Fluorescence intensity and lifetime imaging of lipofuscin-like autofluorescence for label-free predicting clinical drug response in cancer

Autor: Yinghan Yan, Fuqiang Xing, Jiayue Cao, Yiling Hu, Ling Li, Zhengyin Gao, Hao Jia, Kai Miao, Fangyuan Shao, Chu-Xia Deng, Kathy Qian Luo, Leo Tsz on Lee, Tzu-Ming Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Redox Biology, Vol 59, Iss , Pp 102578- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2213-2317
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102578
Popis: Conventional techniques for in vitro cancer drug screening require labor-intensive formalin fixation, paraffin embedding, and dye staining of tumor tissues at fixed endpoints. This way of assessment discards the valuable pharmacodynamic information in live cells over time. Here, we found endogenous lipofuscin-like autofluorescence acutely accumulated in the cell death process. Its unique red autofluorescence could report the apoptosis without labeling and continuously monitor the treatment responses in 3D tumor-culture models. Lifetime imaging of lipofuscin-like red autofluorescence could further distinguish necrosis from apoptosis of cells. Moreover, this endogenous fluorescent marker could visualize the apoptosis in live zebrafish embryos during development. Overall, this study validates that lipofuscin-like autofluorophore is a generic cell death marker. Its characteristic autofluorescence could label-free predict the efficacy of anti-cancer drugs in organoids or animal models.
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