Use of synchrotron-radiation-based FTIR imaging for characterizing changes in cell contents

Seydou Yao, Michel Moenner, Anders Engdahl, Cyril Petibois

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Abstract

FTIR imaging of individual cells is still limited by the low signal-to-noise ratio obtained from analysis of such weakly absorbing organic matter when using a Globar IR source. In this study, we used FTIR imaging with a synchrotron radiation source and a focal plane array detector to determine changes in the cellular contents of cryofixed cells after culture for 48 h on Si3N4 substrate. Several spectral differences were observed for cells deprived of glucose compared with control cells: a lower amide I-to-amide II ratio (P < 0.01); a different secondary structure profile of proteins (obtained from amide I spectral region curve fitting), with a significant increase in non-ordered structure components (P < 0.01); and a higher nu(C = C-H)/nu (as)(CH3) absorption ratio (P < 0.01), suggesting increased unsaturation of fatty acyl chains. Therefore, our study has shown that FTIR imaging with a synchrotron radiation source enables determination of several spectral changes of individual cells between two experimental conditions, which thus opens the way to cell biology studies with this vibrational spectroscopy technique.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1311-1316
JournalAnalytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Volume404
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Analytical Chemistry

Free keywords

  • Bioanalytical methods
  • Spectroscopy/instrumentation
  • IR
  • spectroscopy/Raman spectroscopy
  • Imaging
  • Synchrotron radiation

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