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ArticleScience advances2024

Raman microscopy of cryofixed biological specimens for high-resolution and high-sensitivity chemical imaging.

Kenta Mizushima, Yasuaki Kumamoto, Shoko Tamura, Masahito Yamanaka, Kentaro Mochizuki, Menglu Li, Syusuke Egoshi, Kosuke Dodo, Yoshinori Harada, Nicholas I Smith and 3 more

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  13. Principle of Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy: Emerging at High Spatiotemporal Limits.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2025
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13 authors.

Kenta MizushimaDepartment of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0009-0002-8806-0798
Yasuaki KumamotoDepartment of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Shoko TamuraDepartment of Pathology and Cell Regulation, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.ORCID 0009-0008-8110-2637
Masahito YamanakaDepartment of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Kentaro MochizukiDepartment of Pathology and Cell Regulation, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.ORCID 0009-0006-2015-1457
Menglu LiDepartment of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2223-1881
Syusuke EgoshiSynthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7389-9342
Kosuke DodoSynthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6008-2915
Yoshinori HaradaDepartment of Pathology and Cell Regulation, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5942-130X
Nicholas I SmithBiophotonics Laboratory, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7835-199X
Mikiko SodeokaSynthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1344-364X
Hideo TanakaDepartment of Pathology and Cell Regulation, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7297-0183
Katsumasa FujitaDepartment of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2284-375X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Raman microscopy is an emerging molecular imaging technology, yet its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in measurements of biological specimens is severely limited because of the small cross section of Raman scattering. Here, we present Raman imaging techniques of cryofixed specimens to overcome SNR limitations by enabling long exposure of specimens under highly stabilized low-temperature conditions. The observation of frozen specimens in a cryostat at a constant low temperature immediately after rapid freezing enabled the improvement of SNR and enhanced the spatial and spectral resolution. We also confirmed that the cryofixation can preserve physicochemical states of specimens by observing alkyne-labeled coenzyme Q in cytosol and hemeproteins in acute ischemic myocardium, which cannot be done by fixation using chemical reagents. Last, we applied the technique for multiplex Raman imaging of label-free endogenous molecules and alkyne-tagged molecules in cryofixed HeLa cells, demonstrating its capability of high-content imaging of complex biological phenomena while maintaining physiological conditions.

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Spectrum Analysis, RamanAnimalsCryopreservationHeLa CellsHumansMicroscopyMolecular ImagingMyocardiumSignal-To-Noise RatioUbiquinoneUbiquinone

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