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Quantifying single-cell secretion in real time using resonant hyperspectral imaging
José Juan-Colás1,2, Ian S Hitchcock3, Mark Coles4
1Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD York, United Kingdom; jose.juancolas@york.ac.uk.
Abstract:
Cell communication is primarily regulated by secreted proteins, whose inhomogeneous secretion often indicates physiological disorder. Parallel monitoring of innate protein-secretion kinetics from individual cells is thus crucial to unravel systemic malfunctions. Here, we report a label-free, high-throughput method for parallel, in vitro, and real-time analysis of specific single-cell signaling using hyperspectral photonic crystal resonant technology. Heterogeneity in physiological thrombopoietin expression from individual HepG2 liver cells in response to platelet desialylation was quantified demonstrating how mapping real-time protein secretion can provide a simple, yet powerful approach for studying complex physiological systems regulating protein production at single-cell resolution.
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