Optical redox imaging of fixed unstained tissue slides to identify biomarkers for breast cancer diagnosis/prognosis: feasibility study

He N. Xu; Julia Tchou M.D.; Yusheng Li; Min Feng; Paul Zhang M.D.; William J. Quinn III; Joseph A. Baur; Lin Z. Li

doi:10.1117/12.2290845

22 February 2018 Optical redox imaging of fixed unstained tissue slides to identify biomarkers for breast cancer diagnosis/prognosis: feasibility study

He N. Xu, Julia Tchou M.D., Yusheng Li, Min Feng, Paul Zhang M.D., William J. Quinn III, Joseph A. Baur, Lin Z. Li

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Proceedings Volume 10472, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases in the Breast and Reproductive System IV; 104720U (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290845
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We previously showed that optical redox imaging (ORI) of snap-frozen breast biopsies by the Chance redox scanner readily discriminates cancer from normal tissue. Moreover, indices of redox heterogeneity differentiate among tumor xenografts with different metastatic potential. These observations suggest that ORI of fluorescence of NADH and oxidized flavoproteins (Fp) may provide diagnostic/prognostic value for clinical applications. In this work, we investigate whether ORI of formalin-fixed-paraffin-embedded (FFPE) unstained clinical tissue slides of breast tumors is feasible and comparable to ORI of snap-frozen tumors. If ORI of FFPE is validated, it will enhance the versatility of ORI as a novel diagnostic/prognostic assay as FFPE samples are readily available. ORI of fixed tissue slides was performed using a fluorescence microscope equipped with a precision automated stage and appropriate optical filters. We developed a vignette correction algorithm to remove the tiling effect of stitched-images. The preliminary data from imaging fixed slides of breast tumor xenografts showed intratumor redox heterogeneity patterns similar to that of the frozen tissues imaged by the Chance redox scanner. From ORI of human breast tissue slides we identified certain redox differences among normal, ductal carcinoma in situ, and invasive carcinoma. We found paraformaldehyde fixation causes no change in NADH signals but enhances Fp signals of fresh muscle fibers. We also investigated the stability of the fluorescence microscope and reproducibility of tissue slide fluorescence signals. We plan to validate the diagnostic/prognostic value of ORI using clinically annotated breast cancer sample set from patients with long-term follow-up data.

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He N. Xu, Julia Tchou M.D., Yusheng Li, Min Feng, Paul Zhang M.D., William J. Quinn III, Joseph A. Baur, and Lin Z. Li "Optical redox imaging of fixed unstained tissue slides to identify biomarkers for breast cancer diagnosis/prognosis: feasibility study", Proc. SPIE 10472, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases in the Breast and Reproductive System IV, 104720U (22 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290845

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