共振喇曼光谱技术在恶性肿瘤诊断中的应用

目的：探讨共振喇曼光谱技术用于早期恶性肿瘤诊断的研究。方法：利用氩离子激光作为线偏振光的特点,采集偏振荧光光谱,对荧光光谱的偏振态进行分析。利用不同荧光物质的荧光可能具有不同偏振态的特点减少其它荧光物质的荧光对光谱分析的影响。血清样品产生的荧光也具有确定的偏振性。对所检测病人血清经激光分析仪进行喇曼光谱技术分析,光谱数据经计算机软件处理,自动显示图谱和数据,并直接给出各项指标及诊断提示。本结果与细胞病理学结果进行了对照研究。结果：恶性肿瘤样本176例,检测出阳性病例141例,阳性符合率为80.1%;良性肿瘤样本52例,4例阳性,假阳性率为7.7%;正常体检样本248例,检测结果均为阴性。结论：喇曼光谱技术适用于肿瘤初筛、普查及早期诊断,有推广应用前途。     

激光喇曼光谱技术在食品科学中的应用

激光喇曼光谱技术是一种非侵入、非弹性的光散射技术,它能够无损地提供丰富的分子结构和物质成分的信息。近来它在食品工业领域表现出很大的应用潜力。本文综述了激光喇曼光谱技术在食品科学中的应用及其新进展。主要包括果蔬农药残留的检测、肉类产品质量检测、伪劣食品鉴定、食物蛋白的研究以及食品加工监控等方面的应用。并对喇曼光谱技术在这些方面的应用前景作了进一步的展望。     

喇曼光谱技术在生物医学中的应用

喇曼光谱技术是一种非侵入、非弹性散射技术,能够在分子层次上探测物质的临床医学特征和结构特征。本文综述了近十年来喇曼光谱技术在生物医学中的最新发展,归纳出了四种目前在生物医学中最为活跃的喇曼光谱技术：近红外喇曼光谱、紫外共振喇曼光谱、表面增强喇曼光谱和多维喇曼成像技术。详细阐述了这四种技术的特点和适用范围,并且列举了丰富的成功范例。     

大白鼠糖致白内障的激光喇曼光谱研究

作者用激光喇曼光谱法分析半乳糖导致大白鼠晶状体混浊过程中构象的变化。通过SPEX 1403型激光喇曼光谱仪得到了正常及不同混浊度晶状体的喇曼光谱。结果表明晶状体可溶性蛋白质二级结构的光谱未见异常,其残基酪氨酸及色氨酸微环境起了变化。随着晶状体混浊度的增加,SH谱峰强度变小而S-S键谱峰增强,同时观察到荧光背景逐渐加强。经分析认为晶状体混浊是与蛋白质分子的聚集有关。     

水稻病毒激光喇曼光谱的初步探讨

本文初步探讨水稻病毒激光喇曼光谱,分析了谱线与病毒中核酸蛋白质结构的关系。确信应用激光喇曼光谱研究水稻病毒是具有信息量大、高灵敏及高分辨本领的。     

光学技术在早期龋齿检测中的应用

介绍了光学技术在口腔医学早期龋齿无损检测领域的应用,包括基于牙齿自体荧光效应的定量光导荧光技术和激光龋齿检测技术;基于光散射效应的数字化显影光纤透照术,以及基于牙釉质双折射效应的偏振敏感光学相干断层术和偏振拉曼光谱技术.详细介绍了各种光学方法应用于龋齿检测的基本原理、实验方案和研究现状,并对不同的光学方法进行比较.最后,提出基于频域荧光寿命成像的早期龋齿检测方法,并对该方案的技术路线进行了介绍.     

自体荧光技术在早期肠癌诊断中的应用

自体荧光技术以无损、实时、灵敏度高等优点已成为早期肠癌诊断应用的技术之一。本文总结了自体荧光光谱技术在早期肠癌诊断应用中的研究进展,重点阐述了荧光激发波长的选择,荧光光谱数据处理方法,以及正常和癌变肠道组织光谱差异的来源。在分析肠道组织中内源性荧光物质及其分布的基础上,回顾了自体荧光成像系统的临床应用进展。最后指出自体荧光光谱与成像技术在早期肠癌诊断中的应用和发展趋势。     

激光小剂量血卟啉及OMA系统在支气管肺癌诊断上的应用

目的 :研究激光小剂量血卟啉及 OMA计算机系统在支气管肺癌荧光诊断的临床应用。方法 :以2 mg/kg剂量的血卟啉衍生物 ( HPD)对 3 7例患者进行荧光诊断 ,其中 2 2例为肿癌患者 ,1 5例为非肿瘤患者。以 OMA计算机系统记录和分析荧光光谱 ,数据经归一化处理。结果 :肿瘤患者的标本荧光强度 Itumor/Ino-mal总平均为 1 .2 4± 0 .0 8,非肿瘤患者的标本荧光强度 Itumor/Inomal总平均为 0 .98± 0 .0 6,两组 t检验显示 p<0 .0 1 ,有非常显著的差异 ,以前者下限 1 .0 5为诊断肿瘤标准 ,2 2例恶性肿瘤患者的检测值全部符合标准 ,1 5例非恶性肿瘤患者中除 2例鳞状化生比值高于标准为假阳性外 ,其余均符合标准 ,据此诊断准确率为94 .6%。结论 :2 mg/kg小剂量血卟啉可作肿瘤荧光诊断。     

宫颈癌中EGFR启动子甲基化荧光偏振技术检测方法研究

目的:建立一种基于荧光偏振技术的宫颈癌组织标本中EGFR启动子甲基化检测的新方法。方法:设计通用引物,在封闭管中同时扩增EGFR启动子甲基化与非甲基化等位基因片段,再同时用序列特异的FAM或TAMRA荧光标记探针对扩增产物进行杂交检测,利用荧光偏振仪检测扩增杂交反应的荧光偏振值,确定EGFR启动子甲基化状态。应用荧光偏振法检测63例宫颈癌组织样本,并与直接测序法进行对比验证。结果:本方法检测EGFR启动子甲基化结果与直接测序法结果无统计学差异,且最低检测浓度为50拷贝/μl,最低检测含量可达10%,敏感度高。结论:本方法检测EGFR启动子甲基化灵敏度与准确度较高,为临床宫颈癌个体化治疗相关检测提供了新技术。     

布鲁氏菌病荧光偏振抗体检测方法的建立

【目的】布鲁氏菌病(Brucellosis)简称布病,是由布鲁氏菌引起的以感染家畜为主的人畜共患传染病,造成严重的公共卫生问题。目前全世界范围内消除该病的主要方法是扑杀与免疫相结合,所以建立快速准确的诊断方法对防治和清除布病非常必要。本文建立布鲁氏菌病荧光偏振(FPA)抗体检测方法,为布鲁氏菌病(布病)的快速高效诊断提供技术手段。【方法】提纯猪种布鲁氏菌S2株脂多糖O链(OPS),经异硫氰酸荧光素(FITC)标记后作为诊断抗原。通过对样品稀释液、抗原稀释度、反应时间等条件的优化,初步建立了布鲁氏菌荧光偏振诊断方法。用该方法对148份布病阳性血清(其中牛血清70份,羊血清78份)和155份布病阴性血清(其中牛血清82份,羊血清73份)进行检测,确定其敏感性和特异性。按确定的技术参数,制备3批布鲁氏菌FPA抗体检测试剂盒,使用质控阴、阳性血清分别评价试剂盒的批内和批间重复性。用400份临床样本比较本研究开发试剂盒与商品化进口FPA试剂盒的符合率。【结果】使用0.5%蔗糖磷酸缓冲液作为血清样品稀释液;标记抗原的使用浓度为90μg/m L;最佳反应时间为3-5 min。本检测方法的判定标准为:δm P值20时为阴性,δm P值≥20时为阳性。按上述条件建立的FPA检测148份布病阳性血清和155份布病阴性血清,结果敏感性为98.6%,特异性为98.7%。对400份临床样本的比对检测显示,研究建立的FPA方法与进口商品化试剂盒的总符合率为94.0%。【结论】研究建立的布鲁氏菌PFA抗体检测方法具有良好的特异性和敏感性,可作为一种重要的布病诊断快速诊断方法。     

Studies on conformation of F-actin in muscle fibers in the relaxed state, rigor, and during contraction using fluorescent phalloidin

F-actin in a glycerinated muscle fiber was specifically labeled with fluorescent phalloidin-(fluorescein isothiocyanate) FITC complex at 1:1 molar ratio. Binding of phalloidin-FITC to F-actin affected neither contraction of the fiber nor its regulation by Ca2+. Comparison of polarized fluorescence from phalloidin-FITC bound to F-actin in the relaxed state, rigor, and during isometric contraction of the fiber revealed that the changes in polarization accompanying activation are quantitatively as well as qualitatively different from those accompanying transition of the fiber from the relaxed state to rigor. The extent of the changes of polarized fluorescence during isometric contraction increased with decreasing ionic strength, in parallel with increase in isometric tension. On the other hand, polarized fluorescence was not affected by addition of ADP or by stretching of the fiber in rigor solution. It is concluded from these observations that conformational changes in F-actin are involved in the process of active tension development.     

Frequency-Dependent Polarization Properties of Local Electric Field in Gold–Dielectric Multi-Nanoshells

The polarization properties of the local electric field in the gold–dielectric–gold multilayer nanoshells are investigated by theoretical calculation based on the quasi-static approximation. The calculation results show that the complete polarized incident light does not only stimulate the same directional polarized local electric field. The polarized angle of the local field may changes from 0° to 90° as the wavelength and location are changed. The distributions of local field polarization are different in dielectric layer or gold shell and display different features in different plasmonic hybridization mode. As the incident wavelength is increased, the hot spot of polarizing angle moves monotonously in the middle dielectric shell, whereas moves nonmonotonously in the gold shell and surrounding environment. In the gold shell, the gap between hot spots of polarizing angle may occur at the resonance frequency. However, the hot spots of polarizing angle always occur at the resonance frequencies in the surrounding environment. These interesting results show that the single-molecule detection based on metal nanostructure induced surface-enhanced Raman scattering and surface enhanced fluorescence could be optimized by adjusting the incident light polarization and frequency.     

Polarized photoacoustic, absorption and fluorescence spectra of chloroplasts and thylakoids oriented in polyvinyl alcohol films

The polarized photoacoustic, absorption and fluorescence spectra of chloroplasts and thylakoids in unstretched and stretched polyvinyl alcohol films were measured. The intensity ratios of fluorescence bands at 674 nm, 700 nm, 730 nm and 750 nm, and the polarized fluorescence excitation spectra are strongly dependent on light polarization and film stretching. In stretched films, thylakoids exhibit predominantly 674 nm emission. The ratio of photoacoustic signal to absorption is different for light polarized parallel and perpendicular to film stretching. This difference is large in the region of chlorophyll a and carotenoids absorption in which the fluorescence excitation spectra are also strongly dependent on light polarization and film stretching. The observed spectral changes are explained by reorientation of pigment molecules influencing the yield of excitation transfer between different pigments.     

Molecular mobility of a fluorescent probe in binding sites of an albumin molecule

The molecular mobility of the fluorescent probe, N-(carboxymethyl)imide of 4-(dimethylamino)naphthalic acid (K-35), in three types of binding site on a human serum albumin (HSA) molecule has been studied. Study of the time-resolved decay of K-35 polarized fluorescence in HSA has shown that probe molecules bound to different sites have different fluorescence decay times, which poses problems in interpreting the polarization curves. However, it has been found that, in the case of rather slow thermal rotation of the probe, the decay of the vertical and the horizontal components of polarized fluorescence can each be approximated with three exponentials corresponding to three types of binding site. The mobility of the probe in different sites was estimated. The mobility was different but in all cases hindered by tens of times relative to the rotation of K-35 in water. The slowest motion occurred in the sites of the first type localized in the region of the well known drug site I: there the rotational correlation time was at least 72 ns. In the sites of the second type, this time was about 40 ns, and in the sites of the third type, about 10 ns. The faster was the rotation, the higher was the fluorescence quenching rate. Probably, it is this motion that is responsible for different fluorescence decay times in different HSA sites.     

The effect of alpha-lactalbumin on the thermotropic phase behaviour of phosphatidylcholine bilayers, studied by fluorescence polarization, differential scanning calorimetry and Raman spectroscopy

The effects of bovine alpha-lactalbumin on the thermotropic properties of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine liposomes are studied by Raman spectroscopy, fluorescence polarization and differential scanning calorimetry. The Raman spectrum reveals the drastic effects of the protein on the phospholipid structure. The transition temperature shifts downwards and the inter- and intrachain order in the lipid matrix progressively diminish with increasing protein concentration. Up to a lipid to protein molar ratio R = 25, the bilayer structure however is maintained. From fluorescence polarization data we conclude that the protein restricts the mobility of the DPH probe. In view of the Raman results, the lower probe mobility obviously cannot be associated with a more rigid lipid matrix. Nevertheless the transition temperatures of the alpha-lactalbumin-phospholipid complex increases. DSC measurements give no decisive way out for this discrepancy. These results confirm that different types of lipid order are involved in lipid-protein interactions. Compared to the free protein, the alpha-helicity of the protein has increased in the complex.     

Spectral Properties of Single Gold Nanoparticles in Close Proximity to Biological Fluorophores Excited by 2-Photon Excitation

Metallic nanoparticles (NPs) are able to modify the excitation and emission rates (plasmonic enhancement) of fluorescent molecules in their close proximity. In this work, we measured the emission spectra of 20 nm Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs) fixed on a glass surface submerged in a solution of different fluorophores using a spectral camera and 2-photon excitation. While on the glass surface, we observed the presence in the emission at least 3 components: i) second harmonic signal (SHG), ii) a broad emission from AuNPS and iii) fluorescence arising from fluorophores nearby. When on the glass surface, we found that the 3 spectral components have different relative intensities when the incident direction of linear polarization was changed indicating different physical origins for these components. Then we measured by fluctuation correlation spectroscopy (FCS) the scattering and fluorescence signal of the particles alone and in a solution of 100 nM EGFP using the spectral camera or measuring the scattering and fluorescence from the particles. We observed occasional fluorescence bursts when in the suspension we added fluorescent proteins. The spectrum of these burst was devoid of the SHG and of the broad emission in contrast to the signal collected from the gold nanoparticles on the glass surface. Instead we found that the spectrum during the burst corresponded closely to the spectrum of the fluorescent protein. An additional control was obtained by measuring the cross-correlation between the reflection from the particles and the fluorescence arising from EGFP both excited at 488 nm. We found a very weak cross-correlation between the AuNPs and the fluorescence confirming that the burst originate from a few particles with a fluorescence signal.     

Molecular motility of a fluorescent probe in binding sites of albumin molecules

The molecular mobility of the fluorescent probe, N-(carboxymethyl)imide of 4-(dimethylamino)naphthalic acid (K-35) in three types of binding sites on a human serum albumin (HSA) molecule has been studied. The time-resolved decay of K-35 polarized fluorescence in HSA has been studied and it has been shown that probe molecules bound to different sites have different fluorescence decay time, which poses problems in the interpretation of polarization decay. However, it has been found that, in the case of rather slow thermal rotation of the probe, the decay of each of vertical and horizontal polarized fluorescence components can be approximated by three exponentials corresponding to three types of binding sites. The mobility of the probe in different sites was estimated. The mobility was different but hindered by tens of times in all sites as compared with the rotation of K-35 in water. The slowest motion occurred in the sites of the first type localized in the region of the well known first drug-binding site: here the rotational correlation was close to 72 ns or more. In the sites of the second type, the time was about 40 ns, and in the sites of the third type, the time was about 10 ns. It was found that the higher the rotation rate, the higher the fluorescence quenching rate. Probably, it is this motion that is responsible for different fluorescence decay times in different HSA sites.     

The polarization of fluorescence of DNA stains depends on the incorporation density of the dye molecules.

BACKGROUND: The fluorescence induced by polarized light sources, such as the lasers that are used in flow cytometry, is often polarized and anisotropic. In addition, most optical detector systems are sensitive to the direction of polarization. These two factors influence the accuracy of fluorescence intensity measurements. The intensity of two light sources can be compared only if all details of the direction and degree of polarization are known. In a previous study, we observed that fluorescence polarization might be modified by dye-dye interactions. This report further investigates the role of dye density in fluorescence polarization anisotropy. METHODS: We measured the polarization distribution of samples stained with commonly used DNA dyes. To determine the role of fluorophore proximity, we compared the monomeric and a dimeric form of the DNA dyes ethidium bromide (EB), thiazole orange (TO), and oxazole yellow (YO). RESULTS: In all dyes sampled, fluorescence polarization is less at high dye concentrations than at low concentrations. The monomeric dyes exhibit a higher degree of polarization than the dimeric dyes of the same species. CONCLUSIONS: The polarization of fluorescence from DNA dyes is related to the density of incorporation into the DNA helix. Energy transfer between molecules that are in close proximity loosens the linkage between the excitation and emission dipoles, thereby reducing the degree of polarization of the emission.