Characterization of the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography: Do Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Stroma Reflect Structural Changes in the Extracellular Matrix of Cancerous Lesions?

Early detection of skin cancer is of critical importance since the five-year survival rate for early detected skin malignancies is 99% but drops to 27% for cancer that has spread to distant lymph nodes and other organs. Over 2.5 million benign skin biopsies (55% of the total) are performed each year...

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Autores principales:	Frederick H. Silver, Nikita Kelkar, Tanmay Deshmukh, Kelly Ritter, Nicole Ryan, Hari Nadiminti
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Materias:	collagen fibrous tissue stroma actinic keratosis basal cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dda71de954b543468932c8ee25c794562021-11-25T16:54:12ZCharacterization of the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography: Do Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Stroma Reflect Structural Changes in the Extracellular Matrix of Cancerous Lesions?10.3390/biom111117122218-273Xhttps://doaj.org/article/dda71de954b543468932c8ee25c794562021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/11/11/1712https://doaj.org/toc/2218-273XEarly detection of skin cancer is of critical importance since the five-year survival rate for early detected skin malignancies is 99% but drops to 27% for cancer that has spread to distant lymph nodes and other organs. Over 2.5 million benign skin biopsies (55% of the total) are performed each year in the US at an alarming cost of USD ~2.5 B. Therefore there is an unmet need for novel non-invasive diagnostic approaches to better differentiate between cancerous and non-cancerous lesions, especially in cases when there is a legitimate doubt that a biopsy may be required. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the differences in the extracellular matrices among normal skin, actinic keratosis (AK), basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) can be assessed non-invasively using vibrational optical coherence tomography (VOCT). VOCT is a new diagnostic technology that uses infrared light and audible sound applied transversely to tissue to measure the resonant frequencies and elastic moduli of cells, dermal collagen, blood vessels and fibrous tissue in skin and lesion stroma without physically touching the skin. Our results indicate that the cellular, vascular and fibrotic resonant frequency peaks are altered in AK, BCC and SCC compared to those peaks observed in normal skin and can serve as physical biomarkers defining the differences between benign and cancerous skin lesions. The resonant frequency is increased from a value of 50 Hz in normal skin to a value of about 80 Hz in pre- and cancerous lesions. A new vascular peak is seen at 130 Hz in cancerous lesions that may reflect the formation of new tumor blood vessels. The peak at 260 Hz is similar to that seen in the skin of a subject with Scleroderma and skin wounds that have healed. The peak at 260 Hz appears to be associated with the deposition of large amounts of stiff fibrous collagen in the stroma surrounding cancerous lesions. Based on the results of this pilot study, VOCT can be used to non-invasively identify physical biomarkers that can help differentiate between benign and cancerous skin lesions. The appearance of new stiff cellular, fragile new vessels, and stiff fibrous material based on resonant frequency peaks and changes in the extracellular matrix can be used as a fingerprint of pre- and cancerous skin lesions.Frederick H. SilverNikita KelkarTanmay DeshmukhKelly RitterNicole RyanHari NadimintiMDPI AGarticlecollagenfibrous tissuestromaactinic keratosisbasal cell carcinomasquamous cell carcinomaMicrobiologyQR1-502ENBiomolecules, Vol 11, Iss 1712, p 1712 (2021)
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spellingShingle	collagen fibrous tissue stroma actinic keratosis basal cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma Microbiology QR1-502 Frederick H. Silver Nikita Kelkar Tanmay Deshmukh Kelly Ritter Nicole Ryan Hari Nadiminti Characterization of the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography: Do Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Stroma Reflect Structural Changes in the Extracellular Matrix of Cancerous Lesions?
description	Early detection of skin cancer is of critical importance since the five-year survival rate for early detected skin malignancies is 99% but drops to 27% for cancer that has spread to distant lymph nodes and other organs. Over 2.5 million benign skin biopsies (55% of the total) are performed each year in the US at an alarming cost of USD ~2.5 B. Therefore there is an unmet need for novel non-invasive diagnostic approaches to better differentiate between cancerous and non-cancerous lesions, especially in cases when there is a legitimate doubt that a biopsy may be required. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the differences in the extracellular matrices among normal skin, actinic keratosis (AK), basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) can be assessed non-invasively using vibrational optical coherence tomography (VOCT). VOCT is a new diagnostic technology that uses infrared light and audible sound applied transversely to tissue to measure the resonant frequencies and elastic moduli of cells, dermal collagen, blood vessels and fibrous tissue in skin and lesion stroma without physically touching the skin. Our results indicate that the cellular, vascular and fibrotic resonant frequency peaks are altered in AK, BCC and SCC compared to those peaks observed in normal skin and can serve as physical biomarkers defining the differences between benign and cancerous skin lesions. The resonant frequency is increased from a value of 50 Hz in normal skin to a value of about 80 Hz in pre- and cancerous lesions. A new vascular peak is seen at 130 Hz in cancerous lesions that may reflect the formation of new tumor blood vessels. The peak at 260 Hz is similar to that seen in the skin of a subject with Scleroderma and skin wounds that have healed. The peak at 260 Hz appears to be associated with the deposition of large amounts of stiff fibrous collagen in the stroma surrounding cancerous lesions. Based on the results of this pilot study, VOCT can be used to non-invasively identify physical biomarkers that can help differentiate between benign and cancerous skin lesions. The appearance of new stiff cellular, fragile new vessels, and stiff fibrous material based on resonant frequency peaks and changes in the extracellular matrix can be used as a fingerprint of pre- and cancerous skin lesions.
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author	Frederick H. Silver Nikita Kelkar Tanmay Deshmukh Kelly Ritter Nicole Ryan Hari Nadiminti
author_facet	Frederick H. Silver Nikita Kelkar Tanmay Deshmukh Kelly Ritter Nicole Ryan Hari Nadiminti
author_sort	Frederick H. Silver
title	Characterization of the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography: Do Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Stroma Reflect Structural Changes in the Extracellular Matrix of Cancerous Lesions?
title_short	Characterization of the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography: Do Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Stroma Reflect Structural Changes in the Extracellular Matrix of Cancerous Lesions?
title_full	Characterization of the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography: Do Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Stroma Reflect Structural Changes in the Extracellular Matrix of Cancerous Lesions?
title_fullStr	Characterization of the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography: Do Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Stroma Reflect Structural Changes in the Extracellular Matrix of Cancerous Lesions?
title_full_unstemmed	Characterization of the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography: Do Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Stroma Reflect Structural Changes in the Extracellular Matrix of Cancerous Lesions?
title_sort	characterization of the biomechanical properties of skin using vibrational optical coherence tomography: do changes in the biomechanical properties of skin stroma reflect structural changes in the extracellular matrix of cancerous lesions?
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/dda71de954b543468932c8ee25c79456
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Characterization of the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography: Do Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Skin Stroma Reflect Structural Changes in the Extracellular Matrix of Cancerous Lesions?

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