TY - JOUR
T1 - Probing cell proliferation in the human colon using vibrational spectroscopy
T2 - A novel use of FTIR-microspectroscopy
AU - Salman, A.
AU - Sahu, R. K.
AU - Bernshtain, E.
AU - Zelig, U.
AU - Goldstein, J.
AU - Walfisch, S.
AU - Argov, S.
AU - Mordechai, S.
PY - 2004/3/31
Y1 - 2004/3/31
N2 - Recently, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)-spectroscopy has been used to monitor cell growth by several works. Conventionally, the study of cell and tissue dynamics at molecular levels is carried out through various approaches like histochemical methods, application of molecular biology and immunology. Colonic crypts display a pattern in cell growth along their height. Histologically normal sections obtained from formalin fixed biopsies of colon cancer patients were studied in the present work through vibrational spectroscopy. The evolution and development of the normal human colonic crypts manifested in Fourier transform infrared-microspectroscopy (FTIR-MSP) as spectral changes in the levels of nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. The results indicate that the level of carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids increases only till the middle of the crypt up to which the maturation zone is restricted and thereafter decreases till the top where the cells are exfoliated. These observations are in coherence with earlier reports on crypt proliferation. We identify the normal pattern of various biochemicals along the colonic crypt based on data analyzed from FTIR-MSP. This study affords an important example of the application of microscopic vibrational spectroscopy for understanding basic cell processes from formalin fixed tissues where in vivo studies and immunological methods are not feasible.
AB - Recently, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)-spectroscopy has been used to monitor cell growth by several works. Conventionally, the study of cell and tissue dynamics at molecular levels is carried out through various approaches like histochemical methods, application of molecular biology and immunology. Colonic crypts display a pattern in cell growth along their height. Histologically normal sections obtained from formalin fixed biopsies of colon cancer patients were studied in the present work through vibrational spectroscopy. The evolution and development of the normal human colonic crypts manifested in Fourier transform infrared-microspectroscopy (FTIR-MSP) as spectral changes in the levels of nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. The results indicate that the level of carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids increases only till the middle of the crypt up to which the maturation zone is restricted and thereafter decreases till the top where the cells are exfoliated. These observations are in coherence with earlier reports on crypt proliferation. We identify the normal pattern of various biochemicals along the colonic crypt based on data analyzed from FTIR-MSP. This study affords an important example of the application of microscopic vibrational spectroscopy for understanding basic cell processes from formalin fixed tissues where in vivo studies and immunological methods are not feasible.
KW - Cell dynamics
KW - Crypt proliferation
KW - Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy
KW - Metabolites
KW - Vibrational spectroscopy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1842560255&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.vibspec.2004.01.009
DO - 10.1016/j.vibspec.2004.01.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1842560255
SN - 0924-2031
VL - 34
SP - 301
EP - 308
JO - Vibrational Spectroscopy
JF - Vibrational Spectroscopy
IS - 2
ER -