Application of laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy techniques to the monitoring of single cell response to stimuli

James W. Chan; Rui Liu; Dennis L. Matthews

doi:10.1117/12.924254

8 May 2012 Application of laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy techniques to the monitoring of single cell response to stimuli

James W. Chan, Rui Liu, Dennis L. Matthews

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Proceedings Volume 8427, Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care III; 84270M (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924254
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2012, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

Laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy (LTRS) combines optical trapping with micro-Raman spectroscopy to enable label-free biochemical analysis of individual cells and small biological particles in suspension. The integration of the two technologies greatly simplifies the sample preparation and handling of suspension cells for spectroscopic analysis in physiologically meaningful conditions. In our group, LTRS has been used to study the effects of external perturbations, both chemical and mechanical, on the biochemistry of the cell. Single cell dynamics can be studied by performing longitudinal studies to continuously monitor the response of the cell as it interacts with its environment. The ability to carry out these measurements in-vitro makes LTRS an attractive tool for many biomedical applications. Here, we discuss the use of LTRS to study the response of cancer cells to chemotherapeutics and bacteria cells to antibiotics and show that the life cycle and apoptosis of the cells can be detected. These results show the promise of LTRS for drug discovery/screening, antibiotic susceptibility testing, and chemotherapy response monitoring applications. In separate experiments, we study the response of red blood cells to the mechanical forces imposed on the cell by the optical tweezers. A laser power dependent deoxygenation of the red blood cell in the single beam trap is reported. Normal, sickle cell, and fetal red blood cells have a different behavior that enables the discrimination of the cell types based on this mechanochemical response. These results show the potential utility of LTRS for diagnosing and studying red blood cell diseases.

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James W. Chan, Rui Liu, and Dennis L. Matthews "Application of laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy techniques to the monitoring of single cell response to stimuli", Proc. SPIE 8427, Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care III, 84270M (8 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924254

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