Journal
BIOMEDICAL SPECTROSCOPY, MICROSCOPY, AND IMAGING II
Volume 12144, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
DOI: 10.1117/12.2629824
Keywords
3D-microstructured scaffolds; two-photon polymerization; elasto-mechanics; in vivo implant; ex ovo implant; two-photon imaging; confocal microscopy; intravital imaging windows
Funding
- project IN2SIGHT from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [964481]
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The current protocols for assessing the biocompatibility of biomaterials require sacrificing a large number of laboratory animals, which is ethically burdensome and costly. Intravital microscopy allows real-time study of implantation outcomes, but has limited capabilities for quantification in longitudinal studies. We present a novel chip that enables longitudinal studies of biomaterial implant reactions, and validate its potential for tissue regeneration using fluorescence microscopy in living chicken embryos.
The current protocols for biocompatibility assessment of biomaterials, based on histopathology, require the sacrifice of a huge number of laboratory animals with an unsustainable ethical burden and remarkable cost. Intravital microscopy techniques can be used to study implantation outcomes in real time though with limited capabilities of quantification in longitudinal studies, mainly restricted by the light penetration and the spatial resolution in deep tissues. We present the outline and first tests of a novel chip which aims to enable longitudinal studies of the reaction to the biomaterial implant. The chip is composed of a regular reference microstructure fabricated via two-photon polymerization in the SZ2080 resist. The geometrical design and the planar raster spacing largely determine the mechanical and spectroscopic features of the microstructures. The development, in-vitro characterization and in vivo validation of the Microatlas is performed in living chicken embryos by fluorescence microscopy 3 and 4 days after the implant; the quantification of cell infiltration inside the Microatlas demonstrates its potential as novel scaffold for tissue regeneration.
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