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Biosensors (Basel) ; 13(2)2023 Jan 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36831953

RESUMO

Nowadays, morphology and molecular analyses at the single-cell level have a fundamental role in understanding biology better. These methods are utilized for cell phenotyping and in-depth studies of cellular processes, such as mitosis. Fluorescence microscopy and optical spectroscopy techniques, including Raman micro-spectroscopy, allow researchers to examine biological samples at the single-cell level in a non-destructive manner. Fluorescence microscopy can give detailed morphological information about the localization of stained molecules, while Raman microscopy can produce label-free images at the subcellular level; thus, it can reveal the spatial distribution of molecular fingerprints, even in live samples. Accordingly, the combination of correlative fluorescence and Raman microscopy (CFRM) offers a unique approach for studying cellular stages at the single-cell level. However, subcellular spectral maps are complex and challenging to interpret. Artificial intelligence (AI) may serve as a valuable solution to characterize the molecular backgrounds of phenotypes and biological processes by finding the characteristic patterns in spectral maps. The major contributions of the manuscript are: (I) it gives a comprehensive review of the literature focusing on AI techniques in Raman-based cellular phenotyping; (II) via the presentation of a case study, a new neural network-based approach is described, and the opportunities and limitations of AI, specifically deep learning, are discussed regarding the analysis of Raman spectroscopy data to classify mitotic cellular stages based on their spectral maps.


Assuntos
Inteligência Artificial , Análise Espectral Raman , Microscopia de Fluorescência/métodos , Análise Espectral Raman/métodos
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Cell Mol Life Sci ; 79(2): 122, 2022 Feb 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35128576

RESUMO

Skeletal muscle demonstrates a high degree of regenerative capacity repeating the embryonic myogenic program under strict control. Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common sarcoma in childhood and is characterized by impaired muscle differentiation. In this study, we observed that silencing the expression of syndecan-4, the ubiquitously expressed transmembrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan, significantly enhanced myoblast differentiation, and fusion. During muscle differentiation, the gradually decreasing expression of syndecan-4 allows the activation of Rac1, thereby mediating myoblast fusion. Single-molecule localized superresolution direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM) imaging revealed nanoscale changes in actin cytoskeletal architecture, and atomic force microscopy showed reduced elasticity of syndecan-4-knockdown cells during fusion. Syndecan-4 copy-number amplification was observed in 28% of human fusion-negative rhabdomyosarcoma tumors and was accompanied by increased syndecan-4 expression based on RNA sequencing data. Our study suggests that syndecan-4 can serve as a tumor driver gene in promoting rabdomyosarcoma tumor development. Our results contribute to the understanding of the role of syndecan-4 in skeletal muscle development, regeneration, and tumorigenesis.


Assuntos
Actinas/metabolismo , Rabdomiossarcoma/patologia , Sindecana-4/metabolismo , Proteínas rac1 de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Citoesqueleto de Actina , Animais , Diferenciação Celular , Linhagem Celular , Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Desenvolvimento Muscular , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Mioblastos/citologia , Mioblastos/metabolismo , Interferência de RNA , RNA Interferente Pequeno/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Rabdomiossarcoma/metabolismo , Sindecana-4/antagonistas & inibidores , Sindecana-4/genética , Proteína 1 Indutora de Invasão e Metástase de Linfoma de Células T/metabolismo
3.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33333179

RESUMO

Autophagy is mediated by membrane-bound organelles and it is an intrinsic catabolic and recycling process of the cell, which is very important for the health of organisms. The biogenesis of autophagic membranes is still incompletely understood. In vitro studies suggest that Atg2 protein transports lipids presumably from the ER to the expanding autophagic structures. Autophagy research has focused heavily on proteins and very little is known about the lipid composition of autophagic membranes. Here we describe a method for immunopurification of autophagic structures from Drosophila melanogaster (an excellent model to study autophagy in a complete organism) for subsequent lipidomic analysis. Western blots of several organelle markers indicate the high purity of the isolated autophagic vesicles, visualized by various microscopy techniques. Mass spectrometry results show that phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is the dominant lipid class in wild type (control) membranes. We demonstrate that in Atg2 mutants (Atg2-), phosphatidylinositol (PI), negatively charged phosphatidylserine (PS), and phosphatidic acid (PA) with longer fatty acyl chains accumulate on stalled, negatively charged phagophores. Tandem mass spectrometry analysis of lipid species composing the lipid classes reveal the enrichment of unsaturated PE and phosphatidylcholine (PC) in controls versus PI, PS and PA species in Atg2-. Significant differences in the lipid profiles of control and Atg2- flies suggest that the lipid composition of autophagic membranes dynamically changes during their maturation. These lipidomic results also point to the in vivo lipid transport function of the Atg2 protein, pointing to its specific role in the transport of short fatty acyl chain PE species.


Assuntos
Autofagossomos/metabolismo , Proteínas Relacionadas à Autofagia/metabolismo , Proteínas de Drosophila/metabolismo , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolismo , Lipídeos/análise , Animais , Autofagossomos/química , Autofagossomos/genética , Autofagia , Proteínas Relacionadas à Autofagia/genética , Proteínas de Drosophila/genética , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Feminino , Membranas Intracelulares/química , Membranas Intracelulares/metabolismo , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Masculino , Mutação
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Int J Biol Macromol ; 142: 423-431, 2020 Jan 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31593734

RESUMO

Chitosan (Chit) coatings were applied on zinc substrates by the dip-coating method. Subsequently, the coatings were impregnated with a corrosion inhibitor, 2-Acetylamino-5-mercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole (AcAMT) to obtain an increased anticorrosive effect. The coating thickness and the AcAMT accumulation were determined using UV-Vis spectroscopy on glass and quartz substrates, respectively. The surface morphology and coverage were investigated with atomic force microscopy. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization techniques were used to investigate the protective properties of the impregnated coatings. The chitosan coatings facilitated the accumulation of the corrosion inhibitor inside the polymeric matrix (a multiplication of 380 times compared to the impregnating solution concentration was calculated), channeling high amounts of AcAMT to the Zn surface, which resulted in an inhibition efficiency of >90%. This effect demonstrates the applicability of chitosan coatings as carriers for corrosion inhibitors, significantly reducing the amount of inhibitor needed to achieve good anticorrosive effects.


Assuntos
Quitosana/química , Materiais Revestidos Biocompatíveis/química , Corrosão , Tiadiazóis/química , Zinco/química , Espectroscopia Dielétrica , Teste de Materiais , Microscopia de Força Atômica , Estrutura Molecular , Análise Espectral , Propriedades de Superfície
5.
J Biomed Opt ; 18(5): 56010, 2013 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23698321

RESUMO

Confocal Raman microscopy is a noninvasive, label-free imaging technique used to study apoptosis of live MCF-7 cells. The images are based on Raman spectra of cells components, and their apoptosis is monitored through diffusion of cytochrome c in cytoplasm. K-mean clustering is used to identify mitochondria in cells, and correlation analysis provides the cytochrome c distribution inside the cells. Our results demonstrate that incubation of cells for 3 h with 10 µM of paclitaxel does not induce apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. On the contrary, incubation for 30 min at a higher concentration (100 µM) of paclitaxel induces gradual release of the cytochrome c into the cytoplasm, indicating cell apoptosis via a caspase independent pathway.


Assuntos
Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas Citológicas/métodos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Microscopia Confocal/métodos , Paclitaxel/farmacologia , Análise Espectral Raman/métodos , Algoritmos , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Citocromos c/química , Citocromos c/metabolismo , Humanos , Células MCF-7
6.
PLoS One ; 8(2): e56286, 2013.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23418549

RESUMO

A prior peripheral nerve injury in vivo, promotes a rapid elongated mode of sensory neurons neurite regrowth in vitro. This in vitro model of conditioned axotomy allows analysis of the cellular and molecular mechanisms leading to an improved neurite re-growth. Our differential interference contrast microscopy and immunocytochemistry results show that conditioned axotomy, induced by sciatic nerve injury, did not increase somatic size of adult lumbar sensory neurons from mice dorsal root ganglia sensory neurons but promoted the appearance of larger neurites and growth cones. Using atomic force microscopy on live neurons, we investigated whether membrane mechanical properties of growth cones of axotomized neurons were modified following sciatic nerve injury. Our data revealed that neurons having a regenerative growth were characterized by softer growth cones, compared to control neurons. The increase of the growth cone membrane elasticity suggests a modification in the ratio and the inner framework of the main structural proteins.


Assuntos
Gânglios Espinais/fisiologia , Cones de Crescimento/fisiologia , Traumatismos dos Nervos Periféricos/fisiopatologia , Células Receptoras Sensoriais/fisiologia , Actinas/metabolismo , Animais , Axotomia/métodos , Fenômenos Biomecânicos , Células Cultivadas , Elasticidade , Feminino , Gânglios Espinais/citologia , Gânglios Espinais/metabolismo , Cones de Crescimento/metabolismo , Imuno-Histoquímica , Camundongos , Microscopia de Força Atômica , Microscopia de Contraste de Fase , Regeneração Nervosa/fisiologia , Nervo Isquiático/lesões , Células Receptoras Sensoriais/metabolismo , Tubulina (Proteína)/metabolismo
7.
J Biomed Biotechnol ; 2011: 670589, 2011.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21765635

RESUMO

Indolicidin, a cationic antimicrobial tridecapeptide amide, is rich in proline and tryptophan residues. Its biological activity is intensively studied, but the details how indolicidin interacts with membranes are not fully understood yet. We report here an in situ atomic force microscopic study describing the effect of indolicidin on an artificial supported planar bilayer membrane of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and on purple membrane of Halobacterium salinarum. Concentration dependent interaction of the peptide and membranes was found in case of DPPC resulting the destruction of the membrane. Purple membrane was much more resistant against indolicidin, probably due to its high protein content. Indolicidin preferred the border of membrane disks, where the lipids are more accessible. These data suggest that the atomic force microscope is a powerful tool in the study of indolicidin-membrane interaction.


Assuntos
1,2-Dipalmitoilfosfatidilcolina/análise , Peptídeos Catiônicos Antimicrobianos/administração & dosagem , Membrana Purpúrea/efeitos dos fármacos , Membrana Purpúrea/ultraestrutura , Anti-Infecciosos/administração & dosagem , Anti-Infecciosos/análise , Peptídeos Catiônicos Antimicrobianos/análise , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Halobacterium salinarum/metabolismo , Bicamadas Lipídicas/análise , Microscopia de Força Atômica/métodos
8.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 73(6 Pt 1): 061924, 2006 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16906881

RESUMO

We propose a self-propelled particle model for the swarming of Daphnia that takes into account mutual repulsion and attraction to a center. Surprisingly, a vortex is formed only for an intermediate strength of propulsion. The phase diagram and the transitions between states with and without a vortex are analyzed, and the nature of the phase boundaries is discussed based on a linear stability analysis of the motion of individual swimmers. This allows us to identify various key parameters determining the characteristic features of the collective motion.


Assuntos
Daphnia/fisiologia , Modelos Biológicos , Animais , Movimento (Física) , Natação
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