PMID- 20459281 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100913 LR - 20190930 IS - 1560-2281 (Electronic) IS - 1083-3668 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 2 DP - 2010 Mar-Apr TI - Monitoring human leukocyte antigen class I molecules by micro-Raman spectroscopy at single-cell level. PG - 027007 LID - 10.1117/1.3368687 [doi] AB - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules are formed by three immunoglobulin-like domains (alpha1, alpha2, and alpha3) once folded by peptide and beta(2)-microglobulin show the presence of two alpha-helix streams and one beta-sheet limiting the pocket for the antigenic peptide. The loss of HLA class I expression in tumors and virus-infected cells, on one hand, prevents T cell recognition, while on the other hand, it leads to natural killer (NK) cell mediated cytotoxicity. We propose the possibility of using Raman spectroscopy to measure the relative expression of HLA class I molecules at the single-cell level. Raman spectra are recorded for three cell lines (K562, T2, and T3) and monomers (HLA class I folded, unfolded and peptide+beta(2)-microlobulin refolded) using 830 nm laser line. Our data are consistent with the hypothesis that in the Raman spectra, ranging from 1600 to 1800 cm(-1), the intensity variation of cells associated with HLA class I molecules could be measured. FAU - Das, Gobind AU - Das G AD - Universita Magna Graecia di Catanzaro, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Lab BIONEM, Catanzaro, 88100 Italy. gobind@unicz.it FAU - La Rocca, Rosanna AU - La Rocca R FAU - Lakshmikanth, Tadepally AU - Lakshmikanth T FAU - Gentile, Francesco AU - Gentile F FAU - Tallerico, Rossana AU - Tallerico R FAU - Zambetti, Lia P AU - Zambetti LP FAU - Devitt, J AU - Devitt J FAU - Candeloro, Patrizio AU - Candeloro P FAU - De Angelis, Francesco AU - De Angelis F FAU - Carbone, Ennio AU - Carbone E FAU - Di Fabrizio, Enzo AU - Di Fabrizio E LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Biomed Opt JT - Journal of biomedical optics JID - 9605853 RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) SB - IM MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*blood MH - Humans MH - Leukocytes/*immunology MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Spectrum Analysis, Raman/*methods EDAT- 2010/05/13 06:00 MHDA- 2010/09/14 06:00 CRDT- 2010/05/13 06:00 PHST- 2010/05/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/05/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/09/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1117/1.3368687 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biomed Opt. 2010 Mar-Apr;15(2):027007. doi: 10.1117/1.3368687.