3D Digital Pathology for a Chemical-Functional Analysis of Glomeruli in Health and Pathology

Anal Chem. 2018 Mar 20;90(6):3811-3818. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04265. Epub 2018 Mar 8.

Abstract

Determining the filtration function and biochemical status of kidney at the single glomerulus level remains hardly accessible, even from biopsies. Here, we provide evidence that IR spectro-microscopy is a suitable method to account for the filtration capacity of individual glomeruli along with related physio-pathological condition. A ∼4 μm voxel resolution 3D IR image reconstruction is built from consecutive tissue sections, thus, providing a 3D IR spectrum matrix of an individual glomerulus. The filtration capacity of glomeruli was quantitatively determined after BaSO4 perfusion, and additional chemical data could be used to determined oxidative stress effects and fibrosis, thus, combining functional and biochemical information from the same 3D IR spectrum matrix. This analytical approach was applied on mice with unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) inducing chronic kidney disease. Compared to the healthy condition, UUO induced a significant drop in glomeruli filtration capacity (-17 ± 8% at day 4 and -48 ± 14% at day 14) and volume (36 ± 10% at day 4 and 67 ± 13% at day 14), along a significant increase of oxidative stress (+61 ± 19% at day 4 and +84 ± 17% at day 14) and a change in the lipid-to-protein ratio (-8.2 ± 3.6% at day 4 and -18.1 ± 5.9% at day 14). Therefore, IR spectro-microscopy might be developed as a new 3D pathology resource for analyzing functional and biochemical parameters of glomeruli.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Barium Sulfate / analysis
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Fibrosis
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Kidney Glomerulus / chemistry
  • Kidney Glomerulus / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Glomerulus / metabolism
  • Kidney Glomerulus / pathology*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / metabolism
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / pathology*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared / methods*
  • Ureteral Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureteral Obstruction / metabolism
  • Ureteral Obstruction / pathology*

Substances

  • Barium Sulfate