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The study of the distribution of the cytostatic drugs cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin along the kidney may help to understand their different nephrotoxic behavior. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) allows the acquisition of trace element images in biological tissues. However, results obtained are affected by several variations concerning the sample matrix and instrumental drifts. In this work, an internal standardization method based on printing an Ir-spiked ink onto the surface of the sample has been developed to evaluate the different distributions and accumulation levels of the aforementioned drugs along the kidney of a rat model. A conventional ink-jet printer was used to print fresh sagittal kidney tissue slices of 4 μm. A reproducible and homogenous deposition of the ink along the tissue was observed. The ink was partially absorbed on top of the tissue. Thus, this approach provides a pseudo-internal standardization, due to the fact that the ablation sample and internal standard take place subsequently and not simultaneously. A satisfactory normalization of LA-ICP-MS bioimages and therefore a reliable comparison of the kidney treated with different Pt-based drugs were achieved even for tissues analyzed on different days. Due to the complete ablation of the sample, the transport of the ablated internal standard and tissue to the inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is practically taking place at the same time. Pt accumulation in the kidney was observed in accordance to the dosages administered for each drug. Although the accumulation rate of cisplatin and oxaliplatin is high in both cases, their Pt distributions differ. The strong nephrotoxicity observed for cisplatin and the absence of such side effect in the case of oxaliplatin could explain these distribution differences. The homogeneous distribution of oxaliplatin in the cortical and medullar areas could be related with its higher affinity for cellular transporters such as MATE2-k.
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a well-established analytical method for multi-elemental analysis in particular for elements at trace and ultra-trace levels. It has found acceptance in various application areas during the last decade. ICP-MS is also more and more applied for detection in the life sciences. For these applications, ICP-MS excels by a high sensitivity, which is independent of the molecular structure of the analyte, a wide linear dynamic range and by excellent multi-element capabilities. Furthermore, methods based on ICP-MS offer simple quantification concepts, for which usually (liquid) standards are applied, low matrix effects compared to other conventional bioanalytical techniques, and relative limits of detection (LODs) in the low pg g−1 range and absolute LODs down to the attomol range.
In this chapter, we focus on new applications where the multi-element capability of ICP-MS is used for detection of lanthanoides or rare earth elements, which are applied as elemental stains or tags of biomolecules and in particular of antibodies.
Biological systems exhibit a very high complexity, because they consist of various cell populations showing heterogenic characteristics. Therefore the individual analysis of single cells is important to understand cellular processes as well as their function in a cell system. Especially investigation in the question about what is biological variability and what is a substantial difference between two cells of the same type (which might lead to dysfunction or disease) is of high interest.
Today improved spatial and temporal resolution enable the use of laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for element microscopy of single cells. Next to the characterization of natural trace elements the introduction of artificial metal labels into cells is of high interest. Element labeling of cell compartments and/or proteins allows its simultaneous analysis and localization within a cell via element microscopy. Two fast and simple metal staining procedures of adherent cells for identification of single cells via LA-ICP-MS at sub micrometer resolution are presented.
Two labeling reagents were selected which were already described in literature for applications around protein and cell analysis. An Iridium-intercalator is utilized to stain the cell nuclei whereas the whole cell is stained by maleimido-mono-amide-DOTA-complexes (mDOTA) loaded with lanthanide(III) isotope ions.
The metal staining procedures allow the visualization of single cells by element microscopy independent of a superposition of analyte’s 2D element intensity profile with a prior taken bright field image of the sample. The applicability was shown on an actual question in nano-toxicology (the cellular uptake of nanoparticles).
LA-ICP-MS finds widespread use in the analysis of biological samples and its importance as an analysitical method is still increasing. Often tissues or single cells are ablated in imaging mode on glass slides, but the analysis time increases by reducing the spot size of the laser. Additionally, with increased lateral resolution a loss in sensitivity is inherently connected and this holds true in particular for single cell analysis in imaging mode. However, if only the composition of elements in a single cell needs to be measured, complete ablation of cells by single shots looks promising. This approach was already discussed by Managh et al. and will be discussed in more detail in this presentation. The aim of this study is to develop a calibration strategy for single cell analysis based on the total consumption concept. It will be shown that this concept provides quantitative results at single cell level, if the target material is ablated. We compare two different laser spot sizes, 30 µm and 110 µm. The smaller spot size of 30 µm is used for imaging and the larger spot size of 110 µm is used for the targeted ablation of complete single cells. Cells were stained by two novel cell dyes, mDOTA-Tb (CheMatech, Dijon, France), which binds to free thiol groups of proteins, and Ir-DNA intercalator (Maxpar®, Fluidigm, San Francisco, USA), which stains DNA quantitatively. Finally, quantification of Ir and Tb will be performed by matrix matching calibration, following the approach of Drescher et al.[1], i.e. spotting of a dilution series of Ir and Tb standards on nitrocellulose membrane. Results obtained so far show a good correlation between imaging and single spot ablation, indicating that the total consumption concept may serve as an acceptable assumption.
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a well-established analytical method for multi-elemental analysis in particular for elements at trace and ultra-trace levels. It has found acceptance in various application areas during the last decade. ICP-MS is also more and more applied for detection in the life sciences. For these applications, ICP-MS excels by a high sensitivity, which is independent of the molecular structure of the analyte, a wide linear dynamic range and by excellent multi-element capabilities. Furthermore, methods based on ICP-MS offer simple quantification concepts, for which usually (liquid) standards are applied, low matrix effects compared to other conventional bioanalytical techniques, and relative limits of detection (LODs) in the low pg g−1 range and absolute LODs down to the attomol range.
In this chapter, we focus on new applications where the multi-element capability of ICP-MS is used for detection of lanthanoides or rare earth elements, which are applied as elemental stains or tags of biomolecules and in particular of antibodies.
Oxidative stress is produced by an imbalance between free radical production and biological system's ability to detoxify the reactive intermediates and repair the resulting damage. In the human eye the main causes of oxidative stress are the daily exposure to sunlight, chemical insults and the special microenvironment with abundant photo-sensitizers. For this reason, oxidative stress has been associated several ocular diseases, like aged-related macular degeneration (AMD). On the other hand, Metallothioneins (MTs) are a family of low molecular weight (6–7 kDa), cysteine-rich (30%) and metal-binding proteins. The cysteine residues can bind metal atoms such as zinc, copper, and cadmium via thiolate bonds. These proteins have a wide range of functions including defense against oxidative damage, intracellular storage and transport and metabolism of metal ions. The antioxidant properties of MTs reside in their capacity to capture and neutralize free radicals by binding and transferring zinc ions in a redox-dependent fashion, forming the antioxidant system Zinc-Metalothionein (Zn-MT).
Highly sensitive analytical tools are required to study the relationship between Zn and MTs in sections from ocular tissues. These methodologies should permit the simultaneous localization (bioimaging) of metals and proteins. Laser ablation (LA) coupled to ICP-MS has shown a huge potential for bioimaging studies in biological tissues. In addition, the use of metal nanoclusters (NCs) as elemental tags will provide signal amplification, compared with other tags traditionally employed (e.g. polymeric tags). To this end, antibodies with gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) will be used in combination with LA-ICP-MS for the detection of different metallothioneins (MT 1/2 and 3) directly into the ocular tissue sections.
- Methods:
The AuNCs synthesized were bioconjugated with an Anti-MT 1/2 antibody and with Anti-MT 3 antibody. Next, using ocular tissue sections (5 microns thick) from different donors the immunoassays were performed. After the immunoassay protocol, imaging studies were carried out by LA-ICP-MS as well as by fluorescence (confocal microscope) in order to compare both methodologies.
- Results:
The MTs (measuring the Au signal) and the coordinated metals distribution (Zn and Cu) were successfully carried out in human ocular tissues, including sclera, choroid, retina and retinal pigment epithelium regions. The image patterns found in ocular tissues were in agreement with those reported by conventional immunohistochemistry.
- Conclusions:
It is possible to know the distribution of MT proteins and different coordinated metals using bioconjugated AuNCs and LA-ICP-MS. Proposed analytical tools could help to better understand the roles of the antioxidant system Zinc-Metalothionein in the eye.
The interaction of nanoparticles (NPs) with cells has become a major field of interest, ranging from therapeutic applications to nanotoxicology. The cellular uptake depends on the primary characteristics of the NPs (e.g. size, shape, surface modification) and on the cells interacting with the particles. Thereby the quantification of NPs in cells is of particular importance to obtain information under different experimental conditions. Presently, the number of NPs internalized is often determined by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) optical emission spectrometry (OES) or ICP mass spectrometry (MS) after acid digestion of a cell suspension or a cell pellet. The result is an average value and no information about the distribution among cells or within a cell is available. Therefore we developed a method based on laser ablation (LA) in combination with ICP-MS to localise and quantify metallic NPs in single cells.
LA-ICP-MS is a powerful analytical method which offers excellent sensitivity at high spatial resolution and multielement capability without time-consuming sample preparation steps. Recently, LA-ICP-MS was established for elemental mapping of biological samples like tissues.
In our experiments, fibroblast cells were incubated with gold or silver containing nanoparticles and grown on sterile coverslips under standard conditions. For LA analysis the cells were fixed with formaldehyde and dried. Subcellular resolution is achived by careful optimisation of laser energy, ablation frequency and scan speed. The elemental distribution was determined by continuous ablation line by line of cells incubated with NPs. Our results show that LA-ICP-MS is able to detect NP aggregates within cellular substructures. After 24 h of incubation the NPs were found in the cytosol, preferencially in the perinuclear region, but do not enter the nucleus. Additionally, a quantification strategy at single-cell level was developed. For this purpose nitrocellulose membrane was spiked with Ag or Au nanoparticle suspension at different concentration levels and analysed by LA-ICP-MS. Based on this calibration the number of NPs taken up by individual cells was determined and variations within the cell population become visible. The cells show a strong dependence of NP uptake on concentration and incubation time.
Our results demonstrate the potential of LA-ICP-MS providing insight into NP uptake and intracellular distribution dependent on experimental parameters.
Elemental imaging of biological samples using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) provides spatially resolved information on element distribution in thin sections. By rastering with a laser across the sample, a two-dimensional image of the elemental distribution can be reconstructed that shows the intensities of the respective elements. Using overlapping laser shots the area ablated from single cells or thin sections (thickness 5 to 10 µm) can be reduced significantly so that the pixel size of the intensity measurement is significantly reduced. Having in mind that a laser shot ablates thin biological samples completely, we can make use of a new concept for calibration in the laser ablation method: the concept of total consumption. This calibration strategy allows production of simple matrix matched standards and provides an internal standardisation by ink jet technology, where a metal containing inks is printed on as thin layer on top of a biological sample.
Different applications will be presented where our concepts have been applied. In the first example we used nanoparticle suspension of given particle numbers to quantify the uptake of metallic nanoparticles by biological cells. In the second example antibodies have been tagged by metals to measure protein expression in prostata cancer. In this approach application of house keeping proteins are investigated additionally to compensate variations in thickness and density of the biopsy samples. In the third application different nephrotoxic behaviour of Pt containing drugs have been investigated to study the local enrichement in kidney samples of mice treated with these three different compounds. Here the internal standard is required to allow intercomparisons between different individual mouse tissues.
At the end of the lecture future trends will be discussed for elemental microscopy.
A simple metal staining procedure for identification and visualization of single cells by LA-ICP-MS
(2017)
High lateral resolution of metal detection in single cells by use of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) demands powerful staining methods. In this work different staining procedures for the single cell analysis with LA-ICP-MS were optimized. An iridium intercalator was utilized to stain the cell nuclei whereas the whole cell was stained by the use of maleimido-mono-amide-DOTA (mDOTA) complexing lanthanide(III) ions. The content of the artificially introduced metals per cell was quantified using a matrix matched calibration approach based on cellulose membranes onto which standards were spotted by a microarray spotter. Absolute metal stain amounts in the range of 2.34 to 9.81 femtomole per cell were determined. The metal staining procedures allow direct identification and visualization of single cells and their cell compartments by element microscopy without the use of bright field images of the sample.
Imaging of elemental distributions in single cell assays as well as tissue sections can be performed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). This powerful technique offers precise spatially resolved measurements at the trace and ultratrace level and has been established as an excellent tool to answer analytical, biological and biomedical questions. To date, imaging mass cytometry is already able to simultaneously detect up to 40 cellular targets due to conjugation of isotopically pure lanthanides to affinity binders, e.g. antibodies.
To further enhance the ability of multiparametric analysis to more than 100 analytes at once, we investigated lanthanide nanocrystals as new, highly sensitive metal tags for identification of targets in clinical cell assays and tissue samples. Multiparametric analysis will be possible by encoding the lanthanide composition of nanocrystals associated to the affinity binders. Nanocrystals showed remarkable potential for sensitive detection in MS due to high stability and signal amplification compared to e.g. polymer tags, carrying fewer metal atoms.
Synthesis of functionalized lanthanide nanocrystals for further bioconjugation was performed with high reproducibility and monodisperse size distribution. For proof of principle, the uptake and distribution of these nanocrystals within the monolayered cell line A549 were investigated by mapping the intensities at subcellular resolution using LA-ICP-MS. It could be shown, that the cells were efficiently labeled with the nanocrystals and mostly accumulate near the nucleus. Additionally, the bioconjugation of the nanocrystals to antibodies and particularly the preservation of the antibody specificity was investigated using Dot Blot experiments. All in all, the results imply high sensitivity and the possibility of multiparametric analysis by doting various lanthanides into the nanocrystals.