Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy as a Diagnostic Tool for Apoptosis in Cell Cultures Export

@article{citeulike:5663346, abstract = {Apoptosis, ldquoprogrammed cell death,rdquo is a cellular process exhibiting distinct biochemical and morphological changes. There is much interest regarding the role of apoptosis in cancer and the response to cancer treatment. Although apoptosis can occur spontaneously in malignant tumors and often significantly retards their growth, the initial response to successful cancer treatment is often massive apoptosis. In typical in vitro studies, current apoptosis detection methods require cell culture disruption via fixation, trypsinization, and/or staining. Our aim is to develop a nondisruptive optical method of detecting and tracking apoptosis in living cells and tissues, initially focusing on cell cultures. Such a method would allow for real-time evaluation of apoptotic progression of the same cell culture over time without perturbation or alteration. We report initial studies on the use of in vitro elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS) to monitor changes in light-scattering properties of cells due to apoptotic morphology changes. For a sequence of times post treatment, we have measured the angle-dependent scattering at a single wavelength and also the wavelength-dependent scattering at discrete angles, of treated and control cell cultures. A novel polar nephelometer, developed in our laboratory, was used to obtain the angle-dependent scattering for the range of 90-145. Wavelength-dependent ESS measurements were made with a spectrometer, for several discrete near-forward angles. The results indicate that light scattering measurements can reliably discriminate between treated and control cells, correlating well with benchmark assays for apoptosis.}, author = {Mulvey, C. S. and Curtis, A. L. and Singh, S. K. and Bigio, I. J.}, booktitle = {Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of}, citeulike-article-id = {5663346}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2007.910115}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4404840}, doi = {10.1109/JSTQE.2007.910115}, journal = {Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of}, keywords = {elastic\_scattering\_spectroscopy, light\_scattering, nephelometer}, number = {6}, pages = {1663--1670}, posted-at = {2009-08-28 13:33:49}, priority = {3}, title = {Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy as a Diagnostic Tool for Apoptosis in Cell Cultures}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2007.910115}, volume = {13}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5663346 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5663346 N2 - Apoptosis, ldquoprogrammed cell death,rdquo is a cellular process exhibiting distinct biochemical and morphological changes. There is much interest regarding the role of apoptosis in cancer and the response to cancer treatment. Although apoptosis can occur spontaneously in malignant tumors and often significantly retards their growth, the initial response to successful cancer treatment is often massive apoptosis. In typical in vitro studies, current apoptosis detection methods require cell culture disruption via fixation, trypsinization, and/or staining. Our aim is to develop a nondisruptive optical method of detecting and tracking apoptosis in living cells and tissues, initially focusing on cell cultures. Such a method would allow for real-time evaluation of apoptotic progression of the same cell culture over time without perturbation or alteration. We report initial studies on the use of in vitro elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS) to monitor changes in light-scattering properties of cells due to apoptotic morphology changes. For a sequence of times post treatment, we have measured the angle-dependent scattering at a single wavelength and also the wavelength-dependent scattering at discrete angles, of treated and control cell cultures. A novel polar nephelometer, developed in our laboratory, was used to obtain the angle-dependent scattering for the range of 90-145. Wavelength-dependent ESS measurements were made with a spectrometer, for several discrete near-forward angles. The results indicate that light scattering measurements can reliably discriminate between treated and control cells, correlating well with benchmark assays for apoptosis. IS - 6 JF - Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of EP - 1670 TI - Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy as a Diagnostic Tool for Apoptosis in Cell Cultures VL - 13 T2 - Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of SP - 1663 KW - elastic_scattering_spectroscopy KW - light_scattering KW - nephelometer AU - Mulvey, CS AU - Curtis, AL AU - Singh, SK AU - Bigio, IJ PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2007.910115 ER -