A pore-forming protein-induced surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic strategy for dynamic tracing of cell membrane repair

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Title: A pore-forming protein-induced surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic strategy for dynamic tracing of cell membrane repair
Authors: Yuanjiao Yang, Yunlong Chen, Jingxing Guo, Huipu Liu, Huangxian Ju
Source: iScience, Vol 24, Iss 9, Pp 102980- (2021)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Membranes, Cell biology, Biophysics, Bioengineering, Science
More Details: Summary: The plasma membrane repair holds significance for maintaining cell survival and homeostasis. To achieve the sensitive visualization of membrane repair process for revealing its mechanism, this work designs a perforation-induced surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) strategy by conjugating Raman reporter (4-mercaptobenzoic acid) loaded gold nanostars with pore-forming protein streptolysin O (SLO) to induce the SERS signal on living cells. The SERS signal obviously decreases with the initiation of membrane repair and the degradation of SLO pores due to the departure of gold-nanostar-conjugated SLO. Thus, the designed strategy can dynamically visualize the complete cell membrane repair and provide a sensitive method to demonstrate the SLO endocytosis- and exocytosis-mediated repairing mechanism. Using DOX-resistant MCF-7 cells as a model, a timely repair-blocking technology for promoting the highly efficient treatment of drug-resistant cancer cells is also proposed. This work opens an avenue for probing the plasma membrane repairing mechanisms and designing the precision therapeutic schedule.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2589-0042
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221009482; https://doaj.org/toc/2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102980
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/4af8f0fb6e634ada8a28a7e2aaa64a77
Accession Number: edsdoj.4af8f0fb6e634ada8a28a7e2aaa64a77
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:25890042
DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102980
Published in:iScience
Language:English