Abstract

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) allows a new insight into the analysis of cell physiology. In this work, the difficulty of producing suitable substrates that, besides permitting the amplification of the Raman signal, do not interact with the biological material causing alteration, has been overcome by a combined method of hydrothermal green synthesis and thermal annealing. The SERS analysis of the cell membrane has been performed with special attention to the cellular prion protein PrPC. In addition, SERS has also been used to reveal the prion protein–Cu(II) interaction in four different cell models (B104, SH-SY5Y, GN11, HeLa). A significant implication of the current work consists of the intriguing possibility of revealing and quantifying prion protein expression in complex biological samples by a cheap SERS-based method, replacing the expensive and time-consuming immuno-assay systems commonly employed.

Autore Pugliese

• Maffia Michele , Manno Daniela Erminia , Serra Antonio

Tutti gli autori

• D. Manno , E. Filippo , R. Fiore , A. Serra , E. Urso , A. Rizzello , M. Maffia

Titolo volume/Rivista

NANOTECHNOLOGY

Anno di pubblicazione

2010

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0957-4484

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