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Induction and measurement of the early stage of a host-parasite interaction using a combined optical trapping and Raman microspectroscopy system

Sinjab, Faris; Elsheikha, Hany M.; Dooley, Max; Notingher, Ioan

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Faris Sinjab

Max Dooley



Abstract

© 2019 The Authors. Journal of Biophotonics published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Understanding and quantifying the temporal acquisition of host cell molecules by intracellular pathogens is fundamentally important in biology. In this study, a recently developed holographic optical trapping (HOT)-based Raman microspectroscopy (RMS) instrument is applied to detect, characterize and monitor in real time the molecular trafficking of a specific molecular species (isotope-labeled phenylalanine (L-Phe(D8)) at the single cell level. This approach enables simultaneous measurement of the chemical composition of human cerebrovascular endothelial cells and the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii in isolation at the very start of the infection process. Using a model to decouple measurement contributions from host and pathogen sampling in the excitation volume, the data indicate that manipulating parasites with HOT coupled with RMS chemical readout was an effective method for measurement of L-Phe(D8) transfer from host cells to parasites in real-time, from the moment the parasite enters the host cell.

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Sinjab, F., Elsheikha, H. M., Dooley, M., & Notingher, I. (2020). Induction and measurement of the early stage of a host-parasite interaction using a combined optical trapping and Raman microspectroscopy system. Journal of Biophotonics, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201960065

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 29, 2019
Online Publication Date Nov 11, 2019
Publication Date 2020-02
Deposit Date Nov 26, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Biophotonics
Print ISSN 1864-063X
Electronic ISSN 1864-0648
Publisher Wiley-VCH Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 13
Issue 2
Article Number e201960065
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201960065
Keywords General Engineering; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Physics and Astronomy; General Materials Science; General Chemistry
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3419389
Publisher URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jbio.201960065

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