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Chakkumpulakkal Puthan Veettil T, Duffin RN, Roy S, Vongsvivut J, Tobin MJ, Martin M, Adegoke JA, Andrews PC, Wood BR. Synchrotron-Infrared Microspectroscopy of Live Leishmania major Infected Macrophages and Isolated Promastigotes and Amastigotes. Anal Chem 2023; 95:3986-3995. [PMID: 36787387 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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The prevalence of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is advancing at an alarming rate. The NTD leishmaniasis is now endemic in over 90 tropical and sub-tropical low socioeconomic countries. Current diagnosis for this disease involves serological assessment of infected tissue by either light microscopy, antibody tests, or culturing with in vitro or in vivo animal inoculation. Furthermore, co-infection by other pathogens can make it difficult to accurately determine Leishmania infection with light microscopy. Herein, for the first time, we demonstrate the potential of combining synchrotron Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy with powerful discrimination tools, such as partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), support vector machine-discriminant analysis (SVM-DA), and k-nearest neighbors (KNN), to characterize the parasitic forms of Leishmania major both isolated and within infected macrophages. For measurements performed on functional infected and uninfected macrophages in physiological solutions, the sensitivities from PLS-DA, SVM-DA, and KNN classification methods were found to be 0.923, 0.981, and 0.989, while the specificities were 0.897, 1.00, and 0.975, respectively. Cross-validated PLS-DA models on live amastigotes and promastigotes showed a sensitivity and specificity of 0.98 in the lipid region, while a specificity and sensitivity of 1.00 was achieved in the fingerprint region. The study demonstrates the potential of the FTIR technique to identify unique diagnostic bands and utilize them to generate machine learning models to predict Leishmania infection. For the first time, we examine the potential of infrared spectroscopy to study the molecular structure of parasitic forms in their native aqueous functional state, laying the groundwork for future clinical studies using more portable devices.
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Adegoke JA, Raper H, Gassner C, Heraud P, Wood BR. Visible microspectrophotometry coupled with machine learning to discriminate the erythrocytic life cycle stages of P. falciparum malaria parasites in functional single cells. Analyst 2022; 147:2662-2670. [DOI: 10.1039/d2an00274d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Visible microspectroscopy combined with machine learning is able to detect and quantify functional malaria infected erythrocytes at different stages of the P. falciparum erythrocytic life cycle.
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- John A. Adegoke
- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Baptista V, Costa MS, Calçada C, Silva M, Gil JP, Veiga MI, Catarino SO. The Future in Sensing Technologies for Malaria Surveillance: A Review of Hemozoin-Based Diagnosis. ACS Sens 2021; 6:3898-3911. [PMID: 34735120 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c01750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Early and effective malaria diagnosis is vital to control the disease spread and to prevent the emergence of severe cases and death. Currently, malaria diagnosis relies on optical microscopy and immuno-rapid tests; however, these require a drop of blood, are time-consuming, or are not specific and sensitive enough for reliable detection of low-level parasitaemia. Thus, there is an urge for simpler, prompt, and accurate alternative diagnostic methods. Particularly, hemozoin has been increasingly recognized as an attractive biomarker for malaria detection. As the disease proliferates, parasites digest host hemoglobin, in the process releasing toxic haem that is detoxified into an insoluble crystal, the hemozoin, which accumulates along with infection progression. Given its magnetic, optical, and acoustic unique features, hemozoin has been explored for new label-free diagnostic methods. Thereby, herein, we review the hemozoin-based malaria detection methods and critically discuss their challenges and potential for the development of an ideal diagnostic device.
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- Vitória Baptista
- Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit (CMEMS-UMinho), School of Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s − PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4805-017 Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit (CMEMS-UMinho), School of Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s − PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4805-017 Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s − PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4805-017 Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Stockholm Malaria Center, Department of Microbiology and Tumour Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B’s − PT Government Associate Laboratory, 4805-017 Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Microelectromechanical Systems Research Unit (CMEMS-UMinho), School of Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
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Comparing infrared spectroscopic methods for the characterization of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes. Commun Chem 2021; 4:129. [PMID: 36697584 PMCID: PMC9814045 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-021-00567-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Malaria, caused by parasites of the species Plasmodium, is among the major life-threatening diseases to afflict humanity. The infectious cycle of Plasmodium is very complex involving distinct life stages and transitions characterized by cellular and molecular alterations. Therefore, novel single-cell technologies are warranted to extract details pertinent to Plasmodium-host cell interactions and underpinning biological transformations. Herein, we tested two emerging spectroscopic approaches: (a) Optical Photothermal Infrared spectroscopy and (b) Atomic Force Microscopy combined with infrared spectroscopy in contrast to (c) Fourier Transform InfraRed microspectroscopy, to investigate Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes. Chemical spatial distributions of selected bands and spectra captured using the three modalities for major macromolecules together with advantages and limitations of each method is presented here. These results indicate that O-PTIR and AFM-IR techniques can be explored for extracting sub-micron resolution molecular signatures within heterogeneous and dynamic samples such as Plasmodium-infected human RBCs.
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Wang W, Dong RL, Gu D, He JA, Yi P, Kong SK, Ho HP, Loo J, Wang W, Wang Q. Antibody-free rapid diagnosis of malaria in whole blood with surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy using Nanostructured Gold Substrate. Adv Med Sci 2020; 65:86-92. [PMID: 31923771 DOI: 10.1016/j.advms.2019.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study is to establish a rapid antibody-free diagnostic method of malaria infection with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in whole blood with Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy using Nanostructured Gold Substrate. MATERIALS AND METHODS The blood samples collected from patients were first lysed and centrifuged before dropping on the gold nano-structure (AuNS) substrate. Malaria diagnosis was performed by detecting Raman peaks from Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) with a 532 nm laser excitation. RESULTS Raman peaks at 1370 cm-1, 1570 cm-1, and 1627 cm-1, known to have high specificity against interference from other mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue and West Nile virus infection, were selected as the fingerprint markers associated with P. falciparum and P. vivax infection. The limit of detection was 10-5 dilution, corresponding to the concentration of parasitized blood cells of 100/mL. A total number of 25 clinical samples, including 5 from patients with P. falciparum infection, 10 with P. vivax infection and 10 from healthy volunteers, were evaluated to support its clinical practical use. The whole assay on malaria detection took 30 min to complete. CONCLUSIONS While the samples analyzed in this work have strong clinical relevance, we have clearly demonstrated that sensitive malaria detection using AuNS-SERS is a practical direction for rapid in-field diagnosis of malaria infection.
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- Wei Wang
- Laboratory Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen International Travel Health Care Center and Shenzhen Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Shenzhen Customs District, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen International Travel Health Care Center and Shenzhen Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Shenzhen Customs District, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Biochemistry Programme, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Biochemistry Programme, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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- Laboratory Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Laboratory Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Ly NH, Joo SW. Recent advances in cancer bioimaging using a rationally designed Raman reporter in combination with plasmonic gold. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:186-198. [DOI: 10.1039/c9tb01598a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gold nanomaterials (AuNMs) have been widely implemented for the purpose of bioimaging of cancer and tumor cells in combination with Raman spectral markers.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Soongsil University
- Seoul 06978
- Korea
- Department of Information Communication, Materials
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Christensen D, Rüther A, Kochan K, Pérez-Guaita D, Wood B. Whole-Organism Analysis by Vibrational Spectroscopy. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2019; 12:89-108. [PMID: 30978292 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061318-115117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Vibrational spectroscopy has contributed to the understanding of biological materials for many years. As the technology has advanced, the technique has been brought to bear on the analysis of whole organisms. Here, we discuss advanced and recently developed infrared and Raman spectroscopic instrumentation to whole-organism analysis. We highlight many of the recent contributions made in this relatively new area of spectroscopy, particularly addressing organisms associated with disease with emphasis on diagnosis and treatment. The application of vibrational spectroscopic techniques to entire organisms is still in its infancy, but new developments in imaging and chemometric processing will likely expand in the field in the near future.
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- Dale Christensen
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia;
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia;
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia;
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia;
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Kochan K, Peng H, Gwee ESH, Izgorodina E, Haritos V, Wood BR. Raman spectroscopy as a tool for tracking cyclopropane fatty acids in genetically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Analyst 2019; 144:901-912. [PMID: 30207333 DOI: 10.1039/c8an01477a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cyclopropane fatty acids (CFAs) are a group of lipids with unique physical and chemical properties between those of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids. The distinctive physicochemical characteristics of CFAs (e.g. oxidative stability, self-polymerization at high temperatures, etc.) results from the presence of a cyclopropane ring within their structure making them highly useful in industrial applications. CFAs are present in several species of plants and bacteria and are typically detected with standard lipid profiling techniques, such as gas or liquid chromatography. In this work we investigated several strains of S. cerevisiae, genetically modified to introduce the production of CFAs, in comparison to control strain using confocal Raman spectroscopy (CRS). The aim of our work was to demonstrate the potential of CRS not only to detect changes introduced due to the CFAs presence, but also to track CFAs within the cells. We present for the first time Raman and IR spectra of CFA standard (cis-9,10-methyleneoctadecanoic acid), completed with quantum chemical calculations and band assignment. We identified marker bands of CFA (e.g. 2992, 1222, 942 cm-1) attributed to the vibrations of the cyclopropyl ring. Furthermore, we analysed lipid bodies (LBs) from modified and control yeast using CRS imaging and identified multiple changes in size, number and composition of LBs from engineered strains. We observed a significant reduction in the degree of unsaturation of LBs using the ratio of bands located at 1660 cm-1 (ν(C[double bond, length as m-dash]C)) and 1448 cm-1 (δ(CH2)) in the modified cell lines. In addition, we were able to detect the presence of CFAs in LBs, using the established marker bands. CRS shows tremendous potential as technique to identify CFAs in lipid bodies providing a new way to track lipid production in genetically modified single yeast cells.
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- Kamila Kochan
- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton Campus, 3800, Victoria, Australia.
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Fescenko I, Laraoui A, Smits J, Mosavian N, Kehayias P, Seto J, Bougas L, Jarmola A, Acosta VM. Diamond Magnetic Microscopy of Malarial Hemozoin Nanocrystals. PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED 2019; 11:034029. [PMID: 31245433 PMCID: PMC6594715 DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.11.034029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Magnetic microscopy of malarial hemozoin nanocrystals is performed by optically detected magnetic resonance imaging of near-surface diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers. Hemozoin crystals are extracted from Plasmodium falciparum-infected human blood cells and studied alongside synthetic hemozoin crystals. The stray magnetic fields produced by individual crystals are imaged at room temperature as a function of the applied field up to 350 mT. More than 100 nanocrystals are analyzed, revealing the distribution of their magnetic properties. Most crystals (96%) exhibit a linear dependence of the stray-field magnitude on the applied field, confirming hemozoin's paramagnetic nature. A volume magnetic susceptibility of 3.4 × 10-4 is inferred with use of a magnetostatic model informed by correlated scanning-electron-microscopy measurements of crystal dimensions. A small fraction of nanoparticles (4/82 for Plasmodium falciparum-produced nanoparticles and 1/41 for synthetic nanoparticles) exhibit a saturation behavior consistent with superparamagnetism. Translation of this platform to the study of living Plasmodium-infected cells may shed new light on hemozoin formation dynamics and their interaction with antimalarial drugs.
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- Ilja Fescenko
- Center for High Technology Materials and Department of
Physics and Astronomy,University of New Mexico, 1313 Goddard St SE, Albuquerque,
87106 New Mexico, USA
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- Center for High Technology Materials and Department of
Physics and Astronomy,University of New Mexico, 1313 Goddard St SE, Albuquerque,
87106 New Mexico, USA
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- Center for High Technology Materials and Department of
Physics and Astronomy,University of New Mexico, 1313 Goddard St SE, Albuquerque,
87106 New Mexico, USA
- Laser Centre of the University of Latvia, Jelgavas street
3, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia
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- Center for High Technology Materials and Department of
Physics and Astronomy,University of New Mexico, 1313 Goddard St SE, Albuquerque,
87106 New Mexico, USA
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- Center for High Technology Materials and Department of
Physics and Astronomy,University of New Mexico, 1313 Goddard St SE, Albuquerque,
87106 New Mexico, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford St,
Cambridge, 02138 Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences,
School of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, 1700 4th St, San
Francisco, 94158 California, USA
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- Johannes Guttenberg University, Saarstraße 21, 55128
Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley,
366 LeConte Hall, Berkeley, 94720 California, USA
- ODMR Technologies Inc., 2041 Tapscott Ave, El Cerrito,
94530 California, USA
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- Center for High Technology Materials and Department of
Physics and Astronomy,University of New Mexico, 1313 Goddard St SE, Albuquerque,
87106 New Mexico, USA
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Frame L, Brewer J, Lee R, Faulds K, Graham D. Development of a label-free Raman imaging technique for differentiation of malaria parasite infected from non-infected tissue. Analyst 2018; 143:157-163. [PMID: 29143837 DOI: 10.1039/c7an01760j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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During malarial infection, the host uses the spleen to clear the malaria parasites, however, the parasites have evolved the ability to bind to endothelial receptors in blood vessels of tissues to avoid removal, known as sequestration, and this is largely responsible for the symptoms and severity of infection. So a technique which could non-invasively diagnose tissue burden could be utilised as an aid for localised malaria diagnosis within tissue. Raman spectroscopy is a label-free imaging technique and can provide unique and chemically specific Raman 'fingerprint' spectrum of biological samples such as tissue. Within this study, Raman imaging was used to observe the changes to the molecular composition of mice spleen tissue under malarial infection, compared with non-infected samples. From analysis of the Raman imaging data, both tissue types showed very similar spectral profiles, which highlighted that their biochemical compositions were closely linked. Principal component analysis showed very clear separation of the two sample groups, with an associated increase in concentration of heme-based Raman vibrations within the infected dataset. This was indicative of the presence of hemozoin, the malaria pigment, being detected within the infected spleen. Separation also showed that as the hemozoin content within the tissue increased, there was a corresponding change to hemoglobin and some lipid/nucleic acid vibrations. These results demonstrate that Raman spectroscopy can be used to easily discriminate the subtle changes in tissue burden upon malarial infection.
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- Laura Frame
- Centre of Molecular Nanometrology, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, G1 1RD, UK.
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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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In the pursuit of the holy grail of forensic science – Spectroscopic studies on the estimation of time since deposition of bloodstains. Trends Analyt Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Perez-Guaita D, Marzec KM, Hudson A, Evans C, Chernenko T, Matthäus C, Miljkovic M, Diem M, Heraud P, Richards JS, Andrew D, Anderson DA, Doerig C, Garcia-Bustos J, McNaughton D, Wood BR. Parasites under the Spotlight: Applications of Vibrational Spectroscopy to Malaria Research. Chem Rev 2018; 118:5330-5358. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- David Perez-Guaita
- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, Bobrzyńskiego 14, Kraków 30-348, Poland
- Center for Medical Genomics (OMICRON), Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 7C, Krakow 31-034, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Becton Dickinson and Company, 2350 Qume Drive, San Jose, California 95131, United States
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert Einstein Straße 9, Jena 07745, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe School of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University, Helmholtz Weg 4, Jena 07743, Germany
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Laboratory for Spectral Diagnosis (LSpD), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 316 Hurtig Hall, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and the Biomedical Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and the Biomedical Discovery Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Perez-Guaita D, Andrew D, Heraud P, Beeson J, Anderson D, Richards J, Wood BR. High resolution FTIR imaging provides automated discrimination and detection of single malaria parasite infected erythrocytes on glass. Faraday Discuss 2018; 187:341-52. [PMID: 27071693 DOI: 10.1039/c5fd00181a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New highly sensitive tools for malaria diagnostics are urgently needed to enable the detection of infection in asymptomatic carriers and patients with low parasitemia. In pursuit of a highly sensitive diagnostic tool that can identify parasite infections at the single cell level, we have been exploring Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microscopy using a Focal Plane Array (FPA) imaging detector. Here we report for the first time the application of a new optic configuration developed by Agilent that incorporates 25× condenser and objective Cassegrain optics with a high numerical aperture (NA = 0.81) along with additional high magnification optics within the microscope to provide 0.66 micron pixel resolution (total IR system magnification of 61×) to diagnose malaria parasites at the single cell level on a conventional glass microscope slide. The high quality images clearly resolve the parasite's digestive vacuole demonstrating sub-cellular resolution using this approach. Moreover, we have developed an algorithm that first detects the cells in the infrared image, and secondly extracts the average spectrum. The average spectrum is then run through a model based on Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA), which diagnoses unequivocally the infected from normal cells. The high quality images, and the fact this measurement can be achieved without a synchrotron source on a conventional glass slide, shows promise as a potential gold standard for malaria detection at the single cell level.
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- David Perez-Guaita
- Centre for Biospectroscopy, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia.
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia.
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Victoria, Australia and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3050, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, 3004, Victoria, Australia and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3050, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Biospectroscopy, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia.
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Atkins CG, Buckley K, Blades MW, Turner RFB. Raman Spectroscopy of Blood and Blood Components. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 71:767-793. [PMID: 28398071 DOI: 10.1177/0003702816686593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Blood is a bodily fluid that is vital for a number of life functions in animals. To a first approximation, blood is a mildly alkaline aqueous fluid (plasma) in which a large number of free-floating red cells (erythrocytes), white cells (leucocytes), and platelets are suspended. The primary function of blood is to transport oxygen from the lungs to all the cells of the body and move carbon dioxide in the return direction after it is produced by the cells' metabolism. Blood also carries nutrients to the cells and brings waste products to the liver and kidneys. Measured levels of oxygen, nutrients, waste, and electrolytes in blood are often used for clinical assessment of human health. Raman spectroscopy is a non-destructive analytical technique that uses the inelastic scattering of light to provide information on chemical composition, and hence has a potential role in this clinical assessment process. Raman spectroscopic probing of blood components and of whole blood has been on-going for more than four decades and has proven useful in applications ranging from the understanding of hemoglobin oxygenation, to the discrimination of cancerous cells from healthy lymphocytes, and the forensic investigation of crime scenes. In this paper, we review the literature in the field, collate the published Raman spectroscopy studies of erythrocytes, leucocytes, platelets, plasma, and whole blood, and attempt to draw general conclusions on the state of the field.
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- Chad G Atkins
- 1 Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Canada
- 2 Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Canada
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- 1 Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Canada
- 3 Nanoscale Biophotonics Laboratory, National University of Ireland, Ireland
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- 2 Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Canada
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- 1 Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Canada
- 2 Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Canada
- 4 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada
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Krafft C, Schmitt M, Schie IW, Cialla-May D, Matthäus C, Bocklitz T, Popp J. Markerfreie molekulare Bildgebung biologischer Zellen und Gewebe durch lineare und nichtlineare Raman-spektroskopische Ansätze. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201607604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Christoph Krafft
- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien; Albert-Einstein-Straße 9 07745 Jena Deutschland
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center of Photonics; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Helmholtzweg 4 07743 Jena Deutschland
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien; Albert-Einstein-Straße 9 07745 Jena Deutschland
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien; Albert-Einstein-Straße 9 07745 Jena Deutschland
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center of Photonics; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Helmholtzweg 4 07743 Jena Deutschland
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien; Albert-Einstein-Straße 9 07745 Jena Deutschland
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center of Photonics; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Helmholtzweg 4 07743 Jena Deutschland
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien; Albert-Einstein-Straße 9 07745 Jena Deutschland
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center of Photonics; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Helmholtzweg 4 07743 Jena Deutschland
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien; Albert-Einstein-Straße 9 07745 Jena Deutschland
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center of Photonics; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; Helmholtzweg 4 07743 Jena Deutschland
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Krafft C, Schmitt M, Schie IW, Cialla-May D, Matthäus C, Bocklitz T, Popp J. Label-Free Molecular Imaging of Biological Cells and Tissues by Linear and Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopic Approaches. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:4392-4430. [PMID: 27862751 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Raman spectroscopy is an emerging technique in bioanalysis and imaging of biomaterials owing to its unique capability of generating spectroscopic fingerprints. Imaging cells and tissues by Raman microspectroscopy represents a nondestructive and label-free approach. All components of cells or tissues contribute to the Raman signals, giving rise to complex spectral signatures. Resonance Raman scattering and surface-enhanced Raman scattering can be used to enhance the signals and reduce the spectral complexity. Raman-active labels can be introduced to increase specificity and multimodality. In addition, nonlinear coherent Raman scattering methods offer higher sensitivities, which enable the rapid imaging of larger sampling areas. Finally, fiber-based imaging techniques pave the way towards in vivo applications of Raman spectroscopy. This Review summarizes the basic principles behind medical Raman imaging and its progress since 2012.
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- Christoph Krafft
- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center für Photonics, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center für Photonics, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center für Photonics, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center für Photonics, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Abbe Center für Photonics, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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Banoth E, Kasula VK, Gorthi SS. Portable optofluidic absorption flow analyzer for quantitative malaria diagnosis from whole blood. APPLIED OPTICS 2016; 55:8637-8643. [PMID: 27828146 DOI: 10.1364/ao.55.008637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Fast and automated diagnostic devices are bound to play a significant role in the on-going efforts toward malaria eradication. In this article, we present the realization of a portable device for quantitative malaria diagnostic testing at the point-of-care. The device measures optical absorbance (at λ=405 nm) of single cells flowing through a custom-designed microfluidic channel. The device incorporates the required functionality to align the microfluidic channel with the optical interrogation region. Variation in optical absorbance is used to differentiate red blood cells (both healthy and infected) from other cellular components of whole blood. Using the instrument, we have measured single-cell optical absorbance levels of different types of cells present in blood. High-throughput single-cell-level measurements facilitated by the device enable detection of malaria, even from a few microliters of blood. Further, we demonstrate the detection of malaria from a suspension containing all cellular components of whole blood, which validates its usability in real-world diagnostic scenarios.
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Chen F, Flaherty BR, Cohen CE, Peterson DS, Zhao Y. Direct detection of malaria infected red blood cells by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. NANOMEDICINE : NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND MEDICINE 2016; 12:1445-51. [PMID: 27015769 PMCID: PMC4955673 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2016.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Revised: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Surface enhanced Raman spectra (SERS) of normal red blood cells (RBCs) and Plasmodium falciparum infected RBCs (iRBCs) at different post invasion time were obtained based on silver nanorod array substrates. Distinct spectral differences were observed due to the cell membrane modification of RBCs during malaria infection. The SERS spectra of ring stage iRBCs had a characteristic Raman peak at Δv=1599cm(-1) as compared to those of normal RBCs, while the trophozoite and schizoid stages had identical SERS spectra with a characteristic peak at Δv=723cm(-1), which is significantly different from ring stage iRBCs, consistent with ongoing modification of the iRBC membrane. Since ring stage iRBCs of P. falciparum are found circulating in blood, such a difference provides a new strategy for rapid malaria detection. The limit of detection as well as the ability to detect a mixed iRBC and RBC solution was also investigated.
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- Funing Chen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Cai C, Carey KA, Nedosekin DA, Menyaev YA, Sarimollaoglu M, Galanzha EI, Stumhofer JS, Zharov VP. In vivo photoacoustic flow cytometry for early malaria diagnosis. Cytometry A 2016; 89:531-42. [PMID: 27078044 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Revised: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In vivo photoacoustic (PA) flow cytometry (PAFC) has already demonstrated a great potential for the diagnosis of deadly diseases through ultrasensitive detection of rare disease-associated circulating markers in whole blood volume. Here, we demonstrate the first application of this powerful technique for early diagnosis of malaria through label-free detection of malaria parasite-produced hemozoin in infected red blood cells (iRBCs) as high-contrast PA agent. The existing malaria tests using blood smears can detect the disease at 0.001-0.1% of parasitemia. On the contrary, linear PAFC showed a potential for noninvasive malaria diagnosis at an extremely low level of parasitemia of 0.0000001%, which is ∼10(3) times better than the existing tests. Multicolor time-of-flight PAFC with high-pulse repetition rate lasers at wavelengths of 532, 671, and 820 nm demonstrated rapid spectral and spatial identification and quantitative enumeration of individual iRBCs. Integration of PAFC with fluorescence flow cytometry (FFC) provided real-time simultaneous detection of single iRBCs and parasites expressing green fluorescence proteins, respectively. A combination of linear and nonlinear nanobubble-based multicolor PAFC showed capability to real-time control therapy efficiency by counting of iRBCs before, during, and after treatment. Our results suggest that high-sensitivity, high-resolution ultrafast PAFC-FFC platform represents a powerful research tool to provide the insight on malaria progression through dynamic study of parasite-cell interactions directly in bloodstream, whereas portable hand-worn PAFC device could be broadly used in humans for early malaria diagnosis. © 2016 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry.
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- Chengzhong Cai
- Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205.,Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079
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- Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205
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- Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205
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- Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205
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- Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205
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- Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205
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- Arkansas Nanomedicine Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205
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Lukianova-Hleb E, Bezek S, Szigeti R, Khodarev A, Kelley T, Hurrell A, Berba M, Kumar N, D'Alessandro U, Lapotko D. Transdermal Diagnosis of Malaria Using Vapor Nanobubbles. Emerg Infect Dis 2016; 21:1122-7. [PMID: 26079141 PMCID: PMC4480396 DOI: 10.3201/eid2107.150089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Our laser device rapidly and noninvasively detected malaria in a patient and identified parasite-positive mosquitoes. A fast, precise, noninvasive, high-throughput, and simple approach for detecting malaria in humans and mosquitoes is not possible with current techniques that depend on blood sampling, reagents, facilities, tedious procedures, and trained personnel. We designed a device for rapid (20-second) noninvasive diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection in a malaria patient without drawing blood or using any reagent. This method uses transdermal optical excitation and acoustic detection of vapor nanobubbles around intraparasite hemozoin. The same device also identified individual malaria parasite–infected Anopheles mosquitoes in a few seconds and can be realized as a low-cost universal tool for clinical and field diagnoses.
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Reeve K, Arellano JM, Gruner T, Reilly W, Smith BG, Zhou S. A comparison of differential leucocyte counts measured by conventional automated venous haematology and darkfield microscopic examination of fresh capillary blood. ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aimed.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wood BR, Bambery KR, Dixon MWA, Tilley L, Nasse MJ, Mattson E, Hirschmugl CJ. Diagnosing malaria infected cells at the single cell level using focal plane array Fourier transform infrared imaging spectroscopy. Analyst 2015; 139:4769-74. [PMID: 25055796 DOI: 10.1039/c4an00989d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New methods are needed to rapidly identify malaria parasites in blood smears. The coupling of a Focal Plane Array (FPA) infrared microscope system to a synchrotron light source at IRENI enables rapid molecular imaging at high spatial resolution. The technique, in combination with hyper-spectral processing, enables imaging and diagnosis of early stage malaria parasites at the single cell level in a blood smear. The method relies on the detection of distinct lipid signatures associated with the different stages of the malaria parasite and utilises resonant Mie extended multiplicative scatter correction to pre-process the spectra followed by full bandwidth image deconvolution to resolve the single cells. This work demonstrates the potential of focal plane technology to diagnose single cells in a blood smear. Brighter laboratory based infrared sources, optical refinements and higher sensitive detectors will soon see the emergence of focal plane array imaging in the clinical environment.
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- Bayden R Wood
- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia.
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Hobro AJ, Pavillon N, Fujita K, Ozkan M, Coban C, Smith NI. Label-free Raman imaging of the macrophage response to the malaria pigment hemozoin. Analyst 2015; 140:2350-9. [PMID: 25646175 DOI: 10.1039/c4an01850h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hemozoin, the 'malaria pigment', is engulfed by phagocytic cells, such as macrophages, during malaria infection. This biocrystalline substance is difficult to degrade and often accumulates in phagocytes. The macrophage response to hemozoin relates to the severity of the disease and the potential for malaria-related disease complications. In this study we have used Raman spectroscopy as a label-free method to investigate the biochemical changes occurring in macrophages during the first few hours of hemozoin uptake. We found a number of distinct spectral groups, spectrally or spatially related to the presence of the hemozoin inside the cell. Intracellular hemozoin was spectrally identical to extracellular hemozoin, regardless of the location in the cell. A small proportion of hemozoin was found to be associated with lipid-based components, consistent with the uptake of hemozoin into vesicles such as phagosomes and lysosomes. The spatial distribution of the hemozoin was observed to be inhomogeneous, and its presence largely excluded that of proteins and lipids, demonstrating that cells were not able to break down the biocrystals on the time scales studied here. These results show that Raman imaging can be used to answer some of the open questions regarding the role of hemozoin in the immune response. How different combinations of hemozoin and other molecules are treated by macrophages, whether hemozoin can be broken down by the cell, and more importantly, which co-factors or products are involved in the subsequent cell reaction are the expected issues to be elucidated by this technique.
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- Alison J Hobro
- Biophotonics Laboratory, Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Brückner M, Becker K, Popp J, Frosch T. Fiber array based hyperspectral Raman imaging for chemical selective analysis of malaria-infected red blood cells. Anal Chim Acta 2015; 894:76-84. [PMID: 26423630 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Revised: 08/08/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A new setup for Raman spectroscopic wide-field imaging is presented. It combines the advantages of a fiber array based spectral translator with a tailor-made laser illumination system for high-quality Raman chemical imaging of sensitive biological samples. The Gaussian-like intensity distribution of the illuminating laser beam is shaped by a square-core optical multimode fiber to a top-hat profile with very homogeneous intensity distribution to fulfill the conditions of Koehler. The 30 m long optical fiber and an additional vibrator efficiently destroy the polarization and coherence of the illuminating light. This homogeneous, incoherent illumination is an essential prerequisite for stable quantitative imaging of complex biological samples. The fiber array translates the two-dimensional lateral information of the Raman stray light into separated spectral channels with very high contrast. The Raman image can be correlated with a corresponding white light microscopic image of the sample. The new setup enables simultaneous quantification of all Raman spectra across the whole spatial area with very good spectral resolution and thus outperforms other Raman imaging approaches based on scanning and tunable filters. The unique capabilities of the setup for fast, gentle, sensitive, and selective chemical imaging of biological samples were applied for automated hemozoin analysis. A special algorithm was developed to generate Raman images based on the hemozoin distribution in red blood cells without any influence from other Raman scattering. The new imaging setup in combination with the robust algorithm provides a novel, elegant way for chemical selective analysis of the malaria pigment hemozoin in early ring stages of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes.
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- Justus Liebig University Giessen, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, 07745 Jena, Germany; Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Physical Chemistry, 07745 Jena, Germany; Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Abbe Centre of Photonics, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, 07745 Jena, Germany; Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Physical Chemistry, 07745 Jena, Germany; Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Abbe Centre of Photonics, 07745 Jena, Germany.
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Staniszewska-Slezak E, Malek K, Baranska M. Complementary analysis of tissue homogenates composition obtained by Vis and NIR laser excitations and Raman spectroscopy. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2015; 147:245-256. [PMID: 25847786 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2015.03.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Revised: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Raman spectroscopy and four excitation lines in the visible (Vis: 488, 532, 633 nm) and near infrared (NIR: 785 nm) were used for biochemical analysis of rat tissue homogenates, i.e. myocardium, brain, liver, lung, intestine, and kidney. The Vis Raman spectra are very similar for some organs (brain/intestines and kidney/liver) and dominated by heme signals when tissues of lung and myocardium were investigated (especially with 532 nm excitation). On the other hand, the NIR Raman spectra are specific for each tissue and more informative than the corresponding ones collected with the Vis excitations. The spectra analyzed without any special pre-processing clearly illustrate different chemical composition of each tissue and give information about main components e.g. lipids or proteins, but also about the content of some specific compounds such as amino acid residues, nucleotides and nucleobases. However, in order to obtain the whole spectral information about tissues complex composition the spectra of Vis and NIR excitations should be collected and analyzed together. A good agreement of data gathered from Raman spectra of the homogenates and those obtained previously from Raman imaging of the tissue cross-sections indicates that the presented here approach can be a method of choice for an investigation of biochemical variation in animal tissues. Moreover, the Raman spectral profile of tissue homogenates is specific enough to be used for an investigation of potential pathological changes the organism undergoes, in particular when supported by the complementary FTIR spectroscopy.
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- Emilia Staniszewska-Slezak
- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Krakow, Poland; Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, Bobrzynskiego 14, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Krakow, Poland; Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, Bobrzynskiego 14, 30-348 Krakow, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Krakow, Poland; Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, Bobrzynskiego 14, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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Ali ME, Oppeneer PM. Unraveling the Electronic Structure, Spin States, Optical and Vibrational Spectra of Malaria Pigment. Chemistry 2015; 21:8544-53. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Eberhardt K, Stiebing C, Matthäus C, Schmitt M, Popp J. Advantages and limitations of Raman spectroscopy for molecular diagnostics: an update. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2015; 15:773-87. [PMID: 25872466 DOI: 10.1586/14737159.2015.1036744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Over the last decade, Raman spectroscopy has gained more and more interest in research as well as in clinical laboratories. As a vibrational spectroscopy technique, it is complementary to the also well-established infrared spectroscopy. Through specific spectral patterns, substances can be identified and molecular changes can be observed with high specificity. Because of a high spatial resolution due to an excitation wavelength in the visible and near-infrared range, Raman spectroscopy combined with microscopy is very powerful for imaging biological samples. Individual cells can be imaged on the subcellular level. In vivo tissue examinations are becoming increasingly important for clinical applications. In this review, we present currently ongoing research in different fields of medical diagnostics involving linear Raman spectroscopy and imaging. We give a wide overview over applications for the detection of atherosclerosis, cancer, inflammatory diseases and pharmacology, with a focus on developments over the past 5 years. Conclusions drawn from Raman spectroscopy are often validated by standard methods, for example, histopathology or PCR. The future potential of Raman spectroscopy and its limitations are discussed in consideration of other non-linear Raman techniques.
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- Katharina Eberhardt
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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Marzec KM, Perez-Guaita D, de Veij M, McNaughton D, Baranska M, Dixon MWA, Tilley L, Wood BR. Red blood cells polarize green laser light revealing hemoglobin's enhanced non-fundamental Raman modes. Chemphyschem 2014; 15:3963-8. [PMID: 25257821 PMCID: PMC4501318 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In general, the first overtone modes produce weak bands that appear at approximately twice the wavenumber value of the fundamental transitions in vibrational spectra. Here, we report the existence of a series of enhanced non-fundamental bands in resonance Raman (RR) spectra recorded for hemoglobin (Hb) inside the highly concentrated heme environment of the red blood cell (RBC) by exciting with a 514.5 nm laser line. Such bands are most intense when detecting parallel-polarized light. The enhancement is explained through excitonic theory invoking a type C scattering mechanism and bands have been assigned to overtone and combination bands based on symmetry arguments and polarization measurements. By using malaria diagnosis as an example, we demonstrate that combining the non-fundamental and fundamental regions of the RR spectrum improves the sensitivity and diagnostic capability of the technique. The discovery will have considerable implications for the ongoing development of Raman spectroscopy for blood disease diagnoses and monitoring heme perturbation in response to environmental stimuli.
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- Katarzyna M Marzec
- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800 (Australia); Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics, Jagiellonian University, Bobrzynskiego 14, 30-348 Krakow (Poland)
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Yuen C, Liu Q. Optimization of Fe3O4@Ag nanoshells in magnetic field-enriched surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering for malaria diagnosis. Analyst 2014; 138:6494-500. [PMID: 24049766 DOI: 10.1039/c3an00872j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The great potential of magnetic field enriched surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) for early malaria diagnosis has been demonstrated previously. This technique is able to detect β-hematin, which is equivalent to a malaria biomarker (hemozoin) in Raman features, at a concentration of 5 nM. In this study, we present the optimization of nanoparticles used in the magnetic field enriched SERRS by tuning the core size and shell thickness of nanoparticles with an iron oxide core and a silver shell (Fe3O4@Ag). The discrete dipole approximation (DDA) model was introduced to investigate the localized electromagnetic field distributions and extinction efficiencies of the aggregate of Fe3O4@Ag and β-hematin, in correlation with their magnetic field enriched SERRS performance. We find that the optimal core-shell size of Fe3O4@Ag leading to the effective aggregation of Fe3O4@Ag and β-hematin under an external magnetic field with superior extinction efficiencies is the key to realize highly augmented Raman signals in this strategy. Furthermore, it is noted that the optimized result differs from the case without the external magnetic field to that with the external magnetic field. Therefore, this work demonstrates experimentally and theoretically the potential of tuning the core-shell Fe3O4@Ag for achieving the efficient magnetic field-enriched SERRS detection of β-hematin for early malaria diagnosis.
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- Clement Yuen
- Division of Bioengineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637457.
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Khoshmanesh A, Dixon MA, Kenny S, Tilley L, McNaughton D, Wood BR. Detection and quantification of early-stage malaria parasites in laboratory infected erythrocytes by attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy and multivariate analysis. Anal Chem 2014; 86:4379-86. [PMID: 24694036 PMCID: PMC4014274 DOI: 10.1021/ac500199x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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New diagnostic modalities for malaria must have high sensitivity and be affordable to the developing world. We report on a method to rapidly detect and quantify different stages of malaria parasites, including ring and gametocyte forms, using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FT-IR) and partial least-squares regression (PLS). The absolute detection limit was found to be 0.00001% parasitemia (<1 parasite/μL of blood; p < 0.008) for cultured early ring stage parasites in a suspension of normal erythrocytes. Future development of universal and robust calibration models can significantly improve malaria diagnoses, leading to earlier detection and treatment of this devastating disease.
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- Aazam Khoshmanesh
- Centre
for Biospectroscopy and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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W. A. Dixon
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Bio21 Molecular, Science
and Biotechnology Institute, The University
of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Bio21 Molecular, Science
and Biotechnology Institute, The University
of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Bio21 Molecular, Science
and Biotechnology Institute, The University
of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Centre
for Biospectroscopy and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centre
for Biospectroscopy and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Delahunt C, Horning MP, Wilson BK, Proctor JL, Hegg MC. Limitations of haemozoin-based diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum using dark-field microscopy. Malar J 2014; 13:147. [PMID: 24739286 PMCID: PMC4021049 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background The haemozoin crystal continues to be investigated extensively for its potential as a biomarker for malaria diagnostics. In order for haemozoin to be a valuable biomarker, it must be present in detectable quantities in the peripheral blood and distinguishable from false positives. Here, dark-field microscopy coupled with sophisticated image processing algorithms is used to characterize the abundance of detectable haemozoin within infected erythrocytes from field samples in order to determine the window of detection in peripheral blood. Methods Thin smears from Plasmodium falciparum-infected and uninfected patients were imaged in both dark field (DF) unstained and bright field (BF) Giemsa-stained modes. The images were co-registered such that each parasite had thumbnails in both BF and DF modes, providing an accurate map between parasites and DF objects. This map was used to find the abundance of haemozoin as a function of parasite stage through careful parasite staging and correlation with DF objects. An automated image-processing and classification algorithm classified the bright spots in the DF images as either haemozoin or non-haemozoin objects. Results The algorithm distinguishes haemozoin from non-haemozoin objects in DF images with an object-level sensitivity of 95% and specificity of 97%. Ring stages older than about 6 hours begin to show detectable haemozoin, and rings between 10–16 hours reliably contain detectable haemozoin. However, DF microscopy coupled with the image-processing algorithm detect no haemozoin in rings younger than six hours. Discussion Although this method demonstrates the most sensitive detection of haemozoin in field samples reported to date, it does not detect haemozoin in ring-stage parasites younger than six hours. Thus, haemozoin is a poor biomarker for field samples primarily composed of young ring-stage parasites because the crystal is not present in detectable quantities by the methods described here. Based on these results, the implications for patient-level diagnosis and recommendations for future work are discussed.
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Hemozoin-generated vapor nanobubbles for transdermal reagent- and needle-free detection of malaria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 111:900-5. [PMID: 24379385 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1316253111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Successful diagnosis, screening, and elimination of malaria critically depend on rapid and sensitive detection of this dangerous infection, preferably transdermally and without sophisticated reagents or blood drawing. Such diagnostic methods are not currently available. Here we show that the high optical absorbance and nanosize of endogenous heme nanoparticles called "hemozoin," a unique component of all blood-stage malaria parasites, generates a transient vapor nanobubble around hemozoin in response to a short and safe near-infrared picosecond laser pulse. The acoustic signals of these malaria-specific nanobubbles provided transdermal noninvasive and rapid detection of a malaria infection as low as 0.00034% in animals without using any reagents or drawing blood. These on-demand transient events have no analogs among current malaria markers and probes, can detect and screen malaria in seconds, and can be realized as a compact, easy-to-use, inexpensive, and safe field technology.
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Hobro AJ, Konishi A, Coban C, Smith NI. Raman spectroscopic analysis of malaria disease progression via blood and plasma samples. Analyst 2013; 138:3927-33. [PMID: 23529513 DOI: 10.1039/c3an00255a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this study Raman spectroscopy has been used to monitor the changes in erythrocytes and plasma during Plasmodium infection in mice, following malaria disease progression over the course of 7 days. The Raman spectra of both samples are dominated by the spectra of hemoglobin and hemozoin, due to their resonant enhancement. In plasma samples, due to the inherently low heme background, heme-based changes in the Raman spectra could be detected in the very early stages of infection, as little as one day after Plasmodium infection, where parasitemia levels were low, on the order of 0.2%, and typically difficult to detect by existing methods. Further principal component analysis also indicates concurrent erythrocyte membrane changes at around day 4, where parasitemia levels reached 3%. These results show that plasma analysis has significant potential for early, quantitative and automated detection of malaria, and to quantify heme levels in serum which modulate malarial effects on the immune system.
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- Alison J Hobro
- Biophotonics Laboratory, Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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de Villiers KA, Gildenhuys J, le Roex T. Iron(III) protoporphyrin IX complexes of the antimalarial Cinchona alkaloids quinine and quinidine. ACS Chem Biol 2012; 7:666-71. [PMID: 22276975 DOI: 10.1021/cb200528z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The antimalarial properties of the Cinchona alkaloids quinine and quinidine have been known for decades. Surprisingly, 9-epiquinine and 9-epiquinidine are almost inactive. A lack of definitive structural information has precluded a clear understanding of the relationship between molecular structure and biological activity. In the current study, we have determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction the structures of the complexes formed between quinine and quinidine and iron(III) protoporphyrin IX (Fe(III)PPIX). Coordination of the alkaloid to the Fe(III) center is a key feature of both complexes, and further stability is provided by an intramolecular hydrogen bond formed between a propionate side chain of Fe(III)PPIX and the protonated quinuclidine nitrogen atom of either alkaloid. These interactions are believed to be responsible for inhibiting the incorporation of Fe(III)PPIX into crystalline hemozoin during its in vivo detoxification. It is also possible to rationalize the greater activity of quinidine compared to that of quinine.
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- Katherine A. de Villiers
- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch
7602, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch
7602, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch
7602, South Africa
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Wood BR, Asghari-Khiavi M, Bailo E, McNaughton D, Deckert V. Detection of nano-oxidation sites on the surface of hemoglobin crystals using tip-enhanced Raman scattering. NANO LETTERS 2012; 12:1555-1560. [PMID: 22324311 DOI: 10.1021/nl2044106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Hemoglobin nanocrystals were analyzed with tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS), surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) and conventional resonance Raman scattering (RRS) using 532 nm excitation. The extremely high spatial resolution of TERS enables selective enhancement of heme, protein, and amino acid bands from the crystal surface not observed in the SERRS or RRS spectra. Two bands appearing at 1378 and 1355 cm(-1) assigned to the ferric and ferrous oxidation state marker bands, respectively, were observed in both TERS and SERRS spectra but not in the RRS spectrum of the bulk sample. The results indicate that nanoscale oxidation changes are occurring at the hemoglobin crystal surface. These changes could be explained by oxygen exchange at the crystal surface and demonstrate the potential of the TERS technique to obtain structural information not possible with conventional Raman microscopy.
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- Bayden R Wood
- Centre for Biospectroscopy, School of Chemistry, Monash University, 3800, Victoria, Australia.
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Yuen C, Liu Q. Magnetic field enriched surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy for early malaria diagnosis. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:017005. [PMID: 22352671 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.1.017005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Hemozoin is a by-product of malaria infection in erythrocytes, which has been explored as a biomarker for early malaria diagnosis. We report magnetic field-enriched surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS) of β-hematin crystals, which are the equivalent of hemozoin biocrystals in spectroscopic features, by using magnetic nanoparticles with iron oxide core and silver shell (Fe(3)O(4)@Ag). The external magnetic field enriches β-hematin crystals and enhances the binding between β-hematin crystals and magnetic nanoparticles, which provides further improvement in SERRS signals. The magnetic field-enriched SERRS signal of β-hematin crystals shows approximately five orders of magnitude enhancement in the resonance Raman signal, in comparison to about three orders of magnitude improvement in the SERRS signal without the influence of magnetic field. The improvement has led to a β-hematin detection limit at a concentration of 5 nM (roughly equivalent to 30 parasites/μl at the early stages of malaria infection), which demonstrates the potential of magnetic field-enriched SERRS technique in early malaria diagnosis.
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- Clement Yuen
- Nanyang Technological University, Division of Bioengineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Singapore 637457
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This paper reviews work carried out in the Centre for Biospectroscopy, Monash University, at the Infrared Microspectroscopy Beamline on the Australian Synchrotron since the first synchrotron light. It discusses the attributes and advantages of the beamline for chemical spectroscopy and imaging of cellular and tissue samples and briefly summarizes new techniques that will come online in the near future.
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Cho S, Kim S, Kim Y, Park Y. Optical imaging techniques for the study of malaria. Trends Biotechnol 2011; 30:71-9. [PMID: 21930322 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2011.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2011] [Revised: 08/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/26/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Malarial infection needs to be imaged to reveal the mechanisms behind malaria pathophysiology and to provide insights to aid in the diagnosis of the disease. Recent advances in optical imaging methods are now being transferred from physics laboratories to the biological field, revolutionizing how we study malaria. To provide insight into how these imaging techniques can improve the study and treatment of malaria, we summarize recent progress on optical imaging techniques, ranging from in vitro visualization of the disease progression of malaria infected red blood cells (iRBCs) to in vivo imaging of malaria parasites in the liver.
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- Sangyeon Cho
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 305-701, Republic of Korea
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Kang JW, Lue N, Kong CR, Barman I, Dingari NC, Goldfless SJ, Niles JC, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Combined confocal Raman and quantitative phase microscopy system for biomedical diagnosis. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 2:2484-92. [PMID: 21991542 PMCID: PMC3184858 DOI: 10.1364/boe.2.002484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Revised: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 07/29/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We have developed a novel multimodal microscopy system that incorporates confocal Raman, confocal reflectance, and quantitative phase microscopy (QPM) into a single imaging entity. Confocal Raman microscopy provides detailed chemical information from the sample, while confocal reflectance and quantitative phase microscopy show detailed morphology. Combining these intrinsic contrast imaging modalities makes it possible to obtain quantitative morphological and chemical information without exogenous staining. For validation and characterization, we have used this multi-modal system to investigate healthy and diseased blood samples. We first show that the thickness of a healthy red blood cell (RBC) shows good correlation with its hemoglobin distribution. Further, in malaria infected RBCs, we successfully image the distribution of hemozoin (malaria pigment) inside the cell. Our observations lead us to propose morphological screening by QPM and subsequent chemical imaging by Raman for investigating blood disorders. This new approach allows monitoring cell development and cell-drug interactions with minimal perturbation of the biological system of interest.
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- Jeon Woong Kang
- Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Deceased
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Wilson BK, Behrend MR, Horning MP, Hegg MC. Detection of malarial byproduct hemozoin utilizing its unique scattering properties. OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 19:12190-12196. [PMID: 21716456 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.012190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The scattering characteristics of the malaria byproduct hemozoin, including its scattering distribution and depolarization, are modeled using Discrete Dipole Approximation (DDA) and compared to those of healthy red blood cells. Scattering (or dark-field) spectroscopy and imaging are used to identify hemozoin in fresh rodent blood samples. A new detection method is proposed and demonstrated using dark-field in conjunction with cross-polarization imaging and spectroscopy. SNRs greater than 50:1 are achieved for hemozoin in fresh blood without the addition of stains or reagents. The potential of such a detection system is discussed.
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- Benjamin K Wilson
- Intellectual Ventures Laboratories, 1600 132nd Avenue, NE, Bellevue, WA 98005, USA.
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Richter M, Hedegaard M, Deckert-Gaudig T, Lampen P, Deckert V. Laterally resolved and direct spectroscopic evidence of nanometer-sized lipid and protein domains on a single cell. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2011; 7:209-214. [PMID: 21213383 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201001503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- Marc Richter
- Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
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Wood BR, Stoddart PR, McNaughton D. Molecular Imaging of Red Blood Cells by Raman Spectroscopy. Aust J Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1071/ch11136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Raman spectroscopy allows visualization of 2D and 3D chemical distributions at high spatial resolution in a wide range of samples. It is insensitive to water, which makes it particularly attractive for applications in the biological sciences. At the same time, technical advances have allowed the laser excitation power to be reduced on thermally sensitive samples, without sacrificing acquisition times. This review highlights the analytical and diagnostic potential of Raman imaging techniques by reference to recent studies of red blood cells. In the case of red blood cells infected with low-pigmented forms of the malaria parasite, molecular images reveal sub-micron-inclusions of haemozoin, which suggests that the technique has potential for early-stage diagnosis of the disease.
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Patel II, Trevisan J, Evans G, Llabjani V, Martin-Hirsch PL, Stringfellow HF, Martin FL. High contrast images of uterine tissue derived using Raman microspectroscopy with the empty modelling approach of multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares. Analyst 2011; 136:4950-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c1an15717e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Moody B, Haslauer CM, Kirk E, Kannan A, Loboa EG, McCarty GS. In situ monitoring of adipogenesis with human-adipose-derived stem cells using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2010; 64:1227-1233. [PMID: 21073790 DOI: 10.1366/000370210793335106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Methods capable of nondestructively collecting high-quality, real-time chemical information from living human stem cells are of increasing importance given the escalating relevance of stem cells in therapeutic and regenerative medicines. Raman spectroscopy is one such technique that can nondestructively collect real-time chemical information. Living cells uptake gold nanoparticles and transport these particles through an endosomal pathway. Once inside the endosome, nanoparticles aggregate into clusters that give rise to large spectroscopic enhancements that can be used to elucidate local chemical environments through the use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. This report uses 40-nm colloidal gold nanoparticles to create volumes of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) within living human-adipose-derived adult stem cells enabling molecular information to be monitored. We exploit this method to spectroscopically observe chemical changes that occur during the adipogenic differentiation of human-adipose-derived stem cells over a period of 22 days. It is shown that intracellular SERS is able to detect the production of lipids as little as one day after the onset of adipogenesis and that a complex interplay between lipids, proteins, and chemical messengers can be observed shortly thereafter. After 22 days of differentiation, the cells show visible and spectroscopic indications of completed adipogenesis yet still share spectral features common to the progenitor stem cells.
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- Benjamin Moody
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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Kobrina Y, Turunen MJ, Saarakkala S, Jurvelin JS, Hauta-Kasari M, Isaksson H. Cluster analysis of infrared spectra of rabbit cortical bone samples during maturation and growth. Analyst 2010; 135:3147-55. [PMID: 21038039 DOI: 10.1039/c0an00500b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bone consists of an organic and an inorganic matrix. During development, bone undergoes changes in its composition and structure. In this study we apply three different cluster analysis algorithms [K-means (KM), fuzzy C-means (FCM) and hierarchical clustering (HCA)], and discriminant analysis (DA) on infrared spectroscopic data from developing cortical bone with the aim of comparing their ability to correctly classify the samples into different age groups. Cortical bone samples from the mid-diaphysis of the humerus of New Zealand white rabbits from three different maturation stages (newborn (NB), immature (11 days-1 month old), mature (3-6 months old)) were used. Three clusters were obtained by KM, FCM and HCA methods on different spectral regions (amide I, phosphate and carbonate). The newborn samples were well separated (71-100% correct classifications) from the other age groups by all bone components. The mature samples (3-6 months old) were well separated (100%) from those of other age groups by the carbonate spectral region, while by the phosphate and amide I regions some samples were assigned to another group (43-71% correct classifications). The greatest variance in the results for all algorithms was observed in the amide I region. In general, FCM clustering performed better than the other methods, and the overall error was lower. The discriminate analysis results showed that by combining the clustering results from all three spectral regions, the ability to predict the correct age group for all samples increased (from 29-86% to 77-91%). This study is the first to compare several clustering methods on infrared spectra of bone. Fuzzy C-means clustering performed best, and its ability to study the degree of memberships of samples to each cluster might be beneficial in future studies of medical diagnostics.
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- Yevgeniya Kobrina
- Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Eastern Finland, PO Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Patel II, Martin FL. Discrimination of zone-specific spectral signatures in normal human prostate using Raman spectroscopy. Analyst 2010; 135:3060-9. [PMID: 20949203 DOI: 10.1039/c0an00518e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The prostate gland is the most common site of pathology in human males. Using the urethra as an anatomical reference point, it can be divided into three distinct zones known as the transition zone (TZ), peripheral zone (PZ) and central zone (CZ). The pathological conditions of benign prostatic hypertrophy and/or prostate adenocarcinoma are highly prevalent in this gland. This preliminary study set out to determine whether biochemical intra-individual differences between normal prostate zones could be identified using Raman spectroscopy with subsequent exploratory analyses. A normal (benign) prostate transverse tissue section perpendicular to the rectal surface and above the verumontanum was obtained in a paraffin-embedded block. A 10-µm-thick slice was floated onto a gold substrate, de-waxed and analysed using Raman spectroscopy (200 epithelial-cell and 140 stromal spectra/zone). Raman spectra were subsequently processed in the 1800-367 cm(-1) spectral region employing principal component analysis (PCA) to determine whether wavenumber-intensity relationships expressed as single points in hyperspace might reveal biochemical differences associated with inter-zone pathological susceptibility. Visualisation of PCA scores plots and their corresponding loadings plots highlighted 781 cm(-1) (cytosine/uracil) and 787 cm(-1) (DNA) as the key discriminating factors segregating PZ from less susceptible TZ and CZ epithelia (P < 0.001). Conversely, 1459 cm(-1) (lipids and proteins) and 1003 cm(-1) (phenylalanine) were identified as the key biochemical factor distinguishing TZ from CZ epithelia (P < 0.05). All stromal zones were discriminated by the protein/lipid region (1459 cm(-1) and 1100 cm(-1)) with DNA/RNA region (781 cm(-1) and 787 cm(-1)) only highlighted between PZ and CZ (P < 0.05). This novel approach identifies biochemical markers that may have aetiological functional roles towards susceptibility of human prostate zones to specific pathological conditions.
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- Imran I Patel
- Centre for Biophotonics, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
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