 for the baseplate BChla by excitation light whose electric vector was parallel to the longest axis of chlorosomes. In the latter case, there was a shift from 0.30 to –0.55 by excitation perpendicular to the longest axis. Time-resolved fluorescence polarization spectra clearly indicated extensive changes in polarization plane accompanied by energy transfer. The directions of polarization plane of emission from oriented samples were mostly dependent on chlorosome orientation in the gel but not on that of the polarization plane of excitation light. Orientations of the dipole moment of fluorescence components was consistent with that of absorption components as determined by the linear dichroism (Matsuura et al. (1993) Photochem. Photobiol. 57: 92–97). A model for molecular organization of BChlc anda in chlorosomes is proposed based on anisotropic optical properties.     

Excitation energy transfer and chlorophyll orientation in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardi

We have investigated the process of intermolecular excitation energy transfer and the relative orientation of the chlorophyll molecules in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardi. The principal experiments involved in vivo measurements of the fluorescence polarization as a function of the exciting-light wavelength in the presence and in the absence of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea. We found that as the fluorescence lifetime increases upon the addition of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea that the degree of fluorescence polarization decreases over the excitation region from 600 to 660 nm. This result, we argue, implies that a Förster mechanism of excitation energy transfer is involved for Photosystem II chlorophyll molecules absorbing primarily below 660 nm. We must add that our results do not exclude the possibility of a delocalized transfer process from being involved as well. Fluorescence polarization measurements using chloroplast fragments are also discussed in terms of a Förster transfer mechanism. As the excitation wavelength approaches 670 nm the fluorescence polarization is nearly constant upon the addition of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea.Experiments performed using either vertically or horizontally polarized exciting light show that the fluorescence polarization increases as the exciting light wavelength increases from 650 to 673 nm. This suggests the possibility that chlorophyll molecules absorbing at longer wavelengths have a higher degree of relative order. Furthermore, these studies imply that chlorophyll molecules exist in discrete groups that are characterized by different absorption maxima and by different degrees of the fluorescence polarization. In view of these results we discuss different models for the Photosystem II antenna system and energy transfer between different groups of optically distinguishable chlorophyll molecules.     

血啉甲醚在鼻咽癌细胞中的浓度分布

利用激光诱导荧光方法实验测定了新型光敏剂血啉甲醚（Hematoporphyrin Monomethyl Ether, HMME）在鼻咽癌细胞株CNE中的时间分布和浓度变化规律.实验结果表明,鼻咽癌细胞株CNE的荧光光谱中的两个特征峰615 nm和675 nm证实了鼻咽癌细胞对HMME的选择性特异吸收.HMME在鼻咽癌细胞中的潴留浓度在混合培养后的140分钟达到最大值.当用于培养鼻咽癌细胞的HMME药物浓度低于32 μg/ml时,测量得到的相对荧光光谱强度与HMME浓度呈现出很好的线性关系,通过拟合方程可以间接确定在给定注射剂量条件下鼻咽癌细胞中所潴留HMME的浓度.结果可以为HMME在光动力学诊断与治疗中的临床应用提供理论依据和剂量参考.     

Intraocular multiphoton microscopy with subcellular spatial resolution by infrared femtosecond lasers

We reported on the in situ nonlinear optical sectioning of the corneal and retinal tissues based on the multiphoton microscopy (MPM) with different excitation wavelengths of infrared femtosecond (fs) lasers. The multiphoton nonlinear processing including two-photon fluorescence (2PF) and second harmonic generation (SHG) was induced under condition of high light intensities on an order of MW-GW/cm². The laser beams emitted from the solid-state Ti: sapphire systems were focused in a 0.1 femtoliter focus volume of a high numerous aperture diffraction-limited objective (40 × 1.3 N.A., oil). The corneal layers have been visualized using nonlinear optical tomography. In particular, corneal Bowman’s layer was optically determined in situ. The cellular and collagen components of tissues were selectively displayed with submicron spatial resolution and high efficiency without any assistance of staining or slicing. The preliminary study on retinal optical tomography is here also reported. MPM is a promising and convenient non-invasive technique by which the tissue layers can be visualized and the selective displaying of the tissue microstructures be realized. The optical biopsy based on intrinsic emission of MPM yields details that provide three-dimensional displaying of the tissue component and even have the potential to be used in clinical diagnostics.Dedicated on the occasion of the 66th birthday of Professor Dr. Karl-Juergen Halbhuber     

Epi-illumination optical design for fluorescence polarization measurements in flow systems.

An epi-illumination design for fluorescence polarization measurements is introduced in flow cytometry with the optical axis orthogonally aligned to the cell stream. Various optical components and designs are discussed with respect to their influence on polarization measurements. Using the epi-configuration, paired measurements with the direction of polarization of the exciting light changed orthogonally are proposed for the compensation of system anisotropies and electronic mismatch. Large aperture corrections are employed for the excitation as well as for the emission pathway. Additional parameters such as fluorescence at 90 degrees, multiangle light scattering, and high precision cell-sizing by internally calibrated time of the flight measurements, as described previously, remain available with the design proposed here. Fluorescent latex microspheres, stained intracellular DNA, and algae have been used to test performance.     

综述——新型纳米生物材料的研发：稀土上转换荧光纳米材料的制备与生物应用

近几年,稀土上转换荧光纳米材料作为新型的荧光探针受到研究者的广泛关注,其优势在于光化学稳定性好、发射谱带窄、荧光寿命长、Stokes位移大等．同时,它利用近红外激光器作为激发光源,组织穿透能力好、对生物组织的损伤小、几乎没有背景荧光,使其应用于生物活体荧光成像成为可能．本文主要综述了最近稀土上转换荧光纳米材料在制备与生物应用方面的研究进展．