In vivo multiphoton imaging of obstructive cholestasis in mice

Combining multiphoton microscopy with a newly designed hepatic imaging window, we acquired in vivo images of mice obstructive cholestasis. We observed that in mice with bile duct ligation, bile canaliculi failed to appear during the whole observation period over 100 minutes following carboxyfluorescein diacetate injection, whereas the fluorescence was retained much longer within sinusoids. Furthermore, the fluorescence intensities in sinusoids were persistently higher than in hepatocytes during the course.