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Quantitative Characterization of Collagen in the Fibrotic Capsule Surrounding Implanted Polymeric Microparticles through Second Harmonic Generation Imaging
PLOS ONE
  • Dana Akilbekova, Iowa State University
  • Kaitlin M. Bratlie, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
6-30-2015
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0130386
Abstract

The collagenous capsule formed around an implant will ultimately determine the nature of its in vivo fate. To provide a better understanding of how surface modifications can alter the collagen orientation and composition in the fibrotic capsule, we used second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy to evaluate collagen organization and structure generated in mice subcutaneously injected with chemically functionalized polystyrene particles. SHG is sensitive to the orientation of a molecule, making it a powerful tool for measuring the alignment of collagen fibers. Additionally, SHG arises from the second order susceptibility of the interrogated molecule in response to the electric field. Variation in these tensor components distinguishes different molecular sources of SHG, providing collagen type specificity. Here, we demonstrated the ability of SHG to differentiate collagen type I and type III quantitatively and used this method to examine fibrous capsules of implanted polystyrene particles. Data presented in this work shows a wide range of collagen fiber orientations and collagen compositions in response to surface functionalized polystyrene particles. Dimethylamino functionalized particles were able to form a thin collagenous matrix resembling healthy skin. These findings have the potential to improve the fundamental understanding of how material properties influence collagen organization and composition quantitatively.

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This article is published as Akilbekova, Dana, and Kaitlin M. Bratlie. "Quantitative characterization of collagen in the fibrotic capsule surrounding implanted polymeric microparticles through second harmonic generation imaging." PLOS ONE 10, no. 6 (2015): e0130386, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130386. Posted with permission.

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Dana Akilbekova and Kaitlin M. Bratlie. "Quantitative Characterization of Collagen in the Fibrotic Capsule Surrounding Implanted Polymeric Microparticles through Second Harmonic Generation Imaging" PLOS ONE Vol. 10 Iss. 6 (2015) p. e0130386
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kaitlin_bratlie/26/