Interpreting the biochemical specifcity of spinal cord tissue is the essential requirement for underst.anding the biochemical mechanisms during spinal-cord-related pathological course.In this work,a longitudinal study...Interpreting the biochemical specifcity of spinal cord tissue is the essential requirement for underst.anding the biochemical mechanisms during spinal-cord-related pathological course.In this work,a longitudinal study was implemented to reveal a precise linkage betwoen the spectral features and the molecular composition in er vivo mouse spinal cord tissue by microspectral Raman imaging.It was testified that lipid-rich white matter could be distinguished from gray matter not only by the lipid Raman peaks at 1064,1300,1445 and 1660 cm^(-1),but also by protein(1250 and 1328 cm^(-1))and saccharides(913 and 1137 cm^(-1))distributions.K-means cluster analysis was further applied to visualize the morphological basis of spinal cord tissue by chemical components and their dist ribution patterns.T wo-dimensional chemical images were then generated to visualize the contrast between two different tissue types by integrating the intensitics of the featured Raman bands.All the obtained results ilustrated the biochemical characteristics of spinal cord tssue,as well as some specific substance variances bet ween different tssue types,which formed a solid basis for the molecular investigation of spinal cord pathologi cal alterations.展开更多
基金supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11404258)Scientific Research Project of Education Department of Shaanxi,China (No.14JK1743)+2 种基金Key Scientific Research Project of Education Department of Shaanxi,China (No.15JS102)Major Fundamental Research Program of Shaanxi Province,China (No.2016ZDJC-15)supported by the outstanding youth scholar project of Northwest University,Shaanxi,China.
文摘Interpreting the biochemical specifcity of spinal cord tissue is the essential requirement for underst.anding the biochemical mechanisms during spinal-cord-related pathological course.In this work,a longitudinal study was implemented to reveal a precise linkage betwoen the spectral features and the molecular composition in er vivo mouse spinal cord tissue by microspectral Raman imaging.It was testified that lipid-rich white matter could be distinguished from gray matter not only by the lipid Raman peaks at 1064,1300,1445 and 1660 cm^(-1),but also by protein(1250 and 1328 cm^(-1))and saccharides(913 and 1137 cm^(-1))distributions.K-means cluster analysis was further applied to visualize the morphological basis of spinal cord tissue by chemical components and their dist ribution patterns.T wo-dimensional chemical images were then generated to visualize the contrast between two different tissue types by integrating the intensitics of the featured Raman bands.All the obtained results ilustrated the biochemical characteristics of spinal cord tssue,as well as some specific substance variances bet ween different tssue types,which formed a solid basis for the molecular investigation of spinal cord pathologi cal alterations.
