Stimulated Raman scattering imaging for studying sterol synthesis

Yihui Zhou; Yongqing Zhang; Delong Zhang; Hyeon Jeong Lee

doi:10.1117/12.2646018

25 April 2023 Stimulated Raman scattering imaging for studying sterol synthesis

Yihui Zhou, Yongqing Zhang, Delong Zhang, Hyeon Jeong Lee

Proceedings Volume 12384, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XXIII; 123840R (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646018
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

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Abstract

Cholesterol is connected to multiple health problems. Although the biochemical pathway is well-understood, many disease-related mechanisms, such as subcellular regulation of cholesterol synthesis, are still unclear. It presents a grand challenge for conventional characterization methods, which have difficulties providing non-invasive, high-speed, and high-resolution measurements of metabolites in living cells. Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) can selectively visualize metabolic biomolecules based on vibrational spectroscopic features. Here, by SRS imaging of subcellular sterol, we found an unconventional regulatory mechanism based on the distribution of sterols on the plasma membrane and lipid droplets. The combination of vibrational imaging and genetic modulation promises great potential in finding new regulatory mechanisms, which would open opportunities for diagnosing and prognosis of cholesterol-related diseases.

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Yihui Zhou, Yongqing Zhang, Delong Zhang, and Hyeon Jeong Lee "Stimulated Raman scattering imaging for studying sterol synthesis", Proc. SPIE 12384, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XXIII, 123840R (25 April 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646018

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