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ArticlePloS one2014

A causal relation between bioluminescence and oxygen to quantify the cell niche.

Dennis Lambrechts, Maarten Roeffaers, Karel Goossens, Johan Hofkens, Greetje Vande Velde, Tom Van de Putte, Jan Schrooten, Hans Van Oosterwyck

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dennis LambrechtsDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Maarten RoeffaersCenter for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Karel GoossensDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America.
Johan HofkensMolecular Imaging and Photonics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Greetje Vande Velde
Tom Van de PutteTiGenix NV, Leuven, Belgium.
Jan SchrootenDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Hans Van OosterwyckPrometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BEThe University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioluminescence imaging assays have become a widely integrated technique to quantify effectiveness of cell-based therapies by monitoring fate and survival of transplanted cells. To date these assays are still largely qualitative and often erroneous due to the complexity and dynamics of local micro-environments (niches) in which the cells reside. Here, we report, using a combined experimental and computational approach, on oxygen that besides being a critical niche component responsible for cellular energy metabolism and cell-fate commitment, also serves a primary role in regulating bioluminescent light kinetics. We demonstrate the potential of an oxygen dependent Michaelis-Menten relation in quantifying intrinsic bioluminescence intensities by resolving cell-associated oxygen gradients from bioluminescent light that is emitted from three-dimensional (3D) cell-seeded hydrogels. Furthermore, the experimental and computational data indicate a strong causal relation of oxygen concentration with emitted bioluminescence intensities. Altogether our approach demonstrates the importance of oxygen to evolve towards quantitative bioluminescence and holds great potential for future microscale measurement of oxygen tension in an easily accessible manner.

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Cell LineHumansHydrogelsLuminescent MeasurementsOxygenHydrogelsOxygen

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PMID24840204
PMCPMC4026314
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