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MATLAB-based Methods Allow Precise, High-Throughput Quantification of Nuclear Morphology and Texture in Tachycardiomyopathy
Mayer, Moritz N.S., Köhler, Lisa M., Paulus, Michael G.
, Iberl, Sabine, Heinrich, Maria, Wagner, Stefan
, Maier, Lars S.
and Dietl, Alexander
(2025)
MATLAB-based Methods Allow Precise, High-Throughput Quantification of Nuclear Morphology and Texture in Tachycardiomyopathy.
Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry 73 (3-4), pp. 115-128.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 02 Jun 2025 08:43
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.76803
Abstract
The understanding of cardiomyopathies is hindered by a lack of quantitative histologic data. To address this methodical gap, we wrote a MATLAB-based image analysis platform to quantify nuclear and cellular disarray. We validated its utility in an animal model of tachycardiomyopathy (T-CM), whose ultrastructural remodeling processes have only partially been characterized and differ substantially ...
The understanding of cardiomyopathies is hindered by a lack of quantitative histologic data. To address this methodical gap, we wrote a MATLAB-based image analysis platform to quantify nuclear and cellular disarray. We validated its utility in an animal model of tachycardiomyopathy (T-CM), whose ultrastructural remodeling processes have only partially been characterized and differ substantially from more prevalent cardiomyopathies. Six rabbits received right ventricular pacemaker implants. Three animals were paced incrementally up to 380 bpm for 30 days to induce T-CM. In three control rabbits, the pacemaker remained inactive (SHAM). Left ventricular tissue was collected, fixed in formalin, embedded in paraffin, stained, and digitized for nuclear morphometry, texture analysis, orientation analysis, and vascular architecture evaluation. Nuclear segmentation performed by the software was highly accurate, closely matching manual counts (mean manual nuclear count per slide = 81.3 ± 3.8, mean automated nuclear count per slide = 81.9 ± 4.3, r = 0.981, p<0.001). In T-CM, nuclei were enlarged [SHAM (a.u.) = 2362, T-CM (a.u.) = 2660, p=0.0042]. Texture patterns differed between the groups with higher nuclear contrast in T-CM [SHAM (a.u.) = 0.0169, T-CM (a.u.) = 0.0247, p=0.0149], highlighting structural remodeling at the nuclear level. Median vessel size increased in T-CM [SHAM (a.u.) = 1532, T-CM (a.u.) = 2421, p<0.0001]. In conclusion, our MATLAB-based image analysis platform allows high-throughput quantification of nuclear and extracellular disarray. It identified enlargement of nuclei and increased nuclear contrast as part of ultrastructural remodeling in tachycardiomyopathy:
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage | ||||
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| Open Access Type: | SAGE (Hybrid) | ||||
| Volume: | 73 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 3-4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 115-128 | ||||
| Date | 11 April 2025 | ||||
| Institutions | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin II | ||||
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Funded by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
(519332007)
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| Keywords | digital image analysis, hypertrophy, nuclear morphometry, tachycardiomyopathy, texture | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-768035 | ||||
| Item ID | 76803 |
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