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ArticleNeurophotonics2025

Brief disruptions in capillary flow result in rapid onset of hypoxia.

John T Giblin, Sreekanth Kura, Gülce Küreli, John Jiang, Kıvılcım Kılıç, Baoqiang Li, Sava Sakadžić, Anna Devor, David A Boas

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Article in Neurophotonics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

John T GiblinBoston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4483-2971
Sreekanth KuraBoston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Gülce KüreliBoston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
John JiangBoston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Kıvılcım KılıçBoston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Baoqiang LiMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.
Sava SakadžićMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.
Anna DevorBoston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-3960
David A BoasBoston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-7711

Funding

Project 4U19NS123717 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI LINNINGER, ANDREAS A · 2021 to 2025
$13.4M
Investigating the Microvascular Mechanisms of O2 Supply-Demand Mismatch in Small Vessel Disease using Novel High-Resolution Optical ImagingR01NS115401 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI AYATA, CENK, SAKADZIC, SAVA · 2020 to 2024
$3.5M
Neurophotonic Advances for Mechanistic Investigation of the Role of Capillary Dysfunction in Stroke RecoveryR01NS127156 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI David A Boas · 2022 to 2026
$3.3M
The impact of microvascular (dys)regulation on cerebral flow and oxygen heterogeneityR01NS108472 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI BOAS, DAVID A, SCHAFFER, CHRIS B · 2018 to 2022
$3.2M
Effects of intrinsic and drug-induced neuromodulation on functional brain imagingR01DA050159 · NIDA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI DEVOR, ANNA · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Oxygen imaging by phosphorescence quenchingU24EB028941 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI VINOGRADOV, SERGEI · 2019 to 2023
$1.6M
Two-photon Imaging of Oxygen and Blood Flow in Retinal and Cerebral VasculatureR01NS121095 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Sava Sakadzic, Mahnaz Shahidi · 2024 to 2026
$1.3M
NIBIB NIH HHS U24 EB028941NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA050159NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS108472NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS115401NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS121095NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127156NINDS NIH HHS U19 NS123717
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Significance: Capillaries are the critical site of vascular exchange with the local tissue, with continuous flow to meet the brain's unique and steep energetic demands. However, transient stalls in capillary flow have been observed and at elevated levels in preclinical models of disease. Systematic measurements have not been made to quantify the acute effects of individual capillary stalls on local oxygen. Aim: We aim to quantify oxygen dynamics around capillary stalls as they occur Approach: We use high-resolution two-photon phosphorescent lifetime microscopy (2PLM) to monitor capillary flux and Results: All stalls cause rapid drops in intra-capillary oxygen that likely extend to local tissue based on estimates using the erythrocyte-associated transient (EAT). This includes a subset of capillaries, which reach critically hypoxic levels (<10 mmHg), which could not be predicted by the capillaries' normal flux and oxygen levels, nor local vessel density or proximity to diving arterioles and venules. Conclusion: Our findings indicate that a subset of capillary stalls reach extremely low local oxygen, resulting in transient hypoxia in the surrounding tissue. This reveals a new potential pathological mechanism due to stalled capillary flow.

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capillary stallingcerebral oxygenphosphorence lifetimetwo photon microscopy

Identifiers

PMID40800118
PMCPMC12340613

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