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JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
卷 40, 期 2, 页码 218-224出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jrs.2113
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drop coating deposition; tear fluid; lacrimal fluid; centrifugal filter
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- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Career Scientist Fellowship (UK DH)
- National Institute for Health Research [CSA/03/07/017] Funding Source: researchfish
Drop coating deposition Raman spectroscopy (DCDRS) is a simple method of analysing weak protein solutions. This study is another step in evaluating the analysis of tear fluid by DCDRS as a future medical diagnostic technique. The main aims of this study are to determine whether the DCDR spectra from tear samples contain signals from more than one protein (so relative levels can be measured) and, if so, are the proteins homogeneously distributed in the dried ring of the deposited material. Tear samples were collected from four healthy volunteers and pooled prior to analysis. Proteins were separated by mass into three groups using centrifugal filters. These groups contained proteins with (1) masses greater than 100 kDa, (2) masses between 100 and 50 kDa and (3) masses between 50 and 3 kDa. DCDR spectra from each of these protein group solutions displayed significant differences, confirming that the mass separation had been successful. When used as basis vectors for least-squares fitting, these spectra (and that of urea) produced excellent fits to the normal tear spectra. Least-squares fitting of spectra from the same point on a single sample and from several drops of the same sample showed that the tear DCDR spectra were highly reproducible. Raman point mapping of the tear ring showed significant radial ring variation, especially towards the outer edge of the ring. The specific peak changes in the protein signal across the ring suggested that the difference in the outer edge was due to protein desiccation as opposed to inhomogeneous protein deposition. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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