2 research outputs found
Two-Photon Tracer for Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2: Detection of Breast Cancer in a Live Tissue
We have developed
a two-photon fluorescent tracer (Pyr-affibody)
that shows high selectivity for human epidermal growth factor receptor-2
(HER-2). Pyr-affibody showed absorption and emission maxima at 439
and 574 nm, respectively, with a two-photon absorption cross-section
value of 40 × 10<sup>–50</sup> cm<sup>4</sup>s/photon
(GM) at 750 nm in aqueous buffer solution. The effective two-photon
action cross-section value measured in HeLa cells was 600 GM at 730
nm, a value sufficient to obtain bright two-photon microscopy (TPM)
images. Using Pyr-affibody, it was possible to detect HER-2 overexpressing
cells and breast cancers at a depth of 90–130 μm in live
mouse tissue by TPM
Two-Photon Probes for pH: Detection of Human Colon Cancer using Two-Photon Microscopy
We
have developed two-photon (TP) pH-sensitive probes (BH-2 and
BHEt-1) that exhibit absorption and emission maxima at 370 and 466
nm, and TP absorption cross-section values of 51 and 61 GM (1 GM =
10<sup>–50</sup>cm<sup>4</sup>s/photon), respectively, at 750
nm and pH 3.0 in a universal buffer (0.1 M citric acid, 0.1 M KH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>, 0.1 M Na<sub>2</sub>B<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub>, 0.1 M Tris, 0.1 M KCl)/1,4-dioxane (7/3) solution. The TPM images
of CCD-18co (a normal colon cell line) and HCT116 cells (a colon cancer
cell line) labeled with BH-2 were too dim to be distinguished. When
the same cells were labeled with BHEt-1, however, the TPM image of
the HCT116 cells was much brighter than that of CCD-18co cells, and
the relative proportion of the acidic vesicles (<i>P</i><sub>acid</sub>) of the former was 5-fold larger than that of latter.
BHEt-1 could also differentiate HepG2 cells (a human liver cancer
cell line) from LX-2 cells (a human hepatic stellate cell line) with
a 6-fold larger <i>P</i><sub>acid</sub> value. Human colon
cancer tissues labeled with BHEt-1 showed similar results, demonstrating
much brighter TPM images and 6-fold larger <i>P</i><sub>acid</sub> values compared to normal tissue. These results suggest
the potential utility of BHEt-1 for detecting colon cancer in human
tissues using TPM