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Poonprasartporn A, Xiao J, Chan KLA. A study of WZB117 as a competitive inhibitor of glucose transporter in high glucose treated PANC-1 cells by live-cell FTIR spectroscopy. Talanta 2024; 266:125031. [PMID: 37549570 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Anchisa Poonprasartporn
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.
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Shaik TA, Ramoji A, Milis N, Popp J, Krafft C. Optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy and discrete wavenumber imaging for high content screening of single cells. Analyst 2023; 148:5627-5635. [PMID: 37842964 DOI: 10.1039/d3an00902e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Major drawbacks of direct mid-infrared spectroscopic imaging of single cells in an aqueous buffer are strong water absorption, low resolution typically above 10 μm, and Mie scattering effects. This study demonstrates how an indirect detection principle can overcome these drawbacks using the optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) technique for high-resolution discrete wavenumber imaging and fingerprint spectroscopy of cultivated cells as a model system in a simple liquid sample chamber. The O-PTIR spectra of six leukemia- and cancer-derived cell lines showed main IR bands near 1648, 1547, 1447, 1400, 1220, and 1088 cm-1. Five spectra of approximately 260 single cells per cell type were averaged, the O-PTIR data set was divided into leukemia-derived cells (THP-1, HL 60, Jurkat, and Raji) and cancer cells (HeLa and HepaRG), and partial least squares linear discriminant analysis (PLS-LDA) was applied in the spectral range 800-1800 cm-1 to train three classification models. A leukemia versus cancer cell model showed an accuracy of 90.0%, the HeLa versus HepaRG cell model had an accuracy of 95.4%, and the model for the distinction of leukemia cells had an accuracy of 75.4%. IR bands in linear discriminants (LDs) of the models were correlated with second derivative spectra that resolved more than 25 subbands. The IR and second derivative spectra of proteins, DNA, RNA and lipids were collected as references to confirm band assignments. O-PTIR images of single cells at a 200 nm step size were acquired at 1086, 1548, and 1746 cm-1 to visualize the nucleic acid, protein, and lipid distribution, respectively. Variations in subcellular features and in the lipid-to-protein and nucleic acid-to-protein ratios were identified that were consistent with biomolecular information in LDs. In conclusion, O-PTIR can provide high-quality spectra and images with submicron resolution of single cells in aqueous buffers that offer prospects in high-content screening applications.
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- Tanveer Ahmed Shaik
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Member of the Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Member of the Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Research Alliance Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research, 07745 Jena, Germany.
- Jena University Hospital, Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Member of the Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, 07747 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Research Alliance Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research, 07745 Jena, Germany.
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Member of the Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Research Alliance Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research, 07745 Jena, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Research Alliance Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research, 07745 Jena, Germany.
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Huang SH, Sartorello G, Shen PT, Xu C, Elemento O, Shvets G. Metasurface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy in multiwell format for real-time assaying of live cells. LAB ON A CHIP 2023; 23:2228-2240. [PMID: 37010356 PMCID: PMC10159923 DOI: 10.1039/d3lc00017f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a popular technique for the analysis of biological samples, yet its application in characterizing live cells is limited due to the strong attenuation of mid-IR light in water. Special thin flow cells and attenuated total reflection (ATR) FTIR spectroscopy have been used to mitigate this problem, but these techniques are difficult to integrate into a standard cell culture workflow. In this work, we demonstrate that the use of a plasmonic metasurface fabricated on planar substrates and the probing of cellular IR spectra through metasurface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy (MEIRS) can be an effective technique to characterize the IR spectra of live cells in a high-throughput manner. Cells are cultured on metasurfaces integrated with multiwell cell culture chambers and are probed from the bottom using an inverted FTIR micro-spectrometer. To demonstrate the use of MEIRS as a cellular assay, cellular adhesion on metasurfaces with different surface coatings and cellular response to the activation of the protease-activated receptor (PAR) signaling pathway were characterized through the changes in cellular IR spectra.
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- Steven H Huang
- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA.
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA.
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA.
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- Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA.
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Poonprasartporn A, Chan KA. Label-free study of intracellular glycogen level in metformin and resveratrol-treated insulin-resistant HepG2 by live-cell FTIR spectroscopy. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 212:114416. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Time lapse synchrotron IR chemical imaging for observing the acclimation of a single algal cell to CO 2 treatment. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13246. [PMID: 34168226 PMCID: PMC8225881 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92657-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Algae are the main primary producers in aquatic environments and therefore of fundamental importance for the global ecosystem. Mid-infrared (IR) microspectroscopy is a non-invasive tool that allows in principle studying chemical composition on a single-cell level. For a long time, however, mid-infrared (IR) imaging of living algal cells in an aqueous environment has been a challenge due to the strong IR absorption of water. In this study, we employed multi-beam synchrotron radiation to measure time-resolved IR hyperspectral images of individual Thalassiosira weissflogii cells in water in the course of acclimation to an abrupt change of CO2 availability (from 390 to 5000 ppm and vice versa) over 75 min. We used a previously developed algorithm to correct sinusoidal interference fringes from IR hyperspectral imaging data. After preprocessing and fringe correction of the hyperspectral data, principal component analysis (PCA) was performed to assess the spatial distribution of organic pools within the algal cells. Through the analysis of 200,000 spectra, we were able to identify compositional modifications associated with CO2 treatment. PCA revealed changes in the carbohydrate pool (1200-950 cm[Formula: see text]), lipids (1740, 2852, 2922 cm[Formula: see text]), and nucleic acid (1160 and 1201 cm[Formula: see text]) as the major response of exposure to elevated CO2 concentrations. Our results show a local metabolism response to this external perturbation.
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Kazarian SG. Perspectives on infrared spectroscopic imaging from cancer diagnostics to process analysis. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 251:119413. [PMID: 33461133 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This perspective paper discusses the recent and potential developments in the application of infrared spectroscopic imaging, with a focus on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic imaging. The current state-of-the-art has been briefly reported, that includes recent trends and advances in applications of FTIR spectroscopic imaging to biomedical systems. Here, some new opportunities for research in the biomedical field, particularly for cancer diagnostics, and also in the engineering field of process analysis; as well as challenges in FTIR spectroscopic imaging are discussed. Current and future prospects that will bring spectroscopic imaging technologies to the frontier of advanced medical diagnostics and to process analytics in engineering applications will be outlined in this opinion paper.
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- Sergei G Kazarian
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
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Poonprasartporn A, Chan KLA. Live-cell ATR-FTIR spectroscopy as a novel bioanalytical tool for cell glucose metabolism research. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2021; 1868:119024. [PMID: 33831457 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2021.119024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Current novel drug developments for the treatment of diabetes require multiple bioanalytical assays to interrogate the cellular metabolism, which are costly, laborious and time-consuming. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a nondestructive, label-free, sensitive and low-cost technique that is recently found to be suitable for studying living cells. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that live-cell FTIR can be applied to study the differences in glucose metabolism in cells in normal culturing medium and cells treated in high glucose (a diabetes model) in order to highlight the potential of the technique in diabetes research. Live HepG2 cells were treated in normal glucose (3.8 mM; control) or high glucose (25 mM) medium and were measured directly using the FTIR approach. Principal component analysis was used to highlight any possible correlated changes 24, 48 and 72 h after treatments. FTIR spectra of live cell treated in normal and high glucose medium have shown significant differences (p < 0.05) for all treatment time. The control cells have seen an increased in the absorbance at 1088, 1240 and 1400 cm-1, which are associated with phosphate stretching mode vibrations from phosphorylated proteins and DNA back bone; and symmetric stretching mode vibration of COO- from fatty acids, amino acids, lipids and carbohydrate metabolites. However, the high glucose treated cells have shown a different changes in the 1000-1200 cm-1 region, which is linked to the glycogen and ATP:ADP ratio. In conclusion, live-cell FTIR can be a low-cost method for the studies of metabolic changes in cells.
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- Anchisa Poonprasartporn
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, SE1 9NH, United Kingdom.
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He Y, Shi J, Pleitez MA, Maslov K, Wagenaar DA, Wang LV. Label-free imaging of lipid-rich biological tissues by mid-infrared photoacoustic microscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2020; 25:JBO-200145RR. [PMID: 33118344 PMCID: PMC7720905 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.25.10.106506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Mid-infrared (IR) imaging based on the vibrational transition of biomolecules provides good chemical-specific contrast in label-free imaging of biology tissues, making it a popular tool in both biomedical studies and clinical applications. However, the current technology typically requires thin and dried or extremely flat samples, whose complicated processing limits this technology's broader translation. AIM To address this issue, we report mid-IR photoacoustic microscopy (PAM), which can readily work with fresh and thick tissue samples, even when they have rough surfaces. APPROACH We developed a transmission-mode mid-IR PAM system employing an optical parametric oscillation laser operating in the wavelength range from 2.5 to 12 μm. Due to its high sensitivity to optical absorption and the low ultrasonic attenuation of tissue, our PAM achieved greater probing depth than Fourier transform IR spectroscopy, thus enabling imaging fresh and thick tissue samples with rough surfaces. RESULTS In our spectroscopy study, the CH2 symmetric stretching at 2850 cm - 1 (3508 nm) was found to be an excellent source of endogenous contrast for lipids. At this wavenumber, we demonstrated label-free imaging of the lipid composition in fresh, manually cut, and unprocessed tissue sections of up to 3-mm thickness. CONCLUSIONS Our technology requires no time-consuming sample preparation procedure and has great potential in both fast clinical histological analysis and fundamental biological studies.
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- Yun He
- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- California Institute of Technology, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Pasadena, California, United States
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- California Institute of Technology, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Pasadena, California, United States
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- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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- California Institute of Technology, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Pasadena, California, United States
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- California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Pasadena, California, United States
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- California Institute of Technology, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Caltech Optical Imaging Laboratory, Pasadena, California, United States
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FTIR micro-spectroscopy using synchrotron-based and thermal source-based radiation for probing live bacteria. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:7049-7061. [PMID: 32839857 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02835-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has proven to be a non-invasive tool to analyse cells without the hurdle of employing exogenous dyes or probes. Nevertheless, the study of single live bacteria in their aqueous environment has long remained a big challenge, due to the strong infrared absorption of water and the small size of bacteria compared to the micron-range infrared wavelengths of the probing photons. To record infrared spectra of bacteria in an aqueous environment, at different spatial resolutions, two setups were developed. A custom-built attenuated total reflection inverted microscope was coupled to a synchrotron-based FTIR spectrometer, using a germanium hemisphere. With such a setup, a projected spot size of 1 × 1 μm2 was achieved, which allowed spectral acquisition at the single-cell level in the 1800-1300 cm-1 region. The second setup used a demountable liquid micro-chamber with a thermal source-powered FTIR microscope, in transmission geometry, for probing clusters of a few thousands of live cells in the mid-IR region (4000-975 cm-1). Both setups were applied for studying two strains of a model lactic acid bacterium exhibiting different cryo-resistances. The two approaches allowed the discrimination of both strains and revealed population heterogeneity among bacteria at different spatial resolutions. The multivariate analysis of spectra indicated that the cryo-sensitive cells presented the highest cell heterogeneity and the highest content of proteins with the α-helix structure. Furthermore, the results from clusters of bacterial cells evidenced phosphate and peptidoglycan vibrational bands associated with the cell envelope, as potential markers of resistance to environmental conditions. Graphical Abstract.
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Kratz C, Furchner A, Sun G, Rappich J, Hinrichs K. Sensing and structure analysis by in situIR spectroscopy: from mL flow cells to microfluidic applications. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:393002. [PMID: 32235045 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab8523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In situmid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy in liquids is an emerging field for the analysis of functional surfaces and chemical reactions. Different basic geometries exist forin situMIR spectroscopy in milliliter (mL) and microfluidic flow cells, such as attenuated total reflection (ATR), simple reflection, transmission and fiber waveguides. After a general introduction of linear opticalin situMIR techniques, the methodology of ATR, ellipsometric and microfluidic applications in single-reflection geometries is presented. Selected examples focusing on thin layers relevant to optical, electronical, polymer, biomedical, sensing and silicon technology are discussed. The development of an optofluidic platform translates IR spectroscopy to the world of micro- and nanofluidics. With the implementation of SEIRA (surface enhanced infrared absorption) interfaces, the sensitivity of optofluidic analyses of biomolecules can be improved significantly. A large variety of enhancement surfaces ranging from tailored nanostructures to metal-island film substrates are promising for this purpose. Meanwhile, time-resolved studies, such as sub-monolayer formation of organic molecules in nL volumes, become available in microscopic or laser-based set-ups. With the adaption of modern brilliant IR sources, such as tunable and broadband IR lasers as well as frequency comb sources, possible applications of far-field IR spectroscopy inin situsensing with high lateral (sub-mm) and time (sub-s) resolution are considerably extended.
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- ISAS-e.V., Schwarzschildstr. 8, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Kekuléstr. 5, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Kelp G, Li J, Lu J, DiNapoli N, Delgado R, Liu C, Fan D, Dutta-Gupta S, Shvets G. Infrared spectroscopy of live cells from a flowing solution using electrically-biased plasmonic metasurfaces. LAB ON A CHIP 2020; 20:2136-2153. [PMID: 32406430 DOI: 10.1039/c9lc01054h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Spectral cytopathology (SCP) is a promising label-free technique for diagnosing diseases and monitoring therapeutic outcomes using FTIR spectroscopy. In most cases, cells must be immobilized on a substrate prior to spectroscopic interrogation. This creates significant limitations for high throughput phenotypic whole-cell analysis, especially for the non-adherent cells. Here we demonstrate how metasurface-enhanced infrared reflection spectroscopy (MEIRS) can be applied to a continuous flow of live cell solution by applying AC voltage to metallic metasurfaces. By integrating metasurfaces with microfluidic delivery channels and attracting the cells to the metasurface via dielectrophoretic (DEP) force, we collect the infrared spectra of cells in real time within a minute, and correlate the spectra with simultaneously acquired images of the attracted cells. The resulting DEP-MEIRS technique paves the way for rapid SCP of complex cell-containing body fluids with low cell concentrations, and for the development of a wide range of label-free liquid biopsies.
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- Glen Kelp
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Altharawi A, Rahman KM, Chan KLA. Identifying the Responses from the Estrogen Receptor-Expressed MCF7 Cells Treated in Anticancer Drugs of Different Modes of Action Using Live-Cell FTIR Spectroscopy. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:12698-12706. [PMID: 32548453 PMCID: PMC7288356 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b04369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Recently, we have shown that changes in Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of living MDA-MB-231 cells (a triple negative cell line) upon exposure to anticancer drugs reflect the changes in the cellular compositions which are correlated to the modes of action of drugs. In the present study, MCF7 cells (an estrogen receptor expressing breast cancer cell line) were exposed to three anticancer drugs belonging to two well-characterized anticancer classes: selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) and DNA-intercalating agent. First, we evaluated if the changes in the spectrum of cells are according to the modes of action of drugs and the characteristics of the MCF7 cell line in the same way as the MDA-MB-231 cell. Living MCF7 cells were treated in the three drugs at half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50), and the difference spectra were analyzed using principal component analysis (PCA). The results demonstrated clear separation between tamoxifen/toremifene (SERM)-treated cells from the doxorubicin (DNA-intercalator)-treated and untreated cells (control). Tamoxifen and toremifene induced similar spectral changes in the cellular compositions of MCF7 cells and lead to the clustering of these two drugs in the same quadrant of the principal component 1 (PC1) versus PC2 score plots. The separation is mostly attributed to their similar modes of actions. However, doxorubicin-treated MCF7 cells highlighted spectral changes that mainly occur in bands at 1085 and 1200-1240 cm-1, which could be associated with the DNA-intercalation effects of the drug. Second, the pairwise PCA at various individual time points was employed to investigate whether the spectral changes of MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 cells in response to the IC50 of tamoxifen/toremifene and doxorubicin are dependent on the characteristics of the cell lines. The estrogen-expressing MCF7 cells demonstrated significant differences in response to the SERMs in comparison to the triple negative MDA-MB-231 cells, suggesting that different modes of action have taken place in the two tested cell lines. In contrast, the doxorubicin-treated MDA-MB-231 and MCF7 cells show similar changes in 1150-950 cm-1, which indicates that the DNA intercalation effect of doxorubicin is found in both cell lines. The results have demonstrated that live-cell FTIR analysis is sensitive to the different modes of action from the same drugs on cells with different characteristics.
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- Ali Altharawi
- Institute
of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer Studies and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9NH, U.K.
- College
of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz
University, Al-Kharj 16278, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Institute
of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer Studies and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9NH, U.K.
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- Institute
of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer Studies and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9NH, U.K.
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Chan KLA, Altharawi A, Fale P, Song CL, Kazarian SG, Cinque G, Untereiner V, Sockalingum GD. Transmission Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging, Mapping, and Synchrotron Scanning Microscopy with Zinc Sulfide Hemispheres on Living Mammalian Cells at Sub-Cellular Resolution. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 74:544-552. [PMID: 32031010 DOI: 10.1177/0003702819898275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic imaging and microscopy of single living cells are established label-free technique for the study of cell biology. The constant driver to improve the spatial resolution of the technique is due to the diffraction limit given by infrared (IR) wavelength making subcellular study challenging. Recently, we have reported, with the use of a prototype zinc sulfide (ZnS) transmission cell made of two hemispheres, that the spatial resolution is improved by the factor of the refractive index of ZnS, achieving a λ/2.7 spatial resolution using the synchrotron-IR microscopy with a 36× objective with numerical aperture of 0.5. To refine and to demonstrate that the ZnS hemisphere transmission device can be translated to standard bench-top FT-IR imaging systems, we have, in this work, modified the device to achieve a more precise path length, which has improved the spectral quality of the living cells, and showed for the first time that the device can be applied to study live cells with three different bench-top FT-IR imaging systems. We applied focal plane array (FPA) imaging, linear array, and a synchrotron radiation single-point scanning method and demonstrated that in all cases, subcellular details of individual living cells can be obtained. Results have shown that imaging with the FPA detector can measure the largest area in a given time, while measurements from the scanning methods produced a smoother image. Synchrotron radiation single-point mapping produced the best quality image and has the flexibility to introduce over sampling to produce images of cells with great details, but it is time consuming in scanning mode. In summary, this work has demonstrated that the ZnS hemispheres can be applied in all three spectroscopic approaches to improve the spatial resolution without any modification to the existing microscopes.
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- Ka Lung Andrew Chan
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, UK
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, UK
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- Faculty of Sciences, BioISI-Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Plateforme en Imagerie Cellulaire et Tissulaire (PICT), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
- University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Pharmacy, Reims, France
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Roman M, Wrobel TP, Paluszkiewicz C, Kwiatek WM. Comparison between high definition FT-IR, Raman and AFM-IR for subcellular chemical imaging of cholesteryl esters in prostate cancer cells. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2020; 13:e201960094. [PMID: 31999078 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201960094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The family of vibrational spectroscopic imaging techniques grows every few years and there is a need to compare and contrast new modalities with the better understood ones, especially in the case of demanding biological samples. Three vibrational spectroscopy techniques (high definition Fourier-transform infrared [FT-IR], Raman and atomic force microscopy infrared [AFM-IR]) were applied for subcellular chemical imaging of cholesteryl esters in PC-3 prostate cancer cells. The techniques were compared and contrasted in terms of image quality, spectral pattern and chemical information. All tested techniques were found to be useful in chemical imaging of cholesterol derivatives in cancer cells. The results obtained from FT-IR and Raman imaging showed to be comparable, whereas those achieved from AFM-IR study exhibited higher spectral heterogeneity. It confirms AFM-IR method as a powerful tool in local chemical imaging of cells at the nanoscale level. Furthermore, due to polarization effect, p-polarized AFM-IR spectra showed strong enhancement of lipid bands when compared to FT-IR.
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- Maciej Roman
- Department of Experimental Physics of Complex Systems, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Physics of Complex Systems, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Physics of Complex Systems, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Physics of Complex Systems, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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Beć KB, Grabska J, Huck CW. Biomolecular and bioanalytical applications of infrared spectroscopy - A review. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1133:150-177. [PMID: 32993867 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Infrared (IR; or mid-infrared, MIR; 4000-400 cm-1; 2500-25,000 nm) spectroscopy has become one of the most powerful and versatile tools at the disposal of modern bioscience. Because of its high molecular specificity, applicability to wide variety of samples, rapid measurement and non-invasivity, IR spectroscopy forms a potent approach to elucidate qualitative and quantitative information from various kinds of biological material. For these reasons, it became an established bioanalytical technique with diverse applications. This work aims to be a comprehensive and critical review of the recent accomplishments in the field of biomolecular and bioanalytical IR spectroscopy. That progress is presented on a wider background, with fundamental characteristics, the basic principles of the technique outlined, and its scientific capability directly compared with other methods being used in similar fields (e.g. near-infrared, Raman, fluorescence). The article aims to present a complete examination of the topic, as it touches the background phenomena, instrumentation, spectra processing and data analytical methods, spectra interpretation and related information. To suit this goal, the article includes a tutorial information essential to obtain a thorough perspective of bio-related applications of the reviewed methodologies. The importance of the fundamental factors to the final performance and applicability of IR spectroscopy in various areas of bioscience is explained. This information is interpreted in critical way, with aim to gain deep understanding why IR spectroscopy finds extraordinarily intensive use in this remarkably diverse and dynamic field of research and utility. The major focus is placed on the diversity of the applications in which IR biospectroscopy has been established so far and those onto which it is expanding nowadays. This includes qualitative and quantitative analytical spectroscopy, spectral imaging, medical diagnosis, monitoring of biophysical processes, and studies of physicochemical properties and dynamics of biomolecules. The application potential of IR spectroscopy in light of the current accomplishments and the future prospects is critically evaluated and its significance in the progress of bioscience is comprehensively presented.
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- Krzysztof B Beć
- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Phelan J, Altharawi A, Chan KLA. Tracking glycosylation in live cells using FTIR spectroscopy. Talanta 2020; 211:120737. [PMID: 32070609 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.120737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This is the first demonstration of the study of glycan protein turnover in living cells by FTIR with commercially available tetraacetylated N-Azidoacetyl-D-Mannosamine (Ac4ManNAz) label. The FTIR analysis has shown to be able to monitor the metabolism of glycans in living cells in real time. The method is simple, quantitative and requires equipment that are available in many laboratories. It can be used in a wide range of applications such as the study of glycosylation and cell-signalling.
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- Joshua Phelan
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, SE1 9NH, UK; Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, USA
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, SE1 9NH, UK
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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Clède S, Sandt C, Dumas P, Policar C. Monitoring the Kinetics of the Cellular Uptake of a Metal Carbonyl Conjugated with a Lipidic Moiety in Living Cells Using Synchrotron Infrared Spectromicroscopy. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 74:63-71. [PMID: 31617373 DOI: 10.1177/0003702819877260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Presented here is the exploitation of synchrotron infrared spectromicroscopy to evaluate the feasibility of monitoring the cellular uptake of rhenium-tris-carbonyl-tagged (Re(CO)3) lipophilic chains in living cells. To this aim, an in-house thermostated microfluidic device was used to limit water absorption while keeping cells alive. Indeed, cells showed a high survival rate in the microfluidic device over the course of the experiment, proving the short-term biocompatibility of the device. We recorded spectra of single, living, fully hydrated breast cancer MDA-MB231 cells and could follow the penetration of the rhenium complexes for up to 2 h. Despite the strong variations observed in the uptake kinetics between individual cells, the Re(CO)3 complex was traced inside the cells at low concentration and shown to enter them on the hour time scale by active transport.
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- Sylvain Clède
- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, Ecole normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne université, Paris, France
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- SMIS beamline, SOLEIL synchrotron, L'orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- SMIS beamline, SOLEIL synchrotron, L'orme des Merisiers, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire des biomolécules, LBM, Département de chimie, Ecole normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne université, Paris, France
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Wang Y, Jiang Z, Xu D, Chen T, Chen B, Wang S, Mu N, Feng H, Yao J. Study of the dielectric characteristics of living glial-like cells using terahertz ATR spectroscopy. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 10:5351-5361. [PMID: 31646050 PMCID: PMC6788616 DOI: 10.1364/boe.10.005351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The attenuated total reflection spectroscopy system with the Si container attached on the prism has been demonstrated as an efficient technique to obtain the dielectric properties of living cells in the THz range. We proposed a method to determine the dielectric responses of living cells based on the combination of the single-interface and two-interface ATR models without cell thickness. The experimental results for living glial-like cells (PC12, SVG P12 and HMO6) showed the dielectric responses in the THz region were related significantly to cell number, intracellular fluid, and cell structure. Moreover, the glioma cells (C6 and U87) exhibited different dielectric properties compared with the glial-like cells, which could be one reason for the glioma tissue diagnosis using THz wave.
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- Yuye Wang
- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Kelp G, Arju N, Lee A, Esquivel E, Delgado R, Yu Y, Dutta-Gupta S, Sokolov K, Shvets G. Application of metasurface-enhanced infra-red spectroscopy to distinguish between normal and cancerous cell types. Analyst 2019; 144:1115-1127. [PMID: 30702730 PMCID: PMC6437688 DOI: 10.1039/c8an01433g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of biological cells can reveal clinically important information about cells' composition, including their normal or cancerous status. The recently emerged diagnostic technique of spectral cytopathology (SCP) combines FTIR with multivariate statistical analysis to detect cell abnormalities, differentiate between cell types, and monitor disease progression. We demonstrate a new variant of SCP, a metasurface-enhanced infrared reflection spectroscopic cytopathology (MEIRSC) that utilises judiciously designed plasmonic metasurfaces to localize and enhance the evanescent field near the cell's membrane, and to carry out spectroscopic interrogations of the cells attached to the metasurface using reflected infrared light. Our findings indicate that the MEIRSC approach enables us to differentiate between normal and cancerous human colon cells. The sensitivity of MEIRSC is such that a very small (about 50 nm deep) portion of the cell can yield valuable diagnostic information.
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- G Kelp
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA and School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. and Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana 502285, India
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- Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Altharawi A, Rahman KM, Chan KLA. Towards identifying the mode of action of drugs using live-cell FTIR spectroscopy. Analyst 2019; 144:2725-2735. [DOI: 10.1039/c8an02218f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has been shown to be a promising tool for identifying the mode of action of drugs.
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- Ali Altharawi
- School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science
- King's College London
- UK
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Azarfar G, Aboualizadeh E, Walter NM, Ratti S, Olivieri C, Norici A, Nasse M, Kohler A, Giordano M, Hirschmugl CJ. Estimating and correcting interference fringes in infrared spectra in infrared hyperspectral imaging. Analyst 2018; 143:4674-4683. [PMID: 30176033 DOI: 10.1039/c8an00093j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Short-term acclimation response of individual cells of Thalassiosira weissflogii was monitored by Synchrotron FTIR imaging over the span of 75 minutes. The cells, collected from batch cultures, were maintained in a constant flow of medium, at an irradiance of 120 μmol m-2 s-1 and at 20 °C. Multiple internal reflections due to the micro fluidic channel were modeled, and showed that fringes are additive sinusoids to the pure absorption of the other components of the system. Preprocessing of the hyperspectral cube (x, y, Abs(λ)) included removing spectral fringe using an EMSC approach. Principal component analysis of the time series of hyperspectral cubes showed macromolecular pool variations (carbohydrates, lipids and DNA/RNA) of less than 2% after fringe correction.
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- Ghazal Azarfar
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Chan KLA, Fale PLV, Atharawi A, Wehbe K, Cinque G. Subcellular mapping of living cells via synchrotron microFTIR and ZnS hemispheres. Anal Bioanal Chem 2018; 410:6477-6487. [PMID: 30032447 PMCID: PMC6132686 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-1245-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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FTIR imaging is a label-free, non-destructive method valuably exploited in the study of the biological process in living cells. However, the long wavelength/low spatial resolution and the strong absorbance of water are still key constrains in the application of IR microscopy ex vivo. In this work, a new retrofit approach based on the use of ZnS hemispheres is introduced to significantly improve the spatial resolution on live cell FTIR imaging. By means of two high refractive index domes sandwiching the sample, a lateral resolution close to 2.2 μm at 6 μm wavelength has been achieved, i.e. below the theoretical diffraction limit in air and more than twice the improvement (to ~λ/2.7) from our previous attempt using CaF2 lenses. The ZnS domes also allowed an extended spectral range to 950 cm−1, in contrast to the cut-off at 1050 cm−1 using CaF2. In combination with synchrotron radiation source, microFTIR provides an improved signal-to-noise ratio through the circa 12 μm thin layer of medium, thus allowing detailed distribution of lipids, protein and nucleic acid in the surround of the nucleus of single living cells. Endoplasmic reticula were clearly shown based on the lipid ν(CH) and ν(C=O) bands, while the DNA was imaged based on the ν(PO2−) band highlighting the nucleus region. This work has also included a demonstration of drug (doxorubicin) in cell measurement to highlight the potential of this approach. Graphical abstract ![]()
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- K L Andrew Chan
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, SE1 9NH, UK.,Center of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, SE1 9NH, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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Dorrepaal RM, Lawless BM, Burton HE, Espino DM, Shepherd DE, Gowen AA. Hyperspectral chemical imaging reveals spatially varied degradation of polycarbonate urethane (PCU) biomaterials. Acta Biomater 2018; 73:81-89. [PMID: 29626697 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hyperspectral chemical imaging (HCI) is an emerging technique which combines spectroscopy with imaging. Unlike traditional point spectroscopy, which is used in the majority of polymer biomaterial degradation studies, HCI enables the acquisition of spatially localised spectra across the surface of a material in an objective manner. Here, we demonstrate that attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infra-red (ATR-FTIR) HCI reveals spatial variation in the degradation of implantable polycarbonate urethane (PCU) biomaterials. It is also shown that HCI can detect possible defects in biomaterial formulation or specimen production; these spatially resolved images reveal regional or scattered spatial heterogeneity. Further, we demonstrate a map sampling method, which can be used in time-sensitive scenarios, allowing for the investigation of degradation across a larger component or component area. Unlike imaging, mapping does not produce a contiguous image, yet grants an insight into the spatial heterogeneity of the biomaterial across a larger area. These novel applications of HCI demonstrate its ability to assist in the detection of defective manufacturing components and lead to a deeper understanding of how a biomaterial's chemical structure changes due to implantation. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The human body is an aggressive environment for implantable devices and their biomaterial components. Polycarbonate urethane (PCU) biomaterials in particular were investigated in this study. Traditionally one or a few points on the PCU surface are analysed using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. However the selection of acquisition points is susceptible to operator bias and critical information can be lost. This study utilises hyperspectral chemical imaging (HCI) to demonstrate that the degradation of a biomaterial varies spatially. Further, HCI revealed spatial variations of biomaterials that were not subjected to oxidative degradation leading to the possibility of HCI being used in the assessment of biomaterial formulation and/or component production.
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Spectroscopic imaging of biomaterials and biological systems with FTIR microscopy or with quantum cascade lasers. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017; 409:5813-5820. [PMID: 28852781 PMCID: PMC5602084 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0574-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Spectroscopic imaging of biomaterials and biological systems has received increased interest within the last decade because of its potential to aid in the detection of disease using biomaterials/biopsy samples and to probe the states of live cells in a label-free manner. The factors behind this increased attention include the availability of improved infrared microscopes and systems that do not require the use of a synchrotron as a light source, as well as the decreasing costs of these systems. This article highlights the current technical challenges and future directions of mid-infrared spectroscopic imaging within this field. Specifically, these are improvements in spatial resolution and spectral quality through the use of novel added lenses and computational algorithms, as well as quantum cascade laser imaging systems, which offer advantages over traditional Fourier transform infrared systems with respect to the speed of acquisition and field of view. Overcoming these challenges will push forward spectroscopic imaging as a viable tool for disease diagnostics and medical research. Absorbance images of a biopsy obtained using an FTIR imaging microscope with and without an added lens, and also using a QCL microscope with high-NA objective. ![]()
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Harrison JP, Berry D. Vibrational Spectroscopy for Imaging Single Microbial Cells in Complex Biological Samples. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:675. [PMID: 28450860 PMCID: PMC5390015 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Vibrational spectroscopy is increasingly used for the rapid and non-destructive imaging of environmental and medical samples. Both Raman and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) imaging have been applied to obtain detailed information on the chemical composition of biological materials, ranging from single microbial cells to tissues. Due to its compatibility with methods such as stable isotope labeling for the monitoring of cellular activities, vibrational spectroscopy also holds considerable power as a tool in microbial ecology. Chemical imaging of undisturbed biological systems (such as live cells in their native habitats) presents unique challenges due to the physical and chemical complexity of the samples, potential for spectral interference, and frequent need for real-time measurements. This Mini Review provides a critical synthesis of recent applications of Raman and FT-IR spectroscopy for characterizing complex biological samples, with a focus on developments in single-cell imaging. We also discuss how new spectroscopic methods could be used to overcome current limitations of single-cell analyses. Given the inherent complementarity of Raman and FT-IR spectroscopic methods, we discuss how combining these approaches could enable us to obtain new insights into biological activities either in situ or under conditions that simulate selected properties of the natural environment.
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- Jesse P Harrison
- Division of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Research Network "Chemistry Meets Microbiology", University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Division of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Research Network "Chemistry Meets Microbiology", University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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Andrew Chan KL, Kazarian SG. Attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) imaging of tissues and live cells. Chem Soc Rev 2016; 45:1850-64. [PMID: 26488803 DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00515a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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FTIR spectroscopic imaging is a label-free, non-destructive and chemically specific technique that can be utilised to study a wide range of biomedical applications such as imaging of biopsy tissues, fixed cells and live cells, including cancer cells. In particular, the use of FTIR imaging in attenuated total reflection (ATR) mode has attracted much attention because of the small, but well controlled, depth of penetration and corresponding path length of infrared light into the sample. This has enabled the study of samples containing large amounts of water, as well as achieving an increased spatial resolution provided by the high refractive index of the micro-ATR element. This review is focused on discussing the recent developments in FTIR spectroscopic imaging, particularly in ATR sampling mode, and its applications in the biomedical science field as well as discussing the future opportunities possible as the imaging technology continues to advance.
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- K L Andrew Chan
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, SE1 9NH, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Loutherback K, Birarda G, Chen L, Holman HYN. Microfluidic approaches to synchrotron radiation-based Fourier transform infrared (SR-FTIR) spectral microscopy of living biosystems. Protein Pept Lett 2016; 23:273-82. [PMID: 26732243 PMCID: PMC4997923 DOI: 10.2174/0929866523666160106154035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A long-standing desire in biological and biomedical sciences is to be able to probe cellular chemistry as biological processes are happening inside living cells. Synchrotron radiation-based Fourier transform infrared (SR-FTIR) spectral microscopy is a label-free and nondestructive analytical technique that can provide spatiotemporal distributions and relative abundances of biomolecules of a specimen by their characteristic vibrational modes. Despite great progress in recent years, SR-FTIR imaging of living biological systems remains challenging because of the demanding requirements on environmental control and strong infrared absorption of water. To meet this challenge, microfluidic devices have emerged as a method to control the water thickness while providing a hospitable environment to measure cellular processes and responses over many hours or days. This paper will provide an overview of microfluidic device development for SR-FTIR imaging of living biological systems, provide contrast between the various techniques including closed and open-channel designs, and discuss future directions of development within this area. Even as the fundamental science and technological demonstrations develop, other ongoing issues must be addressed; for example, choosing applications whose experimental requirements closely match device capabilities, and developing strategies to efficiently complete the cycle of development. These will require imagination, ingenuity and collaboration.
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- Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared Structural Biology Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Dazzi A, Prater CB. AFM-IR: Technology and Applications in Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemical Imaging. Chem Rev 2016; 117:5146-5173. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 532] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Alexandre Dazzi
- Laboratoire
de Chimie Physique, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Anasys Instruments, 325 Chapala
St., Santa Barbara, California 93101, United States
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Hackett MJ, Sylvain NJ, Hou H, Caine S, Alaverdashvili M, Pushie MJ, Kelly ME. Concurrent Glycogen and Lactate Imaging with FTIR Spectroscopy To Spatially Localize Metabolic Parameters of the Glial Response Following Brain Ischemia. Anal Chem 2016; 88:10949-10956. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Mark J. Hackett
- Nanochemistry
Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
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- Department
of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Suite B419 Health
Sciences Building, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department
of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Suite B419 Health
Sciences Building, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- College
of Pharmacy and Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins
Road, Suite B221 Health Sciences Building, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- College
of Pharmacy and Nutrition, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins
Road, Suite B221 Health Sciences Building, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department
of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Suite B419 Health
Sciences Building, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department
of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Suite B419 Health
Sciences Building, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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Pilling M, Gardner P. Fundamental developments in infrared spectroscopic imaging for biomedical applications. Chem Soc Rev 2016; 45:1935-57. [PMID: 26996636 DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00846h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Infrared chemical imaging is a rapidly emerging field with new advances in instrumentation, data acquisition and data analysis. These developments have had significant impact in biomedical applications and numerous studies have now shown that this technology offers great promise for the improved diagnosis of the diseased state. Relying on purely biochemical signatures rather than contrast from exogenous dyes and stains, infrared chemical imaging has the potential to revolutionise histopathology for improved disease diagnosis. In this review we discuss the recent advances in infrared spectroscopic imaging specifically related to spectral histopathology (SHP) and consider the current state of the field. Finally we consider the practical application of SHP for disease diagnosis and consider potential barriers to clinical translation highlighting current directions and the future outlook.
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- Michael Pilling
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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Quaroni L, Zlateva T, Wehbe K, Cinque G. Infrared imaging of small molecules in living cells: from in vitro metabolic analysis to cytopathology. Faraday Discuss 2016; 187:259-71. [DOI: 10.1039/c5fd00156k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A major topic in InfraRed (IR) spectroscopic studies of living cells is the complexity of the vibrational spectra, involving hundreds of overlapping absorption bands from all the cellular components present at detectable concentrations. We focus on the relative contribution of both small-molecule metabolites and macromolecules, while defining the spectroscopic properties of cells and tissue in the middle IR (midIR) region. As a consequence, we show the limitations of current interpretative schemes that rely on a small number of macromolecules for IR band assignment. The discussion is framed specifically around the glycolytic metabolism of cancer cells because of the potential pharmacological applications. Several metabolites involved in glycolysis by A549 lung cancer cells can be identified by this approach, which we refer to as Correlated Cellular Spectro-Microscopy (CSM). It is noteworthy that the rate of formation or consumption of specific molecules could be quantitatively assessed by this approach. We now extend this analysis to the two-dimensional case by performing IR imaging on single cells and cell clusters, detecting variations of metabolite concentration in time and space across the sample. The molecular detail obtained from this analysis allows its use in evaluating the pharmacological effect of inhibitors of glycolytic enzymes with potential consequences for in vitro drug testing. Finally we highlight the implications of the spectral contribution from cellular metabolites on applications in IR spectral cytopathology (SCP).
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- Luca Quaroni
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Kraków
- Poland
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Perro A, Lebourdon G, Henry S, Lecomte S, Servant L, Marre S. Combining microfluidics and FT-IR spectroscopy: towards spatially resolved information on chemical processes. REACT CHEM ENG 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6re00127k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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This review outlines the combination of infrared spectroscopy and continuous microfluidic processes.
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- Adeline Perro
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires
- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS
- 33405 Talence
- France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires
- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS
- 33405 Talence
- France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nanoobjets
- Université de Bordeaux —CNRS
- 33607 Pessac
- France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nanoobjets
- Université de Bordeaux —CNRS
- 33607 Pessac
- France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires
- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS
- 33405 Talence
- France
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Wrobel TP, Vichi A, Baranska M, Kazarian SG. Micro-Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared (Micro ATR FT-IR) Spectroscopic Imaging with Variable Angles of Incidence. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2015; 69:1170-1174. [PMID: 26449810 DOI: 10.1366/15-07963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The control of the angle of incidence in attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy allows for the probing of the sample at different depths of penetration of the evanescent wave. This approach has been recently coupled with macro-imaging capability using a diamond ATR accessory. In this paper, the design of optical apertures for the micro-germanium (Ge) ATR objective is presented for an FT-IR spectroscopic imaging microscope, allowing measurements with different angles of incidence. This approach provides the possibility of three-dimensional (3D) profiling in micro-ATR FT-IR imaging mode. The proof of principle results for measurements of polymer laminate samples at different angles of incidence confirm that controlling the depth of penetration is possible using a Ge ATR objective with added apertures.
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- Tomasz P Wrobel
- Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, Bobrzynskiego 14, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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FTIR spectral signature of anticancer drugs. Can drug mode of action be identified? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2015; 1864:85-101. [PMID: 26327318 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Infrared spectroscopy has brought invaluable information about proteins and about the mechanism of action of enzymes. These achievements are difficult to transpose to living organisms as all biological molecules absorb in the mid infrared, with usually a high degree of overlap. Deciphering the contribution of each enzyme is therefore almost impossible. On the other hand, small changes in the infrared spectra of cells induced by environmental conditions or drugs may provide an accurate signature of the metabolic shift experienced by the cell as a response to a change in the growth medium. The present paper aims at reviewing the contribution of infrared spectroscopy to the description of small chemical changes that occur in cells when they are exposed to a drug. In particular, this review will focus on cancer cells and anti-cancer drugs. Results accumulated so far tend to demonstrate that infrared spectroscopy could be a very accurate descriptor of the mode of action of anticancer drugs. If confirmed, such a segmentation of potential drugs according to their "mode of action" will be invaluable for the discovery of new therapeutic molecules. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Physiological Enzymology and Protein Functions.
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Fale PL, Altharawi A, Chan KLA. In situ Fourier transform infrared analysis of live cells' response to doxorubicin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:2640-8. [PMID: 26231933 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Revised: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The study of the response of cancer cells to chemotherapy drugs is of high importance due to the specificity of some drugs to certain types of cancer and the resistance of some specific cancer types to chemotherapy drugs. Our aim was to develop and apply the label-free and non-destructive Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) method to determine the sensitivity of three different cancer cell-lines to a common anti-cancer drug doxorubicin at different concentrations and to demonstrate that information about the mechanism of resistance to the chemotherapy drug can be extracted from spectral data. HeLa, PC3, and Caco-2 cells were seeded and grown on an attenuated total reflection (ATR) crystal, doxorubicin was applied at the clinically significant concentration of 0.1-20 μM, and spectra of the cells were collected hourly over 20 h. Analysis of the amide bands was correlated with cell viability, which had been cross validated with MTT assays, allowing to determine that the three cell lines had significantly different resistance to doxorubicin. The difference spectra and principal component analysis (PCA) highlighted the subtle chemical changes in the living cells under treatment. Spectral regions assigned to nucleic acids (mainly 1085 cm(-1)) and carbohydrates (mainly 1024 cm(-1)) showed changes that could be related to the mode of action of the drug and the mechanism of resistance of the cell lines to doxorubicin. This is a cost-effective method that does not require bioassay reagents but allows label-free, non-destructive and in situ analysis of chemical changes in live cells, using standard FTIR equipment adapted to ATR measurements.
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- Pedro L Fale
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, SE1 9NH, UK
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, SE1 9NH, UK
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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Gelfand P, Smith RJ, Stavitski E, Borchelt DR, Miller LM. Characterization of Protein Structural Changes in Living Cells Using Time-Lapsed FTIR Imaging. Anal Chem 2015; 87:6025-31. [PMID: 25965274 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic imaging is a widely used method for studying the chemistry of proteins, lipids, and DNA in biological systems without the need for additional tagging or labeling. This technique can be especially powerful for spatially resolved, temporal studies of dynamic changes such as in vivo protein folding in cell culture models. However, FTIR imaging experiments have typically been limited to dry samples as a result of the significant spectral overlap between water and the protein Amide I band centered at 1650 cm(-1). Here, we demonstrate a method to rapidly obtain high quality FTIR spectral images at submicron pixel resolution in vivo over a duration of 18 h and longer through the development and use of a custom-built, demountable, microfluidic-incubator and a FTIR microscope coupled to a focal plane array (FPA) detector and a synchrotron light source. The combined system maximizes ease of use by allowing a user to perform standard cell culture techniques and experimental manipulation outside of the microfluidic-incubator, where assembly can be done just before the start of experimentation. The microfluidic-incubator provides an optimal path length of 6-8 μm and a submillimeter working distance in order to obtain FTIR images with 0.54-0.77 μm pixel resolution. In addition, we demonstrate a novel method for the correction of spectral distortions caused by varying concentrations of water over a subconfluent field of cells. Lastly, we use the microfluidic-incubator and time-lapsed FTIR imaging to determine the misfolding pathway of mutant copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1), the protein known to be a cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS).
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- Paul Gelfand
- †Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- ‡National Synchrotron Light Source-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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- ‡National Synchrotron Light Source-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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- §Department of Neuroscience, Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, Santa Fe HealthCare Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States.,‡National Synchrotron Light Source-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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Recent applications of hyperspectral imaging in microbiology. Talanta 2015; 137:43-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2014] [Revised: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Loutherback K, Chen L, Holman HYN. Open-Channel Microfluidic Membrane Device for Long-Term FT-IR Spectromicroscopy of Live Adherent Cells. Anal Chem 2015; 87:4601-6. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Kevin Loutherback
- Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared
Structural Biology (BSISB) Program, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared
Structural Biology (BSISB) Program, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared
Structural Biology (BSISB) Program, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Sreedhar H, Varma VK, Nguyen PL, Davidson B, Akkina S, Guzman G, Setty S, Kajdacsy-Balla A, Walsh MJ. High-definition Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic imaging of human tissue sections towards improving pathology. J Vis Exp 2015:52332. [PMID: 25650759 PMCID: PMC4395079 DOI: 10.3791/52332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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High-definition Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic imaging is an emerging approach to obtain detailed images that have associated biochemical information. FT-IR imaging of tissue is based on the principle that different regions of the mid-infrared are absorbed by different chemical bonds (e.g., C=O, C-H, N-H) within cells or tissue that can then be related to the presence and composition of biomolecules (e.g., lipids, DNA, glycogen, protein, collagen). In an FT-IR image, every pixel within the image comprises an entire Infrared (IR) spectrum that can give information on the biochemical status of the cells that can then be exploited for cell-type or disease-type classification. In this paper, we show: how to obtain IR images from human tissues using an FT-IR system, how to modify existing instrumentation to allow for high-definition imaging capabilities, and how to visualize FT-IR images. We then present some applications of FT-IR for pathology using the liver and kidney as examples. FT-IR imaging holds exciting applications in providing a novel route to obtain biochemical information from cells and tissue in an entirely label-free non-perturbing route towards giving new insight into biomolecular changes as part of disease processes. Additionally, this biochemical information can potentially allow for objective and automated analysis of certain aspects of disease diagnosis.
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- Hari Sreedhar
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
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- Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago; Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
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- Department of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago
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- Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago
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- Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Vasdekis AE, Stephanopoulos G. Review of methods to probe single cell metabolism and bioenergetics. Metab Eng 2015; 27:115-135. [PMID: 25448400 PMCID: PMC4399830 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Single cell investigations have enabled unexpected discoveries, such as the existence of biological noise and phenotypic switching in infection, metabolism and treatment. Herein, we review methods that enable such single cell investigations specific to metabolism and bioenergetics. Firstly, we discuss how to isolate and immobilize individuals from a cell suspension, including both permanent and reversible approaches. We also highlight specific advances in microbiology for its implications in metabolic engineering. Methods for probing single cell physiology and metabolism are subsequently reviewed. The primary focus therein is on dynamic and high-content profiling strategies based on label-free and fluorescence microspectroscopy and microscopy. Non-dynamic approaches, such as mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance, are also briefly discussed.
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- Andreas E Vasdekis
- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99354, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 56-469, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Chan KLA, Fale PLV. Label-Free in Situ Quantification of Drug in Living Cells at Micromolar Levels Using Infrared Spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2014; 86:11673-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ac503915c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- K. L. Andrew Chan
- Institute
of Pharmaceutical
Science, King's College London, London SE1 9NH, U.K
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- Institute
of Pharmaceutical
Science, King's College London, London SE1 9NH, U.K
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Quaroni L, Obst M, Nowak M, Zobi F. Dreidimensionale Tomographie im mittleren Infrarotbereich von endogenen und exogenen Molekülen in einer einzelnen Zelle mit subzellulärer Auflösung. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201407728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Luca Quaroni
- Département de Chimie, Université de Fribourg, Chemin de Musée 9, 1700 Fribourg (Schweiz)
- Derzeitige Adresse: Functional Genomics Center Zurich, 8057 Zürich (Schweiz)
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- Institut für Geowissenschaften, Eberhard Karls‐Universität Tübingen, Hölderlinstraße 12, 72074 Tübingen (Deutschland)
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- Institut für Geowissenschaften, Eberhard Karls‐Universität Tübingen, Hölderlinstraße 12, 72074 Tübingen (Deutschland)
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Fribourg, Chemin de Musée 9, 1700 Fribourg (Schweiz)
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Quaroni L, Obst M, Nowak M, Zobi F. Three-dimensional mid-infrared tomographic imaging of endogenous and exogenous molecules in a single intact cell with subcellular resolution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 54:318-22. [PMID: 25395248 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201407728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Microscopy in the mid-infrared spectral range provides detailed chemical information on a sample at moderate spatial resolution and is being used increasingly in the characterization of biological entities as challenging as single cells. However, a conventional cellular 2D imaging measurement is limited in its ability to associate specific compositional information to subcellular structures because of the interference from the complex topography of the sample. Herein we provide a method and protocols that overcome this challenge in which tilt-series infrared tomography is used with a standard benchtop infrared microscope. This approach gives access to the quantitative 3D distribution of molecular components based on the intrinsic contrast provided by the sample. We demonstrate the method by quantifying the distribution of an exogenous metal carbonyl complex throughout the cell and by reporting changes in its coordination sphere in different locations in the cell.
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- Luca Quaroni
- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin de Musée 9, 1700 Fribourg (Switzerland); Current address: Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich (Switzerland).
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Clède S, Policar C. Metal-carbonyl units for vibrational and luminescence imaging: towards multimodality. Chemistry 2014; 21:942-58. [PMID: 25376740 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Metal-carbonyl complexes are attractive structures for bio-imaging. In addition to unique vibrational properties due to the CO moieties enabling IR and Raman cell imaging, the appropriate choice of ancillary ligands opens up the opportunity for luminescence detection. Through a classification by techniques, past and recent developments in the application of metal-carbonyl complexes for vibrational and luminescence bio-imaging are reviewed. Finally, their potential as bimodal IR and luminescent probes is addressed.
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- Sylvain Clède
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Département de Chimie, Sorbonne Universités-UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS-ENS-UPMC, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, UMR7203, 24, rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris (France), Fax: (+33) 1-4432-3389
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Baker MJ, Trevisan J, Bassan P, Bhargava R, Butler HJ, Dorling KM, Fielden PR, Fogarty SW, Fullwood NJ, Heys KA, Hughes C, Lasch P, Martin-Hirsch PL, Obinaju B, Sockalingum GD, Sulé-Suso J, Strong RJ, Walsh MJ, Wood BR, Gardner P, Martin FL. Using Fourier transform IR spectroscopy to analyze biological materials. Nat Protoc 2014; 9:1771-91. [PMID: 24992094 PMCID: PMC4480339 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 963] [Impact Index Per Article: 96.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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IR spectroscopy is an excellent method for biological analyses. It enables the nonperturbative, label-free extraction of biochemical information and images toward diagnosis and the assessment of cell functionality. Although not strictly microscopy in the conventional sense, it allows the construction of images of tissue or cell architecture by the passing of spectral data through a variety of computational algorithms. Because such images are constructed from fingerprint spectra, the notion is that they can be an objective reflection of the underlying health status of the analyzed sample. One of the major difficulties in the field has been determining a consensus on spectral pre-processing and data analysis. This manuscript brings together as coauthors some of the leaders in this field to allow the standardization of methods and procedures for adapting a multistage approach to a methodology that can be applied to a variety of cell biological questions or used within a clinical setting for disease screening or diagnosis. We describe a protocol for collecting IR spectra and images from biological samples (e.g., fixed cytology and tissue sections, live cells or biofluids) that assesses the instrumental options available, appropriate sample preparation, different sampling modes as well as important advances in spectral data acquisition. After acquisition, data processing consists of a sequence of steps including quality control, spectral pre-processing, feature extraction and classification of the supervised or unsupervised type. A typical experiment can be completed and analyzed within hours. Example results are presented on the use of IR spectra combined with multivariate data processing.
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- Matthew J Baker
- 1] Centre for Materials Science, Division of Chemistry, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. [2] Present address: WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- 1] Centre for Biophotonics, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. [2] School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Centre for Biophotonics, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Centre for Materials Science, Division of Chemistry, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- 1] Centre for Biophotonics, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. [2] Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Centre for Biophotonics, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Proteomics and Spectroscopy (ZBS 6), Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- Centre for Biophotonics, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Centre for Biophotonics, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Equipe MéDIAN-Biophotonique et Technologies pour la Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UnitéMEDyC, CNRS UMR7369, UFR Pharmacie, SFR CAP-Santé FED4231, Reims, France
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- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, School of Medicine, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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- Centre for Biophotonics, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Biophotonics, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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Sulé-Suso J, Forsyth N, Untereiner V, Sockalingum G. Vibrational spectroscopy in stem cell characterisation: is there a niche? Trends Biotechnol 2014; 32:254-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mitri E, Birarda G, Vaccari L, Kenig S, Tormen M, Grenci G. SU-8 bonding protocol for the fabrication of microfluidic devices dedicated to FTIR microspectroscopy of live cells. LAB ON A CHIP 2014; 14:210-218. [PMID: 24195959 DOI: 10.1039/c3lc50878a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Here we present a new bonding protocol for SU-8 negative tone photoresist that exploits the chemical modifications induced in the resin by exposure to 254 nm (UVC) light. Fourier Transform Infrared microspectroscopy (μ-FTIR) was used to carry out a thorough study on the chemical processes and modifications occurring within the epoxy resin by exposure to 365 nm and 254 nm light. In particular, we established that UVC light promotes the opening of the epoxy rings bypassing the post-exposure bake. The possibility to promote a further activation of the resin, already patterned with standard UV lithography, was exploited to produce closed microfluidic devices. Specifically, we were able to fabricate fluidic chips, characterized by broadband transparency from mid-IR to UV and long term stability in continuous flow conditions. CaF2 was used as substrate, coated by sputtering with a nanometric silicon film, in order to make surface properties of this material more suitable for standard fabrication processes with respect to the original substrate. The fabricated microfluidic chips were used to study by μ-FTIR the biochemical response of live breast cancer MCF-7 cells to osmotic stress and their subsequent lysis induced by the injection of deionized water in the device. μ-FTIR analyses detected fast changes in protein, lipid and nucleic acid content as well as cytosol acidification.
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- Elisa Mitri
- CNR-IOM, TASC laboratory, S. S. 14 km 163.5 Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy.
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General Overview on Vibrational Spectroscopy Applied in Biology and Medicine. CHALLENGES AND ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7832-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Clède S, Policar C, Sandt C. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectromicroscopy to identify cell organelles: correlation with fluorescence staining in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2014; 68:113-117. [PMID: 24405961 DOI: 10.1366/13-07139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Biomolecules display specific vibrational signatures in the infrared (IR) range, and organelles that concentrate these biomolecules can be identified by these IR signatures. Subcellular identification and location of cell organelles using IR signatures is attractive as it does not require the use of any specific trackers and is thus non-invasive and non-destructive. We show here that endogenous IR absorptions are relevant to detecting and imaging the nucleus, the cytoplasm, and the Golgi apparatus/endoplasmic reticulum in MCF-7 breast cancer cells, and we compare these results with our previous work on the HeLa cell line. We correlate maps of fixed and dried cells obtained by synchrotron radiation Fourier transform infrared (SR FT-IR) spectromicroscopy with epifluorescence images using fluorescent trackers for Golgi apparatus and nucleus, namely BODIPY TR C5-ceramide complexed to BSA and DAPI, respectively. Interestingly, the ratios of the IR bands CH2 : CH3 (both asymmetric and symmetric) and CO((ester)):amide I were shown to be reliable gauges of the lipidic character of a cellular compartment, the -CH2 and the CO((ester)) absorptions increasing with the presence of inner membranes like in the Golgi apparatus.
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