https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/635122
Title: | Label-free optical metabolic imaging of adipose tissues for prediabetes diagnosis | Authors: | Chen, Liping Qin, Guihui Liu, Yuhong Li, Moxin Li, Yue Guo, Lun-Zhang Du, Lidong Zheng, Weiming Wu, Pei-Chun YUEH-HSUN CHUANG Wang, Xiaoyan TZUNG-DAU WANG Ho, Ja-An Annie Liu, Tzu-Ming |
Keywords: | NAD(P)H fluorescence lifetime; adipose tissue; lipofuscin-like fluorescence; prediabetes; redox ratio | Issue Date: | 2023 | Journal Volume: | 13 | Journal Issue: | 11 | Start page/Pages: | 3550 | Source: | Theranostics | Abstract: | Rationale: Prediabetes can be reversed through lifestyle intervention, but its main pathologic hallmark, insulin resistance (IR), cannot be detected as conveniently as blood glucose testing. In consequence, the diagnosis of prediabetes is often delayed until patients have hyperglycemia. Therefore, developing a less invasive diagnostic method for rapid IR evaluation will contribute to the prognosis of prediabetes. Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ that plays a crucial role in the development and progression of prediabetes. Label-free visualizing the prediabetic microenvironment of adipose tissues provides a less invasive alternative for the characterization of IR and inflammatory pathology. Methods: Here, we successfully identified the differentiable features of prediabetic adipose tissues by employing the metabolic imaging of three endogenous fluorophores NAD(P)H, FAD, and lipofuscin-like pigments. Results: We discovered that 1040-nm excited lipofuscin-like autofluorescence could mark the location of macrophages. This unique feature helps separate the metabolic fluorescence signals of macrophages from those of adipocytes. In prediabetes fat tissues with IR, we found only adipocytes exhibited a low redox ratio of metabolic fluorescence and high free NAD(P)H fraction a1. This differential signature disappears for mice who quit the high-fat diet or high-fat-high-sucrose diet and recover from IR. When mice have diabetic hyperglycemia and inflamed fat tissues, both adipocytes and macrophages possess this kind of metabolic change. As confirmed with RNA-seq analysis and histopathology evidence, the change in adipocyte's metabolic fluorescence could be an indicator or risk factor of prediabetic IR. Conclusion: Our study provides an innovative approach to diagnosing prediabetes, which sheds light on the strategy for diabetes prevention. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85164842877&doi=10.7150%2fthno.82697&origin=inward&txGid=d6b8d8b25942292721bd97a543db95e2 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/635122 |
ISSN: | 1838-7640 | DOI: | 10.7150/thno.82697 |
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