In vivo optical imaging to visualize photodynamic therapy-induced immune responses

Soumya Mitra; Thomas H. Foster

doi:10.1117/12.808117

24 February 2009 In vivo optical imaging to visualize photodynamic therapy-induced immune responses

Soumya Mitra, Thomas H. Foster

Proceedings Volume 7178, Biophotonics and Immune Responses IV; 71780F (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808117
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Motivated by recent successes in growing intradermal tumors in the ears of mice and establishing the feasibility of in vivo confocal imaging of anatomic vessels in these tumors using fluorophore-conjugated antibodies to CD31, we are exploring a number of applications of optical fluorescence imaging in superficial murine tumor models in vivo. Immune responses induced by photodynamic therapy (PDT) are dynamic processes that occur in a spatially and temporally specific manner. To visualize these processes noninvasively, we have made progress in developing optical molecular imaging strategies that take advantage of intradermal injection of fluorophore-conjugated-antibodies against surface antigens on immune cells. This enables confocal imaging of the fluorescently labeled host cells to depths of at least 100 microns, and using this technique we have achieved in vivo imaging of granulocyte (GR-1)- and major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II)-positive cell trafficking in tumors in response to PDT. The latter include macrophages and dendritic cells. Data from tumors that were subjected to PDT with the photosensitizer, HPPH, reveals a significantly enhanced level of GR-1+ cell infiltration compared to untreated control tumor. The temporal kinetics of GR-1+ and MHC-II+ cells at different time intervals post-PDT are being examined. The ability to image host responses in vivo without excising or perturbing the tissue has opened up opportunities to explore means of optimizing them to therapeutic advantage.

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Soumya Mitra and Thomas H. Foster "In vivo optical imaging to visualize photodynamic therapy-induced immune responses", Proc. SPIE 7178, Biophotonics and Immune Responses IV, 71780F (24 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808117

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