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JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201800133
Keywords
CARS imaging; CNS; microglial activation; optical diagnostics
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- Directorate for Engineering [1718177]
- Div Of Industrial Innovation & Partnersh
- Directorate For Engineering [1718177] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Microglia are immune cells, which densely populate the central nervous system (CNS), and play essential role in suppression of neurodegenerative diseases, clearance of debris after CNS trauma, as well as serve as the last line of immune defense in response to any potential threat by being activated to eliminate diverse pathogens ranging from bacteria to cancer. The activated microglia cells are commonly used as a diagnostic biomarker of diverse brain conditions, however detection and classification of microglia activated phenotypes is a cumbersome and imprecise procedure. Here, we report on development of optical assay for detection and quantitative analysis of activated microglia. In this study, we investigated overall changes in the metabolism of microglia cells during their activation by monitoring the signal from cellular proteins and lipids using label-free coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering imaging. Our data demonstrate that the activation of microglia in the presence of bacterial liposaccharide is accompanied by intense upregulation of synthesis of proteins and lipids. We further propose that elevated intracellular content of these types of macromolecules can serve as early supplementary marker for identification of active microglia cells in the brain samples by Raman imaging techniques.
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