Longitudinal study of cirrhosis development in STAM™ and CCl mouse models using FTIR spectral imaging.
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Date publication
août 2023
Journal
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr GOBINET Cyril, Pr SOCKALINGUM Ganesh, Pr THIEFIN Gérard, Dr BOULAGNON-ROMBI Camille
Tous les auteurs :
Guillard J, Untereiner V, Garnotel R, Boulagnon-Rombi C, Gobinet C, Proult I, Sockalingum GD, Thiéfin G
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Résumé
Animal models of cirrhosis are of great interest to investigate the pathological process leading to the final stage of cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to analyze the different steps involved in the progressive development of cirrhosis using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectral histology in two mouse models of cirrhosis, the STAM™ model of metabolic cirrhosis and the CCl-induced cirrhosis model. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded liver samples were obtained from three mice at 5 time points in each model in order to analyze the course of hepatic lesions up to the formation of cirrhosis. For each time point, adjacent 3 μm thick liver sections were obtained for histological stains and spectral histology. FTIR acquisitions of liver sections were performed at projected pixel sizes of 25 μm × 25 μm and 6.25 μm × 6.25 μm. Spectral images were then preprocessed with an Extended Multiplicative Signal Correction and analyzed with common k-means clustering, including all stages in each model. In both models, the two and four-classes common k-means clustering in the 1000-1350 cm range showed that spectral classes characterized by higher absorbance peaks of glycogen were predominant at baseline then decreased markedly in early stages of hepatic damage and almost disappeared in cirrhotic tissues. Concomitantly, spectral classes characterized by higher absorbance peaks of nucleic acids became progressively predominant during the course of hepatic lesions. These results were confirmed using k-means clustering on the peaks of interest identified for glycogen and nucleic acids content. Our study showed that the glycogen depletion previously described at the stage of cirrhosis is an early event in the pathological process, independently of the cause of cirrhosis. In addition, there was a progressive increase in the nucleic acid content, which may be linked to increased proliferation and polyploidy in response to cellular lesions.
Mots clés
FTIR spectral imaging, animal models, carbon tetrachloride, cirrhosis, glycogen, k-means clustering, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, nucleic acids
Référence
Lab Invest. 2023 08 4;:100231