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Orleanska J, Wiecek W, Majzner K. Investigation of etravirine uptake and distribution in single aortic endothelial cells in vitro using Raman imaging. Analyst 2024; 149:4454-4463. [PMID: 39022813 DOI: 10.1039/d4an00314d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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Etravirine (ETV) is an antiretroviral agent that belongs to the class of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. This study explores the uptake and distribution of ETV in human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) using Raman spectroscopy combined with chemometrics. The distinctive chemical structure of ETV facilitates tracking of its uptake by observing the Raman band at 2225 cm-1 in the Raman-silent region. The perinuclear distribution pattern in HAECs depends on drug concentration and incubation time. The uptake of ETV is observed within 5 minutes at a concentration of 10 μM, as evidenced by Raman images. Lower ETV concentrations, reflective of those found in human plasma, are detectable in HAECs by applying chemometric methods to Raman spectra from the perinuclear region. The ETV accumulation process is crucial in advancing our understanding of the drug's impact on biochemical alterations within endothelial cells. Additionally, ETV emerges as a promising Raman reporter for marking subcellular compartments, leveraging the 2225 cm-1 band in the cellular Raman silent region. This research contributes valuable insights into the behavior of ETV at the subcellular level, shedding light on its potential applications and impact on subcellular dynamics.
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- Jagoda Orleanska
- Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, Gronostajowa 2 St, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
- Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Prof. St. Lojasiewicza St 11, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
- Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Bobrzynskiego St 14, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, Gronostajowa 2 St, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
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- Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Physics, Gronostajowa 2 St, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
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Wu D, Fedorov Kukk A, Panzer R, Emmert S, Roth B. In vivo Raman spectroscopic and fluorescence study of suspected melanocytic lesions and surrounding healthy skin. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2024; 17:e202400050. [PMID: 38932707 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202400050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Cutaneous melanoma is the most lethal skin cancer and noninvasively distinguishing it from benign tumor is a major challenge. Raman spectroscopic measurements were conducted on 65 suspected melanocytic lesions and surrounding healthy skin from 47 patients. Compared to the spectra of healthy skin, spectra of melanocytic lesions exhibited lower intensities in carotenoid bands and higher intensities in lipid and melanin bands, suggesting similar variations in the content of these components. Distinct variations were observed among the autofluorescence intensities of healthy skin, benign nevi and malignant melanoma. By incorporating autofluorescence information, the classification accuracy of the support vector machine for spectra of healthy skin, nevi, and melanoma reached 90.2%, surpassing the 87.9% accuracy achieved without autofluorescence, with this difference being statistically significant. These findings indicate the diagnostic value of autofluorescence intensity, which reflect differences in fluorophore content, chemical composition, and structure among healthy skin, nevi, and melanoma.
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- Di Wu
- Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany
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- Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany
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- Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Fernández-Álvarez M, Moure A, Reinosa JJ, Diz EL, Fernández JF. New Protocol for Twinning of Raman Devices Toward a Raman Intensity Harmonization. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 78:837-850. [PMID: 38876969 PMCID: PMC11340242 DOI: 10.1177/00037028241260377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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The use of Raman spectroscopy has rapidly been on the rise across a great number of industries where comparability, reproducibility, and reliability of the data are of paramount importance. However, controlling the intensity of the Raman signal depends on a large number of factors such as the wavelength of the laser light, the optical components of each device, or the number of molecules in the illuminated volume. For this reason, in this study, a new protocol has been applied to twin Raman devices to achieve a conversion of the signal between them, by pairing the intensity response of the units using a reference sample. The new reference material is a homogenous dispersion of a 0.5 wt% anatase (titanium dioxide, or TiO2) in an epoxy resin matrix, with deviations <2.5% in Raman intensity across the reference material. The proposed protocol for Raman-twinned devices takes a well-defined approach that leads to obtaining a correction factor that relates the differences in the signal intensity between the two Raman devices, in order to obtain the same Raman intensity counts. The performance of the proposed method was evaluated based on the data from the devices, which presented the most common user cases: twinning Raman devices of the non-confocal same model for two different wavelengths; and twinning confocal and non-confocal devices. The results obtained show that the protocol has worked for both of the Raman twinning cases, allowing the Raman intensity harmonization of Raman spectra between two different devices.
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- Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Encapsulae S.L., Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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Dall'Osto G, Corni S. Time-dependent surface-enhanced Raman scattering: A theoretical approach. J Chem Phys 2024; 161:044103. [PMID: 39037131 DOI: 10.1063/5.0214564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024] Open
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A new procedure for computing the time-dependent Raman scattering of molecules in the proximity of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) is proposed, drawing inspiration from the pioneering Lee and Heller's theory. This strategy is based on a preliminary simulation of the molecular vibronic wavefunction in the presence of a plasmonic nanostructure and an incident light pulse. Subsequently, the Raman signal is evaluated through an inverse Fourier Transform of the coefficients' dynamics. Employing a multiscale approach, the system is treated by coupling the quantum mechanical description of the molecule with the polarizable continuum model for the NP. This method offers a unique advantage by providing insights into the time evolution of the plasmon-enhanced Raman signal, tracking the dynamics of the incident electric field. It not only provides for the total Raman signal at the process's conclusion but also gives transient information. Importantly, the flexibility of this approach allows for the simulation of various incident electric field profiles, enabling a closer alignment with experimental setups. This adaptability ensures that the method is relevant and applicable to diverse real-world scenarios.
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- Giulia Dall'Osto
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova 35100, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova 35100, Italy
- CNR Institute of Nanoscience, via Campi 213/A, Modena 41100, Italy
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Zhu T, Alves SM, Adamo A, Wen X, Corn KC, Shostak A, Johnson S, Shaub ND, Martello SE, Hacker BC, D'Amore A, Bardhan R, Rafat M. Mammary tissue-derived extracellular matrix hydrogels reveal the role of irradiation in driving a pro-tumor and immunosuppressive microenvironment. Biomaterials 2024; 308:122531. [PMID: 38531198 PMCID: PMC11065579 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Radiation therapy (RT) is essential for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) treatment. However, patients with TNBC continue to experience recurrence after RT. The role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of irradiated breast tissue in tumor recurrence is still unknown. In this study, we evaluated the structure, molecular composition, and mechanical properties of irradiated murine mammary fat pads (MFPs) and developed ECM hydrogels from decellularized tissues (dECM) to assess the effects of RT-induced ECM changes on breast cancer cell behavior. Irradiated MFPs were characterized by increased ECM deposition and fiber density compared to unirradiated controls, which may provide a platform for cell invasion and proliferation. ECM component changes in collagens I, IV, and VI, and fibronectin were observed following irradiation in both MFPs and dECM hydrogels. Encapsulated TNBC cell proliferation and invasive capacity was enhanced in irradiated dECM hydrogels. In addition, TNBC cells co-cultured with macrophages in irradiated dECM hydrogels induced M2 macrophage polarization and exhibited further increases in proliferation. Our study establishes that the ECM in radiation-damaged sites promotes TNBC invasion and proliferation as well as an immunosuppressive microenvironment. This work represents an important step toward elucidating how changes in the ECM after RT contribute to breast cancer recurrence.
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- Tian Zhu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo, Italy; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo, Italy; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA; Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Ranasinghe JC, Wang Z, Huang S. Unveiling brain disorders using liquid biopsy and Raman spectroscopy. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:11879-11913. [PMID: 38845582 PMCID: PMC11290551 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01413h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Brain disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), present significant challenges in early diagnosis and intervention. Conventional imaging modalities, while valuable, lack the molecular specificity necessary for precise disease characterization. Compared to the study of conventional brain tissues, liquid biopsy, which focuses on blood, tear, saliva, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), also unveils a myriad of underlying molecular processes, providing abundant predictive clinical information. In addition, liquid biopsy is minimally- to non-invasive, and highly repeatable, offering the potential for continuous monitoring. Raman spectroscopy (RS), with its ability to provide rich molecular information and cost-effectiveness, holds great potential for transformative advancements in early detection and understanding the biochemical changes associated with NDs and TBI. Recent developments in Raman enhancement technologies and advanced data analysis methods have enhanced the applicability of RS in probing the intricate molecular signatures within biological fluids, offering new insights into disease pathology. This review explores the growing role of RS as a promising and emerging tool for disease diagnosis in brain disorders, particularly through the analysis of liquid biopsy. It discusses the current landscape and future prospects of RS in the diagnosis of brain disorders, highlighting its potential as a non-invasive and molecularly specific diagnostic tool.
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- Jeewan C Ranasinghe
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
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Berger E, Niemelä J, Lampela O, Juffer AH, Komsa HP. Raman Spectra of Amino Acids and Peptides from Machine Learning Polarizabilities. J Chem Inf Model 2024; 64:4601-4612. [PMID: 38829726 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.4c00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Raman spectroscopy is an important tool in the study of vibrational properties and composition of molecules, peptides, and even proteins. Raman spectra can be simulated based on the change of the electronic polarizability with vibrations, which can nowadays be efficiently obtained via machine learning models trained on first-principles data. However, the transferability of the models trained on small molecules to larger structures is unclear, and direct training on large structures is prohibitively expensive. In this work, we first train two machine learning models to predict the polarizabilities of all 20 amino acids. Both models are carefully benchmarked and compared to density functional theory (DFT) calculations, with the neural network method being found to offer better transferability. By combination of machine learning models with classical force field molecular dynamics, Raman spectra of all amino acids are also obtained and investigated, showing good agreement with experiments. The models are further extended to small peptides. We find that adding structures containing peptide bonds to the training set greatly improves predictions, even for peptides not included in training sets.
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- Ethan Berger
- Microelectronics Research Unit, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4500, Oulu FIN-90014, Finland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu FIN-90014, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu and Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu FIN-90014, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu and Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu FIN-90014, Finland
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- Microelectronics Research Unit, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4500, Oulu FIN-90014, Finland
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Thomas KM, Ajithaprasad S, N M, Pavithran M S, Chidangil S, Lukose J. Raman spectroscopy assisted tear analysis: A label free, optical approach for noninvasive disease diagnostics. Exp Eye Res 2024; 243:109913. [PMID: 38679225 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2024.109913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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In recent times, tear fluid analysis has garnered considerable attention in the field of biomarker-based diagnostics due to its noninvasive sample collection method. Tears encompass a reservoir of biomarkers that assist in diagnosing not only ocular disorders but also a diverse list of systemic diseases. This highlights the necessity for sensitive and dependable screening methods to employ tear fluid as a potential noninvasive diagnostic specimen in clinical environments. Considerable research has been conducted to investigate the potential of Raman spectroscopy-based investigations for tear analysis in various diagnostic applications. Raman Spectroscopy (RS) is a highly sensitive and label free spectroscopic technique which aids in investigating the molecular structure of samples by evaluating the vibrational frequencies of molecular bonds. Due to the distinct chemical compositions of different samples, it is possible to obtain a sample-specific spectral fingerprint. The distinctive spectral fingerprints obtained from Raman spectroscopy enable researchers to identify specific compounds or functional groups present in a sample, aiding in diverse biomedical applications. Its sensitivity to changes in molecular structure or environment provides invaluable insights into subtle alterations associated with various diseases. Thus, Raman Spectroscopy has the potential to assist in diagnosis and treatment as well as prognostic evaluation. Raman spectroscopy possesses several advantages, such as the non-destructive examination of samples, remarkable sensitivity to structural variations, minimal prerequisites for sample preparation, negligible interference from water, and the aptness for real-time investigation of tear samples. The purpose of this review is to highlight the potential of Raman spectroscopic technique in facilitating the clinical diagnosis of various ophthalmic and systemic disorders through non-invasive tear analysis. Additionally, the review delves into the advancements made in Raman spectroscopy with regards to paper-based sensing substrates and tear analysis methods integrated into contact lenses. Furthermore, the review also addresses the obstacles and future possibilities associated with implementing Raman spectroscopy as a routine diagnostic tool based on tear analysis in clinical settings.
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- Keziah Mary Thomas
- Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital and Eye Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Centre of Excellence for Biophotonics, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Centre of Excellence for Biophotonics, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Centre of Excellence for Biophotonics, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Centre of Excellence for Biophotonics, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
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Lopez E, Etxebarria-Elezgarai J, García-Sebastián M, Altuna M, Ecay-Torres M, Estanga A, Tainta M, López C, Martínez-Lage P, Amigo JM, Seifert A. Unlocking Preclinical Alzheimer's: A Multi-Year Label-Free In Vitro Raman Spectroscopy Study Empowered by Chemometrics. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4737. [PMID: 38731955 PMCID: PMC11084676 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, the early detection of which is crucial for timely intervention and enrollment in clinical trials. However, the preclinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's encounters difficulties with gold-standard methods. The current definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer's still relies on expensive instrumentation and post-mortem histological examinations. Here, we explore label-free Raman spectroscopy with machine learning as an alternative to preclinical Alzheimer's diagnosis. A special feature of this study is the inclusion of patient samples from different cohorts, sampled and measured in different years. To develop reliable classification models, partial least squares discriminant analysis in combination with variable selection methods identified discriminative molecules, including nucleic acids, amino acids, proteins, and carbohydrates such as taurine/hypotaurine and guanine, when applied to Raman spectra taken from dried samples of cerebrospinal fluid. The robustness of the model is remarkable, as the discriminative molecules could be identified in different cohorts and years. A unified model notably classifies preclinical Alzheimer's, which is particularly surprising because of Raman spectroscopy's high sensitivity regarding different measurement conditions. The presented results demonstrate the capability of Raman spectroscopy to detect preclinical Alzheimer's disease for the first time and offer invaluable opportunities for future clinical applications and diagnostic methods.
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- Eneko Lopez
- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, 20018 San Sebasián, Spain; (E.L.); (J.E.-E.)
- Department of Physics, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Center for Research and Advanced Therapies, CITA-Alzhéimer Foundation, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain; (M.G.-S.); (M.A.); (M.E.-T.); (A.E.); (M.T.); (C.L.); (P.M.-L.)
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- Center for Research and Advanced Therapies, CITA-Alzhéimer Foundation, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain; (M.G.-S.); (M.A.); (M.E.-T.); (A.E.); (M.T.); (C.L.); (P.M.-L.)
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- Center for Research and Advanced Therapies, CITA-Alzhéimer Foundation, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain; (M.G.-S.); (M.A.); (M.E.-T.); (A.E.); (M.T.); (C.L.); (P.M.-L.)
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- Center for Research and Advanced Therapies, CITA-Alzhéimer Foundation, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain; (M.G.-S.); (M.A.); (M.E.-T.); (A.E.); (M.T.); (C.L.); (P.M.-L.)
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- Center for Research and Advanced Therapies, CITA-Alzhéimer Foundation, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain; (M.G.-S.); (M.A.); (M.E.-T.); (A.E.); (M.T.); (C.L.); (P.M.-L.)
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- Center for Research and Advanced Therapies, CITA-Alzhéimer Foundation, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain; (M.G.-S.); (M.A.); (M.E.-T.); (A.E.); (M.T.); (C.L.); (P.M.-L.)
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- Center for Research and Advanced Therapies, CITA-Alzhéimer Foundation, 20009 San Sebastián, Spain; (M.G.-S.); (M.A.); (M.E.-T.); (A.E.); (M.T.); (C.L.); (P.M.-L.)
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- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, 20018 San Sebasián, Spain; (E.L.); (J.E.-E.)
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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Ibrahim KA, Naidu AS, Miljkovic H, Radenovic A, Yang W. Label-Free Techniques for Probing Biomolecular Condensates. ACS NANO 2024; 18:10738-10757. [PMID: 38609349 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c01534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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Biomolecular condensates play important roles in a wide array of fundamental biological processes, such as cellular compartmentalization, cellular regulation, and other biochemical reactions. Since their discovery and first observations, an extensive and expansive library of tools has been developed to investigate various aspects and properties, encompassing structural and compositional information, material properties, and their evolution throughout the life cycle from formation to eventual dissolution. This Review presents an overview of the expanded set of tools and methods that researchers use to probe the properties of biomolecular condensates across diverse scales of length, concentration, stiffness, and time. In particular, we review recent years' exciting development of label-free techniques and methodologies. We broadly organize the set of tools into 3 categories: (1) imaging-based techniques, such as transmitted-light microscopy (TLM) and Brillouin microscopy (BM), (2) force spectroscopy techniques, such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) and the optical tweezer (OT), and (3) microfluidic platforms and emerging technologies. We point out the tools' key opportunities, challenges, and future perspectives and analyze their correlative potential as well as compatibility with other techniques. Additionally, we review emerging techniques, namely, differential dynamic microscopy (DDM) and interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT), that have huge potential for future applications in studying biomolecular condensates. Finally, we highlight how some of these techniques can be translated for diagnostics and therapy purposes. We hope this Review serves as a useful guide for new researchers in this field and aids in advancing the development of new biophysical tools to study biomolecular condensates.
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Hajab H, Anwar A, Nawaz H, Majeed MI, Alwadie N, Shabbir S, Amber A, Jilani MI, Nargis HF, Zohaib M, Ismail S, Kamal A, Imran M. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of the filtrate portions of the blood serum samples of breast cancer patients obtained by using 30 kDa filtration device. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 311:124046. [PMID: 38364514 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Raman spectroscopy is reliable tool for analyzing and exploring early disease diagnosis related to body fluids, such as blood serum, which contain low molecular weight fraction (LMWF) and high molecular weight fraction (HMWF) proteins. The disease biomarkers consist of LMWF which are dominated by HMWF hence their analysis is difficult. In this study, in order to overcome this issue, centrifugal filter devices of 30 kDa were used to obtain filtrate and residue portions obtained from whole blood serum samples of control and breast cancer diagnosed patients. The filtrate portions obtained in this way are expected to contain the marker proteins of breast cancer of the size below this filter size. These may include prolactin, Microphage migration inhabitation factor (MIF), γ-Synuclein, BCSG1, Leptin, MUC1, RS/DJ-1 present in the centrifuged blood serum (filtrate portions) which are then analyzed by the SERS technique to recognize the SERS spectral characteristics associated with the progression of breast cancer in the samples of different stages as compared to the healthy ones. The key intention of this study is to achieve early-stage breast cancer diagnosis through the utilization of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) after the centrifugation of healthy and breast cancer serum samples with Amicon ultra-filter devices of 30 kDa. The silver nanoparticles with high plasmon resonance are used as a substrate for SERS analysis. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) models are utilized as spectral classification tools to assess and predict rapid, reliable, and non-destructive SERS-based analysis. Notably, they were particularly effective in distinguishing between different SERS spectral groups of the cancerous and non-cancerous samples. By comparing all these spectral data sets to each other PLSDA shows the 79 % accuracy, 76 % specificity, and 81 % sensitivity in samples with AUC value of AUC = 0.774 SERS has proven to be a valuable technique for the rapid identification of the SERS spectral features of blood serum and its filtrate fractions from both healthy individuals and those with breast cancer, aiding in disease diagnosis.
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- Hawa Hajab
- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Medical College, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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Naresh M, Nagaraju VS, Kollem S, Kumar J, Peddakrishna S. Non-invasive glucose prediction and classification using NIR technology with machine learning. Heliyon 2024; 10:e28720. [PMID: 38601525 PMCID: PMC11004754 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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In this paper, a dual wavelength short near-infrared system is described for the detection of glucose levels. The system aims to improve the accuracy of blood glucose detection in a cost-effective and non-invasive way. The accuracy of the method is evaluated using real-time samples collected with the reference finger prick glucose device. A feed forward neural network (FFNN) regression method is employed to predict glucose levels based on the input data obtained from NIR technology. The system calculates glucose evaluation metrics and performs Surveillance error grid (SEG) analysis. The coefficient of determination R 2 and mean absolute error are observed 0.99 and 2.49 mg/dl, respectively. Additionally, the system determines the root mean square error (RMSE) as 3.02 mg/dl. It also shows that the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) is 1.94% and mean squared error (MSE) is 9.16 ( m g / d l ) 2 for FFNN. The SEG analysis shows that the glucose values measured by the system fall within the clinically acceptable range when compared to the reference method. Finally, the system uses the multi-class classification method of the multilayer perceptron (MLP) and K-nearest neighbors (KNN) classifier to classify glucose levels with an accuracy of 99%.
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- M. Naresh
- School of Electronics Engineering, VIT-AP University, Amaravti, Guntur, 522241, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of ECE, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Dundigal, Hyderabad, 500043, Telangana, India
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- Department of ECE, School of Engineering, SR University, Warangal, 506371, Telangana, India
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- School of Electronics Engineering, VIT-AP University, Amaravti, Guntur, 522241, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- School of Electronics Engineering, VIT-AP University, Amaravti, Guntur, 522241, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Hano H, Lawrie CH, Suarez B, Paredes Lario A, Elejoste Echeverría I, Gómez Mediavilla J, Crespo Cruz MI, Lopez E, Seifert A. Power of Light: Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning for the Detection of Lung Cancer. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:14084-14091. [PMID: 38559992 PMCID: PMC10975667 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c09537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, emphasizing the urgent need for reliable and efficient diagnostic methods. Conventional approaches often involve invasive procedures and can be time-consuming and costly, thereby delaying the effective treatment. The current study explores the potential of Raman spectroscopy, as a promising noninvasive technique, by analyzing human blood plasma samples from lung cancer patients and healthy controls. In a benchmark study, 16 machine learning models were evaluated by employing four strategies: the combination of dimensionality reduction with classifiers; application of feature selection prior to classification; stand-alone classifiers; and a unified predictive model. The models showed different performances due to the inherent complexity of the data, achieving accuracies from 0.77 to 0.85 and areas under the curve for receiver operating characteristics from 0.85 to 0.94. Hybrid methods incorporating dimensionality reduction and feature selection algorithms present the highest figures of merit. Nevertheless, all machine learning models deliver creditable scores and demonstrate that Raman spectroscopy represents a powerful method for future in vitro diagnostics of lung cancer.
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- Harun Hano
- CIC
nanoGUNE BRTA, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Department
of Physics, University of the Basque Country
(UPV/EHU), 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- IKERBASQUE—Basque
Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
- Biogipuzkoa
Health Research Institute, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain
- Sino-Swiss
Institute of Advanced Technology (SSIAT), University of Shanghai, 201800 Shanghai, China
- Radcliffe
Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 9DU Oxford, U.K.
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- Faculty
of Nursing and Medicine, University of the
Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20014 San Sebastián, Spain
- Biogipuzkoa
Health Research Institute, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Servicio
de Oncología Médica, Hospital
Universitario Donostia, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain
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- CIC
nanoGUNE BRTA, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- Department
of Physics, University of the Basque Country
(UPV/EHU), 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- CIC
nanoGUNE BRTA, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE—Basque
Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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Allakhverdiev ES, Kossalbayev BD, Sadvakasova AK, Bauenova MO, Belkozhayev AM, Rodnenkov OV, Martynyuk TV, Maksimov GV, Allakhverdiev SI. Spectral insights: Navigating the frontiers of biomedical and microbiological exploration with Raman spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2024; 252:112870. [PMID: 38368635 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2024.112870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Raman spectroscopy (RS), a powerful analytical technique, has gained increasing recognition and utility in the fields of biomedical and biological research. Raman spectroscopic analyses find extensive application in the field of medicine and are employed for intricate research endeavors and diagnostic purposes. Consequently, it enjoys broad utilization within the realm of biological research, facilitating the identification of cellular classifications, metabolite profiling within the cellular milieu, and the assessment of pigment constituents within microalgae. This article also explores the multifaceted role of RS in these domains, highlighting its distinct advantages, acknowledging its limitations, and proposing strategies for enhancement.
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- Elvin S Allakhverdiev
- National Medical Research Center of Cardiology named after academician E.I. Chazov, Academician Chazov 15А St., Moscow 121552, Russia; Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Leninskie Gory 1/12, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Ecology Research Institute, Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkistan, Kazakhstan; Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 32, West 7th Road, Tianjin Airport Economic Area, 300308 Tianjin, China; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050038, Kazakhstan; Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Geology and Oil-Gas Business Institute Named after K. Turyssov, Satbayev University, Almaty 050043, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050038, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050038, Kazakhstan
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050038, Kazakhstan; Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Geology and Oil-Gas Business Institute Named after K. Turyssov, Satbayev University, Almaty 050043, Kazakhstan; M.A. Aitkhozhin Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Almaty 050012, Kazakhstan
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- National Medical Research Center of Cardiology named after academician E.I. Chazov, Academician Chazov 15А St., Moscow 121552, Russia
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- National Medical Research Center of Cardiology named after academician E.I. Chazov, Academician Chazov 15А St., Moscow 121552, Russia
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Leninskie Gory 1/12, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow 127276, Russia; Institute of Basic Biological Problems, FRC PSCBR Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino 142290, Russia; Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Mayorova OA, Saveleva MS, Bratashov DN, Prikhozhdenko ES. Combination of Machine Learning and Raman Spectroscopy for Determination of the Complex of Whey Protein Isolate with Hyaluronic Acid. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:666. [PMID: 38475349 DOI: 10.3390/polym16050666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Macromolecules and their complexes remain interesting topics in various fields, such as targeted drug delivery and tissue regeneration. The complex chemical structure of such substances can be studied with a combination of Raman spectroscopy and machine learning. The complex of whey protein isolate (WPI) and hyaluronic acid (HA) is beneficial in terms of drug delivery. It provides HA properties with the stability obtained from WPI. However, differences between WPI-HA and WPI solutions can be difficult to detect by Raman spectroscopy. Especially when the low HA (0.1, 0.25, 0.5% w/v) and the constant WPI (5% w/v) concentrations are used. Before applying the machine learning techniques, all the collected data were divided into training and test sets in a ratio of 3:1. The performances of two ensemble methods, random forest (RF) and gradient boosting (GB), were evaluated on the Raman data, depending on the type of problem (regression or classification). The impact of noise reduction using principal component analysis (PCA) on the performance of the two machine learning methods was assessed. This procedure allowed us to reduce the number of features while retaining 95% of the explained variance in the data. Another application of these machine learning methods was to identify the WPI Raman bands that changed the most with the addition of HA. Both the RF and GB could provide feature importance data that could be plotted in conjunction with the actual Raman spectra of the samples. The results show that the addition of HA to WPI led to changes mainly around 1003 cm-1 (correspond to ring breath of phenylalanine) and 1400 cm-1, as demonstrated by the regression and classification models. For selected Raman bands, where the feature importance was greater than 1%, a direct evaluation of the effect of the amount of HA on the Raman intensities was performed but was found not to be informative. Thus, applying the RF or GB estimators to the Raman data with feature importance evaluation could detect and highlight small differences in the spectra of substances that arose from changes in the chemical structure; using PCA to filter out noise in the Raman data could improve the performance of both the RF and GB. The demonstrated results will make it possible to analyze changes in chemical bonds during various processes, for example, conjugation, to study complex mixtures of substances, even with small additions of the components of interest.
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- Oksana A Mayorova
- Science Medical Center, Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Str., 410012 Saratov, Russia
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- Science Medical Center, Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Str., 410012 Saratov, Russia
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- Science Medical Center, Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Str., 410012 Saratov, Russia
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Ortiz-Dosal A, Rodríguez-Aranda MC, Ortiz-Dosal LC, Núñez-Leyva JM, Rivera-Pérez E, Cuellar Camacho JL, Ávila-Delgadillo JR, Kolosovas-Machuca ES. Quasi-spherical silver nanoparticles for human prolactin detection by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. RSC Adv 2024; 14:6998-7005. [PMID: 38414989 PMCID: PMC10897535 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra06366f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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Prolactin is a polypeptide hormone made of 199 amino acids; 50% of the amino acid chain forms helices, and the rest forms loops. This hormone is typically related to initiating and maintaining lactation, although it is also elevated in various pathological conditions. Serum prolactin levels of 2 to 18 ng ml-1 in men, up to 30 ng ml-1 in women, and 10 to 210 ng ml-1 in pregnant women are considered normal. Immunoassay techniques used for detection are susceptible to error in different clinical conditions. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a technique that allows for obtaining the protein spectrum in a simple, fast, and reproducible manner. Nonetheless, proper characterization of human prolactin's Raman/SERS spectrum at different concentrations has so far not been deeply discussed. This study aims to characterize the Raman spectrum of human prolactin at physiological concentrations using silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as the SERS substrate. The Raman spectrum of prolactin at 20 ng ul-1 was acquired. Quasi-spherical AgNPs were obtained using chemical synthesis. For SERS characterization, decreasing dilutions of the protein were made by adding deionized water and then a 1 : 1 volume of the AgNPs colloid. For each mixture, the Raman spectrum was determined. The spectrum of prolactin by SERS was obtained with a concentration of up to 0.1 ng ml-1. It showed characteristic bands corresponding to the side chains of aromatic amino acids in the protein's primary structure and the alpha helices of the secondary structure of prolactin. In conclusion, using quasi-spherical silver nanoparticles as the SERS substrate, the Raman spectrum of human prolactin at physiological concentration was determined.
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- Alejandra Ortiz-Dosal
- Cátedras CONAHCYT - Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 1570 Parque Chapultepec Ave 78295 San Luis Potosí Mexico
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- Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 550 Sierra Leona Ave 78210 San Luis Potosí Mexico
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 1570 Parque Chapultepec Ave 78295 San Luis Potosí Mexico
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- Maestría en Ciencia e Ingeniería de los Materiales (MCIM-UAZ), Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas 801 López Velarde St 9800 Zacatecas Mexico
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- Posdoctorado, CONAHCYT Mexico
- Maestría en Ciencia e Ingeniería de los Materiales (MCIM-UAZ), Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas 801 López Velarde St 9800 Zacatecas Mexico
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- Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 550 Sierra Leona Ave 78210 San Luis Potosí Mexico
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 1570 Parque Chapultepec Ave 78295 San Luis Potosí Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 1570 Parque Chapultepec Ave 78295 San Luis Potosí Mexico
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- Doctorado Institucional en Ingeniería y Ciencia de Materiales (DICIM-UASLP), Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 550 Sierra Leona Ave 78210 San Luis Potosí Mexico
- Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 550 Sierra Leona Ave 78210 San Luis Potosí Mexico
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- Coordinación para la Innovación y Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 550 Sierra Leona Ave 78210 San Luis Potosí Mexico
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí 1570 Parque Chapultepec Ave 78295 San Luis Potosí Mexico
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Nemade R, Cotts S, Berry V. Graphene Fermi Level-Guided Attachment of Single Exoelectrogens and Induced Interfacial Doping. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:5548-5553. [PMID: 38287002 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c16263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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Graphene's exceptional electronic and mechanical properties make it a promising material for bioelectronic applications; however, understanding its interaction with electrogenic bacteria is crucial to harness its full potential. This study investigates the interface between electrogenic bacteria and graphene with Raman spectroscopy by analyzing the distinctive spectral fingerprints to understand electron energy and distribution via this non-destructive and label-free method. We find that the presence of bacteria induces a distinct red-shift in the G peak positions of graphene, indicating electron doping. Correspondingly, the bacteria demonstrate a predilection for attachment on hole-rich sites on the graphene sheet, evidenced by the comparative analysis of pre- and post-spatial Raman mapping, revealing their consistent presence within the hole-doped 2D peak position range of 2673.89-2675.43 cm-1. This affinity of bacteria is due to the overall higher Fermi level (∼4.9 ± 0.2 eV) of these regions, which favors electron transfer. These findings demonstrate the potential of leveraging the graphene's electronic properties in engineering graphene-based biosensors. Tuning graphene's charge carrier concentration would enable the promotion or prevention of bacterial attachment, facilitating capture of specific bacteria or development of antimicrobial surfaces. This approach enables clean, efficient, and accurate study of graphene-based bacterial systems, driving significant advancements and enhancing their performance.
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- Roshan Nemade
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 929 W Taylor St, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 929 W Taylor St, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 929 W Taylor St, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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Farooq A, Wood CD, Ladbury JE, Evans SD. On-chip Raman spectroscopy of live single cells for the staging of oesophageal adenocarcinoma progression. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1761. [PMID: 38242991 PMCID: PMC10799027 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52079-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024] Open
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The absence of early diagnosis contributes to oesophageal cancer being the sixth most common cause of global cancer-associated deaths, with a 5-year survival rate of < 20%. Barrett's oesophagus is the main pre-cancerous condition to adenocarcinoma development, characterised by the morphological transition of oesophageal squamous epithelium to metaplastic columnar epithelium. Early tracking and treatment of oesophageal adenocarcinoma could dramatically improve with diagnosis and monitoring of patients with Barrett's Oesophagus. Current diagnostic methods involve invasive techniques such as endoscopies and, with only a few identified biomarkers of disease progression, the detection of oesophageal adenocarcinoma is costly and challenging. In this work, single-cell Raman spectroscopy was combined with microfluidic techniques to characterise the development of oesophageal adenocarcinoma through the progression of healthy epithelial, Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma cell lines. Principal component analysis and linear discriminant analysis were used to classify the different stages of cancer progression. with the ability to differentiate between healthy and cancerous cells with an accuracy of 97%. Whilst the approach could also separate the dysplastic stages from healthy or cancer with high accuracy-the intra-class separation was approximately 68%. Overall, these results highlight the potential for rapid and reliable diagnostic/prognostic screening of Barrett's Oesophagus patients.
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- Alisha Farooq
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
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Malenfant J, Kuster L, Gagné Y, Signo K, Denis M, Canesi S, Frenette M. Towards routine organic structure determination using Raman microscopy. Chem Sci 2024; 15:701-709. [PMID: 38179529 PMCID: PMC10763559 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc02954a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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Raman microscopy can reveal a compound-specific vibrational "fingerprint" from micrograms of material with no sample preparation. We expect this increasingly available instrumentation to routinely assist synthetic chemists in structure determination; however, interpreting the information-dense spectra can be challenging for unreported compounds. Appropriate theoretical calculations using the highly efficient r2SCAN-3c method can accurately predict peak positions but are less precise in matching peak heights. To limit incorrect biases while comparing experimental and theoretical spectra, we introduce a user-friendly software that gives a match score to assist with structure determination. The capabilities and limitations of this approach are demonstrated for several proof-of-concept examples including the characterization of intermediates in the total synthesis of deoxyaspidodispermine.
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- Jason Malenfant
- Department of Chemistry, NanoQAM, Centre Québécois des Matériaux Fonctionnels (CQMF), Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal Quebec H3C 3P8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, NanoQAM, Centre Québécois des Matériaux Fonctionnels (CQMF), Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal Quebec H3C 3P8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, NanoQAM, Centre Québécois des Matériaux Fonctionnels (CQMF), Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal Quebec H3C 3P8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, NanoQAM, Centre Québécois des Matériaux Fonctionnels (CQMF), Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal Quebec H3C 3P8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, NanoQAM, Centre Québécois des Matériaux Fonctionnels (CQMF), Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal Quebec H3C 3P8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, NanoQAM, Centre Québécois des Matériaux Fonctionnels (CQMF), Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal Quebec H3C 3P8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, NanoQAM, Centre Québécois des Matériaux Fonctionnels (CQMF), Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal Quebec H3C 3P8 Canada
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Mastrangelo R, Okada T, Ogura T, Ogura T, Baglioni P. Direct observation of the effects of chemical fixation in MNT-1 cells: A SE-ADM and Raman study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2308088120. [PMID: 38091295 PMCID: PMC10743460 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2308088120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Aldehydes fixation was accidentally discovered in the early 20th century and soon became a widely adopted practice in the histological field, due to an excellent staining enhancement in tissues imaging. However, the fixation process itself entails cell proteins denaturation and crosslinking. The possible presence of artifacts, that depends on the specific system under observation, must therefore be considered to avoid data misinterpretation. This contribution takes advantage of scanning electron assisted-dielectric microscopy (SE-ADM) and Raman 2D imaging to reveal the possible presence and the nature of artifacts in unstained, and paraformldehyde, PFA, fixed MNT-1 cells. The high resolution of the innovative SE-ADM technique allowed the identification of globular protein clusters in the cell cytoplasm, formed after protein denaturation and crosslinking. Concurrently, SE-ADM images showed a preferential melanosome adsorption on the cluster's outer surface. The micron-sized aggregates were discernible in Raman 2D images, as the melanosomes signal, extracted through 2D principal component analysis, unequivocally mapped their location and distribution within the cells, appearing randomly distributed in the cytoplasm. Protein clusters were not observed in living MNT-1 cells. In this case, mature melanosomes accumulate preferentially at the cell periphery and are more closely packed than in fixed cells. Our results show that, although PFA does not affect the melanin structure, it disrupts melanosome distribution within the cells. Proteins secondary structure, conversely, is partially lost, as shown by the Raman signals related to α-helix, β-sheets, and specific amino acids that significantly decrease after the PFA treatment.
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- Rosangela Mastrangelo
- Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba305-8566, Japan
- NIKKOL GROUP Nikko Chemicals Co., Ltd., Tokyo174-0046, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Florence, FlorenceI-50019, Italy
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- Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba305-8566, Japan
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- NIKKOL GROUP Nikko Chemicals Co., Ltd., Tokyo174-0046, Japan
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- Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba305-8566, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Florence, FlorenceI-50019, Italy
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Haessler A, Jung N, Windbergs M. Unraveling Molecular Composition in Biological Samples-Systematic Evaluation of Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Hyperspectral Raman Data. Anal Chem 2023; 95:17646-17653. [PMID: 37989265 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Recently, confocal Raman microscopy has gained popularity in biomedical research for studying tissues in healthy and diseased state due to its ability to acquire chemically selective data in a noninvasive approach. However, biological samples, such as brain tissue, are inherently difficult to analyze due to the superposition of molecules in the Raman spectra and low variation of spectral features within the sample. The analysis is further impeded by pathological hallmarks, for example beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaques in Alzheimer's disease, which are often solely characterized by subtle shifts in the respective Raman peaks. To unravel the underlying molecular information, convoluted statistical procedures are inevitable. Unfortunately, such statistical methods are often inadequately described, and most natural scientists lack knowledge of their appropriate use, causing unreproducible results and stagnation in the application of hyperspectral Raman imaging. Therefore, we have set out to provide a comprehensive guide to address these challenges with the example of a complex hyperspectral data set of brain tissue samples with Aβ plaques. Our study encompasses established as well as novel statistical methods, including univariate analysis, principal component analysis, cluster analysis, spectral unmixing, and 2D correlation spectroscopy, and critically compares the outcomes of each analysis. Moreover, we transparently demonstrate the effect of preprocessing decisions like denoising and scaling techniques, providing valuable insights into implications of spectral quality for data evaluation. Thereby, this study provides a comprehensive evaluation of analysis approaches for complex hyperspectral Raman data, laying out a blueprint for elucidating meaningful information from biological samples in chemical imaging.
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- Annika Haessler
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Šušnjar S, Martelli F, Mosca S, Venkata Sekar SK, Swartling J, Reistad N, Farina A, Pifferi A. Two-layer reconstruction of Raman spectra in diffusive media based on an analytical model in the time domain. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:40573-40591. [PMID: 38041354 DOI: 10.1364/oe.504105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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We derive and validate an analytical model that describes the migration of Raman scattered photons in two-layer diffusive media, based on the diffusion equation in the time domain. The model is derived under a heuristic approximation that background optical properties are identical on the excitation and Raman emission wavelengths. Methods for the reconstruction of two-layer Raman spectra have been developed, tested in computer simulations and validated on tissue-mimicking phantom measurements data. Effects of different parameters were studied in simulations, showing that the thickness of the top layer and number of detected photon counts have the most significant impact on the reconstruction. The concept of quantitative, mathematically rigorous reconstruction using the proposed model was finally proven on experimental measurements, by successfully separating the spectra of silicone and calcium carbonate (calcite) layers, showing the potential for further development and eventual application in clinical diagnostics.
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Lin X, Hartman MT, Zhang S, Seidelin S, Fang B, Le Coq Y. Multi-mode heterodyne laser interferometry realized via software defined radio. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:38475-38493. [PMID: 38017953 DOI: 10.1364/oe.500077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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The agile generation and control of multiple optical frequency modes combined with the realtime processing of multi-mode data provides access to experimentation in domains such as optomechanical systems, optical information processing, and multi-mode spectroscopy. The latter, specifically spectroscopy of spectral-hole burning (SHB), has motivated our development of a multi-mode heterodyne laser interferometric scheme centered around a software-defined radio platform for signal generation and processing, with development in an entirely open-source environment. A challenge to SHB is the high level of shot noise due to the laser power constraint imposed by the spectroscopic sample. Here, we have demonstrated the production, detection, and separation of multiple optical frequency modes to the benefit of optical environment sensing for realtime phase noise subtraction as well as shot noise reduction through multi-mode averaging. This has allowed us to achieve improved noise performance in low-optical-power interferometry. Although our target application is laser stabilization via SHB in cryogenic temperature rare-earth doped crystals, these techniques may be employed in a variety of different contexts.
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Kim YD, Jung WH, Ahn DJ, Lim DK. Self-Assembled Nanostructures of Homo-Oligopeptide as a Potent Ice Growth Inhibitor. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:9500-9507. [PMID: 37843112 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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This study reports the formation of self-assembled nanostructures with homo-oligopeptides consisting of amino acids (i.e., alanine, threonine, valine, and tyrosine), the resulting morphologies (i.e., spherical shape, layered structure, and wire structure) in aqueous solution, and their potential as ice growth inhibitors. Among the homo-oligopeptides investigated, an alanine homo-oligopeptide (n = 5) with a spherical nanostructure showed the highest ice recrystallization inhibition (IRI) activity without showing a burst ice growth property and with low ice nucleation activity. The presence of nanoscale self-assembled structures in the solution showed superior IRI activity compared to an amino acid monomer because of the higher binding affinity of structures on the growing ice crystal plane. Simulation results revealed that the presence of nanostructures induced a significant inhibition of ice growth and increased lifetime of hydrogen bonding compared with unassembled homo-oligopeptide. These results envision extraordinary performance for self-assembled nanostructures as a desirable and potent ice growth inhibitor.
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- Yong Duk Kim
- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Department of Integrative Energy Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 5, Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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Schmidt R, Giubertoni G, Caporaletti F, Kolpakov P, Shahidzadeh N, Ariese F, Woutersen S. Raman Diffusion-Ordered Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:7638-7645. [PMID: 37656920 PMCID: PMC10510375 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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The Stokes-Einstein relation, which relates the diffusion coefficient of a molecule to its hydrodynamic radius, is commonly used to determine molecular sizes in chemical analysis methods. Here, we combine the size sensitivity of such diffusion-based methods with the structure sensitivity of Raman spectroscopy by performing Raman diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (Raman-DOSY). The core of the Raman-DOSY setup is a flow cell with a Y-shaped channel containing two inlets: one for the sample solution and one for the pure solvent. The two liquids are injected at the same flow rate, giving rise to two parallel laminar flows in the channel. After the flow stops, the solute molecules diffuse from the solution-filled half of the channel into the solvent-filled half at a rate determined by their hydrodynamic radius. The arrival of the solute molecules in the solvent-filled half of the channel is recorded in a spectrally resolved manner by Raman microspectroscopy. From the time series of Raman spectra, a two-dimensional Raman-DOSY spectrum is obtained, which has the Raman frequency on one axis and the diffusion coefficient (or equivalently, hydrodynamic radius) on the other. In this way, Raman-DOSY spectrally resolves overlapping Raman peaks arising from molecules of different sizes. We demonstrate Raman-DOSY on samples containing up to three compounds and derive the diffusion coefficients of small molecules, proteins, and supramolecules (micelles), illustrating the versatility of Raman-DOSY. Raman-DOSY is label-free and does not require deuterated solvents and can thus be applied to samples and matrices that might be difficult to investigate with other diffusion-based spectroscopy methods.
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- Robert
W. Schmidt
- Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Université
Libre de Bruxelles, Av.
Franklin Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Liu L, Li X, Chen N, Chen X, Xing L, Zhou X, Liu S. Influence of cadmium ion on denaturation kinetics of hen egg white-lysozyme under thermal and acidic conditions. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 296:122650. [PMID: 36989696 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.122650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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To study the influence of Cd(II) ions on denaturation kinetics of hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) under thermal and acidic conditions, spontaneous Raman spectroscopy in conjunction with Thioflavin-T fluorescence, AFM imaging, far-UV circular dichroism spectroscopy, and transmittance assays was conducted. Four distinctive Raman spectral markers for protein tertiary and secondary structures were recorded to follow the kinetics of conformational transformation. Through comparing variations of these markers in the presence or absence of Cd(II) ions, Cd(II) ions show an ability to efficiently accelerate the disruption of tertiary structure, and meanwhile, to promote the direct formation of organized β-sheets from the uncoiling of α-helices by skipping intermediate random coils. More significantly, with the action of Cd(II) ions, the initially resulting oligomers with disordered structures tend to assemble into aggregates with random structures like gels more than amyloid fibrils, along with a so-called "off-pathway" denaturation pathway. Our results advance the in-depth understanding of corresponding ion-specific effects.
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- Liming Liu
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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Wetzel C, Jansen-Olliges L, Stadler M, Surup F, Zeilinger C, Roth B. Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD binding to ACE2 and its inhibition by fungal cohaerin C using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:4097-4111. [PMID: 37799683 PMCID: PMC10549735 DOI: 10.1364/boe.495685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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The structure of the SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD and human ACE2 as well as changes in the structure due to binding activities were analysed using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. The inhibitor cohaerin C was applied to inhibit the binding between spike RBD and ACE2. Differences and changes in the Raman spectra were determined using deconvolution of the amide bands and principal component analysis. We thus demonstrate a fast and label-free analysis of the protein structures and the differentiation between bound and unbound states. The approach is suitable for sensing and screening and might be relevant to investigate other protein systems as well.
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- Christoph Wetzel
- Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Nienburger Str. 17, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Centre of Biomolecular Drug Research, Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Department Microbial Drugs, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Microbiology, Spielmannstraße 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Department Microbial Drugs, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Microbiology, Spielmannstraße 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Centre of Biomolecular Drug Research, Schneiderberg 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies, Nienburger Str. 17, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Leibniz University Hannover, Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD, Welfenplatz 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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Acri G, Testagrossa B, Piccione G, Arfuso F, Giudice E, Giannetto C. Central and Peripheral Fatigue Evaluation during Physical Exercise in Athletic Horses by Means of Raman Spectroscopy. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:2201. [PMID: 37443998 DOI: 10.3390/ani13132201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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The evaluation of the performance levels in athletic horses is of major importance to prevent sports injuries. Raman spectroscopy is an innovative technique that allows for a rapid evaluation of biomolecules in biological fluids. It also permits qualitative and quantitative sample analyses, which lead to the simultaneous determination of the components of the examined biological fluids. On the basis of this, the Raman spectroscopy technique was applied on serum samples collected from five Italian Saddle horses subjected to a standardized obstacle course preceded by a warm-up to evaluate the applicability of this technique for the assessment of central and peripheral fatigue in athletic horses. Blood samples were collected via jugular venipuncture in a vacutainer tube with a clot activator before exercise, immediately after exercise, and 30 min and 1 h after the end of the obstacle course. Observing the obtained Raman spectra, the major changes due to the experimental conditions appeared in the (1300-1360) cm-1 and (1385-1520) cm-1 bands. In the (1300-1360) cm-1 band, lipids and tryptophan were identified; in the (1385-1520) cm-1 band, leucine, glycine, isoleucine, lactic acid, tripeptide, adenosine, and beta carotene were identified. A significant effect of exercise was recorded on all the sub-bands. In particular, a change immediately after exercise versus before exercise was found. Moreover, the mean lactic concentration was positively correlated with the Raman area of the sub-band assigned to lactic acid. In this context, the application of Raman spectroscopy on blood serum samples represents a useful technique for secondary-structure protein identification to investigate the metabolic changes that occur in athletic horses during physical exercise.
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- Giuseppe Acri
- Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Via Palatucci n 13, 98168 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Via Palatucci n 13, 98168 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Via Palatucci n 13, 98168 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Via Palatucci n 13, 98168 Messina, Italy
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Towards robustness and sensitivity of rapid Baijiu (Chinese liquor) discrimination using Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics: Dimension reduction, machine learning, and auxiliary sample. J Food Compost Anal 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2023.105217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Serien D, Narazaki A, Sugioka K. Towards understanding the mechanism of 3D printing using protein: femtosecond laser direct writing of microstructures made from homopeptides. Acta Biomater 2023; 164:139-150. [PMID: 37062438 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Femtosecond laser direct write (fs-LDW) is a promising technology for three-dimensional (3D) printing due to its high resolution, flexibility, and versatility. A protein solution can be used as a precursor to fabricate 3D proteinaceous microstructures that retain the protein's native function. The large diversity of protein molecules with different native functions allows diverse applications of this technology. However, our limited understanding of the mechanism of the printing process restricts the design and generation of 3D microstructures for biomedical applications. Therefore, we used eight commercially available homopeptides as precursors for fs-LDW of 3D structures. Our experimental results show that tyrosine, histidine, glutamic acid, and lysine contribute more to the fabrication process than do proline, threonine, phenylalanine, and alanine. In particular, we show that tyrosine is highly beneficial in the fabrication process. The beneficial effect of the charged amino acids glutamic acid and lysine suggests that the printing mechanism involves ions in addition to the previously proposed radical mechanism. Our results further suggest that the uneven electron density over larger amino acid molecules is key in aiding fs-LDW. The findings presented here will help generate more desired 3D proteinaceous microstructures by modifying protein precursors with beneficial amino acids. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Femtosecond laser direct write (fs-LDW) offers a three-dimensional (3D) printing capability for creating well-defined micro-and nanostructures. Applying this technology to proteins enables the manufacture of complex biomimetic 3D micro-and nanoarchitectures with retention of their original protein functions. To our knowledge, amino acid homo-polymers themselves have never been used as precursor for fs-LDW so far. Our studygainsseveral new insights into the 3D printing mechanism of pure protein for the first time. We believe that the experimental evidence presented greatly benefits the community of 3D printing of proteinin particular and the biomaterial science community in general. With the gained insight, we aspire toexpand the possibilitiesof biomaterial and biomedical applications of this technique.
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- Daniela Serien
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Saitama 351-01, Japan
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Fernández-Galiana Á, Bibikova O, Vilms Pedersen S, Stevens MM. Fundamentals and Applications of Raman-Based Techniques for the Design and Development of Active Biomedical Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2210807. [PMID: 37001970 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202210807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Raman spectroscopy is an analytical method based on light-matter interactions that can interrogate the vibrational modes of matter and provide representative molecular fingerprints. Mediated by its label-free, non-invasive nature, and high molecular specificity, Raman-based techniques have become ubiquitous tools for in situ characterization of materials. This review comprehensively describes the theoretical and practical background of Raman spectroscopy and its advanced variants. The numerous facets of material characterization that Raman scattering can reveal, including biomolecular identification, solid-to-solid phase transitions, and spatial mapping of biomolecular species in bioactive materials, are highlighted. The review illustrates the potential of these techniques in the context of active biomedical material design and development by highlighting representative studies from the literature. These studies cover the use of Raman spectroscopy for the characterization of both natural and synthetic biomaterials, including engineered tissue constructs, biopolymer systems, ceramics, and nanoparticle formulations, among others. To increase the accessibility and adoption of these techniques, the present review also provides the reader with practical recommendations on the integration of Raman techniques into the experimental laboratory toolbox. Finally, perspectives on how recent developments in plasmon- and coherently-enhanced Raman spectroscopy can propel Raman from underutilized to critical for biomaterial development are provided.
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- Álvaro Fernández-Galiana
- Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, UK
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- Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, UK
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- Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, UK
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- Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, UK
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Rehman HU, Cord-Landwehr S, Shapaval V, Dzurendova S, Kohler A, Moerschbacher BM, Zimmermann B. High-throughput vibrational spectroscopy methods for determination of degree of acetylation for chitin and chitosan. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 302:120428. [PMID: 36604090 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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The rising demand for chitin and chitosan in chemical, agro-food, and healthcare industries is creating a need for rapid and high-throughput analysis. The physicochemical properties of these biopolymers are greatly dependent on the degree of acetylation (DA). Conventional methods for DA determination, such as LC-MS and 1H NMR, are time-consuming when performed on many samples, and therefore efficient methods are needed. Here, high-throughput microplate-based FTIR and FT-Raman methods were compared with their manual counterparts. Partial least squares regression models were based on 30 samples of chitin and chitosan with reference DA values obtained by LC-MS and 1H NMR, and the models were validated on an independent test set of 16 samples. The overall predictive accuracy of the high-throughput methods was at the same level as the manual methods and the well-established LC-MS and 1H NMR methods. Therefore, high-throughput FTIR and FT-Raman DA determination methods have great potential to serve as fast and economical substitutes for traditional methods.
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- Hafeez Ur Rehman
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
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- Institute for Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
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- Institute for Biology and Biotechnology of Plants, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
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Puleio A, Rossi R, Gaudio P. Calibration of spectra in presence of non-stationary background using unsupervised physics-informed deep learning. Sci Rep 2023; 13:2156. [PMID: 36750596 PMCID: PMC9905576 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29371-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Calibration is a key part of the development of a diagnostic. Standard approaches require the setting up of dedicated experiments under controlled conditions in order to find the calibration function that allows one to evaluate the desired information from the raw measurements. Sometimes, such controlled experiments are not possible to perform, and alternative approaches are required. Most of them aim at extracting information by looking at the theoretical expectations, requiring a lot of dedicated work and usually involving that the outputs are extremely dependent on some external factors, such as the scientist experience. This work presents a possible methodology to calibrate data or, more generally, to extract the information from the raw measurements by using a new unsupervised physics-informed deep learning methodology. The algorithm allows to automatically process the data and evaluate the searched information without the need for a supervised training by looking at the theoretical expectations. The method is examined in synthetic cases with increasing difficulties to test its potentialities, and it has been found that such an approach can also be used in very complex behaviours, where human-drive results may have huge uncertainties. Moreover, also an experimental test has been performed to validate its capabilities, but also highlight the limits of this method, which, of course, requires particular attention and a good knowledge of the analysed phenomena. The results are extremely interesting, and this methodology is believed to be applied to several cases where classic calibration and supervised approaches are not accessible.
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- Alessandro Puleio
- grid.6530.00000 0001 2300 0941Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
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- grid.6530.00000 0001 2300 0941Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Ojeda-Galván HJ, Hernández-Arteaga AC, Rodríguez-Aranda MC, Toro-Vazquez JF, Cruz-González N, Ortíz-Chávez S, Comas-García M, Rodríguez AG, Navarro-Contreras HR. Application of Raman spectroscopy for the determination of proteins denaturation and amino acids decomposition temperature. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 285:121941. [PMID: 36208579 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Raman spectroscopy was employed to study the thermal denaturation of three different proteins, bovine serum albumin (BSA), lysozyme, ovalbumin; and the decomposition temperature of three amino acids, l-glutamine, l-cysteine, and l-alanine, all of them as lyophilized powders. All the Raman bands observed in the spectra obtained were recorded and analyzed at preset heating temperatures. The results obtained for either protein denaturation temperature TD and amino acid decomposition temperatures TM-dc, were compared with those measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The DSC and Raman results were additionally corroborated with a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) for the case of proteins. This exercise indicated almost complete coincidence in the determination of these transition temperatures between the three techniques, evidencing the applicability of Raman spectroscopy in the study of denaturation and decomposition temperatures of proteins and amino acids.
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- H J Ojeda-Galván
- Coordinación para la Innovación y la Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona #550, Col. Lomas 2a. Sección, CP 78210 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico; Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud y Biomedicina (CICSaB), Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona #550, Col. Lomas 2a. Sección, CP 78210 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico
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- Coordinación para la Innovación y la Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona #550, Col. Lomas 2a. Sección, CP 78210 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
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- Coordinación para la Innovación y la Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona #550, Col. Lomas 2a. Sección, CP 78210 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Álvaro Obregón 64, San Luis Potosí 78000, Mexico
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- Coordinación para la Innovación y la Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona #550, Col. Lomas 2a. Sección, CP 78210 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico
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- Coordinación para la Innovación y la Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona #550, Col. Lomas 2a. Sección, CP 78210 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud y Biomedicina (CICSaB), Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona #550, Col. Lomas 2a. Sección, CP 78210 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico; Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Álvaro Obregón 64, San Luis Potosí 78000, Mexico
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- Coordinación para la Innovación y la Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona #550, Col. Lomas 2a. Sección, CP 78210 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico
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- Coordinación para la Innovación y la Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona #550, Col. Lomas 2a. Sección, CP 78210 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico
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Harris G, Rickard JJS, Butt G, Kelleher L, Blanch RJ, Cooper J, Oppenheimer PG. Review: Emerging Eye-Based Diagnostic Technologies for Traumatic Brain Injury. IEEE Rev Biomed Eng 2023; 16:530-559. [PMID: 35320105 PMCID: PMC9888755 DOI: 10.1109/rbme.2022.3161352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The study of ocular manifestations of neurodegenerative disorders, Oculomics, is a growing field of investigation for early diagnostics, enabling structural and chemical biomarkers to be monitored overtime to predict prognosis. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) triggers a cascade of events harmful to the brain, which can lead to neurodegeneration. TBI, termed the "silent epidemic" is becoming a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. There is currently no effective diagnostic tool for TBI, and yet, early-intervention is known to considerably shorten hospital stays, improve outcomes, fasten neurological recovery and lower mortality rates, highlighting the unmet need for techniques capable of rapid and accurate point-of-care diagnostics, implemented in the earliest stages. This review focuses on the latest advances in the main neuropathophysiological responses and the achievements and shortfalls of TBI diagnostic methods. Validated and emerging TBI-indicative biomarkers are outlined and linked to ocular neuro-disorders. Methods detecting structural and chemical ocular responses to TBI are categorised along with prospective chemical and physical sensing techniques. Particular attention is drawn to the potential of Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive sensing of neurological molecular signatures in the ocular projections of the brain, laying the platform for the first tangible path towards alternative point-of-care diagnostic technologies for TBI.
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- Georgia Harris
- School of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical SciencesUniversity of BirminghamB15 2TTBirminghamU.K.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical SciencesUniversity of BirminghamB15 2TTBirminghamU.K.
- Department of Physics, Cavendish LaboratoryUniversity of CambridgeCB3 0HECambridgeU.K.
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- Ophthalmology DepartmentUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustB15 2THBirminghamU.K.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical SciencesUniversity of BirminghamB15 2TTBirminghamU.K.
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- Department of Military Surgery and TraumaRoyal Centre for Defence MedicineB15 2THBirminghamU.K.
- Neuroscience and Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustcBirminghamU.K.
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- School of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of GlasgowG12 8LTGlasgowU.K.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical SciencesUniversity of BirminghamB15 2TTBirminghamU.K.
- Healthcare Technologies Institute, Institute of Translational MedicineB15 2THBirminghamU.K.
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Jayan H, Sun DW, Pu H, Wei Q. Mesoporous silica coated core-shell nanoparticles substrate for size-selective SERS detection of chloramphenicol. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 284:121817. [PMID: 36084581 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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With the growing popularity of the non-destructive technique, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) demands a highly sensitive and reproducible plasmonic nanoparticles substrate. In this study, a novel bimetallic core-shell nanoparticles (Au@Ag@mSiO2NP) substrate consisting of a gold core, silver shell, and a mesoporous silica coating was synthesized. The mesoporous coating structure was created by employing template molecules such as surfactant and their subsequent removal allowing selective screening based on the size of analyte molecules. Results showed that the plasmonic substrate could selectively enhance small molecules by preventing large macromolecules to reach the exciting zone of the substrate core, achieving the detection of chloramphenicol in milk samples with a detection limit of 6.68 × 10-8 M. Moreover, the mesoporous coating provided additional stability to the Au@Ag nanoparticles, leading to the reusability of the substrate. Thus, this work offered a simple and smart Au@Ag@mSiO2NP substrate for effective SERS detection of analytes.
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- Heera Jayan
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China; Academy of Contemporary Food Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; Engineering and Technological Research Centre of Guangdong Province on Intelligent Sensing and Process Control of Cold Chain Foods, & Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Cold Chain Logistics Equipment for Agricultural Products, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China; Academy of Contemporary Food Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; Engineering and Technological Research Centre of Guangdong Province on Intelligent Sensing and Process Control of Cold Chain Foods, & Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Cold Chain Logistics Equipment for Agricultural Products, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, China; Food Refrigeration and Computerized Food Technology (FRCFT), Agriculture and Food Science Centre, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland(1).
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China; Academy of Contemporary Food Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; Engineering and Technological Research Centre of Guangdong Province on Intelligent Sensing and Process Control of Cold Chain Foods, & Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Cold Chain Logistics Equipment for Agricultural Products, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China; Academy of Contemporary Food Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; Engineering and Technological Research Centre of Guangdong Province on Intelligent Sensing and Process Control of Cold Chain Foods, & Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Cold Chain Logistics Equipment for Agricultural Products, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Zniber M, Vahdatiyekta P, Huynh TP. Analysis of urine using electronic tongue towards non-invasive cancer diagnosis. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 219:114810. [PMID: 36272349 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Electronic tongues (e-tongues) have been broadly employed in monitoring the quality of food, beverage, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products, and in diagnosis of diseases, as the e-tongues can discriminate samples of high complexity, reduce interference of the matrix, offer rapid response. Compared to other analytical approaches using expensive and complex instrumentation as well as required sample preparation, the e-tongue is non-destructive, miniaturizable and on-site method with little or no preparation of samples. Even though e-tongues are successfully commercialized, their application in cancer diagnosis from urine samples is underestimated. In this review, we would like to highlight the various analytical techniques such as Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and electrochemical methods (potentiometry and voltammetry) used as e-tongues for urine analysis towards non-invasive cancer diagnosis. Besides, different machine learning approaches, for instance, supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms are introduced to analyze extracted chemical data. Finally, capabilities of e-tongues in distinguishing between patients diagnosed with cancer and healthy controls are highlighted.
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- Mohammed Zniber
- Laboratory of Molecular Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, 20500, Turku, Finland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, 20500, Turku, Finland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, 20500, Turku, Finland.
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Thalhammer A, Bröker NK. Biophysical Approaches for the Characterization of Protein-Metabolite Interactions. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2554:199-229. [PMID: 36178628 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2624-5_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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With an estimate of hundred thousands of protein molecules per cell and the number of metabolites several orders of magnitude higher, protein-metabolite interactions are omnipresent. In vitro analyses are one of the main pillars on the way to establish a solid understanding of how these interactions contribute to maintaining cellular homeostasis. A repertoire of biophysical techniques is available by which protein-metabolite interactions can be quantitatively characterized in terms of affinity, specificity, and kinetics in a broad variety of solution environments. Several of those provide information on local or global conformational changes of the protein partner in response to ligand binding. This review chapter gives an overview of the state-of-the-art biophysical toolbox for the study of protein-metabolite interactions. It briefly introduces basic principles, highlights recent examples from the literature, and pinpoints promising future directions.
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- Anja Thalhammer
- Physical Biochemistry, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
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- Physical Biochemistry, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- Health and Medical University Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Onaciu A, Toma V, Moldovan C, Țigu AB, Cenariu D, Culic C, Borșa RM, David L, Știufiuc GF, Tetean R, Tomuleasa C, Știufiuc RI. Nanoscale Investigation of DNA Demethylation in Leukemia Cells by Means of Ultrasensitive Vibrational Spectroscopy. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 23:346. [PMID: 36616944 PMCID: PMC9823440 DOI: 10.3390/s23010346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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DNA methylation is a crucial epigenetic hallmark of cancer development but the experimental methods able to prove nanoscale modifications are very scarce. Over time, Raman and its counterpart, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), became one of the most promising techniques capable to investigate nanoscale modifications of DNA bases. In our study, we employed Raman/SERS to highlight the differences between normal and leukemia DNA samples and to evaluate the effects of a 5-azacytidine treatment on leukemia cells. To obtain spectral information related to DNA base modifications, a DNA incubation step of 4 min at 94 °C, similar to the one performed in the case of RT-PCR experiments, was conducted prior to any measurements. In this way, reproducible Raman/SERS spectra were collected for all genomic DNA samples. Our Raman results allowed discrimination between normal and cancer DNAs based on their different aggregation behavior induced by the distinct methylation landscape present in the DNA samples. On the other hand, the SERS spectra collected on the same DNA samples show a very intense vibrational band located at 1008 cm-1 assigned to a rocking vibration of 5-methyl-cytosine. The intensity of this band strongly decreases in cancer DNA due to the modification of the methylation landscape occurring in cancers. We believe that under controlled experimental conditions, this vibrational band could be used as a powerful marker for demonstrating epigenetic reprogramming in cancer by means of SERS.
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- Anca Onaciu
- MedFuture—Research Center for Advanced Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Department of Pharmaceutical Physics & Biophysics, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- MedFuture—Research Center for Advanced Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- MedFuture—Research Center for Advanced Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Department of Pharmaceutical Physics & Biophysics, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- MedFuture—Research Center for Advanced Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- MedFuture—Research Center for Advanced Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Odontology, Endodontics, Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400001 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400337 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, “Babes-Bolyai” University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- MedFuture—Research Center for Advanced Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Department of Hematology, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Department of Hematology, “Ion Chiricuta” Clinical Cancer Center, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- MedFuture—Research Center for Advanced Medicine, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Department of Pharmaceutical Physics & Biophysics, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Matveeva I, Bratchenko I, Khristoforova Y, Bratchenko L, Moryatov A, Kozlov S, Kaganov O, Zakharov V. Multivariate Curve Resolution Alternating Least Squares Analysis of In Vivo Skin Raman Spectra. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:9588. [PMID: 36559957 PMCID: PMC9785721 DOI: 10.3390/s22249588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In recent years, Raman spectroscopy has been used to study biological tissues. However, the analysis of experimental Raman spectra is still challenging, since the Raman spectra of most biological tissue components overlap significantly and it is difficult to separate individual components. New methods of analysis are needed that would allow for the decomposition of Raman spectra into components and the evaluation of their contribution. The aim of our work is to study the possibilities of the multivariate curve resolution alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) method for the analysis of skin tissues in vivo. We investigated the Raman spectra of human skin recorded using a portable conventional Raman spectroscopy setup. The MCR-ALS analysis was performed for the Raman spectra of normal skin, keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, and pigmented nevus. We obtained spectral profiles corresponding to the contribution of the optical system and skin components: melanin, proteins, lipids, water, etc. The obtained results show that the multivariate curve resolution alternating least squares analysis can provide new information on the biochemical profiles of skin tissues. Such information may be used in medical diagnostics to analyze Raman spectra with a low signal-to-noise ratio, as well as in various fields of science and industry for preprocessing Raman spectra to remove parasitic components.
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- Irina Matveeva
- Department of Laser and Biotechnical Systems, Samara University, Samara 443086, Russia
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- Department of Laser and Biotechnical Systems, Samara University, Samara 443086, Russia
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- Department of Laser and Biotechnical Systems, Samara University, Samara 443086, Russia
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- Department of Laser and Biotechnical Systems, Samara University, Samara 443086, Russia
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- Department of Oncology, Samara State Medical University, Samara 443099, Russia
- Department of Visual Localization Tumors, Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Samara 443031, Russia
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- Department of Oncology, Samara State Medical University, Samara 443099, Russia
- Department of Visual Localization Tumors, Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Samara 443031, Russia
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- Department of Oncology, Samara State Medical University, Samara 443099, Russia
- Department of Visual Localization Tumors, Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Samara 443031, Russia
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- Department of Laser and Biotechnical Systems, Samara University, Samara 443086, Russia
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Saleem M, Ali S, Bilal M, Safdar K, Hassan M. Development of multivariate classification models for the diagnosis of dengue virus infection. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2022; 40:103136. [PMID: 36195260 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2022.103136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The dengue virus (DENV) infection is a worldwide cause of serious illness and death. Early and efficient prediction of disease may help in proper medical management to control disease. Keeping this in view, multivariate classification models by combining with Raman spectroscopy have been developed for the diagnosis of DENV infection in human blood sera. For study design, a statistical analysis is performed to select the sample size for training of models. Total 1240 Raman spectra have been acquired from 39 DENV infected and 23 healthy sera samples. Prior to model development, Raman spectra were examined using ANOVA test for significant differences present in the intensities of newly appeared Raman bands at 622, 645, 700, 746, 800, 814, 873, 890, 948, 1002, 1018, 1080, 1235, 1250, 1272, 1386, 1404, 1446, 1609 and 1645 cm-1. The significant differences and characteristic patterns of Raman bands induced by disease played decisive role and are exploited for development of multivariate model. Classification models are developed by utilizing principal component analysis (PCA) to extract discriminant features from multidimensional Raman spectral dataset and followed by support vector machines (SVM) with Polynomial of 5, RBF, and liner kernels. The proposed model for this study is built using 10-fold cross validation technique and evaluated on independent dataset to demonstrate its robustness. PCA-SVM (poly-5) model successfully yielded high diagnostic accuracy of 99.52%, sensitivity of 99.75%, specificity of 99.09% for classification of unknown suspected samples. For comparison, PCA discriminant analysis (PCA-DA), partial least squares regression (PLSR) are PLS-DA have been compared. It is found that PCA-SVM (poly-5) approach is more effective and robust compared to other state-of-the-art approaches and it can be used for clinical prediction of DENV infection in human blood sera.
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- M Saleem
- National Institute of Lasers and Optronics College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad 45650, Pakistan.
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- Directorate General National Repository, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Federal Medical College, Hanna Road, G-8/4, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Air University, PAF Complex Sector E-9, Islamabad Pakistan
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Kanno N, Kato S, Ohkuma M, Matsui M, Iwasaki W, Shigeto S. Nondestructive microbial discrimination using single-cell Raman spectra and random forest machine learning algorithm. STAR Protoc 2022; 3:101812. [DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Dall’Osto G, Corni S. Time Resolved Raman Scattering of Molecules: A Quantum Mechanics Approach with Stochastic Schroedinger Equation. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:8088-8100. [PMID: 36278928 PMCID: PMC9639147 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c05245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Raman scattering is a very powerful tool employed to
characterize
molecular systems. Here we propose a novel theoretical strategy to
calculate the Raman cross-section in time domain, by computing the
cumulative Raman signal emitted during the molecular evolution in
time. Our model is based on a numerical propagation of the vibronic
wave function under the effect of a light pulse of arbitrary shape.
This approach can therefore tackle a variety of experimental setups.
Both resonance and nonresonance Raman scattering can be retrieved,
and also the time-dependent fluorescence emission is computed. The
model has been applied to porphyrin considering both resonance and
nonresonance conditions and varying the incident field duration. Moreover
the effect of the vibrational relaxation, which should be taken into
account when its time scale is similar to that of the Raman emission,
has been included through the stochastic Schroedinger equation approach.
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- Giulia Dall’Osto
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, 35131, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, Padova, 35131, Italy
- CNR Institute of Nanoscience, via Campi 213/A, Modena, 41125, Italy
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Delrue C, Speeckaert MM. The Potential Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Kidney Diseases. J Pers Med 2022; 12:jpm12101644. [PMID: 36294783 PMCID: PMC9604710 DOI: 10.3390/jpm12101644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Raman spectroscopy (RS) is a spectroscopic technique based on the inelastic interaction of incident electromagnetic radiation (from a laser beam) with a polarizable molecule, which, when scattered, carries information from molecular vibrational energy (the Raman effect). RS detects biochemical changes in biological samples at the molecular level, making it an effective analytical technique for disease diagnosis and prognosis. It outperforms conventional sample preservation techniques by requiring no chemical reagents, reducing analysis time even at low concentrations, and working in the presence of interfering agents or solvents. Because routinely utilized biomarkers for kidney disease have limitations, there is considerable interest in the potential use of RS. RS may identify and quantify urinary and blood biochemical components, with results comparable to reference methods in nephrology.
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- Charlotte Delrue
- Department of Nephrology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Nephrology, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), 1000 Brussels, Belgium
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +32-9-332-4509
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Bratchenko LA, Al-Sammarraie SZ, Tupikova EN, Konovalova DY, Lebedev PA, Zakharov VP, Bratchenko IA. Analyzing the serum of hemodialysis patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease by means of the combination of SERS and machine learning. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 13:4926-4938. [PMID: 36187246 PMCID: PMC9484439 DOI: 10.1364/boe.455549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The aim of this paper is a multivariate analysis of SERS characteristics of serum in hemodialysis patients, which includes constructing classification models (PLS-DA, CNN) by the presence/absence of end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) with dialysis and determining the most informative spectral bands for identifying dialysis patients by variable importance distribution. We found the spectral bands that are informative for detecting the hemodialysis patients: the 641 cm-1, 724 cm-1, 1094 cm-1 and 1393 cm-1 bands are associated with the degree of kidney function inhibition; and the 1001 cm-1 band is able to demonstrate the distinctive features of hemodialysis patients with end-stage CKD.
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- Lyudmila A Bratchenko
- Department of Laser and Biotechnical Systems, Samara University, 34 Moskovskoe Shosse, Samara, 443086, Russia
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- Department of Laser and Biotechnical Systems, Samara University, 34 Moskovskoe Shosse, Samara, 443086, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Samara University, 34 Moskovskoe Shosse, Samara, 443086, Russia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Samara State Medical University, 159 Tashkentskaya Street, Samara, 443095, Russia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Samara State Medical University, 159 Tashkentskaya Street, Samara, 443095, Russia
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- Department of Laser and Biotechnical Systems, Samara University, 34 Moskovskoe Shosse, Samara, 443086, Russia
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- Department of Laser and Biotechnical Systems, Samara University, 34 Moskovskoe Shosse, Samara, 443086, Russia
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Guimarães CF, Cruz-Moreira D, Caballero D, Pirraco RP, Gasperini L, Kundu SC, Reis RL. Shining a Light on Cancer - Photonics in Microfluidic Tumor Modelling and Biosensing. Adv Healthc Mater 2022:e2201442. [PMID: 35998112 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202201442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Microfluidic platforms represent a powerful approach to miniaturizing important characteristics of cancers, improving in vitro testing by increasing physiological relevance. Different tools can manipulate cells and materials at the microscale, but few offer the efficiency and versatility of light and optical technologies. Moreover, light-driven technologies englobe a broad toolbox for quantifying critical biological phenomena. Herein, we review the role of photonics in microfluidic 3D cancer modeling and biosensing from three major perspectives. First, we look at optical-driven technologies that allow biomaterials and living cells to be manipulated with micro-sized precision and the opportunities to advance 3D microfluidic models by engineering cancer microenvironments' hallmarks, such as their architecture, cellular complexity, and vascularization. Second, we delve into the growing field of optofluidics, exploring how optical tools can directly interface microfluidic chips, enabling the extraction of relevant biological data, from single fluorescent signals to the complete 3D imaging of diseased cells within microchannels. Third, we review advances in optical cancer biosensing, focusing on how light-matter interactions can detect biomarkers, rare circulating tumor cells, and cell-derived structures such as exosomes. We overview photonic technologies' current challenges and caveats in microfluidic 3D cancer models, outlining future research avenues that may catapult the field. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Carlos F Guimarães
- 3B's Research Group -Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Barco, Guimarães, 4805-017, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga and Guimarães, Portugal
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- 3B's Research Group -Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Barco, Guimarães, 4805-017, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga and Guimarães, Portugal
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- 3B's Research Group -Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Barco, Guimarães, 4805-017, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga and Guimarães, Portugal
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- 3B's Research Group -Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Barco, Guimarães, 4805-017, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga and Guimarães, Portugal
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- 3B's Research Group -Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Barco, Guimarães, 4805-017, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga and Guimarães, Portugal
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- 3B's Research Group -Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Barco, Guimarães, 4805-017, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga and Guimarães, Portugal
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- 3B's Research Group -Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Barco, Guimarães, 4805-017, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga and Guimarães, Portugal
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Avni A, Joshi A, Walimbe A, Pattanashetty SG, Mukhopadhyay S. Single-droplet surface-enhanced Raman scattering decodes the molecular determinants of liquid-liquid phase separation. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4378. [PMID: 35902591 PMCID: PMC9334365 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32143-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Biomolecular condensates formed via liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) are involved in a myriad of critical cellular functions and debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. Elucidating the role of intrinsic disorder and conformational heterogeneity of intrinsically disordered proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs) in these phase-separated membrane-less organelles is crucial to understanding the mechanism of formation and regulation of biomolecular condensates. Here we introduce a unique single-droplet surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) methodology that utilizes surface-engineered, plasmonic, metal nanoparticles to unveil the inner workings of mesoscopic liquid droplets of Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) in the absence and presence of RNA. These highly sensitive measurements offer unprecedented sensitivity to capture the crucial interactions, conformational heterogeneity, and structural distributions within the condensed phase in a droplet-by-droplet manner. Such an ultra-sensitive single-droplet vibrational methodology can serve as a potent tool to decipher the key molecular drivers of biological phase transitions of a wide range of biomolecular condensates involved in physiology and disease. The authors introduce a unique single-droplet surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) methodology that illuminates a wealth of molecular information within the mesoscopic liquid condensed phase of Fused in Sarcoma in the absence and presence of RNA.
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- Anamika Avni
- Centre for Protein Science, Design and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India.,Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Centre for Protein Science, Design and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India.,Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Centre for Protein Science, Design and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India.,Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Centre for Protein Science, Design and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India.,Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Centre for Protein Science, Design and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India. .,Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India. .,Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India.
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Krishna R, Colak I. Advances in Biomedical Applications of Raman Microscopy and Data Processing: A Mini Review. ANAL LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2022.2094391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Ram Krishna
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nisantasi University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Ohm Janki Biotech Research Private Limited, India
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- Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nisantasi University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yokosawa K, Kajimoto S, Shibata D, Kuroi K, Konno T, Nakabayashi T. Concentration Quantification of the Low-Complexity Domain of Fused in Sarcoma inside a Single Droplet and Effects of Solution Parameters. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:5692-5697. [PMID: 35709358 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is an important phenomenon in biology, and it is desirable to develop quantitative methods to analyze protein droplets generated by LLPS. This study quantified the change in protein concentration in a droplet in label-free and single-droplet conditions using Raman imaging and the Raman band of water as an intensity standard. Small changes in the protein concentration with variations in pH and salt concentration were observed, and it was shown that the concentration in the droplet decreases as the conditions become less favorable for droplet formation. The effect of exposure to 1,6-hexanediol was also examined, and this additive was found to decrease the protein concentration in the droplet. A model can be proposed in which the addition of 1,6-hexanediol reduces the protein concentration in the droplet, and the droplet disappears when the concentration falls below a certain threshold value.
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- Kohei Yokosawa
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
- JST PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-8586, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Hu Q, Sellers C, Kwon JSI, Wu HJ. Integration of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and machine learning tools for coffee beverage classification. DIGITAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2022; 3:100020. [PMID: 36874955 PMCID: PMC9983029 DOI: 10.1016/j.dche.2022.100020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful tool for molecule identification. However, profiling complex samples remains a challenge because SERS peaks are likely to overlap, confounding features when multiple analytes are present in a single sample. In addition, SERS often suffers from high variability in signal enhancement due to nonuniform SERS substrate. The machine learning classification techniques widely used for facial recognition are excellent tools to overcome the complexity of SERS data interpretation. Herein, we reported a sensor for classifying coffee beverages by integrating SERS, feature extractions, and machine learning classifiers. A versatile and low-cost SERS substrate, called nanopaper, was used to enhance Raman signals of dilute compounds in coffee beverages. Two classic multivariate analysis techniques, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Discriminant Analysis of Principal Components (DAPC), were used to extract the significant spectral features, and the performance of various machine learning classifiers was evaluated. The combination of DAPC with Support Vector Machine (SVM) or K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) shows the best performance for classifying coffee beverages. This user-friendly and versatile sensor has the potential to be a practical quality-control tool for the food industry.
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- Qiang Hu
- The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
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- The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
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- The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA.,Texas A&M Energy Institute, Texas A&M University, College Staticn TX 77845, USA
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- The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
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