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Deep intravital brain tumor imaging enabled by tailored three-photon microscopy and analysis

Published inNature communications, vol. 15, no. 1, 7383
Publication date2024-09-10
First online date2024-09-10
Abstract

Intravital 2P-microscopy enables the longitudinal study of brain tumor biology in superficial mouse cortex layers. Intravital microscopy of the white matter, an important route of glioblastoma invasion and recurrence, has not been feasible, due to low signal-to-noise ratios and insufficient spatiotemporal resolution. Here, we present an intravital microscopy and artificial intelligence-based analysis workflow (Deep3P) that enables longitudinal deep imaging of glioblastoma up to a depth of 1.2 mm. We find that perivascular invasion is the preferred invasion route into the corpus callosum and uncover two vascular mechanisms of glioblastoma migration in the white matter. Furthermore, we observe morphological changes after white matter infiltration, a potential basis of an imaging biomarker during early glioblastoma colonization. Taken together, Deep3P allows for a non-invasive intravital investigation of brain tumor biology and its tumor microenvironment at subcortical depths explored, opening up opportunities for studying the neuroscience of brain tumors and other model systems.

Keywords
  • Animals
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Glioblastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Glioblastoma / pathology
  • Intravital Microscopy / methods
  • Mice
  • Tumor Microenvironment
  • Humans
  • White Matter / diagnostic imaging
  • White Matter / pathology
  • Corpus Callosum / diagnostic imaging
  • Corpus Callosum / pathology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / methods
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
Funding
  • European Commission - BRAIN IMAGING WITH ARRAYS OF QUANTUM SENSORS [951991]
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) [DFG: SFB 1389]
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) [DFG: VE1373/2-1]
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) [DFG: BR 6153/1-1]
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) [507778602]
  • NCI NIH HHS [P50 CA221747]
Citation (ISO format)
SCHUBERT, Marc Cicero et al. Deep intravital brain tumor imaging enabled by tailored three-photon microscopy and analysis. In: Nature communications, 2024, vol. 15, n° 1, p. 7383. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-51432-4
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51432-4
Journal ISSN2041-1723
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