In vivo measurement of NADH fluorescence lifetime in skeletal muscle via -ber-coupled time-correlated single photon counting  

作　　者：Kathryn M.Priest Jacob V.Schluns Nathania Nischal Colton L.Gattis Jeffrey C.Wolchok Timothy J.Muldoon 

机构地区：[1]Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Arkansas,Fayetteville,AR,USA

出　　处：《Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences》2024年第1期121-134,共14页创新光学健康科学杂志（英文）

基　　金：supported by the National Science Foundation(CBET 1751554);the National Institutes of Health,the Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center(5P20GM139768-02);the Arkansas Biosciences Institute.Any opinions,-ndings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the acknowledged funding agencies.

摘　　要：Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide(NADH)is a cofactor that serves to shuttle electrons during metabolic processes such as glycolysis,the tricarboxylic acid cycle,and oxidative phosphorylation(OXPHOS).NADH is autofluorescent,and itsfluorescence lifetime can be used to infer metabolic dynamics in living cells.Fiber-coupled time-correlated single photon counting(TCSPC)equipped with an implantable needle probe can be used to measure NADH lifetime in vivo,enabling investigation of changing metabolic demand during muscle contraction or tissue regeneration.This study illustrates a proof of concept for point-based,minimally-invasive NADHfluorescence lifetime measurement in vivo.Volumetric muscle loss(VML)injuries were created in the left tibialis anterior(TA)muscle of male Sprague Dawley rats.NADH lifetime measurements were collected before,during,and after a 30 s tetanic contraction in the injured and uninjured TA muscles,which was subsequently-t to a biexponential decay model to yield a metric of NADH utilization(cytoplasmic vs protein-bound NADH,the A11/A22 ratio).On average,this ratio was higher during and after contraction in uninjured muscle compared to muscle at rest,suggesting higher levels of free NADH in contracting and recovering muscle,indicating increased rates of glycolysis.In injured muscle,this ratio was higher than uninjured muscle overall but decreased over time,which is consistent with current knowledge of inflammatory response to injury,suggesting tissue regeneration has occurred.These data suggest that-ber-coupled TCSPC has the potential to measure changes in NADH binding in vivo in a minimally invasive manner that requires further investigation.

关 键 词：GLYCOLYSIS oxidative phosphorylation energy metabolism volumetric muscle loss 

分 类 号：O57[理学—粒子物理与原子核物理]