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Zheng K, Egawa N, Shiraz A, Katakuse M, Okamura M, Griffin HM, Doorbar J. The Reservoir of Persistent Human Papillomavirus Infection; Strategies for Elimination Using Anti-Viral Therapies. Viruses 2022; 14:214. [PMID: 35215808 PMCID: PMC8876702 DOI: 10.3390/v14020214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Human Papillomaviruses have co-evolved with their human host, with each of the over 200 known HPV types infecting distinct epithelial niches to cause diverse disease pathologies. Despite the success of prophylactic vaccines in preventing high-risk HPV infection, the development of HPV anti-viral therapies has been hampered by the lack of enzymatic viral functions, and by difficulties in translating the results of in vitro experiments into clinically useful treatment regimes. In this review, we discuss recent advances in anti-HPV drug development, and highlight the importance of understanding persistent HPV infections for future anti-viral design. In the infected epithelial basal layer, HPV genomes are maintained at a very low copy number, with only limited viral gene expression; factors which allow them to hide from the host immune system. However, HPV gene expression confers an elevated proliferative potential, a delayed commitment to differentiation, and preferential persistence of the infected cell in the epithelial basal layer, when compared to their uninfected neighbours. To a large extent, this is driven by the viral E6 protein, which functions in the HPV life cycle as a modulator of epithelial homeostasis. By targeting HPV gene products involved in the maintenance of the viral reservoir, there appears to be new opportunities for the control or elimination of chronic HPV infections.
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- Ke Zheng
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK; (K.Z.); (N.E.); (A.S.); (H.M.G.)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK; (K.Z.); (N.E.); (A.S.); (H.M.G.)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK; (K.Z.); (N.E.); (A.S.); (H.M.G.)
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- Kyoto R&D Centre, Maruho Co., Ltd., Kyoto 600-8813, Japan; (M.K.); (M.O.)
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- Kyoto R&D Centre, Maruho Co., Ltd., Kyoto 600-8813, Japan; (M.K.); (M.O.)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK; (K.Z.); (N.E.); (A.S.); (H.M.G.)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK; (K.Z.); (N.E.); (A.S.); (H.M.G.)
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Lin HH, Zhang QR, Kong X, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Tang Y, Xu H. Machine learning prediction of antiviral-HPV protein interactions for anti-HPV pharmacotherapy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:24367. [PMID: 34934067 PMCID: PMC8692573 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03000-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Persistent infection with high-risk types Human Papillomavirus could cause diseases including cervical cancers and oropharyngeal cancers. Nonetheless, so far there is no effective pharmacotherapy for treating the infection from high-risk HPV types, and hence it remains to be a severe threat to the health of female. Based on drug repositioning strategy, we trained and benchmarked multiple machine learning models so as to predict potential effective antiviral drugs for HPV infection in this work. Through optimizing models, measuring models' predictive performance using 182 pairs of antiviral-target interaction dataset which were all approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, and benchmarking different models' predictive performance, we identified the optimized Support Vector Machine and K-Nearest Neighbor classifier with high precision score were the best two predictors (0.80 and 0.85 respectively) amongst classifiers of Support Vector Machine, Random forest, Adaboost, Naïve Bayes, K-Nearest Neighbors, and Logistic regression classifier. We applied these two predictors together and successfully predicted 57 pairs of antiviral-HPV protein interactions from 864 pairs of antiviral-HPV protein associations. Our work provided good drug candidates for anti-HPV drug discovery. So far as we know, we are the first one to conduct such HPV-oriented computational drug repositioning study.
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- Hui-Heng Lin
- Yuebei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, No. 133 of Huimin South road, Wujiang District, Shaoguan City, 512025, China.
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- Key Lab of the Basic Pharmacology of the Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou Province, 6 West Xue-Fu Road, Zunyi City, 563000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau Avenida de Universidade, Macau, 999078, Macau, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Panyu Central Hospital, No. 8 of Fuyu East Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 511400, China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Agriculture Green Development in Yangtze River Basin, Southwest University, Beibei District, No.1-2-1 Tiansheng Road, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, No.6 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, 530021, Guangxi, China
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- Yuebei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, No. 133 of Huimin South road, Wujiang District, Shaoguan City, 512025, China.
- Department of Gynecology, Yuebei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, No. 133 of Huimin South road, Wujiang District, Shaoguan City, 512025, China.
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AlRabiah H, Allwood JW, Correa E, Xu Y, Goodacre R. pH plays a role in the mode of action of trimethoprim on Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200272. [PMID: 30005078 PMCID: PMC6044521 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Metabolomics-based approaches were applied to understand interactions of trimethoprim with Escherichia coli K-12 at sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC≈0.2, 0.03 and 0.003 mg L-1). Trimethoprim inhibits dihydrofolate reductase and thereby is an indirect inhibitor of nucleic acid synthesis. Due to the basicity of trimethoprim, two pH levels (5 and 7) were selected which mimicked healthy urine pH. This also allowed investigation of the effect on bacterial metabolism when trimethoprim exists in different ionization states. UHPLC-MS was employed to detect trimethoprim molecules inside the bacterial cell and this showed that at pH 7 more of the drug was recovered compared to pH 5; this correlated with classical growth curve measurements. FT-IR spectroscopy was used to establish recovery of reproducible phenotypes under all 8 conditions (3 drug levels and control in 2 pH levels) and GC-MS was used to generate global metabolic profiles. In addition to finding direct mode-of-action effects where nucleotides were decreased at pH 7 with increasing trimethoprim levels, off-target pH-related effects were observed for many amino acids. Additionally, stress-related effects were observed where the osmoprotectant trehalose was higher at increased antibiotic levels at pH 7. This correlated with glucose and fructose consumption and increase in pyruvate-related products as well as lactate and alanine. Alanine is a known regulator of sugar metabolism and this increase may be to enhance sugar consumption and thus trehalose production. These results provide a wider view of the action of trimethoprim. Metabolomics indicated alternative metabolism areas to be investigated to further understand the off-target effects of trimethoprim.
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- Haitham AlRabiah
- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Environmental and Biochemical Sciences Group, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, Scotland United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Barillari G, Monini P, Sgadari C, Ensoli B. The Impact of Human Papilloma Viruses, Matrix Metallo-Proteinases and HIV Protease Inhibitors on the Onset and Progression of Uterine Cervix Epithelial Tumors: A Review of Preclinical and Clinical Studies. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E1418. [PMID: 29747434 PMCID: PMC5983696 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19051418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Infection of uterine cervix epithelial cells by the Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) is associated with the development of dysplastic/hyperplastic lesions, termed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). CIN lesions may regress, persist or progress to invasive cervical carcinoma (CC), a leading cause of death worldwide. CIN is particularly frequent and aggressive in women infected by both HPV and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), as compared to the general female population. In these individuals, however, therapeutic regimens employing HIV protease inhibitors (HIV-PI) have reduced CIN incidence and/or clinical progression, shedding light on the mechanism(s) of its development. This article reviews published work concerning: (i) the role of HPV proteins (including HPV-E5, E6 and E7) and of matrix-metalloproteinases (MMPs) in CIN evolution into invasive CC; and (ii) the effect of HIV-PI on events leading to CIN progression such as basement membrane and extracellular matrix invasion by HPV-positive CIN cells and the formation of new blood vessels. Results from the reviewed literature indicate that CIN clinical progression can be monitored by evaluating the expression of MMPs and HPV proteins and they suggest the use of HIV-PI or their derivatives for the block of CIN evolution into CC in both HIV-infected and uninfected women.
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- Giovanni Barillari
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 1 via Montpellier, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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- National HIV/AIDS Research Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 299 viale Regina Elena, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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- National HIV/AIDS Research Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 299 viale Regina Elena, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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- National HIV/AIDS Research Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 299 viale Regina Elena, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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Gan Q, Wang X, Wang Y, Xie Z, Tian Y, Lu Y. Culture-Free Detection of Crop Pathogens at the Single-Cell Level by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2017; 4:1700127. [PMID: 29201605 PMCID: PMC5700641 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201700127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The rapid and sensitive identification of invasive plant pathogens has important applications in biotechnology, plant quarantine, and food security. Current methods are far too time-consuming and need a pre-enrichment period ranging from hours to days. Here, a micro-Raman spectroscopy-based bioassay for culture-free pathogen quarantine inspection at the single cell level within 40 min is presented. The application of this approach can readily and specifically detect plant pathogens Burkholderia gladioli pv. alliicola and Erwinia chrysanthemi that are closely related pathogenically. Furthermore, the single-bacterium detection was able to discriminate them from a reference Raman spectral library including multiple quarantine-relevant pathogens with broad host ranges and an array of pathogenic variants. To show the usefulness of this assay, Burkholderia gladioli pv. alliicola and Erwinia chrysanthemi are detected at single-bacterium level in plant tissue lesions without pre-enrichment. The results are confirmed by the plate-counting method and a genetic molecular approach, which display comparable recognition ratios to the Raman spectroscopy-based bioassay. The results represent a critical step toward the use of micro-Raman spectroscopy in rapid and culture-free discrimination of quarantine relevant plant pathogens.
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- Qinhua Gan
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China SeaCollege of OceanologyHainan UniversityHaikouHainan Province570228China
- Inspection and Quarantine Technology CenterShandong Entry‐Exit Inspection and Quarantine BureauQingdaoShandong Province266002China
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- Hisense CompanyQingdaoShandong Province266555China
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- Shanghai Hesen Biotech Co LTDShanghai201802China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China SeaCollege of OceanologyHainan UniversityHaikouHainan Province570228China
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- Institute of Deep‐sea Science and EngineeringChinese Academy of SciencesSanya572000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China SeaCollege of OceanologyHainan UniversityHaikouHainan Province570228China
- Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of EducationHainan UniversityHaikou570228China
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Current Advances in the Application of Raman Spectroscopy for Molecular Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:561242. [PMID: 26180802 PMCID: PMC4477184 DOI: 10.1155/2015/561242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Raman spectroscopy provides a unique biochemical fingerprint capable of identifying and characterizing the structure of molecules, cells, and tissues. In cervical cancer, it is acknowledged as a promising biochemical tool due to its ability to detect premalignancy and early malignancy stages. This review summarizes the key research in the area and the evidence compiled is very encouraging for ongoing and further research. In addition to the diagnostic potential, promising results for HPV detection and monitoring treatment response suggest more than just a diagnosis prospective. A greater body of evidence is however necessary before Raman spectroscopy is fully validated for clinical use and larger comprehensive studies are required to fully establish the role of Raman spectroscopy in the molecular diagnostics of cervical cancer.
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Ashton L, Hollywood KA, Goodacre R. Making colourful sense of Raman images of single cells. Analyst 2015; 140:1852-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c4an02298j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We demonstrate how changes in the application of colour shading can dramatically alter Raman images of single human keratinocytes cells.
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- Lorna Ashton
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
- University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
- Department of Chemistry
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
- University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
- Faculty of Life Science
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
- University of Manchester
- Manchester
- UK
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Kell DB, Goodacre R. Metabolomics and systems pharmacology: why and how to model the human metabolic network for drug discovery. Drug Discov Today 2014; 19:171-82. [PMID: 23892182 PMCID: PMC3989035 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2013.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Revised: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Metabolism represents the 'sharp end' of systems biology, because changes in metabolite concentrations are necessarily amplified relative to changes in the transcriptome, proteome and enzyme activities, which can be modulated by drugs. To understand such behaviour, we therefore need (and increasingly have) reliable consensus (community) models of the human metabolic network that include the important transporters. Small molecule 'drug' transporters are in fact metabolite transporters, because drugs bear structural similarities to metabolites known from the network reconstructions and from measurements of the metabolome. Recon2 represents the present state-of-the-art human metabolic network reconstruction; it can predict inter alia: (i) the effects of inborn errors of metabolism; (ii) which metabolites are exometabolites, and (iii) how metabolism varies between tissues and cellular compartments. However, even these qualitative network models are not yet complete. As our understanding improves so do we recognise more clearly the need for a systems (poly)pharmacology.
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- Douglas B Kell
- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
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- School of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK
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Kim DH, Allwood JW, Moore RE, Marsden-Edwards E, Dunn WB, Xu Y, Hampson L, Hampson IN, Goodacre R. A metabolomics investigation into the effects of HIV protease inhibitors on HPV16 E6 expressing cervical carcinoma cells. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 10:398-411. [PMID: 24413339 DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70423h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Recently, it has been reported that anti-viral drugs, such as indinavir and lopinavir (originally targeted for HIV), also inhibit E6-mediated proteasomal degradation of mutant p53 in E6-transfected C33A cells. In order to understand more about the mode-of-action(s) of these drugs the metabolome of HPV16 E6 expressing cervical carcinoma cell lines was investigated using mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolic profiling. The metabolite profiling of C33A parent and E6-transfected cells exposed to these two anti-viral drugs was performed by ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC)-MS and gas chromatography (GC)-time of flight (TOF)-MS. Using a combination of univariate and multivariate analyses, these metabolic profiles were investigated for analytical and biological reproducibility and to discover key metabolite differences elicited during anti-viral drug challenge. This approach revealed both distinct and common effects of these two drugs on the metabolome of two different cell lines. Finally, intracellular drug levels were quantified, which suggested in the case of lopinavir that increased activity of membrane transporters may contribute to the drug sensitivity of HPV infected cells.
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- Dong-Hyun Kim
- School of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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Damayanti NP, Fang Y, Parikh MR, Craig AP, Kirshner J, Irudayaraj J. Differentiation of cancer cells in two-dimensional and three-dimensional breast cancer models by Raman spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2013; 18:117008. [PMID: 24247810 PMCID: PMC3832300 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.18.11.117008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Revised: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We demonstrate the first application of Raman spectroscopy in diagnosing nonmalignant, premalignant, malignant, and metastatic stages of breast cancer in a three-dimensional (3-D) cell culture model that closely mimics an in vivo environment. Comprehensive study comparing classification in two-dimensional (2-D) and 3-D cell models was performed using statistical methods composed of principal component analysis for exploratory analysis and outlier removal, partial least squares discriminant analysis, and elastic net regularized regression for classification. Our results show that Raman spectroscopy with an appropriate classification tool has excellent resolution to discriminate the four stages of breast cancer progression, with a near 100% accuracy for both 2-D and 3-D cell models. The diversity in chemical groups related to nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids, among other chemicals, were identified by appropriate peaks in the Raman spectra that correspond to the correct classification of the different stages of tumorigenesis model comprising of MCF10A, MCF10AneoT, MCF10CA1h, and MCF10CA1a cell lines. An explicit relationship between wavenumber and the stages of cancer progression was identified by the elastic net variable selection.
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- Nur P. Damayanti
- Purdue University, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 225 S. University Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
- Purdue University, Bindley Bioscience Center, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Purdue University, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 225 S. University Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
- Purdue University, Bindley Bioscience Center, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Purdue University, Department of Biological Sciences, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Purdue University, Bindley Bioscience Center, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Purdue University, Department of Biological Sciences, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Purdue University, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 225 S. University Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
- Purdue University, Bindley Bioscience Center, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Ellis DI, Cowcher DP, Ashton L, O'Hagan S, Goodacre R. Illuminating disease and enlightening biomedicine: Raman spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool. Analyst 2013; 138:3871-84. [PMID: 23722248 DOI: 10.1039/c3an00698k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The discovery of the Raman effect in 1928 not only aided fundamental understanding about the quantum nature of light and matter but also opened up a completely novel area of optics and spectroscopic research that is accelerating at a greater rate during the last decade than at any time since its inception. This introductory overview focuses on some of the most recent developments within this exciting field and how this has enabled and enhanced disease diagnosis and biomedical applications. We highlight a small number of stimulating high-impact studies in imaging, endoscopy, stem cell research, and other recent developments such as spatially offset Raman scattering amongst others. We hope this stimulates further interest in this already exciting field, by 'illuminating' some of the current research being undertaken by the latest in a very long line of dedicated experimentalists interested in the properties and potential beneficial applications of light.
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- David I Ellis
- School of Chemistry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7ND, UK.
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Stadler J, Schmid T, Zenobi R. Developments in and practical guidelines for tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. NANOSCALE 2012; 4:1856-1870. [PMID: 22105888 DOI: 10.1039/c1nr11143d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This feature review provides an overview of the state-of the art and recent developments in tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), in-depth information about the different available types of instruments including their (dis-)advantages and capabilities as well as a short glance at a number of samples that have recently been investigated using TERS. Issues concerning the progression of TERS from point spectroscopy to an imaging technique are discussed, as well as problems arising from background and contamination signals. This review is concluded with a short TERS 'user guideline', trying to aid researchers new in the field to properly align and test their own TERS setups. Finally, a short outlook is given and some critical issues are raised that need to be solved by the community sooner or later, in order to promote TERS towards a 'push-button' operation.
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- Johannes Stadler
- ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, HCI E 329, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Batman G, Oliver AW, Zehbe I, Richard C, Hampson L, Hampson IN. Lopinavir up-regulates expression of the antiviral protein ribonuclease L in human papillomavirus-positive cervical carcinoma cells. Antivir Ther 2011; 16:515-25. [PMID: 21685539 DOI: 10.3851/imp1786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND We have previously shown that the HIV protease inhibitor lopinavir has selective toxicity against human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive cervical carcinoma cells via an unknown mechanism. METHODS SiHa cervical carcinoma cells were stably transfected with the proteasome sensor vector pZsProSensor-1 to confirm lopinavir inhibits the proteasome in these cells. The Panorama Xpress profiler 725 antibody array was then used to analyse specific changes in protein expression in lopinavir-treated versus control untreated SiHa cells followed by PCR and western blotting. Colorimetric growth assays of lopinavir-treated E6/E7 immortalised versus control human keratinocytes were performed. Targeted small interfering RNA gene silencing followed by growth assay comparison of lopinavir-treated/untreated SiHa cells was also used. RESULTS Lopinavir induced an increase in the fluorescence of pZsProSensor-1 transfected SiHa cells, indicative of proteasomal inhibition. Ribonuclease L (RNASEL) protein was shown to be up-regulated in lopinavir-treated SiHa cells, which was confirmed by PCR and western blot. Targeted silencing of RNASEL reduced the sensitivity of SiHa cells to lopinavir. Selective toxicity against E6/E7 immortalised keratinocytes versus control cells was also seen with lopinavir and was associated with up-regulated RNASEL expression. CONCLUSIONS These data are consistent with the toxicity of lopinavir against HPV-positive cervical carcinoma cells being related to its ability to block viral proteasome activation and induce an up-regulation of the antiviral protein RNASEL. This is supported by the drug's selective toxicity and up-regulation of RNASEL in E6/E7 immortalised keratinocytes combined with the increased resistance to lopinavir observed in SiHa cells following silencing of RNASEL gene expression.
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- Gavin Batman
- Gynaecological Oncology Laboratories, School of Cancer & Enabling Sciences, University of Manchester, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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Raman spectroscopy is an optical technique that offers unsurpassed sensitivity and multiplexing capabilities to the field of molecular imaging. In the past, Raman spectroscopy had predominantly been used as an analytic tool for routine chemical analysis, but more recently, researchers have been able to harness its unique properties for imaging and spectral analysis of molecular interactions in cell populations and preclinical animal models. Additionally, researchers have already begun to translate this optical technique into a novel clinical diagnostic tool using various endoscopic strategies.
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- Cristina L Zavaleta
- Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology and Bio-X Program, Stanford, California, USA
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Research Spotlight: Biospectroscopy at the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre. Bioanalysis 2011; 3:1189-94. [DOI: 10.4155/bio.11.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre (MIB) at The University of Manchester (UK), is a large research facility located in central Manchester. The research undertaken in the MIB is said to address a number of grand challenges, including industrial biotechnology, energy and biofuels, and biomedical healthcare. These are realized via four main research themes: biomolecular mechanism and catalysis; synthetic and chemical biology; systems biology; and enabling technologies. This research spotlight focuses on biospectroscopy in the MIB, namely vibrational spectroscopies. This is just one area of research across just three of the many research groups in the MIB, which could be said to exemplify the fundamental and applied aspects of this field, its interdisciplinary nature and also the way it realizes several of the research themes and grand challenges already mentioned, with cutting edge and innovative research.
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Brambilla A, Osticioli I, Nevin A, Comelli D, D'Andrea C, Lofrumento C, Valentini G, Cubeddu R. A remote scanning Raman spectrometer for in situ measurements of works of art. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2011; 82:063109. [PMID: 21721676 DOI: 10.1063/1.3600565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
In conservation science, one of the main concerns is to extract information from an artistic surface without damaging it. Raman spectroscopy has emerged in recent years as a reliable tool for the non-destructive analysis of a wide range of inorganic and organic materials in works of art and archaeological objects. Nevertheless, the technique is still mainly limited to the analysis of micro-samples taken from artistic surfaces. The development of an instrument able to perform non-contact analysis of an area of a few square centimeters aims to further increase the employment of this technique. This paper describes the development of a prototype Raman scanning spectrometer based on a diode laser, a 2D scanning mirror stage and a custom optical system, which can map a surface of 6 cm in diameter at a working distance of 20 cm. The device exhibits collecting optics with a depth of field close to 6 cm, which makes the Raman system suitable for the analysis of non-flat surfaces and three-dimensional objects. In addition, the overall dimensions and weight of the instrument have been limited in order to make the device transportable and, in principle, usable for in situ measurements. Details on the design of the device, with particular emphasis on the collecting optical system, and on results of the characterization tests carried out to assess its performances are reported. Finally, an example of an application involving the identification of pigments from a model painting is presented.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alex Brambilla
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
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