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ProfessorMaryRyan

Central Faculty, Office of the Provost

Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise)
 
 
 
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Publications

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@article{Leo:2019:10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01704,
author = {Leo, BF and Fearn, S and Gonzalez-Carter, D and Theodorou, I and Ruenraroengsak, P and Goode, A and Mcphail, D and Dexter, DT and Shaffer, MSP and Chung, KF and Porter, AE and Ryan, MP},
doi = {10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01704},
journal = {Analytical Chemistry},
pages = {11098--11107},
title = {Label-free TOF-SIMS imaging of sulfur producing enzymes inside microglia cells following exposure to silver nanowires},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01704},
volume = {91},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - There are no methods sensitive enough to detect enzymes within cells, without the use of analyte labelling. Here we show that it is possible to detect protein ion signals of three different H2S-synthesizing enzymes inside microglia after pre-treatment with silver nanowires (AgNW) using time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). Protein fragment ions, including the fragment of amino acid (C4H8N+ - 70 amu), fragments of the sulfur producing cystathionine-containing enzymes and the Ag+ ion signal could be detected without the use of any labels; the cells were mapped using the C4H8N+ amino acid fragment. Scanning electron microscopy imaging and energy dispersive x-ray chemical analysis showed that the AgNWs were inside the same cells imaged by TOF-SIMS and transformed chemically into crystalline Ag2S within cells in which the sulfur producing proteins were detected. The presence of these sulfur producing cystathionine-containing enzymes within the cells was confirmed by Western Blots and confocal microscopy images of fluorescently labelled antibodies against the sulfur producing enzymes. Label-free ToF-SIMS is very promising for the label-free identification of H2S-contributing enzymes and their cellular localization in biological systems. The technique could in future be used to identify which of these enzymes are most contributory.
AU  - Leo,BF
AU  - Fearn,S
AU  - Gonzalez-Carter,D
AU  - Theodorou,I
AU  - Ruenraroengsak,P
AU  - Goode,A
AU  - Mcphail,D
AU  - Dexter,DT
AU  - Shaffer,MSP
AU  - Chung,KF
AU  - Porter,AE
AU  - Ryan,MP
DO  - 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01704
EP  - 11107
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0003-2700
SP  - 11098
TI  - Label-free TOF-SIMS imaging of sulfur producing enzymes inside microglia cells following exposure to silver nanowires
T2  - Analytical Chemistry
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01704
UR  - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01704
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/72282
VL  - 91
ER  -
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