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Cakmak-Arslan G, Kaya Y, Mamuk S, Akarsu ES, Severcan F. The investigation of the molecular changes during lipopolysaccharide-induced systemic inflammation on rat hippocampus by using FTIR spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2024; 17:e202300541. [PMID: 38531619 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202300541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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The aim of this study is to reveal the molecular changes accompanying the neuronal hyper-excitability during lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced systemic inflammation on rat hippocampus using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. For this aim, the body temperature of Wistar albino rats administered LPS or saline was recorded by radiotelemetry. The animals were decapitated when their body temperature began to decrease by 0.5°C after LPS treatment and the hippocampi of them were examined by FTIR spectroscopy. The results indicated that systemic inflammation caused lipid peroxidation, an increase in the amounts of lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, a decrease in membrane order, an increase in membrane dynamics and changes in the secondary structure of proteins. Principal component analysis successfully separated control and LPS-treated groups. In conclusion, significant structural, compositional and functional alterations occur in the hippocampus during systemic inflammation and these changes may have specific characteristics which can lead to neuronal hyper-excitability.
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- Gulgun Cakmak-Arslan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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Simsek Ozek N. Exploring the in vitro potential of royal jelly against glioblastoma and neuroblastoma: impact on cell proliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle, and the biomolecular content. Analyst 2024; 149:1872-1884. [PMID: 38349213 DOI: 10.1039/d3an01840g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Neuroblastoma and glioblastoma are the most commonly seen nervous system tumors, and their treatment is challenging. Relatively safe and easy acquisition of nutraceutical natural products make them suitable candidates for anticancer research. Royal jelly (RJ), a superfood, has many biological and pharmacological activities. This study was conducted to, for the first time, elucidate its anticancer efficiency, even in high doses, on neuroblastoma and glioblastoma cell lines through cell viability, apoptosis, cell cycle and biomolecular content evaluation. We performed experiments with RJ concentrations in the range of 1.25-10 mg mL-1 for 48 h. Cell viability assays revealed a notable cytotoxic effect of RJ in a concentration-dependent manner. Treatment with a high dose of RJ significantly increased the apoptotic cell population of both cell lines. Furthermore, we observed G0-G1 phase arrest in neuroblastoma cells but G2-M arrest in glioblastoma cells. All these cellular changes are closely associated with the alterations of the macromolecular makeup of the cells, such as decreased saturated lipid, protein, DNA and RNA amounts, protein conformational changes, decreased protein phosphorylation and increased protein carbonylation. These cellular changes are associated with RJ triggered-ROS formation. The clear segregation between the control and the RJ-treated groups proved these changes, obtained from the unsupervised and supervised chemometric analysis. RJ has good anticancer activity against nervous system cancers and could be safely used with current treatment strategies.
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- Nihal Simsek Ozek
- East Anatolia High Technology Application and Research Center (DAYTAM), Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey.
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum 25240, Turkey.
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Tugrul F, Akin Geyik G, Yalinbaş Kaya B, Peker Cengiz B, Karuk Elmas SN, Yilmaz I, Arslan FN. A biospectroscopic approach toward colorectal cancer diagnosis from bodily fluid samples via ATR-MIR spectroscopy combined with multivariate data analysis. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 304:123342. [PMID: 37688884 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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In this study, a biospectroscopic approach was reported for the detection of spectral changes and biomarkers for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CC) cases from different bodily fluids (blood plasma, blood serum, saliva and colonoscopy disinfection/wash fluids) by using attenuated total reflection-mid infrared (ATR-MIR) spectroscopy. To recognize the molecular level changes in the spectral characteristics of CC and their healthy/control (CH) groups, different multivariate data analyses (HCA, LDA, PCA and SIMCA) were successfully performed over the data of ATR-MIR spectroscopy. Two hundred specimens were characterized in detail over the data of spectral regions (4000-650 cm-1 and regions V-XXII). The findings revealed that significant changes were clearly observed in the concentrations of lipid, protein, nucleic acid and carbohydrate biomolecules for cancer cases based upon their necessity to overcome energy requirements. Supervised multivariate data methodology SIMCA, presented an excellent classification for the studied groups; similarly 100% of the specimens from different bodily fluids were correctly classified by supervised methodology LDA. As a result, the developed ATR-MIR methodology for the classification of CC and their healthy groups highlighted a rapid cancer diagnosis approach from different bodily fluids; therefore, it could be guide to make well decision before histopathological assessment and to screen CC populations existing in society.
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- Fuzuli Tugrul
- Eskişehir City Hospital, Clinic of Radiation Oncology, 26080 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, K.O. Science Faculty, Department of Chemistry, 70100 Karaman, Turkey
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- Eskişehir Yunus Emre State Hospital, Clinic of Medical Pathology, 26190 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, K.O. Science Faculty, Department of Chemistry, 70100 Karaman, Turkey; Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Pharmacy Faculty, Department of Analytical Chemistry, 34500 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, K.O. Science Faculty, Department of Chemistry, 70100 Karaman, Turkey.
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- Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, K.O. Science Faculty, Department of Chemistry, 70100 Karaman, Turkey.
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Soares Martins T, Ferreira M, Magalhães S, Leandro K, Almeida LPD, Vogelgsang J, Breitling B, Hansen N, Esselmann H, Wiltfang J, da Cruz E Silva OAB, Nunes A, Henriques AG. FTIR Spectroscopy and Blood-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Duo in Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2024; 98:1157-1167. [PMID: 38489187 DOI: 10.3233/jad-231239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis is difficult, and new accurate tools based on peripheral biofluids are urgently needed. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) emerged as a valuable source of biomarker profiles for AD, since their cargo is disease-specific and these can be easily isolated from easily accessible biofluids, as blood. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy can be employed to analyze EVs and obtain the spectroscopic profiles from different regions of the spectra, simultaneously characterizing carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids. Objective The aim of this study was to identify blood-derived EVs (bdEVs) spectroscopic signatures with AD discriminatory potential. Methods Herein, FTIR spectra of bdEVs from two biofluids (serum and plasma) and distinct sets of Controls and AD cases were acquired, and EVs' spectra analyzed. Results Analysis of bdEVs second derivative peaks area revealed differences between Controls and AD cases in distinct spectra regions, assigned to carbohydrates and nucleic acids, amides, and lipids. Conclusions EVs' spectroscopic profiles presented AD discriminatory value, supporting the use of bdEVs combined with FTIR as a screening or complementary tool for AD diagnosis.
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- Tânia Soares Martins
- Department of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
- Department of Chemistry, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, UnIC@RISE - Cardiovascular Research and Development Center, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- ViraVector-Viral Vector for Gene Transfer Core Facility, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- ViraVector-Viral Vector for Gene Transfer Core Facility, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
- Translational Neuroscience Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen (UMG), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Signaling Group, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Condino F, Crocco MC, Pirritano D, Petrone A, Del Giudice F, Guzzi R. A Linear Predictor Based on FTIR Spectral Biomarkers Improves Disease Diagnosis Classification: An Application to Multiple Sclerosis. J Pers Med 2023; 13:1596. [PMID: 38003911 PMCID: PMC10672539 DOI: 10.3390/jpm13111596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system that can lead to long-term disability. The diagnosis of MS is not simple and requires many instrumental and clinical tests. Sampling easily collected biofluids using spectroscopic approaches is becoming of increasing interest in the medical field to integrate and improve diagnostic procedures. Here we present a statistical approach where we combine a number of spectral biomarkers derived from the ATR-FTIR spectra of blood plasma samples of healthy control subjects and MS patients, to obtain a linear predictor useful for discriminating between the two groups of individuals. This predictor provides a simple tool in which the contribution of different molecular components is summarized and, as a result, the sensitivity (80%) and specificity (93%) of the identification are significantly improved compared to those obtained with typical classification algorithms. The strategy proposed can be very helpful when applied to the diagnosis of diseases whose presence is reflected in a minimal way in the analyzed biofluids (blood and its derivatives), as it is for MS as well as for other neurological disorders.
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- Francesca Condino
- Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance ”Giovanni Anania”, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy;
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- STAR Research Infrastructure, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy;
- Department of Physics, Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- SOC Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Renato Dulbecco, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy;
- UOC Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera dell’Annunziata, 87100 Cosenza, Italy; (A.P.); (F.D.G.)
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- UOC Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera dell’Annunziata, 87100 Cosenza, Italy; (A.P.); (F.D.G.)
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- UOC Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera dell’Annunziata, 87100 Cosenza, Italy; (A.P.); (F.D.G.)
- SOC Neurologia, Ospedale Jazzolino, Azienda Ospedaliera Provinciale, 89900 Vibo Valentia, Italy
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- STAR Research Infrastructure, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy;
- CNR-NANOTEC, Department of Physics, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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Wilkins JM, Gakh O, Guo Y, Popescu B, Staff NP, Lucchinetti CF. Biomolecular alterations detected in multiple sclerosis skin fibroblasts using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Front Cell Neurosci 2023; 17:1223912. [PMID: 37744877 PMCID: PMC10512183 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1223912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the leading cause of non-traumatic disability in young adults. New avenues are needed to help predict individuals at risk for developing MS and aid in diagnosis, prognosis, and outcome of therapeutic treatments. Previously, we showed that skin fibroblasts derived from patients with MS have altered signatures of cell stress and bioenergetics, which likely reflects changes in their protein, lipid, and biochemical profiles. Here, we used Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to determine if the biochemical landscape of MS skin fibroblasts were altered when compared to age- and sex-matched controls (CTRL). More so, we sought to determine if FTIR spectroscopic signatures detected in MS skin fibroblasts are disease specific by comparing them to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) skin fibroblasts. Spectral profiling of skin fibroblasts from MS individuals suggests significant alterations in lipid and protein organization and homeostasis, which may be affecting metabolic processes, cellular organization, and oxidation status. Sparse partial least squares-discriminant analysis of spectral profiles show that CTRL skin fibroblasts segregate well from diseased cells and that changes in MS and ALS may be unique. Differential changes in the spectral profile of CTRL, MS, and ALS cells support the development of FTIR spectroscopy to detect biomolecular modifications in patient-derived skin fibroblasts, which may eventually help establish novel peripheral biomarkers.
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Center, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
- Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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Dučić T, Koch JC. Synchrotron-Based Fourier-Transform Infrared Micro-Spectroscopy of Cerebrospinal Fluid from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Reveals a Unique Biomolecular Profile. Cells 2023; 12:1451. [PMID: 37296572 PMCID: PMC10253168 DOI: 10.3390/cells12111451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease, with the most common adult-onset neurodegenerative disorder affecting motoneurons. Although disruptions in macromolecular conformation and homeostasis have been described in association with ALS, the underlying pathological mechanisms are still not completely understood, and unambiguous biomarkers are lacking. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is appealing to extensive interest due to its potential to resolve biomolecular conformation and content, as this approach offers a non-invasive, label-free identification of specific biologically relevant molecules in a few microliters of CSF sample. Here, we analyzed the CSF of 33 ALS patients compared to 32 matched controls using FTIR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis and demonstrated major differences in the molecular contents. A significant change in the conformation and concentration of RNA is demonstrated. Moreover, significantly increased glutamate and carbohydrates are found in ALS. Moreover, key markers of lipid metabolism are strongly altered; specifically, we find a decrease in unsaturated lipids and an increase in peroxidation of lipids in ALS, whereas the total amount of lipids compared to proteins is reduced. Our study demonstrates that FTIR characterization of CSF could represent a powerful tool for ALS diagnosis and reveals central features of ALS pathophysiology.
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- Tanja Dučić
- CELLS−ALBA, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08290 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, University Medicine Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Alkhuder K. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy: a universal optical sensing technique with auspicious application prospects in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune diseases. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2023; 42:103606. [PMID: 37187270 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2023.103606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Autoimmune diseases (AIDs) are poorly understood clinical syndromes due to breakdown of immune tolerance towards specific types of self-antigens. They are generally associated with an inflammatory response mediated by lymphocytes T, autoantibodies or both. Ultimately, chronic inflammation culminates in tissue damages and clinical manifestations. AIDs affect 5% of the world population, and they represent the main cause of fatality in young to middle-aged females. In addition, the chronic nature of AIDs has a devastating impact on the patient's quality of life. It also places a heavy burden on the health care system. Establishing a rapid and accurate diagnosis is considered vital for an ideal medical management of these autoimmune disorders. However, for some AIDs, this task might be challenging. Vibrational spectroscopies, and more particularly Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, have emerged as universal analytical techniques with promising applications in the diagnosis of various types of malignancies and metabolic and infectious diseases. The high sensitivity of these optical sensing techniques and their minimal requirements for test reagents qualify them to be ideal analytical techniques. The aim of the current review is to explore the potential applications of FTIR spectroscopy in the diagnosis and management of most common AIDs. It also aims to demonstrate how this technique has contributed to deciphering the biochemical and physiopathological aspects of these chronic inflammatory diseases. The advantages that can be offered by this optical sensing technique over the traditional and gold standard methods used in the diagnosis of these autoimmune disorders have also been extensively discussed.
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Kucuk Baloglu F, Guldag Tas D, Yilmaz O, Severcan F. The recovery effect of Vitamin C on structural alterations due to Streptozotocin-Induced diabetes in rat testicular tissues. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 288:122149. [PMID: 36470089 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.122149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Type I Diabetes is a multisystem disease that causes alterations in carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolisms due to hyperglycemia. It has an extensive pathology, especially the mechanism involving oxidative stress is still complex. Type I diabetes is correlated with increased formation of free radicals and decreased levels of antioxidant potential. Vitamin C (Vit C) is a powerful antioxidant that participates in antioxidant defense, protecting lipid membranes and proteins from oxidative damage by donating electrons to free radicals. The effect of type I diabetes and the recovery role of Vit C on the structure and composition of the biomolecular content of testicular tissue is still unknown. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the alterations in the biomolecules of rat testes due to Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced type I diabetes using Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR)-Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and histological staining. The results revealed that the biomolecular structure and composition of testicular tissue are highly affected due to the development of diabetes. We obtained decreased saturation levels and increased unsaturation index in the lipids indicating the presence of lipid peroxidation in the diabetic state. The elevated lipid peroxidation levels have been implicated in the pathogenesis of naturally occurring and chemically induced diabetes. On the other hand, the protein content of diabetic rat testicular tissue was shown to decrease considerably, indicating an increase in proteolysis processes. Supporting the ratio of protein structural and conformational change, protein secondary structural components were also found to alter substantially in the diabetic state. Diabetes was also shown to lead to a decrease in the content of nucleic acids compared to proteins. These diabetes-induced alterations were found to be substantially recovered with the administration of Vit C. Although different doses and administration types of Vit C have been reported in the literature, there is no consensus yet. Therefore, we used three different doses of Vit C in our study as high (100 mg/kg/day), medium (50 mg/kg/day) and low (15 mg/kg/day) doses intraperitoneally in the present study, and the medium dose was found to be the most effective in the recovery from the diabetes-induced structural damages on rat testicular tissue. Vit C may have a therapeutic effect to be used as a complementary therapy in the treatment of diabetes.
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- Fatma Kucuk Baloglu
- Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, Ankara, Turkey; Giresun University, Department of Biology, Giresun, Turkey
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- Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
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- Firat University, Department of Biology, Elazig, Turkey
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- Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, Ankara, Turkey; Altinbas University, Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Crocco MC, Moyano MFH, Annesi F, Bruno R, Pirritano D, Del Giudice F, Petrone A, Condino F, Guzzi R. ATR-FTIR spectroscopy of plasma supported by multivariate analysis discriminates multiple sclerosis disease. Sci Rep 2023; 13:2565. [PMID: 36782055 PMCID: PMC9924868 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29617-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases showing various symptoms both of physical and cognitive type. In this work, we used attenuated total reflection Fourier transformed infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy to analyze plasma samples for discriminating MS patients from healthy control individuals, and identifying potential spectral biomarkers helping the diagnosis through a quick non-invasive blood test. The cohort of the study consists of 85 subjects, including 45 MS patients and 40 healthy controls. The differences in the spectral features both in the fingerprint region (1800-900 cm-1) and in the high region (3050-2800 cm-1) of the infrared spectra were highlighted also with the support of different chemometric methods, to capture the most significant wavenumbers for the differentiation. The results show an increase in the lipid/protein ratio in MS patients, indicating changes in the level (metabolism) of these molecular components in the plasma. Moreover, the multivariate tools provided a promising rate of success in the diagnosis, with 78% sensitivity and 83% specificity obtained through the random forest model in the fingerprint region. The MS diagnostic tools based on biomarkers identification on blood (and blood component, like plasma or serum) are very challenging and the specificity and sensitivity values obtained in this work are very encouraging. Overall, the results obtained suggest that ATR-FTIR spectroscopy on plasma samples, requiring minimal or no manipulation, coupled with statistical multivariate approaches, is a promising analytical tool to support MS diagnosis through the identification of spectral biomarkers.
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- Maria Caterina Crocco
- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, Italy
- STAR Research Infrastructure, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy
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- Neurological and Stroke Unit, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Annunziata Hospital, 87100, Cosenza, Italy
- SOC Neurologia-Azienda Ospedaliera Pugliese-Ciaccio, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Neurological and Stroke Unit, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Annunziata Hospital, 87100, Cosenza, Italy
- SOC Neurologia-Ospedale Jazzolino, Azienda Ospedaliera Provinciale, 89900, Vibo Valentia, Italy
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- Neurological and Stroke Unit, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Annunziata Hospital, 87100, Cosenza, Italy
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- Department of Economics, Statistics and Finance "Giovanni Anania", University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
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- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Calabria, 87036, Rende, Italy.
- CNR-Nanotec Rende, Via P. Bucci, 87036, Rende, Italy.
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Prada P, Brunel B, Moulin D, Rouillon L, Netter P, Loeuille D, Slimano F, Bouche O, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Jouzeau JY, Piot O. Identification of circulating biomarkers of Crohn's disease and spondyloarthritis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2023; 16:e202200200. [PMID: 36112612 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202200200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Crohn's disease (CD) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) are two inflammatory diseases sharing many common features (genetic polymorphism, armamentarium). Both diseases lack diagnostic markers of certainty. While the diagnosis of CD is made by a combination of clinical, and biological criteria, the diagnosis of SpA may take several years to be confirmed. Based on the hypothesis that CD and SpA alter the biochemical profile of plasma, the objective of this study was to evaluate the analytical capability of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in identifying spectral biomarkers. Plasma from 104 patients was analyzed. After data processing of the spectra by Extended Multiplicative Signal Correction and linear discriminant analysis, we demonstrated that it was possible to distinguish CD and SpA from controls with an accuracy of 97% and 85% respectively. Spectral differences were mainly associated with proteins and lipids. This study showed that FTIR analysis is efficient to identify plasma biosignatures specific to CD or SpA.
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- Pierre Prada
- EA7506-BioSpectroscopie Translationnelle (BioSpecT), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- EA7506-BioSpectroscopie Translationnelle (BioSpecT), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
- FEMTO-ST Institute, CNRS UMR-6174, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Ingénierie Moléculaire et Ingénierie Articulaire (IMoPA), UMR-7365 CNRS, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lorraine et Hôpital Universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France
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- EA7506-BioSpectroscopie Translationnelle (BioSpecT), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Ingénierie Moléculaire et Ingénierie Articulaire (IMoPA), UMR-7365 CNRS, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lorraine et Hôpital Universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France
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- Ingénierie Moléculaire et Ingénierie Articulaire (IMoPA), UMR-7365 CNRS, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lorraine et Hôpital Universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France
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- EA7506-BioSpectroscopie Translationnelle (BioSpecT), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- EA7506-BioSpectroscopie Translationnelle (BioSpecT), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Département de Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Universitaire de Nancy-Brabois, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Ingénierie Moléculaire et Ingénierie Articulaire (IMoPA), UMR-7365 CNRS, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lorraine et Hôpital Universitaire de Nancy, Nancy, France
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- EA7506-BioSpectroscopie Translationnelle (BioSpecT), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
- Plateforme d'Imagerie Cellulaire ou Tissulaire (PICT), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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Callery EL, Morais CLM, Nugent L, Rowbottom AW. Classification of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using Raman Spectroscopy of Blood and Automated Computational Detection Methods: A Novel Tool for Future Diagnostic Testing. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12123158. [PMID: 36553165 PMCID: PMC9777204 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12123158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to explore the proof of concept for using Raman spectroscopy as a diagnostic platform in the setting of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We sought to identify unique Raman signatures in serum blood samples to successfully segregate SLE patients from healthy controls (HC). In addition, a retrospective audit was undertaken to assess the clinical utility of current testing platforms used to detect anti-double stranded DNA (dsDNA) antibodies (n = 600). We examined 234 Raman spectra to investigate key variances between SLE patients (n = 8) and HC (n = 4). Multi-variant analysis and classification model construction was achieved using principal component analysis (PCA), PCA-linear discriminant analysis and partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). We achieved the successful segregation of Raman spectra from SLE patients and healthy controls (p-value < 0.0001). Classification models built using PLS-DA demonstrated outstanding performance characteristics with 99% accuracy, 100% sensitivity and 99% specificity. Twelve statistically significant (p-value < 0.001) wavenumbers were identified as potential diagnostic spectral markers. Molecular assignments related to proteins and DNA demonstrated significant Raman intensity changes between SLE and HC groups. These wavenumbers may serve as future biomarkers and offer further insight into the pathogenesis of SLE. Our audit confirmed previously reported inconsistencies between two key methodologies used to detect anti-dsDNA, highlighting the need for improved laboratory testing for SLE. Raman spectroscopy has demonstrated powerful performance characteristics in this proof-of-concept study, setting the foundations for future translation into the clinical setting.
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- Emma L. Callery
- Department of Immunology, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston PR2 9HT, UK
- Correspondence: (E.L.C.); (A.W.R.)
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- Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59072-970, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Whiston Hospital, Prescot L35 5DR, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston PR2 9HT, UK
- School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK
- Correspondence: (E.L.C.); (A.W.R.)
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Zupančič B, Umek N, Ugwoke CK, Cvetko E, Horvat S, Grdadolnik J. Application of FTIR Spectroscopy to Detect Changes in Skeletal Muscle Composition Due to Obesity with Insulin Resistance and STZ-Induced Diabetes. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232012498. [PMID: 36293355 PMCID: PMC9603871 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Age, obesity, and diabetes mellitus are pathophysiologically interconnected factors that significantly contribute to the global burden of non-communicable diseases. These metabolic conditions are associated with impaired insulin function, which disrupts the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins and can lead to structural and functional changes in skeletal muscle. Therefore, the alterations in the macromolecular composition of skeletal muscle may provide an indication of the underlying mechanisms of insulin-related disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to reveal the changes in macromolecular composition in weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing muscles of old, obese, insulin-resistant, and young streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice. The efficiency of FTIR spectroscopy was evaluated by comparison with the results of gold-standard histochemical techniques. The differences in biomolecular phenotypes and the alterations in muscle composition in relation to their functional properties observed from FTIR spectra suggest that FTIR spectroscopy can detect most of the changes observed in muscle tissue by histochemical analyses and more. Therefore, it could be used as an effective alternative because it allows for the complete characterization of macromolecular composition in a single, relatively simple experiment, avoiding some obvious drawbacks of histochemical methods.
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- Barbara Zupančič
- Laboratory for Molecular Structural Dynamics, Theory Department, National Institute of Chemistry, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Correspondence: (N.U.); (J.G.)
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- Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Chair for Genetics, Biotechnology and Immunology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia
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- Laboratory for Molecular Structural Dynamics, Theory Department, National Institute of Chemistry, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Correspondence: (N.U.); (J.G.)
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Asha KS, Habib S, Moinuddin, Siddiqui SA, Ali A. Calf Thymus DNA Exposed to Quinacrine at Physiological Temperatures and pH Acquires Immunogenicity: A Threat for Long Term Quinacrine Therapy. Indian J Clin Biochem 2022; 37:441-448. [PMID: 36262783 PMCID: PMC9573848 DOI: 10.1007/s12291-021-01013-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Quinacrine is an Acridine derivative with two potentially reactive groups; a diamino butyl side chain and an Acridine ring both capable of interacting with DNA but in different ways. This is an antimalarial drug approved by FDA for long term clinical trials and for the treatment of other diseases as well. The study evaluates the physicochemical interactions of quinacrine with DNA (calf thymus DNA) through characterizations of quinacrine DNA adduct (Q-DNA) by various techniques. It was observed that quinacrine induces stability in the structure of DNA, as the onset of melting was found to be increased by 6 °C in the melting temperature profile of Q-DNA supported by other data obtained during study, deviation from the native structure of DNA was analyzed by FTIR that showed specific shifts in the region of 1707-1400 cm-1.The study also probed the antigenicity of Q-DNA compared to its non antigenic native counterpart (N-DNA), by using both as antigens in female New Zealand White rabbits. Q-DNA was found to be antigenic with antibody titer > 1:6400. IgG was isolated and characterized to check for binding specificity. These antibodies were found to be promiscuous capable of cross reacting with other cellular molecules. Analysis of the data obtained suggested that intracellular accumulation of quinacrine and its ability to cross nucleus may allow the drug to interact with DNA. This may bring about significant structural perturbations in the macromolecule triggering an immunogenic response at the site where anti Q-DNA antibody and Q-DNA complex accumulates.
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- Department of Biochemistry, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002 India
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- Department of Biochemistry, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002 India
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- Department of Radio Therapy, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002 India
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Ardahanlı İ, Özkan Hİ, Özel F, Gurbanov R, Teker HT, Ceylani T. Infrared spectrochemical findings on intermittent fasting-associated gross molecular modifications in rat myocardium. Biophys Chem 2022; 289:106873. [PMID: 35964448 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2022.106873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cardiovascular diseases are among the primary life-threatening conditions affecting human society. Intermittent fasting is shown to be functional in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, however, the information on fasting-associated modifications in myocardial biomolecules is limited. This study aimed to determine the impact of 18-h intermittent fasting administered for five weeks on 12 months-old rats using supervised linear discriminant analysis and support vector machine algorithms constructed on spectrochemical data obtained from myocardial tissues. These algorithms revealed gross biomolecular modifications, while quantitative analyses demonstrated higher amounts of saturated lipids (19%), triglycerides (11%), and lipids (56%), in addition to enhancement in membrane dynamics (18%). The concentrations of nucleic acids and glucose are increased by 52%, while the glycogen content is diminished by 61%. The protein carbonylation/oxidation is reduced by 38%, whereas a 35% increase in protein content was measured. Phosphorylated proteins have been calculated to be at higher concentrations in the 13-62% range. The study findings demonstrated significant molecular changes in the myocardium of rats subjected to intermittent fasting.
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- İsa Ardahanlı
- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Bilecik, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Bilecik, Turkey
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Bilecik, Turkey; Central Research Laboratory, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Bilecik, Turkey
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- Department of Food Quality Control and Analysis, Muş Alparslan University Muş, Turkey.
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Ceylani T, Teker HT, Samgane G, Gurbanov R. Intermittent fasting-induced biomolecular modifications in rat tissues detected by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and machine learning algorithms. Anal Biochem 2022; 654:114825. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2022.114825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Yonar D, Severcan M, Gurbanov R, Sandal A, Yilmaz U, Emri S, Severcan F. Rapid diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma and its discrimination from lung cancer and benign exudative effusions using blood serum. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2022; 1868:166473. [PMID: 35753541 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2022.166473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), an aggressive cancer associated with exposure to fibrous minerals, can only be diagnosed in the advanced stage because its early symptoms are also connected with other respiratory diseases. Hence, understanding the molecular mechanism and the discrimination of MPM from other lung diseases at an early stage is important to apply effective treatment strategies and for the increase in survival rate. This study aims to develop a new approach for characterization and diagnosis of MPM among lung diseases from serum by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) coupled with multivariate analysis. The detailed spectral characterization studies indicated the changes in lipid biosynthesis and nucleic acids levels in the malignant serum samples. Furthermore, the results showed that healthy, benign exudative effusion, lung cancer, and MPM groups were successfully separated from each other by applying principal component analysis (PCA), support vector machine (SVM), and especially linear discriminant analysis (LDA) to infrared spectra.
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- Dilek Yonar
- Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, Ankara, Turkey; Yuksek Ihtisas University, Faculty of Medicine, Biophysics Department, Ankara, Turkey
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- Middle East Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
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- Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Department of Bioengineering, Bilecik, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara, Turkey; Ankara Occupational and Environmental Diseases Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara, Turkey; Medicana Hospital, Department of Chest Diseases, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, Ankara, Turkey; Altinbas University, Faculty of Medicine, Biophysics Department, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Akin Geyik G, Peker Cengiz B, Tugrul F, Karuk Elmas SN, Yilmaz I, Arslan FN. A rapid diagnostic approach for gastric and colon cancers via Fourier transform mid-infrared spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics from paraffin-embedded tissues. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 267:120619. [PMID: 34810101 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This paper describes the feasibility of Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform mid-infrared (ATR-MIR) spectroscopy method coupled with chemometrics for the rapid diagnostic approach and screening spectral changes for gastric and colon cancers from paraffin-embedded tissues. A total number of 82 tissue samples were analyzed by a simple ATR-MIR method combined with PCA, HCA, SIMCA and LDA methodologies. Spectral analyses showed significant differences for the molecular contents particularly about the lipid, nucleic acid, protein and other biomolecules in the samples of gastric cancer (GC) and colon cancer (CC) groups from their control/healthy groups. Significant changes in the characteristic of these molecules were only observed for cancer groups based upon the increment in their biosynthesis, and they could be utilized as diagnostic spectral biomarkers. Under the optimum conditions, SIMCA provided excellent classification for diseased and control groups, with 5% significance level. As well, 97.75% of the studied tissue samples were correctly discriminated on the basis of their origin by LDA. Consequently, the findings of this study highlighted the rapid diagnosis of gastric and colon cancer cases from paraffin-embedded tissues via ATR-MIR spectroscopy complemented with chemometrics.
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- Gonul Akin Geyik
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Karamanoglu Mehmetbey, 70100 Karaman, Turkey
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- Clinic of Medical Pathology, Eskişehir Yunus Emre State Hospital, 26190 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Clinic of Radiation Oncology, Eskişehir City Hospital, 26080 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Karamanoglu Mehmetbey, 70100 Karaman, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Karamanoglu Mehmetbey, 70100 Karaman, Turkey.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Karamanoglu Mehmetbey, 70100 Karaman, Turkey.
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Aitekenov S, Sultangaziyev A, Abdirova P, Yussupova L, Gaipov A, Utegulov Z, Bukasov R. Raman, Infrared and Brillouin Spectroscopies of Biofluids for Medical Diagnostics and for Detection of Biomarkers. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2022; 53:1561-1590. [PMID: 35157535 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2022.2036941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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This review surveys Infrared, Raman/SERS and Brillouin spectroscopies for medical diagnostics and detection of biomarkers in biofluids, that include urine, blood, saliva and other biofluids. These optical sensing techniques are non-contact, noninvasive and relatively rapid, accurate, label-free and affordable. However, those techniques still have to overcome some challenges to be widely adopted in routine clinical diagnostics. This review summarizes and provides insights on recent advancements in research within the field of vibrational spectroscopy for medical diagnostics and its use in detection of many health conditions such as kidney injury, cancers, cardiovascular and infectious diseases. The six comprehensive tables in the review and four tables in supplementary information summarize a few dozen experimental papers in terms of such analytical parameters as limit of detection, range, diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, and other figures of merits. Critical comparison between SERS and FTIR methods of analysis reveals that on average the reported sensitivity for biomarkers in biofluids for SERS vs FTIR is about 103 to 105 times higher, since LOD SERS are lower than LOD FTIR by about this factor. High sensitivity gives SERS an edge in detection of many biomarkers present in biofluids at low concentration (nM and sub nM), which can be particularly advantageous for example in early diagnostics of cancer or viral infections.HighlightsRaman, Infrared spectroscopies use low volume of biofluidic samples, little sample preparation, fast time of analysis and relatively inexpensive instrumentation.Applications of SERS may be a bit more complicated than applications of FTIR (e.g., limited shelf life for nanoparticles and substrates, etc.), but this can be generously compensated by much higher (by several order of magnitude) sensitivity in comparison to FTIR.High sensitivity makes SERS a noninvasive analytical method of choice for detection, quantification and diagnostics of many health conditions, metabolites, and drugs, particularly in diagnostics of cancer, including diagnostics of its early stages.FTIR, particularly ATR-FTIR can be a method of choice for efficient sensing of many biomarkers, present in urine, blood and other biofluids at sufficiently high concentrations (mM and even a few µM)Brillouin scattering spectroscopy detecting visco-elastic properties of probed liquid medium, may also find application in clinical analysis of some biofluids, such as cerebrospinal fluid and urine.
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- Sultan Aitekenov
- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Humanities (SSH), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Humanities (SSH), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Humanities (SSH), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Humanities (SSH), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Physics, School of Sciences and Humanities (SSH), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Humanities (SSH), Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Spectral signature of multiple sclerosis. Preliminary studies of blood fraction by ATR FTIR technique. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 593:40-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dogan A, Gurbanov R, Severcan M, Severcan F. CoronaVac (Sinovac) COVID-19 vaccine-induced molecular changes in healthy human serum by infrared spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics. Turk J Biol 2021; 45:549-558. [PMID: 34803453 PMCID: PMC8573849 DOI: 10.3906/biy-2105-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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From the beginning of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in December of 2019, the disease has infected millions of people worldwide and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths. Since then, several vaccines have been developed. One of those vaccines is inactivated CoronaVac-Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. In this proof of concept study, we first aimed to determine CoronaVac-induced biomolecular changes in healthy human serum using infrared spectroscopy. Our second aim was to see whether the vaccinated group can be separated or not from the non-vaccinated group by applying chemometric techniques to spectral data. The results revealed that the vaccine administration induced significant changes in some functional groups belonging to lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. In addition, the non-vaccinated and vaccinated groups were successfully separated from each other by principal component analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA). This proof-of-concept study will encourage future studies on CoronaVac as well as other vaccines and will lead to make a comparison between different vaccines to establish a better understanding of the vaccination outcomes on serum biomolecules.
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- Ayca Dogan
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Altinbaş University, İstanbul Turkey
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- Biotechnology Application and Research Center, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Bilecik Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Altınbaş University, İstanbul Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Altınbaş University, İstanbul Turkey
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Khan A, Shal B, Khan AU, Bibi T, Islam SU, Baig MW, Haq IU, Ali H, Ahmad S, Khan S. Withametelin, a novel phytosterol, alleviates neurological symptoms in EAE mouse model of multiple sclerosis via modulation of Nrf2/HO-1 and TLR4/NF-κB signaling. Neurochem Int 2021; 151:105211. [PMID: 34688804 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2021.105211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) that remains incurable. Withametelin (WMT), a phytosterol, showed diverse biological activities isolated from the leaves of Datura innoxa. In the present study, we used an in vitro model of HT22 and BV-2 cell lines and an in vivo murine model of MS, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), to explore the antioxidant and anti neuroinflammatory potential of WMT. The results showed that pretreatment with WMT markedly inhibited H2O2-induced cytotoxicity and oxidative stress in a dose-dependent manner. Correspondingly, WMT post-immunization treatment significantly attenuated EAE-induced clinical score, weight loss, neuropathic pain behaviors, and motor dysfunction. It markedly lowers EAE-induced elevated circulating leucocytes, spinal deformity, and splenomegaly. It strikingly inhibited the Evans blue and FITC extravasation in the brain. It remarkably reversed the EAE-induced histopathological alteration of the brain, spinal cord, eye, and optic nerve. It significantly intensified the antioxidant defense mechanism by improving the expression level of nuclear factor-erythroid-related factor-2 (Nrf2), heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1) but reducing the expression level of the Kelch-like-ECH-associated-protein-1 (keap-1), inducible-nitric-oxide-synthase (iNOS) in the CNS. Likewise, it markedly suppressed neuroinflammation by reducing the expression level of toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR4), nuclear-factor-kappa-B (NF-κB), activator-protein-1 (AP-1) but increased the expression level IkB-α in the CNS. Furthermore, molecular dynamics simulations and MMPBSA binding free energies were determined to validate the dynamic stability of complexes and shed light on the atomic level intermolecular interaction energies. Taken together, this study showed that WMT has significant neuroprotective potential in EAE via modulation of Nrf2 mediated-oxidative stress and NF-κB mediated inflammation.
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- Adnan Khan
- Pharmacological Sciences Research Lab, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Pharmacological Sciences Research Lab, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Pharmacological Sciences Research Lab, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Pharmacological Sciences Research Lab, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- School of Life Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Health and Biological Sciences, Abasyn University, Peshawar, 25000, Pakistan.
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- Pharmacological Sciences Research Lab, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Durlik-Popińska K, Żarnowiec P, Konieczna-Kwinkowska I, Lechowicz Ł, Gawęda J, Kaca W. Correlations between autoantibodies and the ATR-FTIR spectra of sera from rheumatoid arthritis patients. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17886. [PMID: 34504137 PMCID: PMC8429563 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96848-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common autoimmune diseases worldwide. Due to high heterogeneity in disease manifestation, accurate and fast diagnosis of RA is difficult. This study analyzed the potential relationship between the infrared (IR) spectra obtained by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and the presence of autoantibodies and antibodies against urease in sera. Additionally, the wave number of the IR spectrum that enabled the best differentiation between patients and healthy blood donors was investigated. Using a mathematical model involving principal component analysis and discriminant analysis, it was shown that the presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibody, rheumatoid factor, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, and anti-nuclear antibodies correlated significantly with the wave numbers in the IR spectra of the tested sera. The most interesting findings derived from determination of the best predictors for distinguishing RA. Characteristic features included an increased reaction with urease mimicking peptides and a correspondence with particular nucleic acid bands. Taken together, the results demonstrated the potential application of ATR-FTIR in the study of RA and identified potential novel markers of the disease.
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- Katarzyna Durlik-Popińska
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland.
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Kielce, Poland
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GARİP USTAOĞLU Ş, KAYGUSUZ H, BİLGİN MD, SEVERCAN F. Novel approaches for COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment: a nonsystematic review. Turk J Biol 2021; 45:358-371. [PMID: 34803440 PMCID: PMC8573842 DOI: 10.3906/biy-2105-45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Since COVID-19 pandemic has been continuously rising and spreading, several original contributions and review articles on COVID-19 started to appear in the literature. The review articles are mainly focus on the current status of the pandemic along with current status of the corona diagnosis and treatment process. Due to some disadvantages of the currently used methods, the improvement on the novel promising diagnosis and treatment methods of corona virus is very important issue. In this review, after briefly discussing the status of current diagnosis and treatment methods, we present to the scientific community, novel promising methods in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19. As with other novel approaches, first, the diagnosis potential of mass spectroscopy and optical spectroscopic methods such as UV/visible, infrared, and Raman spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics will be discussed for the corona virus infected samples based on the relevant literature. In vibrational spectroscopy studies, due to complexity of the data, multivariate analysis methods are also applied to data. The application of multivariate analysis tools that can be used to extract useful information from the data for diagnostic and characterisation purposes is also included in this review. The reviewed methods include hierarchical cluster analysis, principal component analysis, linear and quadratic discriminant analysis, support vector machine algorithm, and one form of neural networks namely deep learning method. Second, novel treatment methods such as photodynamic therapy and the use of nanoparticles in the in-corona virus therapy will be discussed. Finally, the advantages of novel promising diagnosis and treatment methods in COVID-19, over standard methods will be discussed. One of the main aims of this paper is to encourage the scientific community to explore the potential of this novel tools for their use in corona virus characterization, diagnosis, and treatment.
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- Şebnem GARİP USTAOĞLU
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Altınbaş University, İstanbulTurkey
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Altınbaş University, İstanbulTurkey
- Sabanci University SUNUM Nanotechnology Research Center, İstanbulTurkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, AydınTurkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Altınbaş University, İstanbulTurkey
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Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging-A Novel Approach to Monitor Bio Molecular Changes in Subacute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11070918. [PMID: 34356152 PMCID: PMC8307811 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11070918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be defined as a disorder in the function of the brain after a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, or penetrating head injury. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can cause devastating effects, such as the initiation of long-term neurodegeneration in brain tissue. In the current study, the effects of mTBI were investigated on rat brain regions; cortex (Co) and corpus callosum (CC) after 24 h (subacute trauma) by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging and immunohistochemistry (IHC). IHC studies showed the formation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques in the cortex brain region of mTBI rats. Moreover, staining of myelin basic protein presented the shearing of axons in CC region in the same group of animals. According to FTIR imaging results, total protein and lipid content significantly decreased in both Co and CC regions in mTBI group compared to the control. Due to this significant decrease in both lipid and protein content, remarkable consistency in lipid/protein band ratio in mTBI and control group, was observed. Significant decrease in methyl content and a significant increase in olefinic content were observed in Co and CC regions of mTBI rat brain tissues. Classification amongst distinguishable groups was performed using principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering (HCA). This study established the prospective of FTIR imaging for assessing biochemical changes due to mTBI with high sensitivity, precision and high-resolution.
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Mateus T, Almeida I, Costa A, Viegas D, Magalhães S, Martins F, Herdeiro MT, da Cruz e Silva OAB, Fraga C, Alves I, Nunes A, Rebelo S. Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy as a Discriminatory Tool for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Metabolism: A Pilot Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18073800. [PMID: 33917301 PMCID: PMC8038712 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18073800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a hereditary disease characterized by progressive distal muscle weakness and myotonia. Patients with DM1 have abnormal lipid metabolism and a high propensity to develop a metabolic syndrome in comparison to the general population. It follows that metabolome evaluation in these patients is crucial and may contribute to a better characterization and discrimination between DM1 disease phenotypes and severities. Several experimental approaches are possible to carry out such an analysis; among them is Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) which evaluates metabolic profiles by categorizing samples through their biochemical composition. In this study, FTIR spectra were acquired and analyzed using multivariate analysis (Principal Component Analysis) using skin DM1 patient-derived fibroblasts and controls. The results obtained showed a clear discrimination between both DM1-derived fibroblasts with different CTG repeat length and with the age of disease onset; this was evident given the distinct metabolic profiles obtained for the two groups. Discrimination could be attributed mainly to the altered lipid metabolism and proteins in the 1800–1500 cm−1 region. These results suggest that FTIR spectroscopy is a valuable tool to discriminate both DM1-derived fibroblasts with different CTG length and age of onset and to study the metabolomic profile of patients with DM1.
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- Tiago Mateus
- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
- Department of Chemistry, Aveiro Institute of Materials (CICECO), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
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- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa (CHTS), 4564-007 Penafiel, Portugal; (C.F.); (I.A.)
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- Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa (CHTS), 4564-007 Penafiel, Portugal; (C.F.); (I.A.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; (T.M.); (I.A.); (A.C.); (D.V.); (S.M.); (F.M.); (M.T.H.); (O.A.B.d.C.eS.); (A.N.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +351-924-406-306; Fax: +351-234-372-587
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Rakib F, Al-Saad K, Ahmed T, Ullah E, Barreto GE, Md Ashraf G, Ali MHM. Biomolecular alterations in acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging spectroscopy. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 248:119189. [PMID: 33277210 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Acute injury is one of the substantial stage post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurring at the moment of impact. Decreased metabolism, unregulated cerebral blood flow and direct tissue damage are triggered by acute injury. Understating the biochemical alterations associated with acute TBI is critical for brain plasticity and recovery. The objective of this study was to investigate the biochemical and molecular changes in hippocampus, corpus callosum and thalamus brain regions post-acute TBI in rats. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) imaging spectroscopy were used to collect chemical images from control and 3 hrs post-TBI (Marmarou model was used for the TBI induction) rat brains and adjacent sections were treated by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining to correlate with the disruption in tissue morphology and injured brain biochemistry. Our results revealed that the total lipid and total protein content decreased significantly in the hippocampus, corpus callosum and thalamus after brain injury. Reduction in lipid acyl chains (-CH2) associated with an increase in methyl (-CH3) and unsaturated lipids olefin = CH concentrations is observed. Furthermore, there is a decrease in the lipid order (disorder), which leads to an increase in acyl chain fluidity in injured rats. The results suggest acute TBI damages brain tissues mechanically rather than chemical alterations. This will help in assessing successful therapeutic strategy in order to mitigate tissue damage in acute TBI period.
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- Fazle Rakib
- Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
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Mosleth EF, Vedeler CA, Liland KH, McLeod A, Bringeland GH, Kroondijk L, Berven FS, Lysenko A, Rawlings CJ, Eid KEH, Opsahl JA, Gjertsen BT, Myhr KM, Gavasso S. Cerebrospinal fluid proteome shows disrupted neuronal development in multiple sclerosis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4087. [PMID: 33602999 PMCID: PMC7892850 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82388-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Despite intensive research, the aetiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) remains unknown. Cerebrospinal fluid proteomics has the potential to reveal mechanisms of MS pathogenesis, but analyses must account for disease heterogeneity. We previously reported explorative multivariate analysis by hierarchical clustering of proteomics data of MS patients and controls, which resulted in two groups of individuals. Grouping reflected increased levels of intrathecal inflammatory response proteins and decreased levels of proteins involved in neural development in one group relative to the other group. MS patients and controls were present in both groups. Here we reanalysed these data and we also reanalysed data from an independent cohort of patients diagnosed with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), who have symptoms of MS without evidence of dissemination in space and/or time. Some, but not all, CIS patients had intrathecal inflammation. The analyses reported here identified a common protein signature of MS/CIS that was not linked to elevated intrathecal inflammation. The signature included low levels of complement proteins, semaphorin-7A, reelin, neural cell adhesion molecules, inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain H2, transforming growth factor beta 1, follistatin-related protein 1, malate dehydrogenase 1 cytoplasmic, plasma retinol-binding protein, biotinidase, and transferrin, all known to play roles in neural development. Low levels of these proteins suggest that MS/CIS patients suffer from abnormally low oxidative capacity that results in disrupted neural development from an early stage of the disease.
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- Ellen F Mosleth
- Nofima AS, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Osloveien 1, 1430, Ås, Norway.
- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Neuro-SysMed, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Nofima AS, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Osloveien 1, 1430, Ås, Norway
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430, Ås, Norway
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- Nofima AS, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Osloveien 1, 1430, Ås, Norway
- Center for Laboratory Medicine, Østfold Hospital Trust, Grålum, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Neuro-SysMed, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Neuro-SysMed, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
- Laboratory for Medical Science Mathematics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Nofima AS, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Osloveien 1, 1430, Ås, Norway
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430, Ås, Norway
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- Proteomics Unit (PROBE), Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Center for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO), Department of Clinical Science, Precision Oncology Research Group, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Medicine, Haematology Section, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Neuro-SysMed, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
- Neuro-SysMed, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
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Theakstone AG, Rinaldi C, Butler HJ, Cameron JM, Confield LR, Rutherford SH, Sala A, Sangamnerkar S, Baker MJ. Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy of biofluids: A practical approach. TRANSLATIONAL BIOPHOTONICS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/tbio.202000025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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- Ashton G. Theakstone
- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Technology and Innovation Centre Glasgow UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Technology and Innovation Centre Glasgow UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Technology and Innovation Centre Glasgow UK
- CDT Medical Devices, Department of Biomedical Engineering Wolfson Centre Glasgow UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Technology and Innovation Centre Glasgow UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Technology and Innovation Centre Glasgow UK
- ClinSpec Diagnostics Ltd, Royal College Building Glasgow UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Technology and Innovation Centre Glasgow UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Technology and Innovation Centre Glasgow UK
- ClinSpec Diagnostics Ltd, Royal College Building Glasgow UK
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Ahmed GAR, El Hotaby W, Abbas L, Sherif HHA, Kamel G, Khalil SKH. Synchrotron Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (sFTIRM) analysis of Al-induced Alzheimer's disease in rat brain cortical tissue. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 239:118421. [PMID: 32473558 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Aluminium (Al) is reported to promote beta amyloid (Aβ) aggregation, free radical production and disturb acetylcholine metabolism leading to cognitive dysfunction that are strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we utilized synchrotron Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (sFTIRM) to analyse the fine structure of proteins and lipids in the rat cortical brain tissues in response to AlCl3 toxicity and Lepidium sativum (LS) treatment after 42 and 65 days. For statistical analysis, we used principal component analysis (PCA). Our results showed profusion of gauche rotomers form in membrane lipid acyl chains that increases the membrane fluidity and disorder only in AD group indicated by the detected sνCH2 band shift to higher frequency. All half bands width (HBW) values of the decomposed amide I band showed marked decrease in AD group compared to the other tested groups, together with an increase in the amounts of β-sheets (1641 cm-1) protein and random coil structure (1654 cm-1). These were indicated by a drastic increase in the percentage areas ratios of (1638 cm-1/1654 cm-1) and (1641 cm-1/1654 cm-1) that may be attributed to a stronger the hydrogen bonds that stabilize the protein conformational structure and/or the increase of the β-strand length due to misfolded Aβ formation in response to Al toxicity through transit phase/phases dominated by random coil structure. In curative group, LS treatment reversed these changes and restored the protein and lipid integrities. To conclude, sFTIRM is a powerful tool that shed light on the biomolecular structure of AD-like cortical brain tissue and considered the therapeutic potential of LS as a promising natural AD treatment.
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- Gehan A-R Ahmed
- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.) Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Giza, Egypt.
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.) Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Giza, Egypt
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.) Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Giza, Egypt
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.) Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Giza, Egypt
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- SESAME (Synchroton Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), Jordan; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.) Dokki, P.O. Box 12622, Giza, Egypt
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Kepenek ES, Severcan M, Gozen AG, Severcan F. Discrimination of heavy metal acclimated environmental strains by chemometric analysis of FTIR spectra. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 202:110953. [PMID: 32800227 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Heavy metal acclimated bacteria are profoundly the preferred choice for bioremediation studies. Bacteria get acclimated to toxic concentrations of heavy metals by induction of specific enzymes and genetic selection favoring new metabolic abilities leading to activation of one or several of resistance mechanisms creating bacterial populations with differences in resistance profile and/or level. Therefore, to use in bioremediation processes, it is important to discriminate acclimated bacterial populations and choose a more resistant strain. In this study, we discriminated heavy metal acclimated bacteria by using Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy and multivariate analysis methods namely Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA), Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy (SIMCA). Two acclimation methods, acute and gradual, were used which cause differences in molecular changes resulting in bacterial populations with different molecular and resistance profiles. Brevundimonas sp., Gordonia sp., and Microbacterium oxydans were exposed to the toxic concentrations of Cd (30 μg/ml) or Pb (90 μg/ml) by using broth medium as a growth media. Our results revealed that PCA and HCA clearly discriminated the acute-acclimated, gradual-acclimated, and control bacteria from each other in protein, carbohydrate, and whole spectral regions. Furthermore, we classified acclimated (acute and gradual) and control bacteria more accurately by using SIMCA with 99.9% confidence. This study demonstrated that heavy metal acclimated and control group bacteria can be discriminated by using chemometric analysis of FTIR spectra in a powerful, cost-effective, and handy way. In addition to the determination of the most appropriate acclimation procedure, this approach can be used in the detection of the most resistant bacterial strains to be used in bioremediation studies.
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- Eda Seyma Kepenek
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey; Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ahmed GAR, Khalil SKH, Hotaby WE, Abbas L, Farrag ARH, Aal WEA, Sherif HHA, Abdel-Rahman EA, Saber SH, Hassan M, Hassan MH, Balgoon M, Qusti S, Kotb M, Ali SS. ATR-IR and EPR spectroscopy for following the membrane restoration of isolated cortical synaptosomes in aluminium-induced Alzheimer's disease - Like rat model. Chem Phys Lipids 2020; 231:104931. [PMID: 32619464 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2020.104931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Synaptosomal membrane peroxidation and alteration in its biophysical properties are associated with Aluminium (Al) toxicity that may lead to cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease (AD) like pathogenesis. Here we investigated the therapeutic potential of Lepedium sativum (LS) as a natural anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and as acetyl cholinesterase inhibitor in treating Al induced AD-like in rat model. We utilized ATR-IR spectroscopy to follow the restoration in the damaged membrane structure of isolated rat cortical synaptosomes and its biophysical properties, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spin trapping to follow NADPH oxidase activity (NOX), and EPR spin labelling in response to LS treatment after Al intoxication. We measured the concentration of Ca2+ ions in rat cortical tissue by inductively coupled plasma (ICP), the brain atrophy/curing and hydrocephalus by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) besides light microscope histopathology. Our results revealed significant increase in synaptosomal membrane rgidification, order, lipid packing, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and Ca2+ ion concentration as a result of Al intoxication. The dramatic increase in Ca2+ ion concentration detected in AD group associated with the increase in synaptic membrane polarity and EPR-detected order S-parameter suggest that release of synaptic vesicles into synaptic cleft might be hindered. LS treatment reversed these changes in synaptic membranes, and rescued an observed deficit in the exploratory behaviour of AD group. Our results also strongly suggest that the synaptosomal membrane phospholipids that underwent free radical attacks mediated by AlCl3, due to greater NOX activity, was prevented in the LS group. The results of ATR-IR and EPR spectroscopic techniques recommend LS as a promising therapeutic agent against synaptic membrane alterations opening a new window for AD drug developers.
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- Gehan A-R Ahmed
- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St., (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, P.O. 12622, Egypt; Biochemistry Dept., Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St., (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, P.O. 12622, Egypt
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St., (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, P.O. 12622, Egypt
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St., (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, P.O. 12622, Egypt
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- Pathology Dept., Medical Research Div., National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St., (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, P.O. 12622, Egypt
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- Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Helmy Institute of Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt; Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt; Children's Cancer Hospital 57357, Cair, Egypt
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- Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Helmy Institute of Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt
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- Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Helmy Institute of Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt
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- Centre for Materials Science, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt
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- Biochemistry Dept., Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Biochemistry Dept., Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Radiology, King Abdulaziz University, Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Helmy Institute of Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt; Children's Cancer Hospital 57357, Cair, Egypt.
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Depciuch J, Zawlik I, Skrzypa M, Pająk J, Potocka N, Łach K, Bartosik-Psujek H, Koziorowska A, Kaznowska E, Cebulski J. FTIR Spectroscopy of Cerebrospinal Fluid Reveals Variations in the Lipid: Protein Ratio at Different Stages of Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2020; 68:281-293. [PMID: 30775998 DOI: 10.3233/jad-181008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a disease of advanced civilization and a common form of dementia in people over 65 years of age. We used Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy combined with principal component analysis (PCA) to determine changes in the quantity and quality of the cerebrospinal fluid from AD patients at three different stages of the disease (ADI, ADII, and ADIII), as well as from patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Moreover, based on the FTIR spectra, we calculated the ratio of α-helix and β-sheet secondary protein structures as well as the lipid-protein balance as potential AD markers. The FTIR spectra of cerebrospinal fluid obtained from MCI, ADI, ADII, and ADIII patients showed that peaks corresponding to protein and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and phospholipid and lipid vibrations were shifted in comparison with those of control subjects. Furthermore, the levels of these chemical compounds were lower in the patients than in the control subjects. The β-sheet secondary protein structure levels were increased in the MCI and AD patients compared with the control subjects. In addition, significant changes in the lipid-protein balance were observed. Interestingly, as the disease progressed, the lipid-protein balance became further disrupted, that is, the lipid amount decreased with disease progression. PCA analysis of lipid-protein FTIR regions revealed that the spectra could be used to distinguish between controls and patients with MCI, ADI, ADII, and ADIII.
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- Joanna Depciuch
- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland.,Institution of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland
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- Institution of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland.,Clinical Department of Neurology Rzeszow State Hospital, Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszow, Poland.,Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetism, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Rzeszow, Poland
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- Centre for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszow, Poland
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Centre for Innovation and Transfer of Natural Sciences and Engineering Knowledge, University of Rzeszow, Poland
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A-R Ahmed G, Khalil SKH, El Hotaby W, Abbas L, Sherif HHA, Abdel-Rahman EA, Saber SH, Hassan M, Hassan MH, Ali SS. ATR-IR and EPR spectroscopy for detecting the alterations in cortical synaptosomes induced by aluminium stress. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 228:117535. [PMID: 31748152 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Aluminium (Al) is reported to promote free radical production, decrease the antioxidant enzyme status and disturb the enzyme activity involved in acetylcholine metabolism leading to cognitive dysfunction that are strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. This work aimed at investigating the effect of Al-toxicity on synaptosomal membrane biophysical properties and lipid peroxidation during 65 days. We utilized ATR-IR spectroscopy to study the changes in membrane biochemical structure and biophysical properties of isolated rat cortical synaptosomes, and EPR spin trapping and labeling to follow NADPH oxidase activity and changes of membrane order parameter, respectively. The results showed increase in membrane fluidity and disorder in early 21d of AlCl3 treatment, while after 42d the membrane rigidity, packing, and order increased. The late (65d) an increase in the amount of unsaturated fatty acids, the accumulation of lipid peroxide end products, and ROS production were detected in rat cortex synaptosomes mediated by Al toxicity and oxidative stress (OS). A dramatic increase was also detected in Ca2+ level, synaptic membrane polarity, and EPR-detected order S-parameter. These outcomes strongly suggest that the synaptosomal membrane phospholipids underwent free radical attacks mediated by AlCl3 due to greater NOX activity, and the release of synaptic vesicles into synaptic cleft might be hindered. The adopted spectroscopic techniques have shed light on the biomolecular structure and membrane biophysical changes of isolated cortical synaptosomes for the first time, allowing researchers to move closer to a complete understanding of pathological tissues.
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- Gehan A-R Ahmed
- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, P.O.12622, 33 El Bohouth St. (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, P.O.12622, 33 El Bohouth St. (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, P.O.12622, 33 El Bohouth St. (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, P.O.12622, 33 El Bohouth St. (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Spectroscopy Dept., Physics Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, P.O.12622, 33 El Bohouth St. (former El Tahrir St.), Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Helmy Institute of Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt; Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt; Children's Cancer Hospital, 57357, Cairo, Egypt
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- Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Helmy Institute of Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt
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- Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Helmy Institute of Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt
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- Centre for Materials Science, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt
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- Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Helmy Institute of Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt; Children's Cancer Hospital, 57357, Cairo, Egypt.
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Cakmak-Arslan G, Haksoy H, Goc-Rasgele P, Kekecoglu M. Determination of the dose-dependent toxic effects of mad honey on mouse liver using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 228:117719. [PMID: 31753646 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mad honey (MH) is obtained from Rhododendron plants, which are extensively grown in some regions of the world such as Europe, North America, Tropical Asia and Turkey. Although it has been known that MH induces adverse effects in the body due to grayanotoxin (GTX) in it, it is widely used for some medical purposes by the public. In this study, the effects of MH (25, 50 and 75 mg/kg) and GTX-III (0.01 mg/kg), which is the pure form of the most toxic type of the GTXs in MH, were investigated on the mouse liver at molecular level via Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. The results showed that 25 and 50 mg/kg of MH didn't cause any significant alterations in the liver tissue except a decrease in the glycogen amount. However, significant differences were observed between 75 mg/kg MH and GTX-III treated groups and control group. For example, the amounts of saturated lipids, nucleic acids and proteins increased in the 75 mg/kg MH and GTX-III treated groups. A decrease in the ratios of unsaturated/saturated lipid, CH2/lipid and carbonyl/lipid and an increase in the ratio of CH3/lipid were observed after the administration of 75 mg/kg MH and GTX-III, all of which may be a consequence of lipid peroxidation. Moreover, 75 mg/kg MH and GTX-III caused a decrease in the membrane order, an increase in the membrane fluidity and some important changes on the secondary structure of proteins indicating protein denaturation. In addition, Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) confirmed these findings. These results revealed that MH induces significant dose-dependent toxic effects in the structure and function of the liver tissue. This study also showed that ATR-FTIR spectroscopy provides a rapid and sensitive monitoring of the changes induced by a toxic compound on biological tissues at molecular level.
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- Gulgun Cakmak-Arslan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Duzce University, 81620, Duzce, Turkey.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Duzce University, 81620, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Duzce University, 81620, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Duzce University, 81620, Duzce, Turkey
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Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) represents an attractive molecular diagnostic modality for translation to the clinic, where comprehensive chemical profiling of biological samples may revolutionize a myriad of pathways in clinical settings. Principally, FT-IR provides a rapid, cost-effective platform to obtain a molecular fingerprint of clinical samples based on vibrational transitions of chemical bonds upon interaction with infrared light. To date, considerable research activities have demonstrated competitive to superior performance of FT-IR strategies in comparison to conventional techniques, with particular promise for earlier, accessible disease diagnostics, thereby improving patient outcomes. However, amidst the changing healthcare landscape in times of aging populations and increased prevalence of cancer and chronic disease, routine adoption of FT-IR within clinical laboratories has remained elusive. Hence, this perspective shall outline the significant clinical potential of FT-IR diagnostics and subsequently address current barriers to translation from the perspective of all stakeholders, in the context of biofluid, histopathology, cytology, microbiology, and biomarker discovery frameworks. Thereafter, future perspectives of FT-IR for healthcare will be discussed, with consideration of recent technological advances that may facilitate future clinical translation.
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- Duncan Finlayson
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical Devices and Health Technologies, Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of Strathclyde , Wolfson Centre, 106 Rottenrow , Glasgow G4 0NW , U.K.,WestCHEM , Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry , Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street , Glasgow G1 1RD , U.K
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- Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical Devices and Health Technologies, Department of Biomedical Engineering , University of Strathclyde , Wolfson Centre, 106 Rottenrow , Glasgow G4 0NW , U.K.,WestCHEM , Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry , Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street , Glasgow G1 1RD , U.K
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- WestCHEM , Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry , Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street , Glasgow G1 1RD , U.K.,ClinSpec Diagnostics Ltd. , Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street , Glasgow G11RD , U.K
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Balan V, Mihai CT, Cojocaru FD, Uritu CM, Dodi G, Botezat D, Gardikiotis I. Vibrational Spectroscopy Fingerprinting in Medicine: from Molecular to Clinical Practice. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 12:E2884. [PMID: 31489927 PMCID: PMC6766044 DOI: 10.3390/ma12182884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In the last two decades, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopies turn out to be valuable tools, capable of providing fingerprint-type information on the composition and structural conformation of specific molecular species. Vibrational spectroscopy's multiple features, namely highly sensitive to changes at the molecular level, noninvasive, nondestructive, reagent-free, and waste-free analysis, illustrate the potential in biomedical field. In light of this, the current work features recent data and major trends in spectroscopic analyses going from in vivo measurements up to ex vivo extracted and processed materials. The ability to offer insights into the structural variations underpinning pathogenesis of diseases could provide a platform for disease diagnosis and therapy effectiveness evaluation as a future standard clinical tool.
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- Vera Balan
- Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania
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Gurbanov R, Tunçer S, Mingu S, Severcan F, Gozen AG. Methylation, sugar puckering and Z-form status of DNA from a heavy metal-acclimated freshwater Gordonia sp. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2019; 198:111580. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2019.111580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 07/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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El Khoury Y, Collongues N, De Sèze J, Gulsari V, Patte-Mensah C, Marcou G, Varnek A, Mensah-Nyagan AG, Hellwig P. Serum-based differentiation between multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Random Forest classification of FTIR spectra. Analyst 2019; 144:4647-4652. [PMID: 31257384 DOI: 10.1039/c9an00754g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The challenging diagnosis and differentiation between multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis relies on the clinical assessment of the symptoms along with magnetic resonance imaging and sampling cerebrospinal fluid for the search of biomarkers for either disease. Despite the progress made in imaging techniques and biomarker identification, misdiagnosis still occurs. Here we used 2.5 μL of serum samples to obtain the infrared spectroscopic signatures of sera of multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients and compared them to those of healthy controls. The spectra are then classified with the help of a two-fold Random Forest cross-validation algorithm. This approach shows that infrared spectroscopy is powerful in discriminating between the two diseases and healthy controls by offering high specificity for multiple sclerosis (100%) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (98%). In addition, data after six and twelve months of treatment of the multiple sclerosis patients with biotin are discussed.
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- Youssef El Khoury
- Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry and Spectroscopy, UMR 7140 University of Strasbourg/CNRS, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- Biopathologie de la Myéline, Neuroprotection et Stratégies Thérapeutiques, INSERM U1119, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg, Bâtiment 3 de la Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France and Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Biopathologie de la Myéline, Neuroprotection et Stratégies Thérapeutiques, INSERM U1119, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg, Bâtiment 3 de la Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France and Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry and Spectroscopy, UMR 7140 University of Strasbourg/CNRS, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- Biopathologie de la Myéline, Neuroprotection et Stratégies Thérapeutiques, INSERM U1119, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg, Bâtiment 3 de la Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory of Chemoinformatics, UMR 7140 University of Strasbourg/CNRS, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory of Chemoinformatics, UMR 7140 University of Strasbourg/CNRS, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Biopathologie de la Myéline, Neuroprotection et Stratégies Thérapeutiques, INSERM U1119, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg, Bâtiment 3 de la Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry and Spectroscopy, UMR 7140 University of Strasbourg/CNRS, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67000 Strasbourg, France. and University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS), Strasbourg, France
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Callery EL, Morais CLM, Paraskevaidi M, Brusic V, Vijayadurai P, Anantharachagan A, Martin FL, Rowbottom AW. New approach to investigate Common Variable Immunodeficiency patients using spectrochemical analysis of blood. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7239. [PMID: 31076587 PMCID: PMC6510896 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43196-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Common variable immune deficiency (CVID) is a primary immunodeficiency disease, characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent infections and various complications. The clinical heterogeneity of CVID has hindered identification of an underlying immune defect; diagnosis relies on clinical judgement, alongside evidence-based criteria. The lack of pathognomonic clinical or laboratory features leads to average diagnostic delays of 5 years or more from the onset. Vibrational spectroscopic techniques such as Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy have recently gained increasing clinical importance, being rapid-, non-invasive and inexpensive methods to obtain information on the content of biological samples. This has led us to apply FTIR spectroscopy to the investigation of blood samples from a cohort of CVID patients; revealing spectral features capable of stratifying CVID patients from healthy controls with sensitivities and specificities of 97% and 93%, respectively for serum, and 94% and 95%, respectively for plasma. Furthermore we identified several discriminating spectral biomarkers; wavenumbers in regions indicative of nucleic acids (984 cm−1, 1053 cm−1, 1084 cm−1, 1115 cm−1, 1528 cm−1, 1639 cm−1), and a collagen-associated biomarker (1528 cm−1), which may represent future candidate biomarkers and provide new knowledge on the aetiology of CVID. This proof-of-concept study provides a basis for developing a novel diagnostic tool for CVID.
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- Emma L Callery
- Department of Immunology, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, PR2 9HT, UK.
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK.,Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK
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- University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, 315100, China
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- Department of Immunology, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, PR2 9HT, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, PR2 9HT, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, PR2 9HT, UK. .,School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK. .,NIHR Lancashire Clinical Research Facility, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, PR2 9HT, UK.
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Postmortem diagnosis of fatal hypothermia/hyperthermia by spectrochemical analysis of plasma. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 2019; 15:332-341. [PMID: 31054024 DOI: 10.1007/s12024-019-00111-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Postmortem diagnosis of extreme-weather-related deaths is a challenging forensic task. Here, we present a state-of-the-art study that employed attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in combination with Chemometrics for postmortem diagnosis of fatal hypothermia/hyperthermia by biochemical investigation of plasma in rats. The results of principal component analysis (PCA) and spectral analysis revealed that plasma samples from the fatal hypothermia, fatal hyperthermia, and control groups, are substantially different from each other based on the spectral variations associated with the lipid, carbohydrate and nucleic acid components. Two partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) classification models (hypothermia-nonhypothermia and hyperthermia-nonhyperthermia binary models) with a 100% accuracy rate were constructed. Subsequently, internal cross-validation was performed to assess the robustness of these two models, which resulted in 98.1 and 100% accuracy. Ultimately, classification predictions of 42 unknown plasma samples were performed by these two models, and both models achieved 100% accuracy. Additionally, our results demonstrated that hemolysis and postmortem hypothermic/hyperthermic effects did not weaken the prediction ability of these two classification models. In summary, this work demonstrates ATR-FTIR spectroscopy's great potential for postmortem diagnosis of fatal hypothermia/hyperthermia.
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Biochemical detection of fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia in affected rat hypothalamus tissues by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Biosci Rep 2019; 39:BSR20181633. [PMID: 30824563 PMCID: PMC6418404 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20181633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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It is difficult to determinate the cause of death from exposure to fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia in forensic casework. Here, we present a state-of-the-art study that employs Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to investigate the hypothalamus tissues of fatal hypothermic, fatal hyperthermic and normothermic rats to determine forensically significant biomarkers related to fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia. Our results revealed that the spectral variations in the lipid, protein, carbohydrate and nucleic acid components are highly different for hypothalamuses after exposure to fatal hypothermic, fatal hyperthermic and normothermic conditions. In comparison with the normothermia group, the fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia groups contained higher total lipid amounts but were lower in unsaturated lipids. Additionally, their cell membranes were found to have less motional freedom. Among these three groups, the fatal hyperthermia group contained the lowest total proteins and carbohydrates and the highest aggregated and dysfunctional proteins, while the fatal hypothermia group contained the highest level of nucleic acids. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that FTIR spectroscopy has the potential to become a reliable method for the biochemical characterization of fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia hypothalamus tissues, and this could be used as a postmortem diagnostic feature in fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia deaths.
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Duan P, Liu B, Morais CLM, Zhao J, Li X, Tu J, Yang W, Chen C, Long M, Feng X, Martin FL, Xiong C. 4-Nonylphenol effects on rat testis and sertoli cells determined by spectrochemical techniques coupled with chemometric analysis. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 218:64-75. [PMID: 30469005 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Revised: 11/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Herein, vibrational spectroscopy has been applied for qualitative identification of biomolecular alterations that occur in cells and tissues following chemical treatment. Towards this end, we combined attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy to assess testicular toxicology after 4-nonylphenol (NP) exposure, an estrogenic endocrine disruptor affecting testicular function in rats and other species. Rats aged 21, 35 or 50 days received NP at intra-peritoneal doses of 0, 25, 50 or 100 mg/kg for 20 consecutive days. Primary Sertoli cells (SCs) were treated with NP at various concentrations (0, 2.5, 5, 10 or 20 μM) for 12 h. Post-exposure, testicular cells, interstitial tissue and SCs were interrogated respectively using spectrochemical techniques coupled with multivariate analysis. Distinct biomolecular segregation between the NP-exposed samples vs. control were observed based on infrared (IR) spectral regions of 3200-2800 cm-1 and 1800-900 cm-1, and the Raman spectral region of 1800-900 cm-1. For in vivo experiments, the main wavenumbers responsible for segregation varied significantly among the three age classes. The main IR and Raman band differences between NP-exposed and control groups were observed for Amide (proteins), lipids and DNA/RNA. An interesting finding was that the peptide aggregation level, Amide Ӏ-to-Amide II ratio, and phosphate-to-carbohydrate ratio were considerably reduced in ex vivo NP-exposed testicular cells or SCs in vitro. This study demonstrates that ATR-FTIR and Raman spectroscopy techniques can be applied towards analysing NP-induced testicular biomolecular alterations.
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- Peng Duan
- Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China; Center for Reproductive Medicine, Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, 441000, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Medical College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Yueyang City, Yueyang, 414000, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK.
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- Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China; Center for Reproductive Medicine, Wuhan Tongji Reproductive Medicine Hospital, 128 Sanyang Road, Wuhan, 430013, China.
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Glinská G, Krajčíková K, Zakutanská K, Shylenko O, Kondrakhova D, Tomašovičová N, Komanický V, Mašlanková J, Tomečková V. Noninvasive diagnostic methods for diabetes mellitus from tear fluid. RSC Adv 2019; 9:18050-18059. [PMID: 35520589 PMCID: PMC9064664 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02078k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Diabetes mellitus and prolonged hyperglycemia can cause diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy arises from damage to retinal vessels and, in its final stages, causes blindness. The early stages are often asymptomatic and although regular screening of diabetic patients is recommended, the beginning of diabetic retinopathy is insufficiently detected. The diagnostic potential of fluorescence spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy as the untraditional methods for diabetes mellitus was investigated using tear fluid. In our pilot study the structural changes of tear fluid of patients with diabetes mellitus after insulin and oral antidiabetic drug treatment was compared with healthy subjects. The results of analysis, infrared spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy confirmed structural changes in tear fluid of patients in comparison with the tear fluid of healthy subjects. Using new experimental laboratory methods in future could contribute to an improvement in diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and other selected ocular diseases using tear fluid. In our pilot study we assessed the diagnostic potential of FS, IRS and AFM for diabetes mellitus using tear fluid.![]()
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- Gabriela Glinská
- Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry
- Faculty of Medicine
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
- 040 11 Košice
- Slovakia
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry
- Faculty of Medicine
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
- 040 11 Košice
- Slovakia
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics
- Institute of Physics
- Faculty of Science
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
- 041 54 Košice
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics
- Institute of Physics
- Faculty of Science
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
- 041 54 Košice
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics
- Institute of Physics
- Faculty of Science
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
- 041 54 Košice
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry
- Faculty of Medicine
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
- 040 11 Košice
- Slovakia
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry
- Faculty of Medicine
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
- 040 11 Košice
- Slovakia
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Abbas S, Simsek Ozek N, Emri S, Koksal D, Severcan M, Severcan F. Diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma from pleural fluid by Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2018; 23:1-14. [PMID: 30317725 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.23.10.105003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study was conducted to differentiate malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) from lung cancer (LC) and benign pleural effusion (BPE) from pleural fluids using the diagnostic power of Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy with attenuated total reflectance mode coupled with chemometrics. Infrared spectra of MPM (n = 24), LC (n = 20), and BPE (n = 25) were collected, and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA) were applied to their spectra. HCA results indicated that MPM was differentiated from LC with 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity and from BPE, with 100% sensitivity and 88% specificity, which were also confirmed by PCA score plots. PCA loading plots indicated that these separations originated mainly from lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids-related spectral bands. There was significantly higher lipid, protein, nucleic acid, and glucose contents in the MPM and LC. However, the significant changes in triglyceride and cholesterol ester content, protein and nucleic acid structure, a lower membrane fluidity, and higher membrane order were only observed in the MPM. To check the classification success of some test samples/each group, soft independent modeling of class analogies was performed and 96.2% overall classification success was obtained. This approach can provide a rapid and inexpensive methodology for the efficient differentiation of MPM from other pleural effusions.
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- Sherif Abbas
- Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
- Ain Shams University, Physics Department, Cairo, Egypt
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- Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
- Ataturk University, Department of Biology, Erzurum, Turkey
- Ataturk University, East Anatolian High Technology Research and Application Center (DAYTAM), Erzurum, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
- Altinbas University, Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University, Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara, Turkey
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- Middle East Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
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- Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
- Altinbas University, Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Altinbas University, Graduate Program of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
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Pahlow S, Weber K, Popp J, Wood BR, Kochan K, Rüther A, Perez-Guaita D, Heraud P, Stone N, Dudgeon A, Gardner B, Reddy R, Mayerich D, Bhargava R. Application of Vibrational Spectroscopy and Imaging to Point-of-Care Medicine: A Review. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 72:52-84. [PMID: 30265133 PMCID: PMC6524782 DOI: 10.1177/0003702818791939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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- Susanne Pahlow
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Jena, Germany
- InfectoGnostics Research Campus Jena, Centre for Applied Research, Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Jena, Germany
- InfectoGnostics Research Campus Jena, Centre for Applied Research, Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology-Leibniz Health Technologies, Jena, Germany
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Jena, Germany
- InfectoGnostics Research Campus Jena, Centre for Applied Research, Jena, Germany
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology-Leibniz Health Technologies, Jena, Germany
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- University of Exeter, School of Physics and Astronomy, Exeter, UK
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- University of Exeter, School of Physics and Astronomy, Exeter, UK
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- University of Exeter, School of Physics and Astronomy, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
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Zhou Q, Tang D. Graphene oxide-gated mesoporous silica nanocontainers using aptamers for arsenite detection with glucometer readout. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:6585-6591. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb01807c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A newly portable detection sensing platform based on a graphene oxide (GO)-gated mesoporous silica nanocontainer (MSN) was designed for arsenite detection through the target-responsive release of glucose from the MSN with a glucometer readout.
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- Qian Zhou
- Institute of Environmental and Analytical Science
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Henan University
- Kaifeng 475004
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety (MOE & Fujian Province)
- Department of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350108
- China
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