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Visualization of Bacterial Colonization and Cellular Layers in a Gut-on-a-Chip System Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2020

Lu Yuan ,
Pim de Haan ,
Brandon W. Peterson ,
Ed D. de Jong ,
Elisabeth Verpoorte ,
Henny C. van der Mei  and
Henk J. Busscher
Lu Yuan
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
Pim de Haan
Affiliation:
University of Groningen, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Analysis, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands TI-COAST, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brandon W. Peterson
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
Ed D. de Jong
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
Elisabeth Verpoorte
Affiliation:
University of Groningen, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Analysis, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
Henny C. van der Mei*
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
Henk J. Busscher
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
*
*Author for correspondence: Henny C. van der Mei, E-mail: h.c.van.der.mei@umcg.nl
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Abstract

Imaging of cellular layers in a gut-on-a-chip system has been confined to two-dimensional (2D)-imaging through conventional light microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) yielding three-dimensional- and 2D-cross-sectional reconstructions. However, CLSM requires staining and is unsuitable for longitudinal visualization. Here, we compare merits of optical coherence tomography (OCT) with those of CLSM and light microscopy for visualization of intestinal epithelial layers during protection by a probiotic Bifidobacterium breve strain and a simultaneous pathogen challenge by an Escherichia coli strain. OCT cross-sectional images yielded film thicknesses that coincided with end-point thicknesses derived from cross-sectional CLSM images. Light microscopy on histological sections of epithelial layers at the end-point yielded smaller layer thicknesses than OCT and CLSM. Protective effects of B. breve adhering to an epithelial layer against an E. coli challenge included the preservation of layer thickness and membrane surface coverage by epithelial cells. OCT does not require staining or sectioning, making OCT suitable for longitudinal visualization of biological films, but as a drawback, OCT does not allow an epithelial layer to be distinguished from bacterial biofilms adhering to it. Thus, OCT is ideal to longitudinally evaluate epithelial layers under probiotic protection and pathogen challenges, but proper image interpretation requires the application of a second method at the end-point to distinguish bacterial and epithelial films.

Keywords

CLSMmicrofluidic deviceOCTorgan-on-a-chipprobiotics
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Biological Applications
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 1211 - 1219
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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