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Mert S, Sancak S, Aydın H, Fersahoğlu AT, Somay A, Özkan F, Çulha M. Development of a SERS based cancer diagnosis approach employing cryosectioned thyroid tissue samples on PDMS. NANOMEDICINE : NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND MEDICINE 2022; 44:102577. [PMID: 35716872 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2022.102577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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An efficient SERS based novel analytical approach named Cryosectioned-PDMS was developed systematically and evaluated applying on 64 thyroid biopsy samples. To utilize thyroid biopsy samples, a 20-μl volume of h-AgNPs suspension was dropped on a 5-μm thick cryosectioned biopsy specimen placed on the PDMS coated glass slide. The SERS spectra from a 10 × 10 points array acquired by mapping 22.5 μm × 22.5 μm sized area from suspended dried droplets placed on the tissue surface. The probability of correctly predicted performance for diagnosis of malignant, benign and healthy tissues was resulted in the accuracy of 100 % for the spectral bands at 667, 724, 920, 960, 1052, 1096, 1315 and 1457 cm-1 using PCA-fed LDA machine learning. The Cryosectioned-PDMS biophotonic approach with PCA-LDA predictive model demonstrated that the vibrational signatures can accurately recognize the fingerprint of cancer pathology from a healthy one with a simple and fast sample preparation methodology.
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- Sevda Mert
- Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yeditepe University, Istanbul 34755, Turkey; Department of Genetics and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul 34959, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism Disorders, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34752, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul 34752, Turkey
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- General Surgery Clinic, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34752, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34752, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul 34752, Turkey
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- The Knight Cancer Institute, Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center (CEDAR), Oregon Health and Science University, Portland 97239, OR, USA; Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Turkey; Department of Chemistry & Physics, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
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Kanmalar M, Abdul Sani SF, Kamri NINB, Said NABM, Jamil AHBA, Kuppusamy S, Mun KS, Bradley DA. Raman spectroscopy biochemical characterisation of bladder cancer cisplatin resistance regulated by FDFT1: a review. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2022; 27:9. [PMID: 35093030 PMCID: PMC8903573 DOI: 10.1186/s11658-022-00307-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Bladder cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in males. It can present across the whole continuum of severity, from mild through well-differentiated disease to extremely malignant tumours with poor survival rates. As with other vital organ malignancies, proper clinical management involves accurate diagnosis and staging. Chemotherapy consisting of a cisplatin-based regimen is the mainstay in the management of muscle-invasive bladder cancers. Control via cisplatin-based chemotherapy is threatened by the development of chemoresistance. Intracellular cholesterol biosynthesis in bladder cancer cells is considered a contributory factor in determining the chemotherapy response. Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase 1 (FDFT1), one of the main regulatory components in cholesterol biosynthesis, may play a role in determining sensitivity towards chemotherapy compounds in bladder cancer. FDFT1-associated molecular identification might serve as an alternative or appendage strategy for early prediction of potentially chemoresistant muscle-invasive bladder cancer tissues. This can be accomplished using Raman spectroscopy. Developments in the instrumentation have led to it becoming one of the most convenient forms of analysis, and there is a highly realistic chance that it will become an effective tool in the pathology lab. Chemosensitive bladder cancer tissues tend to have a higher lipid content, more protein genes and more cholesterol metabolites. These are believed to be associated with resistance towards bladder cancer chemotherapy. Herein, Raman peak assignments have been tabulated as an aid to indicating metabolic changes in bladder cancer tissues that are potentially correlated with FDFT1 expression.
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- M Kanmalar
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Centre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies, Sunway University, Jalan University, 46150, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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Visscher M, Moerman AM, Burgers PC, Van Beusekom HMM, Luider TM, Verhagen HJM, Van der Steen AFW, Van der Heiden K, Van Soest G. Data Processing Pipeline for Lipid Profiling of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque with Mass Spectrometry Imaging. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:1790-1800. [PMID: 31250318 PMCID: PMC6695360 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02254-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Atherosclerosis is a lipid and inflammation-driven disease of the arteries that is characterized by gradual buildup of plaques in the vascular wall. A so-called vulnerable plaque, consisting of a lipid-rich necrotic core contained by a thin fibrous cap, may rupture and trigger thrombus formation, which can lead to ischemia in the heart (heart attack) or in the brain (stroke). In this study, we present a protocol to investigate the lipid composition of advanced human carotid plaques using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), providing a framework that should enable the discrimination of vulnerable from stable plaques based on lipid composition. We optimized the tissue preparation and imaging methods by systematically analyzing data from three specimens: two human carotid endarterectomy samples (advanced plaque) and one autopsy sample (early stage plaque). We show a robust data reduction method and evaluate the variability of the endarterectomy samples. We found diacylglycerols to be more abundant in a thrombotic area compared to other plaque areas and could distinguish advanced plaque from early stage plaque based on cholesteryl ester composition. We plan to use this systematic approach to analyze a larger dataset of carotid atherosclerotic plaques.
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- Mirjam Visscher
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Cardiology, Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Medical Delta, Delft, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Thorax Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Lipiec E, Wood BR, Kulik A, Kwiatek WM, Dietler G. Nanoscale Investigation into the Cellular Response of Glioblastoma Cells Exposed to Protons. Anal Chem 2018; 90:7644-7650. [PMID: 29799188 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Exposure to ionizing radiation can induce cellular defense mechanisms including cell activation and rapid proliferation prior to metastasis and in extreme cases can result in cell death. Herewith we apply infrared nano- and microspectroscopy combined with multidimensional data analysis to characterize the effect of ionizing radiation on single glioblastoma nuclei isolated from cells treated with 10 Gy of X-rays or 1 and 10 Gy of protons. We observed chromatin fragmentation related to the formation of apoptotic bodies following X-ray exposure. Following proton irradiation we detected evidence of a DNA conformational change (B-DNA to A-DNA transition) related to DNA repair and accompanied by an increase in protein content related to the synthesis of peptide enzymes involved in DNA repair. We also show that proton exposure can increase cholesterol and sterol ester synthesis, which are important lipids involved in the metastatic process changing the fluidity of the cellular membrane in preparation for rapid proliferation.
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- Ewelina Lipiec
- Institute of Nuclear Physics , Polish Academy of Sciences , PL-31342 Krakow , Poland.,Institute of Physics, Laboratory of Physics of Living Matter , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland.,Centre for Biospectroscopy and School of Chemistry , Monash University , 3800 Clayton , Victoria , Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy and School of Chemistry , Monash University , 3800 Clayton , Victoria , Australia
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- Institute of Physics, Laboratory of Physics of Living Matter , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics , Polish Academy of Sciences , PL-31342 Krakow , Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Laboratory of Physics of Living Matter , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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Palmitate induces RIP1/RIP3-dependent necrosis via MLKL-mediated pore formation in the plasma membrane of RAW 264.7 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 482:359-365. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.11.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2016] [Accepted: 11/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Marzec KM, Wrobel TP, Rygula A, Maslak E, Jasztal A, Fedorowicz A, Chlopicki S, Baranska M. Visualization of the biochemical markers of atherosclerotic plaque with the use of Raman, IR and AFM. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2014; 7:744-756. [PMID: 24604883 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201400014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this work, we describe a methodology to visualize the biochemical markers of atherosclerotic plaque in cross sections of brachiocephalic arteries (BCA) taken from ApoE/LDLR(-/-) mice. The approach of the visualization of the same area of atherosclerotic plaque with the use of Raman, IR and AFM imaging enables the parallel characterisation of various features of atherosclerotic plaques. This support to the histochemical staining is utilized mainly in studies on mice models of atherosclerotic plaques, where micro and sub-micro resolutions are required. This work presents the methodology of the measurement and visualization of plaque features important for atherosclerosis development and plaques vulnerability analysis. Label-free imaging of cholesterol, cholesteryl esters, remodeled media, heme, internal elastic lamina, fibrous cap and calcification provides additional knowledge to previously presented quantitative measurements of average plaque features. AFM imaging enhanced the results obtained with the use of vibrational microspectroscopies with additional topographical information of the sample. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work which demonstrates that co-localized measurement of atherosclerotic plaque with Raman, IR and AFM imaging provides a comprehensive insight into the biochemical markers of atherosclerotic plaques, and can be used as an integrated approach to assess vulnerability of the plaque.
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- Katarzyna M Marzec
- Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics JCET, Jagiellonian University, 30-348, Krakow, Poland
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Lipiec E, Bambery KR, Heraud P, Kwiatek WM, McNaughton D, Tobin MJ, Vogel C, Wood BR. Monitoring UVR induced damage in single cells and isolated nuclei using SR-FTIR microspectroscopy and 3D confocal Raman imaging. Analyst 2014; 139:4200-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c4an00838c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Melanocytes exposed to artificial sunlight and analysed with FTIR and Raman spectroscopy show changes in DNA bands and evidence of lipid accumulation.
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- Ewelina Lipiec
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, PAN
- 31-342 Kraków, Poland
- Centre for Biospectroscopy
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
- Victoria, Australia
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, PAN
- 31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
- Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
- Victoria, Australia
- BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy
- School of Chemistry
- Monash University
- Victoria, Australia
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Schie IW, Huser T. Label-free analysis of cellular biochemistry by Raman spectroscopy and microscopy. Compr Physiol 2013; 3:941-56. [PMID: 23720335 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c120025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We review the biomedical applications of Raman spectroscopy at the single cell and tissue level. Raman scattering is the inelastic scattering of light by molecular bonds resulting in a wealth of spectral bands, which enable the identification of biological materials and the nondestructive analysis of dynamic changes in their biochemistry. We briefly review the basics behind highly sensitive Raman spectroscopy and highlight recent applications to biomedical research. We discuss advanced chemometrics methods that are utilized to analyze Raman spectral data and which permit one, for example, to distinguish between normal and diseased cells or which enable one to follow the differentiation of stem cells without perturbing the cellular biochemistry. We also discuss advanced coherent Raman scattering techniques, such as coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering and stimulated Raman scattering, which allow for the molecularly specific imaging of cells, tissues, and entire organisms in vitro and in vivo.
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- Iwan W Schie
- NSF Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA
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Ultraviolet-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy techniques are important diagnostic tools during the progression of atherosclerosis: diet zinc supplementation retarded or delayed atherosclerosis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:652604. [PMID: 24350281 PMCID: PMC3856118 DOI: 10.1155/2013/652604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background. In this study, we examined whether UV-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy techniques detect the progression of atherosclerosis in serum of rabbits fed on high-cholesterol diet (HCD) and HCD supplemented with zinc (HCD + Zn) compared with the control. Methods. The control rabbits group was fed on 100 g/day of normal diet. The HCD group was fed on Purina Certified Rabbit Chow supplemented with 1.0% cholesterol plus 1.0% olive oil (100 g/day) for the same period. The HCD + Zn group was fed on normal Purina Certified Rabbit Chow plus 1.0% cholesterol and 1.0% olive oil supplemented with 470 ppm Zn for the same feeding period. UV-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy and biochemistry in Rabbit's blood serum and blood hematology were measured in Rabbit's blood. Results. We found that the fluorescent peak of HCD shifted toward UV-visible wavelength compared with the control using fluorescent excitation of serum at 192 nm. In addition, they showed that supplementation of zinc (350 ppm) restored the fluorescent peak closely to the control. By using UV-visible spectroscopy approach, we found that the peak absorbance of HCD (about 280 nm) was higher than that of control and that zinc supplementation seemed to decrease the absorbance. Conclusions. This study demonstrates that ultraviolet-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy techniques can be applied as noninvasive techniques on a sample blood serum for diagnosing or detecting the progression of atherosclerosis. The Zn supplementation to rabbits fed on HCD delays or retards the progression of atherosclerosis. Inducing anemia in rabbits fed on HCD delays the progression of atherosclerosis.
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Guo J, Saylor DM, Glaser EP, Patwardhan DV. Impact of artificial plaque composition on drug transport. J Pharm Sci 2013; 102:1905-1914. [PMID: 23568279 DOI: 10.1002/jps.23537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation is a common treatment for atherosclerosis. The safety and efficacy of these devices will depend on the uptake and distribution of drug into the vessel wall. It is established that the composition of atherosclerotic vessels can vary dramatically with patients' age and gender. However, studies focused on elucidating and quantifying the impact of these variations on important drug transport properties, such as diffusion (D) and partition (k) coefficients, are limited. We have developed an improved tissue mimic or artificial plaque to probe the effect of varying concentrations of plaque constituents on drug transport in vitro. Based on these artificial plaques, we have quantified the impact of gelatin (hydrolyzed collagen) and lipid (cholesterol) concentration on D and k using two model drugs, tetracycline and fluvastatin. We found that for tetracycline, increasing the collagen concentration from 0.025 to 0.100 (w/w) resulted in a fivefold decrease in diffusivity, whereas there was no discernible impact on solubility. Increasing the lipid concentration up to 0.034 (w/w) resulted in only minor changes to transport properties of tetracycline. However, fluvastatin exhibited nearly a fivefold increase in k and 10-fold decrease in D with increased lipid concentration. These results were in reasonable agreement with existing models and exhibited behavior consistent with previous observations on drugs commonly used in DES applications. These observations suggest that variations in the chemical characteristics of atherosclerotic plaque can significantly alter the release rate and distribution of drug following DES implantation.
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- Ji Guo
- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993.
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, Maryland 21250
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20993
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Wrobel TP, Mateuszuk L, Kostogrys RB, Chlopicki S, Baranska M. Quantification of plaque area and characterization of plaque biochemical composition with atherosclerosis progression in ApoE/LDLR−/− mice by FT-IR imaging. Analyst 2013; 138:6645-52. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an01050c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Fleming CP, Eckert J, Halpern EF, Gardecki JA, Tearney GJ. Depth resolved detection of lipid using spectroscopic optical coherence tomography. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 4:1269-84. [PMID: 24009991 PMCID: PMC3756567 DOI: 10.1364/boe.4.001269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) can identify key components related to plaque vulnerability but can suffer from artifacts that could prevent accurate identification of lipid rich regions. In this paper, we present a model of depth resolved spectral analysis of OFDI data for improved detection of lipid. A quadratic Discriminant analysis model was developed based on phantom compositions known chemical mixtures and applied to a tissue phantom of a lipid-rich plaque. We demonstrate that a combined spectral and attenuation model can be used to predict the presence of lipid in OFDI images.
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- Christine P. Fleming
- Columbia University, Department of Electrical Engineering, New York, New York, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Radiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Kim SK, Seo G, Oh E, Jin SH, Chae GT, Lee SB. Palmitate induces RIP1-dependent necrosis in RAW 264.7 cells. Atherosclerosis 2012; 225:315-21. [PMID: 23084711 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Revised: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The kinase receptor-interacting protein (RIP) 1, a serine/threonine protein kinase, is a key signaling molecule for necrosis. The possible involvement of RIP1 in palmitate-induced macrophage death and its underlying molecular mechanism was investigated in this study. METHODS Cell viability was measured by an MTT reduction assay. The type of cell death was determined by staining with annexin V, propidium iodide (PI) and the APOPercentage dye, and by examining cell morphology using transmission electron microscopy. The down-regulation of RIP1 was performed by siRNA transfection. Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) were measured by staining with H(2)DCF-DA. RESULTS Palmitate largely induced necrosis in RAW 264.7 cells, whereas C2-ceramide induced apoptosis. Palmitate-induced necrosis was inhibited by Necrostatin-1, an inhibitor of RIP1, and by RIP1 siRNA transfection, whereas ordinary cell death was not inhibited by z-VAD-fmk. In addition, the presence of palmitate caused a significant increase in intracellular ROS levels compared to control cells. Pre-treatment with Tempol, a cell permeable ROS scavenger, and MnTBAP, an inhibitor of mitochondrial oxidative stress, protected cells from palmitate-induced cell death. Furthermore, the down-regulation of RIP1 by siRNA transfection significantly decreased palmitate-induced ROS generation compared to control cells. CONCLUSION The findings reported herein indicate that palmitate induces necrotic cell death via RIP1-dependent ROS generation in RAW 264.7 cells. These findings may provide a new mechanism that explains the link between elevated levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) and macrophage death.
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P Wrobel T, Mateuszuk L, Chlopicki S, Malek K, Baranska M. Imaging of lipids in atherosclerotic lesion in aorta from ApoE/LDLR-/- mice by FT-IR spectroscopy and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis. Analyst 2011; 136:5247-55. [PMID: 22007352 DOI: 10.1039/c1an15311k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Spectroscopy-based approaches can provide an insight into the biochemical composition of a tissue sample. In the present work Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy was used to develop a reliable methodology to study the content of free fatty acids, triglycerides, cholesteryl esters as well as cholesterol in aorta from mice with atherosclerosis (ApoE/LDLR(-/-) mice). In particular, distribution and concentration of palmitic, oleic and linoleic acid derivatives were analyzed. Spectral analysis of pure compounds allowed for clear discrimination between free fatty acids and other similar moieties based on the carbonyl band position (1699-1710 cm(-1) range). In order to distinguish cholesteryl esters from triglycerides a ratio of carbonyl band to signal at 1010 cm(-1) was used. Imaging of lipids in atherosclerotic aortic lesions in ApoE/LDLR(-/-) mice was followed by Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA). The aorta from C57Bl/6J control mice (fed with chow diet) was used for comparison. The measurements were completed with an FT-IR spectrometer equipped with a 128 × 128 FPA detector. In cross-section of aorta from ApoE/LDLR(-/-) mice a region of atherosclerotic plaque was clearly identified by HCA, which was later divided into 2 sub-regions, one characterized by the higher content of cholesterol, while the other by higher contents of cholesteryl esters. HCA of tissues deposited on normal microscopic glass, hence limited to the 2200-3800 cm(-1) spectral range, also identified a region of atherosclerotic plaque. Importantly, this region correlates with the area stained by standard histological staining for atherosclerotic plaque (Oil Red O). In conclusion, the use of FT-IR and HCA may provide a novel tool for qualitative and quantitative analysis of contents and distribution of lipids in atherosclerotic plaque.
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- Tomasz P Wrobel
- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Uchida Y, Uchida Y, Sugiyama Y, Tomaru T, Kawai S, Kanamaru R, Shimoyama E. Two-dimensional visualization of cholesterol and cholesteryl esters within human coronary plaques by near-infrared fluorescence angioscopy. Clin Cardiol 2011; 33:775-82. [PMID: 21184563 DOI: 10.1002/clc.20780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cholesterol (C) and cholesteryl esters (CE) within coronary plaques are minimally visualized directly by any of the available imaging modalities in vivo. If they are rendered visible in vivo, the progression of coronary plaques and the effects of respective therapies on these plaques can be objectively evaluated. HYPOTHESIS The C and CE within human coronary plaques can be visualized by near-infrared fluorescence angioscopy (NIRFA). METHODS By exciting at 710 ± 25 nm and emitting at 780 nm, near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) of lipid components was examined by microscopy in vitro. Lipid components in 49 plaques of 32 excised human coronary arteries were examined by NIRFA in vitro. Coronary plaques were examined by NIRFA in 25 patients with coronary artery disease. RESULTS C, CE, and calcium (Ca) individually did not exhibit NIRF but did in the presence of β-carotene, which is known to coexist with lipids in the vascular wall. Other substances that are contained in atherosclerotic plaques did not.² The excised human coronary plaques were classified as those with NIRF and those without. The former plaques were classified into homogenous, doughnut-shaped, and spotty types. Histological examinations revealed that these image patterns were determined by the differences in the locations of C, CE, and Ca, and that those deposited within 700 μm in depth from the plaque surface were imaged by NIRFA. Homogenous, doughnut-shaped, or spotty NIRFA images were also observed in patients. CONCLUSIONS NIRFA is feasible for 2-dimensional imaging of C and CE deposited in human coronary plaques.
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- Yasumi Uchida
- Department of Cardiology, Chiba-kensei Hospital, Japan.
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Fisher SE, Harris AT, Khanna N, Sule-Suso J. Vibrational Spectroscopy: What Does the Clinician Need? BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF SYNCHROTRON INFRARED MICROSPECTROSCOPY 2010. [DOI: 10.1039/9781849731997-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Sheila E. Fisher
- Clinical Research Fellow, Section of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Leeds Room 6.01, Clinical Sciences Building, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, LS9 7JT, UK and Hon Senior Research Fellow, School of Health Studies, University of Bradford UK
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- Cancer-Research UK Research Training Fellow Oral Biology, Leeds Dental Institute, University of Leeds UK
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- Specialist Registrar in Medical Microbiology Western Infirmary Glasgow, Scotland UK
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- Associate Specialist and Senior Lecturer in Oncology Cancer Centre, University Hospital of North Staffordshire and Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent UK
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Uchida Y, Uchida Y, Kameda N. Visualization of lipid components in human coronary plaques using color fluorescence angioscopy. Circ J 2010; 74:2181-6. [PMID: 20736502 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-10-0451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND If oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL), LDL, lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) and apolipoprotein B (apoB) can be visualized simultaneously, their roles in the initiation, progression and destabilization of atherosclerotic plaques can be objectively evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS (1) The fluorescence characteristic of each atherogenic substance was investigated by microscopy using a band-pass filter (470 nm) and a band-absorption filter (520 nm) with homidium bromide (Ho) and trypan blue (TB) as indicators. (2) 50 excised human coronary plaques were classified by their autofluorescence into green, greenish-yellow and yellow, and the localization of oxLDL, LDL, LPC and apoB were investigated by color fluorescence angioscopy (CFA). The plaque colors were white, yellow and glistening yellow by conventional angioscopy. (1) OxLDL and LDL exhibited golden fluorescence, whereas LPC and apoB exhibited red fluorescence. (2) By CFA, 16 of 19 greenish-yellow and 1 of 8 yellow plaques exhibited red and golden fluorescence in a mosaic pattern, indicating co-deposition of oxLDL/LDL and LPC/apoB; 3 greenish-yellow and 7 yellow plaques exhibited red fluorescence, indicating solitary deposition of apoB; 23 green plaques infrequently exhibited these fluorescence colors. CONCLUSIONS OxLDL/LDL and LPC/apoB were successfully visualized as co-deposited in greenish-yellow autofluorescence plaques, but only LPC/apoB in yellow autofluorescence plaques.
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- Yasumi Uchida
- Japan Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan.
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de Paula AR, Silveira L, Pacheco MTT. ProRaman: a program to classify Raman spectra. Analyst 2009; 134:1203-7. [PMID: 19475149 DOI: 10.1039/b821248a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The program ProRaman, developed for the Matlab platform, provides an interactive and flexible graphic interface to develop efficient algorithms to classify Raman spectra into two or three different classes. A set of preprocessing algorithms to decrease the variable dimensionality and to extract the main features which improve the correct classification ratio was implemented. The implemented classification algorithms were based on the Mahalanobis distance and neural network. To verify the functionality of the developed program, 72 spectra from human artery samples, 36 of which had been histopathologically diagnosed as non-diseased and 36 as having an atherosclerotic lesion, were processed using a combination of different preprocessing and classification techniques. The best result was accomplished when the variables were selected from the Raman spectrum shift range from 1200 to 1700 cm(-1), then preprocessed using wavelets for compression and principal component analysis for feature extraction and, finally, classified by a multilayer perceptron with one hidden layer with eight neurons.
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- Alderico Rodrigues de Paula
- Laboratory of Biological Signal Processing, Institute of Research and Development-IP&D, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba-UNIVAP, Av. Shishima Hifumi 2911, 12244-00, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
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Schipper HM, Kwok CS, Rosendahl SM, Bandilla D, Maes O, Melmed C, Rabinovitch D, Burns DH. Spectroscopy of human plasma for diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Biomark Med 2008; 2:229-38. [DOI: 10.2217/17520363.2.3.229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background: No established chemical biomarkers of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) currently exist. Augmented oxidative stress (OS) has been implicated in both neural and peripheral PD tissues. Methods: In this study, Raman scattering and near-infrared spectroscopy were used to detect and quantify oxidative substrate modifications in blood plasma samples from PD and normal elderly control (NEC) subjects. Results:Hypothesis-driven preselection of OS-sensitive bandwidths distinguished PD from NEC subjects with approximately 75% sensitivity and specificity using both complementary spectroscopic techniques. Conclusion: Biospectroscopy of plasma may provide a rapid, minimally invasive and inexpensive chemical biomarker of idiopathic PD.
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- Hyman M Schipper
- Centre for Neurotranslational Research, Lady Davis Institute, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Centre for Neurotranslational Research, Lady Davis Institute, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre for Neurotranslational Research, Lady Davis Institute, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada
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Wang L, Chapman J, Palmer RA, van Ramm O, Mizaikoff B. Classification of atherosclerotic rabbit aorta samples by mid-infrared spectroscopy using multivariate data analysis. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2007; 12:024006. [PMID: 17477721 DOI: 10.1117/1.2714030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Atherosclerotic and normal rabbit aorta samples show a marked difference in chemical composition governed by the water, lipid, and protein content. The strongly overlapping infrared absorption features of the different constituents, and the complexity of the tissue matrix, render tissue classification by direct evaluation of molecular spectroscopic characteristics obtained from IR reflectance or attenuated total reflectance (ATR) measurements virtually impossible. We apply multivariate analysis and classification techniques based on partial least squares regression (PLS) and linear discriminant analysis to IR spectroscopic data obtained by IR-ATR measurements and reflectance IR microscopy with high predictive accuracy during blind testing. Training data are collected from atherosclerotic and normal rabbit aorta samples. These results demonstrate the potential of IR spectroscopy combined with multivariate classification strategies for the in-vitro identification of normal and atherosclerotic aorta tissue. The prospect for future in-vivo measurement concepts is also discussed.
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- Liqun Wang
- Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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Laird DF, Mucalo MR, Yokogawa Y. Growth of calcium hydroxyapatite (Ca-HAp) on cholesterol and cholestanol crystals from a simulated body fluid: A possible insight into the pathological calcifications associated with atherosclerosis. J Colloid Interface Sci 2006; 295:348-63. [PMID: 16229855 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2005.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2005] [Revised: 08/05/2005] [Accepted: 09/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An experimental study into calcium phosphate (CP) nucleation and growth on cholesterol and cholestanol surfaces from a supersaturated simulated body fluid (SBF) is presented with the overall aim of gaining some fundamental insights into the pathological calcifications associated with atherosclerosis. Soaking of pressed cholesterol disks at physiological temperature in SBF solutions was found to lead to CP nucleation and growth if the disks were surface roughened and if an SBF with concentrations of the calcium and hydrogen phosphate ions at 2.25x physiological concentrations was used. The CP phase deposited was shown via SEM micrographs to possess a florette type morphology akin to that observed in earlier reported studies. The use of recrystallised cholesterol and cholestanol microcrystals as substrates for soaking in SBF facilitated the observation of CP deposition. In general, cholesterol recrystallised from polar solvents like 95% ethanol as a cholesterol monohydrate phase which was a better substrate for CP growth than cholesterol recrystallised from more non-polar solvents (e.g., benzene) which produced anhydrous cholesterol phases. CP was also observed to form on recrystallised cholestanol microcrystals, a molecule closely related to cholesterol. Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) data gave confirmation that Ca:P mole ratios of the grown CP were 1.3-1.5 suggesting a mixed phase of octacalcium phosphate (OCP) and Ca-deficient HAp and that the CP coating grows (with time of soaking) on the substrates after nucleation in the SBF growth medium. Infrared (IR) spectra of the extracted coatings from the cholesterol substrates confirmed that the CP phase deposited is a semi crystalline HAp with either carbonate substituted into its structure or else co-deposited as calcium carbonate. Soaking experiments involving modified cholesterol substrates in which the OH group in the molecule was replaced with the oleiyl or phosphonate group showed no CP nucleation and growth. This observation illustrates the importance of the known epitaxial relationship between cholesterol and HAp (which theoretically predicts favourable deposition of one phase upon the other) and the consequences of its destruction (by chemical modification of the cholesterol). In the case of the phosphorylated cholesterol, failure of this substrate to nucleate CP phases may have also been caused by the reduction in concentration of free solution Ca2+ in the SBF medium by complexation with the phosphonate groups on the phosphorylated cholesterol. This would have reduced the ion product of Ca2+ and inorganic phosphate and lowered the degree of supersaturation in the SBF medium.
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- Dougal F Laird
- Chemistry Department, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 2020, New Zealand
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Notingher I, Jell G, Notingher PL, Bisson I, Tsigkou O, Polak JM, Stevens MM, Hench LL. Multivariate analysis of Raman spectra for in vitro non-invasive studies of living cells. J Mol Struct 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2004.12.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nogueira GV, Silveira L, Martin AA, Zângaro RA, Pacheco MTT, Chavantes MC, Pasqualucci CA. Raman spectroscopy study of atherosclerosis in human carotid artery. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2005; 10:031117. [PMID: 16229642 DOI: 10.1117/1.1908129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Fourier-transform (FT)-Raman spectroscopy has been used for identification and evaluation of human artherosclerotic lesions, providing biochemical information on arteries. In this work, fragments of human carotid arteries postmortem were analyzed using a FT-Raman spectrometer operating at an excitation wavelength of 1064 nm, power of 200 mW, and spectral resolution of 4 cm(-1). A total of 75 carotid fragments were spectroscopically scanned and FT-Raman results were compared with histopathology. Discriminant analysis using Mahalanobis distance was applied over principal components scores for tissue classification into three categories: nonatherosclerotic, atherosclerotic plaque without calcification and with calcification. Nonatherosclerotic artery, atherosclerotic plaque, and calcified plaque exhibit spectral signatures related to biochemicals presented in each tissue type, such as bands of collagen and elastin (proteins), cholesterol and its esters, and calcium hydroxyapatite and carbonate apatite, respectively. Spectra of nonatherosclerotic artery were then classified into two groups: normal and discrete diffuse thickening of the intima layer (first group) and moderate and intense diffuse thickening of the intima layer (second group). FT-Raman could identify and classify the tissues found in the atherosclerotic process in human carotid in vitro and had the ability to identify alterations to the diffuse thickening of the intima layer and classify it depending on the intensity of the thickening.
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- Grazielle V Nogueira
- University of Vale do Paraíba-UNIVAP, Institute of Research and Development, Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil, 12244-000
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de Paula AR, Sathaiah S. Raman spectroscopy for diagnosis of atherosclerosis: a rapid analysis using neural networks. Med Eng Phys 2005; 27:237-44. [PMID: 15694607 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2003] [Revised: 10/05/2004] [Accepted: 10/25/2004] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Near-infrared Raman spectroscopy (NIRS) is one of the novel techniques that has a potential for in vivo diagnosis of atherosclerosis in human arteries. For such real time clinical applications, a rapid collection and analysis of the data is needed. One of the major problems with the fast data collection is that the noise generated by the detector has the same level as the Raman signal from the tissue, which makes the analysis difficult. In this work, NIRS measurements have been carried out on a total of 60 samples from human coronary arteries. Raman spectral data with the correlated histopathological analysis have been used as a basis to stimulate the cases of severe noise conditions. The main objective of this paper is the comparison of different processing algorithms that have been developed based on either wavelet transformation or principal component analysis for compressing the Raman spectral vectors and a rapid data classification based on different neural network architectures. The developed algorithms found to provide promising diagnosis results with classification errors smaller than 5%, even in the cases of Raman data with collection times as small as 20 ms. It has been concluded that the developed algorithms would be very much useful in the development of Raman spectroscopy systems for in vivo biological applications.
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- Alderico R de Paula
- Group of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Research and Development-IP&D, University of Vale do Paraíba-UNIVAP, Av Shishima Hifumi 2911, CEP: 12244-000, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
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Patel NA, Stamper DL, Brezinski ME. Review of the Ability of Optical Coherence Tomography to Characterize Plaque, Including a Comparison with Intravascular Ultrasound. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2004; 28:1-9. [PMID: 15772720 DOI: 10.1007/s00270-003-0021-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Over the last 50 years the introduction of several imaging technologies have been pivotal in reducing mortality associated with coronary artery disease. However coronary disease continues to be the leading cause of mortality in the industrialized world. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has recently been introduced for micron scale intravascular imaging. It is analogous to ultrasound, measuring the intensity of back-reflected infrared light instead of sound. Some of the advantages of OCT include its resolution, which is higher than any currently available imaging technology and acquisition rates are near video speed. Unlike ultrasound, OCT catheters consist of simple fiber optics and contain no transducers within their frame, thereby making imaging catheters both inexpensive and small. Currently, the smallest catheters have a cross-sectional diameter of 0.014". OCT systems are compact and portable and can be combined with a range of spectroscopic techniques. We review the application of OCT to intracoronary imaging.
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- Nirlep A Patel
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Silveira L, Sathaiah S, Zângaro RA, Pacheco MTT, Chavantes MC, Pasqualucci CA. Near-infrared Raman spectroscopy of human coronary arteries: histopathological classification based on Mahalanobis distance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 21:203-8. [PMID: 13678457 DOI: 10.1089/104454703768247774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, near-infrared Raman spectroscopy (NIRS) was used for evaluation of human atherosclerotic lesions using a simple algorithm based on discriminant analysis. The Mahalanobis distance was used to classify the clustered spectral features extracted from NIRS of a total of 111 arterial fragments of human coronary arteries. BACKGROUND DATA Raman spectroscopy has been used for diagnosis of a variety of diseases. For real-time applications, it is important to have a simple algorithm that could perform fast data acquisition and analysis. The ultimate goal is to obtain a feasible diagnosis, which discriminates various atherosclerotic lesions with high sensitivities and specificities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Non-atherosclerotic (NA) arteries, atherosclerotic plaques without calcification (NC), and atherosclerotic plaques with classification (C) were obtained and scanned with an NIR Raman spectrometer with 830-nm laser excitation. An algorithm based on the discriminant analysis using the Mahalanobis distance of the clustered spectral features was used for tissue classification into three categories: Na, NC, and C. RESULTS Human coronary arteries exhibit different spectral signatures depending on different bio-chemicals present in each tissue type such as collagen, cholesterol, and calcium hydroxyapatite, respectively. It is shown that our algorithm has a maximum sensitivity and specificity of 85% and 89%, respectively, for the diagnosis of the NA tissue type, 85% and 89% for the NC tissue type, and 100% and 100% for the C tissue type. CONCLUSION An algorithm (with a minimum of mathematical and computational requirements) based on the discriminant analysis of spectral features has been developed to classify atherosclerotic lesions with high sensitivities and specificities.
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- Landulfo Silveira
- Institute of Research and Development, University of Vale do Paraíba-UNIVAP, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
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Many imaging technologies have been pivotal in the reduction of mortality associated with coronary artery disease over the last 50 years. However, there are several areas where coronary disease could benefit from high-resolution imaging. Recently, optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been introduced for micron scale intravascular imaging. OCT is analogous to ultrasonography, measuring the intensity of back-reflected infrared light rather than sound. First, its resolution, at 4 to 20 microm, is higher than that of any currently available imaging technology. Second, acquisition rates are near video speed. Third, unlike ultrasonography, OCT catheters consist of simple fiber optics and contain no transducers within their frame. This makes imaging catheters both inexpensive and small, the current smallest cross-sectional diameter being 0.014 inches. Fourth, OCT systems are compact and portable. Finally, it can be combined with a range of spectroscopic techniques. This article reviews the application of OCT to intracoronary imaging.
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- Mark Brezinski
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Silveira L, Sathaiah S, Zângaro RA, Pacheco MTT, Chavantes MC, Pasqualucci CAG. Correlation between near-infrared Raman spectroscopy and the histopathological analysis of atherosclerosis in human coronary arteries. Lasers Surg Med 2002; 30:290-7. [PMID: 11948599 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Modern diagnostic methods such as near-infrared Raman spectroscopy (NIRS) allow quantification and evaluation of human atherosclerotic lesions, which can be useful in diagnosing coronary artery disease. The objective of the present study is to obtain feasible diagnostic information to detect atheromatous plaque using NIRS combined with discriminant analysis. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIAL AND METHODS An 830 nm Ti: sapphire laser pumped by an argon laser provides near-infrared excitation. A spectrograph disperses light scattered from arterial tissue and a liquid-nitrogen cooled CCD detects the Raman spectra. A total of 111 arterial fragments were scanned and Raman results were compared with histopathology. Principal components analysis (PCA) and Mahalanobis distance (m-distance) were used to model an algorithm for tissue classification into three categories: non-atherosclerotic (NA), non-calcified (NC), and calcified (C) using Raman spectra. Spectra were randomly separated into training and prospective groups. RESULTS It has been found that, for the NA tissue, the algorithm has sensitivity of 84 and 78% and specificity of 91 and 93% for training and prospective groups, respectively. For the NC tissue the algorithm has sensitivity of 88 and 90% and specificity of 88 and 83%. For the C tissue both sensitivity and specificity were maximum, 100%. CONCLUSIONS An algorithm using PCA and discriminant analysis based on m-distance has been developed and successfully applied to diagnose coronary artery disease by NIRS obtaining good sensitivity and specificity for each tissue category.
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- Landulfo Silveira
- Institute of Research and Development, University of Vale do Paraíba-UNIVAP, Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911-Urbanova, ZIP 12244-000, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
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van De Poll SW, Römer TJ, Volger OL, Delsing DJ, Bakker Schut TC, Princen HM, Havekes LM, Jukema JW, van Der Laarse A, Puppels GJ. Raman spectroscopic evaluation of the effects of diet and lipid-lowering therapy on atherosclerotic plaque development in mice. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2001; 21:1630-5. [PMID: 11597937 DOI: 10.1161/hq1001.096651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Quantitative characterization of atherosclerotic plaque composition with standard histopathological methods remains limited to sectioned plaques. Raman spectroscopy enables nondestructive quantification of atherosclerotic plaque composition. We used Raman spectroscopy to study the effects of diet and lipid-lowering therapy on plaque development in apolipoprotein (APO) E*3-Leiden transgenic mice. Raman spectra were obtained over the full width and entire length of the ascending aorta and aortic arch. Spectra were modeled to calculate the relative dry weights of cholesterol and calcium salts, and quantitative maps of their distribution were created. In male mice (n=20) that received a high-fat/high-cholesterol (HFC) diet for 0, 2, 4, or 6 months, Raman spectroscopy showed good correlation between cholesterol accumulation and total serum cholesterol exposure (r approximately 0.87, P<0.001). In female mice (n=10) that were assigned to an HFC diet, with or without 0.01% atorvastatin, a strong reduction in cholesterol accumulation (57%) and calcium salts (97%) (P<0.01) was demonstrated in the atorvastatin-treated group. In conclusion, Raman spectroscopy can be used to quantitatively study the size and distribution of depositions of cholesterol and calcification in APOE*3-Leiden transgenic mice. This study encourages Raman spectroscopy for the quantitative investigation of atherosclerosis and lipid-lowering therapy in larger animals or humans in vivo.
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- S W van De Poll
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Peng S, Guo W, Morrisett JD, Johnstone MT, Hamilton JA. Quantification of cholesteryl esters in human and rabbit atherosclerotic plaques by magic-angle spinning (13)C-NMR. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000; 20:2682-8. [PMID: 11116072 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.20.12.2682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Accumulation of cholesteryl esters (CEs) is a key event in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. More recent work suggests a role for CEs in plaque rupture leading to thrombosis, which can result in an acute event such as myocardial infarction or stroke. In this study, we present nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) protocols for quantification of CEs in plaques in situ. Total CEs quantified by (13)C magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR in excised plaques from human carotid arteries and rabbit aortic arteries were in good agreement with the amounts determined by subsequent standard chemical assays. The latter analysis is disadvantageous because it requires that plaque lipids be extracted from the tissue, resulting in the loss of all phase information of CEs as well as other major plaque components. With our MAS-NMR protocol, the plaque components are preserved in their native phases. Combining MAS and off-MAS NMR, we were able to quantitatively distinguish isotropic (liquid) CEs from anisotropic (liquid-crystalline) CEs in plaque tissues. In a recent study, we applied a different (13)C MAS-NMR protocol to quantify crystalline cholesterol monohydrate in plaques. Together, these 2 studies describe a new, noninvasive MAS-NMR strategy for the identification and quantification of the major lipid components in plaques in situ. This approach will be useful for investigation of the relationship between plaque rupture and specific lipids in their biologically relevant phases.
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- S Peng
- Department of Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Guo W, Morrisett JD, DeBakey ME, Lawrie GM, Hamilton JA. Quantification in situ of crystalline cholesterol and calcium phosphate hydroxyapatite in human atherosclerotic plaques by solid-state magic angle spinning NMR. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000; 20:1630-6. [PMID: 10845882 PMCID: PMC2933737 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.20.6.1630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Because of renewed interest in the progression, stabilization, and regression of atherosclerotic plaques, it has become important to develop methods for characterizing structural features of plaques in situ and noninvasively. We present a nondestructive method for ex vivo quantification of 2 solid-phase components of plaques: crystalline cholesterol and calcium phosphate salts. Magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of human carotid endarterectomy plaques revealed (13)C resonances of crystalline cholesterol monohydrate and a (31)P resonance of calcium phosphate hydroxyapatite (CPH). The spectra were obtained under conditions in which there was little or no interference from other chemical components and were suitable for quantification in situ of the crystalline cholesterol and CPH. Carotid atherosclerotic plaques showed a wide variation in their crystalline cholesterol content. The calculated molar ratio of liquid-crystalline cholesterol to phospholipid ranged from 1.1 to 1.7, demonstrating different capabilities of the phospholipids to reduce crystallization of cholesterol. The spectral properties of the phosphate groups in CPH in carotid plaques were identical to those of CPH in bone. (31)P MAS NMR is a simple, rapid method for quantification of calcium phosphate salts in tissue without extraction and time-consuming chemical analysis. Crystalline phases in intact atherosclerotic plaques (ex vivo) can be quantified accurately by solid-state (13)C and (31)P MAS NMR spectroscopy.
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- W Guo
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Jaross W, Neumeister V, Lattke P, Schuh D. Determination of cholesterol in atherosclerotic plaques using near infrared diffuse reflection spectroscopy. Atherosclerosis 1999; 147:327-37. [PMID: 10559519 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(99)00203-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The aim of this investigation was to examine whether near infrared diffuse reflection spectroscopy is an acceptable tool for the determination of cholesterol content in atherosclerotic plaques. Using an FT-spectrophotometer (lambda=1000-2500 nm) and fiberoptic systems (d=4 mm), the cholesterol content could be determined in mixtures of the primary compounds of the aortic wall with acceptable precision. Considering the inhomogeneous distribution of cholesterol and cholesterol esters in atherosclerotic plaques the determination of total cholesterol using this method is of acceptable efficacy, even though the calibration procedure did not reflect the composition correctly. Using an energy dose of less than 100 mW/cm(2) to avoid damage to endothelial cells, arterial tissue of about 170-200 microm thickness attenuates the reflected NIRS signal by up to 50%. Cholesterol levels could be determined accurately in atherosclerotic lesions in human aortic specimens obtained by autopsy. The correlation coefficient between the NIRS results and those of HPLC analysis calculated in the investigation of 82 different areas of 18 human aortic specimens was 0.926 (y=0.869x+0. 771, external validation). Acceptable results were also achieved by means of a coronary-catheterlike fiberoptic strand (d=l mm), despite the worsened signal/noise ratio. The results show that the development of a coronary catheter using NIRS appears to be possible in principle.
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- W Jaross
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstr.74, D-01307, Dresden, Germany
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