A Noninvasive Skin Biopsy of Free Nerve Endings via Realtime Third-Harmonic Microscopy
Wu, P. J.; Tseng, H.-C.; Chao, C.-C.; Liao, Y.-H.; Yen, C.-T.; Lin, W.-Y.; Hsieh, S.-T.; Sun, W.-Z.; Sun, C.-K.
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Skin biopsy was the only method to provide free-intraepidermal-nerve-endings (FINEs) structural information for the differential diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy (SFN). Its invasive nature was particularly unfavorable for patients with diabetic coagulation abnormalities thus there is an unmet clinical need for a non-invasive FINEs imaging tool. Here we show a tightly-focused epi-Third-harmonic-generation microscope (TFETM) for unmyelinated FINEs imaging. Its label-free capability was confirmed by PGP9.5 immunohistochemistry staining and a longitudinal spared nerve injury model study. Moreover, through proposing a dot-connecting algorithm, we established the operational protocol to count three-dimensionally the intraepidermal nerve fibers (IENF) and define the quantitative IENF index. Our clinical trial showed that the label-free IENF index can differentially identify SFN (P-value=0.0102) and was well correlated with IENF density of skin biopsy (Pearsons correlation, R-value= 0.98) in the DPN group. Our study suggested that the unstained dot-connecting third-harmonic microscopy imaging can noninvasively provide FINEs structure information assisting diagnosing SFN.
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