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Title Application of 2D IR Bioimaging: Hyperspectral Images of Formalin-Fixed Pancreatic Tissues and Observation of Slow Protein Degradation
Date 2024-02-26 Attachment , , , , , , , ,

Application of 2D IR Bioimaging: Hyperspectral Images of Formalin-Fixed Pancreatic Tissues and Observation of Slow Protein Degradation


Dicke, SS (Dicke, Sidney S.)Alperstein, AM (Alperstein, Ariel M.)Schueler, KL (Schueler, Kathryn L.)Stapleton, DS (Stapleton, Donald S.)Simonett, SP (Simonett, Shane P.)Fields, CR (Fields, Caitlyn R.)Chalyavi, F (Chalyavi, Farzaneh)Keller, MP (Keller, Mark P.)Attie, AD (Attie, Alan D.) Zanni, MT (Zanni, Martin T.)

Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021, Volume 125, pp. 9517-9525.

We used two-dimensional IR bioimaging to study the structural heterogeneity of formalin-fixed mouse pancreas. Images were generated from the hyperspectral data sets by plotting quantities associated with the amide I vibrational mode, which is created by the backbone carbonyl stretch. Images that measure the fundamental vibrational frequencies, cross peaks, and anharmonic shifts are presented. Histograms are generated for each quantity, providing averaged values and distributions around the mean that serve as metrics for protein structures. Images were generated from tissue that had been stored in a formalin fixation for 3, 8, and 48 weeks. Over this period, all three metrics show that that the beta-sheet content of the samples increased, consistent with protein aggregation. Our results indicate that formalin fixation does not entirely arrest the degradation of a protein structure in pancreas tissue.