Comparing infrared spectroscopic methods for the characterization of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes
Autor: | Krzysztof Banas, Mustafa Kansiz, Michael K. F. Lo, Rupesh Agrawal, Rajesh Chandramohanadas, Anirban Roy, Agnieszka Banas, Mark B. H. Breese, Paul Edward Hutchinson, Trang T. T. Chu, Renugah Naidu |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
biology
Chemistry Atomic force microscopy Infrared Resolution (electron density) Infrared spectroscopy Plasmodium falciparum General Chemistry biology.organism_classification Biochemistry Life stage Characterization (materials science) parasitic diseases Materials Chemistry Biophysics Environmental Chemistry Human erythrocytes QD1-999 |
Zdroj: | Communications Chemistry, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) |
ISSN: | 2399-3669 |
Popis: | Malaria, caused by parasites of the species Plasmodium, is among the major life-threatening diseases to afflict humanity. The infectious cycle of Plasmodium is very complex involving distinct life stages and transitions characterized by cellular and molecular alterations. Therefore, novel single-cell technologies are warranted to extract details pertinent to Plasmodium-host cell interactions and underpinning biological transformations. Herein, we tested two emerging spectroscopic approaches: (a) Optical Photothermal Infrared spectroscopy and (b) Atomic Force Microscopy combined with infrared spectroscopy in contrast to (c) Fourier Transform InfraRed microspectroscopy, to investigate Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes. Chemical spatial distributions of selected bands and spectra captured using the three modalities for major macromolecules together with advantages and limitations of each method is presented here. These results indicate that O-PTIR and AFM-IR techniques can be explored for extracting sub-micron resolution molecular signatures within heterogeneous and dynamic samples such as Plasmodium-infected human RBCs. Infrared imaging systems can characterise the spatial distribution of molecular features in cells, for example to aid in the study of malaria. Here three such techniques are systematically compared in their ability to characterise malaria-infected red blood cells. |
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