Micro-Raman spectroscopy of silver nanoparticle induced stress on optically-trapped stem cells.

Micro-Raman spectroscopy of silver nanoparticle induced stress on optically-trapped stem cells.

We report here results of a single-cell Raman spectroscopy study of stress effects induced by silver nanoparticles in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). A high-sensitivity, high-resolution Raman Tweezers set-up has been used to monitor nanoparticle-induced biochemical changes in optically-trapped...

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Main Authors: Aseefhali Bankapur, R Sagar Krishnamurthy, Elsa Zachariah, Chidangil Santhosh, Basavaraj Chougule, Bhavishna Praveen, Manna Valiathan, Deepak Mathur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3325966?pdf=render
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Summary:We report here results of a single-cell Raman spectroscopy study of stress effects induced by silver nanoparticles in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). A high-sensitivity, high-resolution Raman Tweezers set-up has been used to monitor nanoparticle-induced biochemical changes in optically-trapped single cells. Our micro-Raman spectroscopic study reveals that hMSCs treated with silver nanoparticles undergo oxidative stress at doping levels in excess of 2 µg/ml, with results of a statistical analysis of Raman spectra suggesting that the induced stress becomes more dominant at nanoparticle concentration levels above 3 µg/ml.
ISSN:1932-6203

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