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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2012

Label-free Raman observation of cytochrome c dynamics during apoptosis.

Masaya Okada, Nicholas Isaac Smith, Almar Flotildes Palonpon, Hiromi Endo, Satoshi Kawata, Mikiko Sodeoka, Katsumasa Fujita

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 166 papers.

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7 authors.

Masaya OkadaDepartment of Applied Physics, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Nicholas Isaac Smith
Almar Flotildes Palonpon
Hiromi Endo
Satoshi Kawata
Mikiko Sodeoka
Katsumasa Fujita

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We performed label-free observation of molecular dynamics in apoptotic cells by Raman microscopy. Dynamic changes in cytochrome c distribution at the Raman band of 750 cm(-1) were observed after adding an apoptosis inducer to the cells. The comparison of mitochondria fluorescence images and Raman images of cytochrome c confirmed that changes in cytochrome c distribution can be distinguished as release of cytochrome c from mitochondria. Our observation also revealed that the redox state of cytochrome c was maintained during the release from the mitochondria. Monitoring mitochondrial membrane potential with JC-1 dye confirmed that the observed cytochrome c release was associated with apoptosis.

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ApoptosisSpectrum Analysis, RamanStaining and LabelingCytochromes cHeLa CellsHumansMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMicroscopy, FluorescenceOxidation-ReductionSolutionsTime-Lapse ImagingCytochromes cSolutions

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PMID22184220
PMCPMC3252932

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