Quantitative imaging of lymph function

Author:

Sharma Ruchi,Wang Wei,Rasmussen John C.,Joshi Amit,Houston Jessica P.,Adams Kristen E.,Cameron Arlin,Ke Shi,Kwon Sunkuk,Mawad Michel E.,Sevick-Muraca Eva M.

Abstract

Functional lymphatic imaging was demonstrated in the abdomen and anterior hindlimb of anesthetized, intact Yorkshire swine by using near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging following intradermal administration of 100–200 μl of 32 μM indocyanine green (ICG) and 64 μM hyaluronan NIR imaging conjugate to target the lymph vacular endothelial receptor (LYVE)-1 on the lymph endothelium. NIR fluorescence imaging employed illumination of 780 nm excitation light (∼2 mW/cm2) and collection of 830 nm fluorescence generated from the imaging agents. Our results show the ability to image the immediate trafficking of ICG from the plexus, through the vessels and lymphangions, and to the superficial mammary, subiliac, and middle iliac lymph nodes, which were located as deep as 3 cm beneath the tissue surface. “Packets” of ICG-transited lymph vessels of 2–16 cm length propelled at frequencies of 0.5–3.3 pulses/min and velocities of 0.23–0.75 cm/s. Lymph propulsion was independent of respiration rate. In the case of the hyaluronan imaging agent, lymph propulsion was absent as the dye progressed immediately through the plexus and stained the lymph vessels and nodes. Lymph imaging required 5.0 and 11.9 μg of ICG and hyaluronan conjugate, respectively. Our results suggest that microgram quantities of NIR optical imaging agents and their conjugates have a potential to image lymph function in patients suffering from lymph-related disorders.

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Subject

Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology

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