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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-19
pubmed:abstractText
Apoptosis, the most common and well-defined form of programmed cell death (PCD), is often impaired in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases and can limit conventional therapy. Bioluminescent molecular imaging was employed to study apoptosis in human colon cancer cells that have been treated with various doses of the therapeutic agent TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis inducing ligand). While monitoring therapeutic response through a proluminescent, caspase-activated DEVD-aminoluciferin reagent (Caspase-Glo 3/7) which produced strong, stable signals, alternate preparations of the reagent were explored for non-invasive imaging methods. Dissolving the lyophilized DEVD-aminoluciferin compound in Dulbecco's PBS instead of lysis buffer (along with heat inactivation of an accompanying exogenous luciferase protein by heating at 85 degrees C for 20 minutes) yielded a minimally invasive apoptosis detector, with maximum luminescence intensities 2.5-fold stronger than those produced by D-luciferin at a final concentration of 100 microg/mL. Bioluminescent imaging of cancer therapeutic response through minimally invasive detection of caspase activation may serve as an important tool in monitoring apoptosis in vivo and in vitro.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1538-4047
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
885-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Biological Assay, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Firefly Luciferin, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Luminescent Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Luminescent Measurements, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Microscopy, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:16177559-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Bioluminescent imaging of TRAIL-induced apoptosis through detection of caspase activation following cleavage of DEVD-aminoluciferin.
pubmed:affiliation
Roy and Diana Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural