Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 10, Issue 5, 1743007(2017)

Interpreting the biochemical specificity of mouse spinal cord by confocal raman microspectral imaging

Yuze Gong1...2, Zhuowen Liang3, Yaning Yin1,2, Jiwei Song3, Xueyu Hu3, Kaige Wang2, Qingli He4, Zhe Wang3, Jintao Bai2,4 and Shuang Wang4,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Institute of Photonics and Photon-Technology, The Cultivation Base of the State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Functional Materials, Co-constructed by Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Province, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, P. R. China
  • 2Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, P. R. China
  • 3Department of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, P. R. China
  • 4Institute of Photonics and Photon-Technology, The Cultivation Base of the State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Functional Materials, Co-constructed by Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Province, Northwest University Xi'an, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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    Interpreting the biochemical specificity of spinal cord tissue is the essential requirement for understanding the biochemical mechanisms during spinal-cord-related pathological course. In this work, a longitudinal study was implemented to reveal a precise linkage between the spectral features and the molecular composition in ex vivo mouse spinal cord tissue by microspectral Raman imaging. It was testified that lipid-rich white matter could be distinguished from gray matter not only by the lipid Raman peaks at 1064, 1300, 1445 and 1660 cm-1, but also by protein (1250 and 1328 cm-1) and saccharides (913 and 1137 cm-1) distributions. K-means cluster analysis was further applied to visualize the morphological basis of spinal cord tissue by chemical components and their distribution patterns. Two-dimensional chemical images were then generated to visualize the contrast between two different tissue types by integrating the intensities of the featured Raman bands. All the obtained results illustrated the biochemical characteristics of spinal cord tissue, as well as some specific substance variances between different tissue types, which formed a solid basis for the molecular investigation of spinal cord pathological alterations.

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    Yuze Gong, Zhuowen Liang, Yaning Yin, Jiwei Song, Xueyu Hu, Kaige Wang, Qingli He, Zhe Wang, Jintao Bai, Shuang Wang. Interpreting the biochemical specificity of mouse spinal cord by confocal raman microspectral imaging[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2017, 10(5): 1743007

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    Paper Information

    Received: Aug. 12, 2017

    Accepted: Sep. 11, 2017

    Published Online: Jan. 10, 2019

    The Author Email: Wang Shuang (wsnwuphy@163.com)

    DOI:10.1142/s1793545817430076

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