Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, Volume. 14, Issue 4, 2141002(2021)

Differentiation of different antifungals with various mechanisms using dynamic surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy combined with machine learning

Hao Li1,2,3, Yongbing Cao4、*, and Feng Lu1,5
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Pharmacy, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
  • 2Institute of Vascular Disease, Shanghai TCM-Integrated Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shanghai 200082, P. R. China
  • 3Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, P. R. China
  • 4School of Materials Science and Engineering Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, P. R. China
  • 5Shanghai Key Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Metabolite Research Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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    With the increase in mortality caused by pathogens worldwide and the subsequent serious drug resistance owing to the abuse of antibiotics, there is an urgent need to develop versatile analytical techniques to address this public issue. Vibrational spectroscopy, such as infrared (IR) or Raman spectroscopy, is a rapid, noninvasive, nondestructive, real-time, low-cost, and user-friendly technique that has recently gained considerable attention. In particular, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) can provide a highly sensitive readout for bio-detection with ultralow or even trace content. Nevertheless, extra attachment cost, nonaqueous acquisition, and low reproducibility require the conventional SERS (C-SERS) to further optimize the conditions. The emergence of dynamic SERS (D-SERS) sheds light on C-SERS because of the dispensable substrate design, superior enhancement and stability of Raman signals, and solvent protection. The powerful sensitivity enables D-SERS to perform only with a portable Raman spectrometer with moderate spatial resolution and precision. Moreover, the assistance of machine learning methods, such as principal component analysis (PCA), further broadens its research depth through data mining of the information within the spectra. Therefore, in this study, D-SERS, a portable Raman spectrometer, and PCA were used to determine the phenotypic variations of fungal cells Candida albicans (C. albicans) under the influence of different antifungals with various mechanisms, and unknown antifungals were predicted using the established PCA model. We hope that the proposed technique will become a promising candidate for finding and screening new drugs in the future.

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jan. 7, 2021

    Accepted: Feb. 6, 2021

    Published Online: Aug. 23, 2021

    The Author Email: Cao Yongbing (ybcao@vip.sina.com)

    DOI:10.1142/s1793545821410029

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