Assessing cell viability with dynamic optical coherence microscopy

Assessing cell viability is important in many fields of research. Current optical methods to assess cell viability typically involve fluorescent dyes, which are often less reliable and have poor permeability in primary tissues. Dynamic optical coherence microscopy (dOCM) is an emerging tool that pro...

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Published inBiomedical optics express Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 1408 - 1417
Main Authors Liu, Chao J, Smith, Jason T, Wang, Yuanbo, Ouellette, Jonathan N, Rogers, Jeremy D, Oliner, Jonathan D, Szulczewski, Michael, Wait, Eric, Brown, William, Wax, Adam, Eliceiri, Kevin W, Rafter, John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2024
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Summary:Assessing cell viability is important in many fields of research. Current optical methods to assess cell viability typically involve fluorescent dyes, which are often less reliable and have poor permeability in primary tissues. Dynamic optical coherence microscopy (dOCM) is an emerging tool that provides label-free contrast reflecting changes in cellular metabolism. In this work, we compare the live contrast obtained from dOCM to viability dyes, and for the first time to our knowledge, demonstrate that dOCM can distinguish live cells from dead cells in murine syngeneic tumors. We further demonstrate a strong correlation between dOCM live contrast and optical redox ratio by metabolic imaging in primary mouse liver tissue. The dOCM technique opens a new avenue to apply label-free imaging to assess the effects of immuno-oncology agents, targeted therapies, chemotherapy, and cell therapies using live tumor tissues.
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ISSN:2156-7085
2156-7085
DOI:10.1364/BOE.509835