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Maria Nowakowska A, Borek-Dorosz A, Leszczenko P, Adamczyk A, Pieczara A, Jakubowska J, Pastorczak A, Ostrowska K, Marzec KM, Majzner K. Reliable cell preparation protocol for Raman imaging to effectively differentiate normal leukocytes and leukemic blasts. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 292:122408. [PMID: 36812801 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.122408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Leukemias are a remarkably diverse group of malignancies originating from abnormal progenitor cells in the bone marrow. Leukemia subtypes are classified according to the cell type that has undergone neoplastic transformation using demanding and time-consuming methods. Alternative is Raman imaging that can be used both for living and fixed cells. However, considering the diversity of leukemic cell types and normal leukocytes, and the availability of different sample preparation protocols, the main objective of this work was to verify them for leukemia and normal blood cell samples for Raman imaging. The effect of glutaraldehyde (GA) fixation in a concentration gradient (0.1 %, 0.5 %, and 2.5 % GA) on the molecular structure of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) was verified. Changes in the secondary structure of proteins within cells were indicated as the main effect of fixation, as shown by an increase in band intensity at 1041 cm-1, characteristic for in-plane δ(CH) deformation in phenylalanine (Phe). Different sensitivity of mononuclear and leukemic cells to fixation was observed. While the 0.1 % concentration of GA was too low to preserve the cell structure for an extended period of time, a GA concentration of 0.5 % seemed optimal for both normal and malignant cells. Chemical changes in PBMCs samples stored for 11 days were also investigated, which manifested in numerous modifications in the secondary structure of proteins and the content of nucleic acids. The impact of cell preculturing for 72 h after unbanking was verified, and there was no significant effect on the molecular structure of cells fixed with 0.5 % GA. In summary, the developed protocol for the preparation of samples for Raman imaging allows for the effective differentiation of fixed normal leukocytes from malignant T lymphoblasts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anna Maria Nowakowska
- Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, 2 Gronostajowa St., Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, 2 Gronostajowa St., Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, 2 Gronostajowa St., Krakow, Poland; Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, 11 Lojasiewicza St., Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, 2 Gronostajowa St., Krakow, Poland; Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, 11 Lojasiewicza St., Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), 14 Bobrzynskiego St., Krakow, Poland; Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, 11 Lojasiewicza St., Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Sporna St. 36/50, Łodz, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Sporna St. 36/50, Łodz, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, Sporna St. 36/50, Łodz, Poland
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- Lukasiewicz Research Network - Krakow Institute of Technology, 73 Zakopianska St., Krakow, Poland.
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- Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, 2 Gronostajowa St., Krakow, Poland; Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), 14 Bobrzynskiego St., Krakow, Poland.
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Cheng X, Liang H, Li Q, Wang J, Liu J, Zhang Y, Ru Y, Zhou Y. Raman spectroscopy differ leukemic cells from their healthy counterparts and screen biomarkers in acute leukemia. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 281:121558. [PMID: 35843058 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Precision medicine is important in the treatment of acute leukemia (AL). The target therapies of AL provide an opportunity to reduce the mortality of AL. How AL cells differ from their healthy counterparts is the basis for the development of therapies and the outcome of AL patients. Therefore, a label-free and noninvasive single-cell Raman platform was used to characterize cell molecular profiles and found potential biomarkers from three healthy people and twelve AL patients with more than 90% accuracy. We analyzed myeloblasts, abnormal promyelocytes, monoblasts and B-ALL cells respectively, compared with their healthy counterparts, which could be distinguished by their intrinsic phenotypic Raman spectra using orthogonal partial least squares discriminate analysis (OPLS-DA). Most importantly, we selected statistically significant markers of the four leukemia models. Further analysis of leukemic granulocytes, we found that a combination of the 1003, 1341 and 1579 cm-1 Raman peaks could discriminate myeloblasts and abnormal promyelocytes from normal granulocytes. The assignments of 1579 cm-1 gave us a clue to find potential important variables myeloperoxidase related with AL diagnosis. Our study demonstrates the capability of the Raman platform to characterize leukemia cells with non-invasively probing metabolites. The biomarker we identified could be extensible to other blood cells and potentially have a high impact on leukemia therapy.
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- Xuelian Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Hospital of Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Hospital of Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Hospital of Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Nankai University, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Hospital of Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The District People's Hospital of Zhangqiu, Jinan 250000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Hospital of Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Hospital of Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China.
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Ye M, Chen Y, Wang Y, Xiao L, Lin Q, Lin H, Duan Z, Feng S, Cao Y, Zhang J, Li J, Hu J. Subtype discrimination of acute myeloid leukemia based on plasma SERS technique. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 271:120865. [PMID: 35063821 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.120865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a common hematologic malignancy. To this day, diagnose of AML and its genetic mutation still rely on invasive and time-consuming methods. In this study, 222 plasma samples were collected to discuss the performance of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to discriminate AML subtype acute promyelocytic leukemia and acute monocytic leukemia based on plasma. The Ag nanoparticles-based SERS technique was used to explore the biochemical differences among different AML subtypes. With the help of powerful supervised and unsupervised algorithms, the performance using the whole spectra and band intensities was confirmed to identify different subtypes of AML. The results demonstrated the intensities of several bands and band-intensity ratios were significantly different between groups, thus related to the discrimination of several AML subtypes and control. Combining indexes of band-intensity ratios, the result of multi-indexes ROC has excellent performance in differentiating AML patient with healthy control. Our work demonstrated the great potential of SERS technique as a rapid and micro detection method in clinical laboratory field, it's a new and powerful tool for analyzing human blood plasma.
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- Minlu Ye
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China; Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory on Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory on Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Photonics Technology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory on Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China; Department of Hematology, Fujian Institute of Hematology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory on Hematology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China.
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Label-free imaging and evaluation of characteristic properties of asthma-derived eosinophils using optical diffraction tomography. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 587:42-48. [PMID: 34864394 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.11.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Optical diffraction tomography (ODT), an emerging imaging technique that does not require fluorescent staining, can measure the three-dimensional distribution of the refractive index (RI) of organelles. In this study, we used ODT to characterize the pathological characteristics of human eosinophils derived from asthma patients presenting with eosinophilia. In addition to morphological information about organelles appearing in eosinophils, including the cytoplasm, nucleus, and vacuole, we succeeded in imaging specific granules and quantifying the RI values of the granules. Interestingly, ODT analysis showed that the RI (i.e., molecular density) of granules was significantly different between eosinophils from asthma patients and healthy individuals without eosinophilia, and that vacuoles were frequently found in the cells of asthma patients. Our results suggest that the physicochemical properties of eosinophils derived from patients with asthma can be quantitatively distinguished from those of healthy individuals. The method will provide insight into efficient evaluation of the characteristics of eosinophils at the organelle level for various diseases with eosinophilia.
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Wang H, Xie Q, Xu XG. Super-resolution mid-infrared spectro-microscopy of biological applications through tapping mode and peak force tapping mode atomic force microscope. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 180:114080. [PMID: 34906646 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.114080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Small biomolecules at the subcellular level are building blocks for the manifestation of complex biological activities. However, non-intrusive in situ investigation of biological systems has been long daunted by the low spatial resolution and poor sensitivity of conventional light microscopies. Traditional infrared (IR) spectro-microscopy can enable label-free visualization of chemical bonds without extrinsic labeling but is still bound by Abbe's diffraction limit. This review article introduces a way to bypass the optical diffraction limit and improve the sensitivity for mid-IR methods - using tip-enhanced light nearfield in atomic force microscopy (AFM) operated in tapping and peak force tapping modes. Working principles of well-established scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) and two relatively new techniques, namely, photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) and peak force infrared (PFIR) microscopy, will be briefly presented. With ∼ 10-20 nm spatial resolution and monolayer sensitivity, their recent applications in revealing nanoscale chemical heterogeneities in a wide range of biological systems, including biomolecules, cells, tissues, and biomaterials, will be reviewed and discussed. We also envision several future improvements of AFM-based tapping and peak force tapping mode nano-IR methods that permit them to better serve as a versatile platform for uncovering biological mechanisms at the fundamental level.
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- Haomin Wang
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
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Identification of inflammatory markers in eosinophilic cells of the immune system: fluorescence, Raman and CARS imaging can recognize markers but differently. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 79:52. [PMID: 34936035 PMCID: PMC8739296 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-04058-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Eosinophils (Eos) play an important role in the immune system’s response releasing several inflammatory factors and contributing to allergic rhinitis, asthma, or atopic dermatitis. Since Eos have a relatively short lifetime after isolation from blood, usually eosinophilic cell line (EoL-1) is used to study mechanisms of their activation and to test therapies. In particular, EoL-1 cells are examined in terms of signalling pathways of the inflammatory response manifested by the presence of lipid bodies (LBs). Here we examined the differences in response to inflammation modelled by various factors, between isolated human eosinophils and EoL-1 cells, as manifested in the number and chemical composition of LBs. The analysis was performed using fluorescence, Raman, and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy, which recognised the inflammatory process in the cells, but it is manifested slightly differently depending on the method used. We showed that unstimulated EoL-1 cells, compared to isolated eosinophils, contained more LBs, displayed different nucleus morphology and did not have eosinophilic peroxidase (EPO). In EoL-1 cells stimulated with various proinflammatory agents, including butyric acid (BA), liposaccharide (LPS), or cytokines (IL-1β, TNF-α), an increased production of LBs with a various degree of lipid unsaturation was observed in spontaneous Raman spectra. Furthermore, stimulation of EoL-1 cells resulted in alterations of the LBs morphology. In conclusion, a level of lipid unsaturation and eosinophilic peroxidase as well as LBs distribution among cell population mainly accounted for the biochemistry of eosinophils upon inflammation.
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Eosinophils and Neutrophils-Molecular Differences Revealed by Spontaneous Raman, CARS and Fluorescence Microscopy. Cells 2020; 9:cells9092041. [PMID: 32906767 PMCID: PMC7563840 DOI: 10.3390/cells9092041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Leukocytes are a part of the immune system that plays an important role in the host’s defense against viral, bacterial, and fungal infections. Among the human leukocytes, two granulocytes, neutrophils (Ne) and eosinophils (EOS) play an important role in the innate immune system. For that purpose, eosinophils and neutrophils contain specific granules containing protoporphyrin-type proteins such as eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) and myeloperoxidase (MPO), respectively, which contribute directly to their anti-infection activity. Since both proteins are structurally and functionally different, they could potentially be a marker of both cells’ types. To prove this hypothesis, UV−Vis absorption spectroscopy and Raman imaging were applied to analyze EPO and MPO and their content in leukocytes isolated from the whole blood. Moreover, leukocytes can contain lipidic structures, called lipid bodies (LBs), which are linked to the regulation of immune responses and are considered to be a marker of cell inflammation. In this work, we showed how to determine the number of LBs in two types of granulocytes, EOS and Ne, using fluorescence and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy. Spectroscopic differences of EPO and MPO can be used to identify these cells in blood samples, while the detection of LBs can indicate the cell inflammation process.
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