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Sensing of vimentin mRNA in 2D and 3D models of wounded skin using DNA-coated gold nanoparticles

Sensing of vimentin mRNA in 2D and 3D models of wounded skin using DNA-coated gold nanoparticles
Sensing of vimentin mRNA in 2D and 3D models of wounded skin using DNA-coated gold nanoparticles
Wound healing is a highly complex biological process, which is accompanied by changes in cell phenotype, variations in protein expression, and the production of active biomolecules. Currently, the detection of proteins in cells is done by immunostaining where the proteins in fixed cells are detected by labeled antibodies. However, immunostaining cannot provide information about dynamic processes in living cells, within the whole tissue. Here, an easy method is presented to detect the transition of epithelial to mesenchymal cells during wound healing. The method employs DNA-coated gold nanoparticle fluorescent nanoprobes to sense the production of Vimentin mRNA expressed in mesenchymal cells. Fluorescence microscopy is used to achieve temporal detection of Vimentin mRNA in wounds. 3D light-sheet microscopy is utilized to observe the dynamic expression of Vimentin mRNA spatially around the wounded site in skin tissue. The use of DNA–gold nanoprobes to detect mRNA expression during wound healing opens up new possibilities for the study of real-time mechanisms in complex biological processes.
1613-6810
Vilela, Patrick
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Heuer-jungemann, Amelie
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El-Sagheer, Afaf
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Brown, Tom
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Muskens, Otto T.
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Smyth, Neil R.
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Kanaras, Antonios G.
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El-Sagheer, Afaf
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Brown, Tom
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Muskens, Otto T.
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Smyth, Neil R.
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Vilela, Patrick, Heuer-jungemann, Amelie, El-Sagheer, Afaf, Brown, Tom, Muskens, Otto T., Smyth, Neil R. and Kanaras, Antonios G. (2018) Sensing of vimentin mRNA in 2D and 3D models of wounded skin using DNA-coated gold nanoparticles. Small. (doi:10.1002/smll.201703489).

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Abstract

Wound healing is a highly complex biological process, which is accompanied by changes in cell phenotype, variations in protein expression, and the production of active biomolecules. Currently, the detection of proteins in cells is done by immunostaining where the proteins in fixed cells are detected by labeled antibodies. However, immunostaining cannot provide information about dynamic processes in living cells, within the whole tissue. Here, an easy method is presented to detect the transition of epithelial to mesenchymal cells during wound healing. The method employs DNA-coated gold nanoparticle fluorescent nanoprobes to sense the production of Vimentin mRNA expressed in mesenchymal cells. Fluorescence microscopy is used to achieve temporal detection of Vimentin mRNA in wounds. 3D light-sheet microscopy is utilized to observe the dynamic expression of Vimentin mRNA spatially around the wounded site in skin tissue. The use of DNA–gold nanoprobes to detect mRNA expression during wound healing opens up new possibilities for the study of real-time mechanisms in complex biological processes.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 February 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 418278
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/418278
ISSN: 1613-6810
PURE UUID: dab4f785-184a-4d5c-8ba3-5ae444c73ed2
ORCID for Afaf El-Sagheer: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8706-1292
ORCID for Otto T. Muskens: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-5504
ORCID for Antonios G. Kanaras: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9847-6706

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Date deposited: 27 Feb 2018 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:15

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Author: Patrick Vilela
Author: Amelie Heuer-jungemann
Author: Afaf El-Sagheer ORCID iD
Author: Tom Brown
Author: Otto T. Muskens ORCID iD
Author: Neil R. Smyth

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