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1.IntroductionRegarded as an iatrogenic disease, in-stent restenosis is a complex response after coronary stenting1 and still remains a clinical problem. 2, 3 Although stenting very effectively recovers lumen size acutely, there is restenosis and, despite impressive attenuation of restenosis by drug-eluting stents (DESs), long-term anticoagulation therapy is required to decrease the risk of thrombosis. 1, 3, 4 Factors in the restenosis occurrence, also known as neointimal hyperplasia, have been debatable topics for decades. 5, 6, 7 Molecular expression, vessel size, stent type, eluting drug coating, stenting methods, etc., may all affect neointimal hyperplasia. 5, 6 It is widely accepted that smooth muscle cells are involved in neointimal hyperplasia. The inflammatory response, proliferation, and migration of smooth muscle cells, and thus its responses of extracellular matrix formation highly contribute to the process of restenosis through cellular and molecular pathophysiological pathways. 4, 7 Therefore, the major efforts to reduce restenosis have been placed on inhibiting the activation and migration of smooth muscle cells. 8, 9 Accumulation of extracellular matrices that contribute highly to in-stent restenosis has also been highlighted. 10, 11 To evaluate stent efficacy and composition of the vascular wall in restenosis, imaging techniques have been taking on key roles. Beyond histological evaluations that have been established as the gold standard for biopsy inspections, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography have been demonstrated to identify luminal narrowing after stent placement. 12, 13 Angiography and intravascular ultrasound have also been used not only to optimize the guidance of stent implantation, 14, 15 but also to quantify severity of restenosis.16 Although intravascular ultrasound can provide some identification of arterial wall composition,12 only histological staining provides cellular details and compositional specificity. There has been an increasing focus in the past decade on using nonlinear optical (NLO) microscopy17 for imaging biological tissues because of its unique advantages, such as inherent 3-D resolution and near-infrared (NIR) excitation for superior optical penetration.18 Notably, by utilizing intrinsic sources of NLO signals, NLO imaging has been used intensively for studies of unstained tissues. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 For vascular studies, elastin and collagen fibrils can be visualized without labeling by two-photon excitation fluorescence (TPEF) and second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopies, respectively. 22, 28 Recently, an integration of multiple NLO modalities has been used for the identification of vasculature and arterial cells.29 Sum frequency generation (SFG)30 was used for the visualization of arterial collagen matrices. The SFG that derives its signal from noncentrosymmetric molecules at the sum frequency of two excitation sources showed imaging capability similar to that of SHG for biological tissues.25 Beyond endogenous sources of NLO signals, two-photon microscopy gave remarkable results in imaging arterial cells with the aid of labels. 31, 32 For atherosclerosis studies, NLO microscopy has also been demonstrated to provide insightful information. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 Le applied coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy to visualize lipid-laden cells in atheroma.33 Lilledahl recently utilized SHG and TPEF imaging to identify the fibrous cap of vulnerable plaques.34 Our recent work further utilized a CARS-based NLO microscopy for characterizing different atherosclerotic stages from early to advanced lesions.35 Regarding restenosis, however, it is still unknown whether NLO microscopy can provide morphometric and quantitative analysis. The modalities of NLO microscopy hold great promise to be useful in the characterization of restenotic arteries, which may assist in the design and improvement of stent therapy. To address these needs, in the present study we demonstrate for the first time the applicability of multimodal NLO microscopy to the interrogation of stented coronary arteries. The label-free imaging allowed visualization of the degree of in-stent stenosis and, more importantly, cellular and extracellular matrix composition. Quantitative analyses of collagen deposition in stented arteries were performed using the SFG signal. The results revealed the effects of the diet and DES placement on the collagen expression in coronary arteries of a clinically relevant porcine model. 2.Experimental Methods2.1.Experimental DesignThe experimental procedures and protocols were approved by an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and complied fully with Ref. 38. Ossabaw miniature pigs (N = 10) were placed on diets for 22–24 weeks before stenting. Lean Ossabaw control pigs (N = 5) were fed with a normal maintenance diet, which contained 8% kcal from fat, 22% kcal from protein, 70% kcal from carbohydrates. Obese, metabolic syndrome (MetS) pigs (N = 5) were fed a high-fat/high-cholesterol, atherogenic diet, which was composed of 2% cholesterol, 20% kcal from fructose, and 46% kcal from hydrogenated soybean oil that is high in trans fatty acids.39 The genetic predisposition of Ossabaw pigs to obesity and metabolic syndrome promotes the development of cardiovascular disease 15, 16 and greater in-stent neointimal hyperplasia compared with other leaner breeds, such as Yucatan and domestic. 15, 16, 40 Procedures of surgery and stent deployment can be found elsewhere. 11, 16, 41 Three stents were deployed in the distal circumflex (CFX) and left anterior descending (LAD) coronary arteries of each pig in both groups [Fig. 1a]. Three stent deployments were bare metal stent (BMS) with 1.0× expansion, relative to the normal lumen diameter and Taxus stent (Boston Scientific, Inc., Natick, MA.) with 1.0× and 1.3× expansion ratios. 15, 16, 40 The Taxus stent is a paclitaxel-coated DES. Before stent placement, intravascular ultrasound and angiographic imaging were used to measure the lumen diameter. Coronary arteries from these two groups were harvested after four weeks of recovery from stent placement.15 A sternotomy was performed to excise the heart into cold saline. Coronary artery segments were then collected. Segments covered peristent and in-stent locations of the three kinds of stent deployments [Fig. 1b]. Peristent segments were derived 2–5 mm proximal and distal to the stent. Right coronary arteries, where no stents was deployed, were also collected as a control representing the natural course of healthy or atherosclerotic coronary arteries. Each segment collected was sectioned into subsegments for NLO microscopy and histology [Fig. 1c]. Collected arterial segments were encoded for blind imaging and analysis. Arteries were preserved by zinc formalin solution after harvest and washed with phosphate buffered saline before NLO imaging. 2.2.Multimodal Nonlinear Optical MicroscopyDetails of our multimodal imaging setup can be found elsewhere.29 Briefly, two synchronized 5-ps lasers (Tsunami, Spectra-Physics, Irvine, CA.) operating at an 80-MHz repetition rate were parallel-polarized, collinearly combined, and directed into a laser-scanning microscope (FV300/IX71, Olympus, Center Valley, PA.). A 20× air objective with a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.75 and a 60× water immersion objective with a 1.2 NA were used for the NLO imaging. Mosaic images were stitched manually with subimages taken by the 20× objective. Subimages were highly overlapped with each other at ∼75% of the imaging area of a 353 × 353 μm2 field of view. Signals were detected by external photomultiplier tubes (H7422-40, Hamamatsu, Bridgewater, NJ.). For CARS imaging,42 the frequency difference of the two NIR lasers was tuned to 2840 cm−1, which matches the symmetric CH2 stretch vibration. 42, 43 Bandpass filters (600/65 nm, Ealing Catalog, Rocklin, CA.) were used to transmit the CARS signal of ∼588 nm. The average powers of the pump and the Stokes laser beams at the sample were 40 and 20 mW, respectively. The same lasers were used to generate the SFG signal at ∼393 nm. Two bandpass filters (HQ375/50m-2p, Chroma, Bellows Falls, VT.) were used for the collection of the backward SFG signal. For TPEF imaging of unlabeled samples, two bandpass filters (hp520/40m-2p, Chroma) were used to transmit autofluorescence. For TPEF imaging of arterial cell nuclei labeled by Doxorubicin, two 600/65-nm filters were used. The TPEF signal was generated by only using the pump laser (∼707 nm) to avoid the CARS signal at ∼588 nm. 2.3.Histological ImagingThe arterial segments for the comparison to histology were routinely processed with paraffin embedding and then sectioned for staining. Hematoxylin and eosin was used for the identification of general cell morphology, including the lipid-rich cells that give bubbly and granular appearances. Masson's trichrome was used to identify collagen. Images were captured with a Nikon CoolPix 990 digital camera on a Nikon Diaphot inverted microscope (Nikon, Melville, NY). 2.4.Quantitative AnalysisCollagen content was quantitatively assessed by SFG and histology images. Serial sections of arterial samples were used for a correlation study between SFG and histological evaluations. Measurements were performed with Image Pro Plus v.4.1 (Media Cybernetics, Bethesda, MD.). For histology images, collagen content in tunica media and in adventitia of an artery was determined according to Masson's trichrome staining. The measurement was made by colorimetric analysis with the adventitia as a reference color template. Pixels presented the color of collagen stain were retrieved from the 24-bit, full-color images, and then the area percentage was derived as compared to the total pixels in the area selected. For SFG images, collagen content was measured according to the SFG signal. Area percentage of collagen was derived according to the percentage of pixels that gave a positive signal over a threshold. Background threshold, color code, and color scale were set identically for the routine analyses. Each data point in the correlation graph is an average value of 12 rectangular, (50 × 50)-μm2, areas in an arterial stratification along the arterial ring. The same analysis routines were then applied to the study of SFG quantitation of collagen content.32 2.5.Statistical AnalysisResults are presented as mean ±SD (p < 0.01). The paired student t-test was used to identify the statistical differences among means in the correlation study of collagen analysis between SFG and histology imaging. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with a posthoc testing (Tukey's test) was performed to identify the statistical differences among groups. The threshold for statistical significance was p = 0.05. 3.ResultsCoronary arteries deployed with the 1.0× BMS, 1.0× Taxus, and 1.3× Taxus (Table 1) were interrogated by the multimodal NLO microscopy. Adjacent arterial sections were histologically stained to verify the integrity of the NLO imaging. For peristent samples, 10 arterial sections from the control group and 13 from the metabolic syndrome group were imaged. Figure 2 shows representative images of arterial structures visualized in peristent samples from both groups. Typically, peristent samples from the control group showed normal arterial vasculature [Figs. 2a, 2b, 2c] and gave no observable difference from the structures in right coronary control samples. Organized lamellae of elastin and collagen were clearly identified in tunica media. By contrast, atheroma [Figs. 2d, 2e, 2f], characterized by scattered lipid accumulations [Figs. 2g and 2h] and a thickened intima [Figs. 2d, 2e, 2f, 2i], was frequently observed in the peristent coronary arteries of the MetS group. In general, arterial structures and lesions were well protected at the peristent locations from the mechanical disturbance of stent deployment. Table 1In-stent and peristent arterial specimens of different stent deployments in different diet groups.
To interrogate in-stent arterial segments, a total sample number of 13 of the three deployment conditions in the control group and 15 of those in the high-fat group were imaged. Figure 3 exemplifies the arterial composition in a 1.0 Taxus deployed coronary artery of the MetS group. Locations of stent struts identified in CARS and SFG images [Figs. 3a and 3b] allowed circumscribing the area of in-stent neointimal hyperplasia. In-stent artery segments can thus be identified due to the cellular contrast in the CARS images. Around the strut locations, the edges close to the arterial wall showed higher CARS and SFG signals [Figs. 3c and 3d], thus implying a lipid accumulation and abundant collagen deposition. Higher lipid content at these locations is likely due to the compression of the stents to the prestent lipid accumulation at the lumen area. A higher collagen signal at the edges of the stent strut could result from the compressed collagen layers and possibly the activation of collagen synthesis along with the mechanical pressure exerted by the stents.44 In addition, atrophy of media [Figs. 3a, 3b] was a typical occurrence at the strut locations. Compared to 1.0-Taxus-deployed coronaries, images of 1.3-Taxus-deployed coronaries showed greater atrophy at strut locations. Figure 4 shows a representative image of a coronary artery deployed with a 1.3 Taxus. The absence of arterial layers above strut locations [Figs. 4a and 4b] shows further damage of the arterial wall, most likely attributed to the overexpansion of the stent. Moreover, NLO imaging gave clear images of stenotic arteries due to the subcellular imaging resolution and showed a predominantly cellular composition [Figs. 4c and 4d]. Stellate-shaped cells were observed in the stenotic arteries by the CARS imaging. Collagen content in the stenoses (neointima), however, was lower than that in the arterial wall peripheral to the stent. For the analysis of the collagen expression in the stented coronaries, SFG images of the stented coronaries were quantitatively analyzed (Fig. 5). The correlation study shows that the SFG signal gives a valid collagen quantity by comparison to the morphometric results of histological staining [Fig. 5a]. Comparing the collagen expression in the media between the stented and peristent samples of BMS-deployed arteries in the control group, there was no significant difference observed [Fig. 5b]. The result shows that the deployment of the stent at normal lumen diameter did not promote collagen expression in the media. In contrast, the atherogenic diet MetS group showed a trend for higher collagen content in the media [Fig. 5b], but a significant difference was not found using one-way ANOVA with the posthoc testing. The trend for higher collagen content may imply that the activation of smooth muscle cell synthetic phenotype in the media was enhanced by the atherogenic stimulus. The major result was a lower collagen content in the neointima compared to media, and the result was in keeping with former reports on Ossabaw swine.45 Interestingly, there is a significant difference in the collagen content of stenotic arteries between BMS- and DES-deployed arteries. The collagen content was lower in both neointima and media with the deployment of drug eluting stents [Fig. 5b]. Although there was not a significant difference between the collagen in neointima of the BMS versus DES groups, there was decreased collagen in the media of the DES compared to BMS group. 4.DiscussionIn the present study, we interrogated in-stent and peristent coronary arterial samples by multimodal NLO microscopy. The major finding is that we have shown with label-free NLO imaging cellular proliferation, lipid accumulation, and extracellular matrix changes in the arterial media and neointima after stent deployment. Quantification of collagen in neointima was correlated with “gold-standard” histological methods. The discrepancy in the analysis of collagen is most likely because of the variation between serial sections used in NLO and histological analyses. Nevertheless, the correlation provided confidence in our finding that, compared to bare metal stents, paclitaxel-eluting stents decrease collagen extracellular matrix production in arterial media and possibly neointima. Mosaic imaging was carried out to provide a large area of inspection qualitatively and quantitatively. Stellate-shaped cells were visualized in CARS images in the classical neointimal hyperplasia in the stenotic, in-stent artery segments. There was a clear predomination of proliferating smooth muscle cells in the areas. 46, 47, 48 Meanwhile, SFG analysis showed that neointima collagen content was lower than that in the arterial media and even lower in DES-deployed in-stent segments. The result suggested that DES deployment inhibits collagen extracellular matrix production by synthetic phenotype smooth muscle cells, which may allow a great accumulation of fibrin.48 It is known that the increase of extracellular matrix provides the bulk of the in-stent neointimal hyperplasia; 11, 47, 48 therefore, the inhibition of collagen expression by the DES is a major factor in preventing restenosis. Although it is well established that paclitaxel DES inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation, as well as extracellular matrix formation in vitro and clinically, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 the influences of the predisposition to neointimal hyperplasia and the drug-release profile could play critical roles. Moreover, the collagen content in the media of DES-deployed arteries is lower than that in the media of BMS-deployed arteries in the MetS group (Fig. 5), thus indicating that drug released from the stent reached the tunica media. 52, 53 Furthermore, the data suggest that DES may inhibit the shift of contractile smooth muscle cells in the media to a synthetic phenotype that predominates in the neointima. It is notable that instead of stains used in histopathology, cellular characterization was derived by CARS microscopy without labels. Along with the collagen evaluation by SFG imaging, the NLO multimodality provided virtual histology for the identification of cellular structures and collagen fibrils. Additional labels that can be visualized by TPEF modality can further extend the horizons of compositional imaging in vascular pathology. The quantitative analysis in this work demonstrated the applicability of multimodal NLO microscopy to the interrogation of stented coronary arteries. The SFG signal used for quantifying collagen content showed the effects of stent deployment. More extensive application of multimodal NLO, including coherent Raman scattering processes without exogenous labels, to characterize in-stent restenosis and drug effects, may accelerate studies of DES design and selection and therapeutic intervention. AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by a NIH R01 Grant No. EB007243 to J. X. C., NIH Grant Nos. RR013223 and HL062552 to M.S., and the Comparative Medicine Program of Purdue and Indiana University School of Medicine and the Summer Research Program in Academic Medicine program of Indiana University School of Medicine. We thank Dr. Eric A. Mokelke of Boston Scientific, Inc., for the gift of Taxus stents. ReferencesN. Kukreja, Y. Onuma, J. Daemen, and
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