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Anal. Chem. 2010, 82, 6770–6774<br />
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy as a Tool<br />
for Detecting Ca 2+ Mobilizing Second Messengers<br />
in Cell Extracts<br />
Elina A. Vitol, † Eugen Brailoiu, ‡ Zulfiya Orynbayeva, § Nae J. Dun, ‡ Gary Friedman, † and<br />
Yury Gogotsi* ,|<br />
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel<br />
University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, and Department of Pharmacology, Temple University, Philadelphia,<br />
Pennsylvania 19140<br />
Understanding of calcium signaling pathways in cells is<br />
essential for elucidating the mechanisms of both normal<br />
cell function and cancer development. Calcium messengers<br />
play the crucial role for intracellular Ca 2+ release.<br />
We propose a new approach to detecting the calcium<br />
second messenger nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide<br />
phosphate (NAADP) in cell extracts using surfaceenhanced<br />
Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Currently available<br />
radioreceptor binding and enzymatic assays require<br />
extensive sample preparation and take more than<br />
12 h. With a SERS sensor, NAADP can be detected in<br />
less than 1 min without any special sample preparation.<br />
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first<br />
demonstration of using SERS for calcium signaling<br />
applications.<br />
Calcium signaling is one of the fundamental cellular processes<br />
involved in any cell metabolic and physiologic activity. 1 Calcium<br />
signals convey information from the cell plasma membrane to<br />
intracellular targets. The mechanism of calcium concentration<br />
modulations is a complex problem associated with calcium influx<br />
from the extracellular matrix and release from intracellular stores<br />
mobilized by calcium messengers. Calcium signaling pathways<br />
of two calcium messengers, inositol trisphosphate (IP3) 2,3 and<br />
cyclic adenine dinucleotide ribose (cADPR), 4 have been studied<br />
extensively in different types of cells. Nicotinic acid adenine<br />
dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP) has a unique physiological role<br />
in cells 5 in the release of Ca 2+ from acid-filled calcium stores<br />
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gogotsi@drexel.edu.<br />
† Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University.<br />
‡ Temple University.<br />
§ School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health System, Drexel<br />
University.<br />
| Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University.<br />
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