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Title: SNOM Imaging of a Crypt-Like Feature in Adenocarcinoma Associated with Barrett's Oesophagus

Abstract

The development of more accurate and sensitive diagnostic techniques is a key factor in efforts to improve cancer survival rates. The technique of infrared aperture fibre scanning near-field optical microscopy (IR-SNOM),together with radiation from the infrared free-electron laser (IR-FEL) on ALICEat Daresbury Laboratory (UK), has been used to obtain IR images of a crypt-like feature and the surrounding tissue; the tissue was taken from a patient with oesophageal adenocarcinoma and with a history of Barrett’s oesophagus. We have shown that the DNA signal is enhanced relative to other contributions in the region of the crypt, and the glycoprotein signal shows a less pronounced increase in the region of the crypt. The Amide II signal is found to be anti-correlated with the DNA and glycoprotein profiles. The absorbance of the Amide II signal is found to differ for three different types of cancer tissue. In conclusion, high-resolution IR images of the crypt reveal additional structure that would not be resolved in diffraction-limited techniques.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool (United Kingdom)
  2. Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool (United Kingdom); Cockcroft Institute Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington (United Kingdom); Accelerator Science and Technology Centre (ASTeC) STFC Daresbury Lab. Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington (United Kingdom)
  3. Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool (United Kingdom); Cockcroft Institute Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington (United Kingdom)
  4. Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Rome (Italy)
  5. Cockcroft Institute Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington (United Kingdom); Accelerator Science and Technology Centre (ASTeC) STFC Daresbury Lab. Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1452785
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-18-242
Journal ID: ISSN 0370-1972; 1677477; TRN: US1900980
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physica Status Solidi B. Basic Solid State Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 255; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-1972
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; adenocarcinoma; DNA; infrared radiation; scanning near-field optical microscopy; tissue

Citation Formats

Craig, Timothy, Smith, Andrew D., Holder, Gareth M., Ingham, James, Smith, Caroline I., Varro, Andrea, Pritchard, D. Mark, Barrett, Steve D., Martin, David S., Harrison, Paul, Wolski, Andrzej, Cricenti, Antonio, Luce, Marco, Surman, Mark, Chattopadhyay, Swapan, Weightman, Peter, and Siggel-King, Michele R. F. SNOM Imaging of a Crypt-Like Feature in Adenocarcinoma Associated with Barrett's Oesophagus. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/pssb.201700518.
Craig, Timothy, Smith, Andrew D., Holder, Gareth M., Ingham, James, Smith, Caroline I., Varro, Andrea, Pritchard, D. Mark, Barrett, Steve D., Martin, David S., Harrison, Paul, Wolski, Andrzej, Cricenti, Antonio, Luce, Marco, Surman, Mark, Chattopadhyay, Swapan, Weightman, Peter, & Siggel-King, Michele R. F. SNOM Imaging of a Crypt-Like Feature in Adenocarcinoma Associated with Barrett's Oesophagus. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201700518
Craig, Timothy, Smith, Andrew D., Holder, Gareth M., Ingham, James, Smith, Caroline I., Varro, Andrea, Pritchard, D. Mark, Barrett, Steve D., Martin, David S., Harrison, Paul, Wolski, Andrzej, Cricenti, Antonio, Luce, Marco, Surman, Mark, Chattopadhyay, Swapan, Weightman, Peter, and Siggel-King, Michele R. F. 2018. "SNOM Imaging of a Crypt-Like Feature in Adenocarcinoma Associated with Barrett's Oesophagus". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201700518. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1452785.
@article{osti_1452785,
title = {SNOM Imaging of a Crypt-Like Feature in Adenocarcinoma Associated with Barrett's Oesophagus},
author = {Craig, Timothy and Smith, Andrew D. and Holder, Gareth M. and Ingham, James and Smith, Caroline I. and Varro, Andrea and Pritchard, D. Mark and Barrett, Steve D. and Martin, David S. and Harrison, Paul and Wolski, Andrzej and Cricenti, Antonio and Luce, Marco and Surman, Mark and Chattopadhyay, Swapan and Weightman, Peter and Siggel-King, Michele R. F.},
abstractNote = {The development of more accurate and sensitive diagnostic techniques is a key factor in efforts to improve cancer survival rates. The technique of infrared aperture fibre scanning near-field optical microscopy (IR-SNOM),together with radiation from the infrared free-electron laser (IR-FEL) on ALICEat Daresbury Laboratory (UK), has been used to obtain IR images of a crypt-like feature and the surrounding tissue; the tissue was taken from a patient with oesophageal adenocarcinoma and with a history of Barrett’s oesophagus. We have shown that the DNA signal is enhanced relative to other contributions in the region of the crypt, and the glycoprotein signal shows a less pronounced increase in the region of the crypt. The Amide II signal is found to be anti-correlated with the DNA and glycoprotein profiles. The absorbance of the Amide II signal is found to differ for three different types of cancer tissue. In conclusion, high-resolution IR images of the crypt reveal additional structure that would not be resolved in diffraction-limited techniques.},
doi = {10.1002/pssb.201700518},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1452785}, journal = {Physica Status Solidi B. Basic Solid State Physics},
issn = {0370-1972},
number = 4,
volume = 255,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Schematic of the layout of the ALICE FEL beamline and experimental end-station. The following designations have been used: M#=mirror, B#=CaF2 beam splitter, L=lens, PD=pyroelectric detector.

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