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Investigating biochemical and structural changes of glycated collagen using multimodal multiphoton imaging, Raman spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy.

ABSTRACT: Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) form extracellular crosslinking with collagenous proteins, which contributes to the development of diabetic complications. In this study, AGEs-related pentosidine (PENT) crosslinks-induced structural and biochemical changes are studied using multimodal multiphoton imaging, Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Decellularized equine pericardium (EP) was glycated with four ribose concentrations ranging between 5 and 200 mM and monitored for up to 30 days. Two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF) and second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopic imaging probed elastin and collagen fibers, respectively. The glycated EP showed a decrease in the SHG intensities associated with loss of non-centrosymmetry of collagen and an increase of TPEF intensities associated with PENT crosslinks upon glycation. TPEF signals from elastin fibers were unaffected. A three-dimensional reconstruction with SHG + TPEF z-stack images visualized the distribution of collagen and elastin within the EP volume matrix. In addition, Raman spectroscopy (RS) detected changes in collagen-related bands and discriminated glycated from untreated EP. Furthermore, AFM scans showed that the roughness increases and the D-unit structure of fibers remained unchanged during glycation. The PENT crosslinked-induced changes are discussed in the context of previous studies of glutaraldehyde- and genipin-induced crosslinking and collagenase-induced digestion of collagen. We conclude that TPEF, SHG, RS, and AFM are effective, label-free, and non-destructive methods to investigate glycated tissues, differentiate crosslinking processes, and characterize general collagen-associated and disease-related changes, in particular by their RS fingerprints.

SUBMITTER: Quansah E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10558391 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Investigating biochemical and structural changes of glycated collagen using multimodal multiphoton imaging, Raman spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy.

Quansah Elsie E Shaik Tanveer Ahmed TA Çevik Ecehan E Wang Xinyue X Höppener Christiane C Meyer-Zedler Tobias T Deckert Volker V Schmitt Michael M Popp Jürgen J Krafft Christoph C

Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 20230829 25

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) form extracellular crosslinking with collagenous proteins, which contributes to the development of diabetic complications. In this study, AGEs-related pentosidine (PENT) crosslinks-induced structural and biochemical changes are studied using multimodal multiphoton imaging, Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Decellularized equine pericardium (EP) was glycated with four ribose concentrations ranging between 5 and 200 mM and monitored for up ...[more]

PMID: 37640827

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Investigating biochemical and structural changes of glycated collagen using multimodal multiphoton imaging, Raman spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy.

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Investigating biochemical and structural changes of glycated collagen using multimodal multiphoton imaging, Raman spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy.

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