Tryptophan as key biomarker to detect gastrointestinal tract cancer using non-negative biochemical analysis of native fluorescence and Stokes Shift spectroscopy

Leana Wang; Yan Zhou; Cheng-hui Liu; Lixin Zhou; Yong He; Yang Pu; Thien An Nguyen; Robert R. Alfano

doi:10.1117/12.2077304

11 March 2015 Tryptophan as key biomarker to detect gastrointestinal tract cancer using non-negative biochemical analysis of native fluorescence and Stokes Shift spectroscopy

Leana Wang, Yan Zhou, Cheng-hui Liu, Lixin Zhou, Yong He, Yang Pu, Thien An Nguyen, Robert R. Alfano

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Proceedings Volume 9318, Optical Biopsy XIII: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis; 93180X (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077304
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The objective of this study was to find out the emission spectral fingerprints for discrimination of human colorectal and gastric cancer from normal tissue in vitro by applying native fluorescence. The native fluorescence (NFL) and Stokes shift spectra of seventy-two human cancerous and normal colorectal (colon, rectum) and gastric tissues were analyzed using three selected excitation wavelengths (e.g. 300 nm, 320 nm and 340 nm). Three distinct biomarkers, tryptophan, collagen and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydrate (NADH), were found in the samples of cancerous and normal tissues from eighteen subjects. The spectral profiles of tryptophan exhibited a sharp peak in cancerous colon tissues under a 300 nm excitation when compared with normal tissues. The changes in compositions of tryptophan, collagen, and NADH were found between colon cancer and normal tissues under an excitation of 300 nm by the non-negative basic biochemical component analysis (BBCA) model.

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Leana Wang, Yan Zhou, Cheng-hui Liu, Lixin Zhou, Yong He, Yang Pu, Thien An Nguyen, and Robert R. Alfano "Tryptophan as key biomarker to detect gastrointestinal tract cancer using non-negative biochemical analysis of native fluorescence and Stokes Shift spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 9318, Optical Biopsy XIII: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis, 93180X (11 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077304

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