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ArticleScientific reports2020

Synchrotron-based FTIR microspectroscopy of protein aggregation and lipids peroxidation changes in human cataractous lens epithelial cells.

Martin Kreuzer, Tanja Dučić, Marko Hawlina, Sofija Andjelic

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin Kreuzer *CELLS-ALBA, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08290, Barcelona, Spain.
Tanja Dučić *CELLS-ALBA, Carrer de la Llum 2-26, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08290, Barcelona, Spain. tducic@cells.es.
Marko HawlinaEye Hospital, University Medical Centre, Grablovičeva 46, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Sofija AndjelicEye Hospital, University Medical Centre, Grablovičeva 46, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. sofija.andjelic@kclj.si.
ALBA Synchrotron (Spain) · ESLjubljana University Medical Centre · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide but the mechanisms involved in the process of cataractogenesis are not yet fully understood. Two most prevalent types of age-related cataracts are nuclear (N) and cortical (C) cataracts. A common environmental factor in most age-related cataracts is believed to be oxidative stress. The lens epithelium, the first physical and biological barrier in the lens, is build from lens epithelial cells (LECs). LECs are important for the maintenance of lens transparency as they control energy production, antioxidative mechanisms and biochemical transport for the whole lens. The purpose of this study is to characterize compounds in LECs originated from N and C cataracts, by using the synchrotron radiation-based Fourier Transform Infrared (SR-FTIR) microspectroscopy, in order to understand the functional importance of their different bio-macromolecules in cataractogenesis. We used the SR-FTIR microspectroscopy setup installed on the beamline MIRAS at the Spanish synchrotron light source ALBA, where measurements were set to achieve single cell resolution, with high spectral stability and high photon flux. The results showed that protein aggregation in form of fibrils was notably pronounced in LECs of N cataracts, while oxidative stress and the lipids peroxidation were more pronounced in LECs of C cataracts.

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Lipid PeroxidationMolecular Sequence AnnotationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCataractEpithelium, CornealFemaleHumansLens, CrystallineMaleMiddle AgedSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredSynchrotrons

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PMID32968091
PMCPMC7511928
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