Phosphorescence based oxygen sensors and probes for biomedical research

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Abstract

A variety of in vitro and ex-vivo cell and tissue models are being used in biomedical research, but for many of them control of the cellular microenvironment, particularly oxygenation state and intracellular O2 levels, is inadequate. Since O2 is a key parameter and biomarker of cellular function, implementation of reliable in situ control and knowledge of actual O2 levels in different compartments of biological samples is of critical importance. The versatile and flexible technology of O2 sensing and imaging based on phosphorescence quenching provides such capabilities. In recent years, various O2 sensing systems, which operate with solid-state sensors, soluble probes or imaging (nano)sensors in conjunction with portable handheld instruments, commercial plate readers or live cell imaging platforms, have been developed, which are suitable for routine use in many research labs to perform a range of important analytical and biomedical tasks. Here we overview the available O2 sensing solutions, their analytical features, and describe how they can be integrated in the current paradigm of biomedical research. Representative examples of the use of such systems in complex physiological studies with advanced tissue and disease models are given, in which they provide strict environmental control of dissolved and gaseous O2 (macroscopically and microscopically, by point measurements and high-resolution imaging in 2D and 3D), and important information about cellular function and changes in tissue metabolism under different conditions and treatments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Environmental, Chemical, and Biological Sensing Technologies XIV
EditorsTuan Vo-Dinh, Robert A. Lieberman
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510609310
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventAdvanced Environmental, Chemical, and Biological Sensing Technologies XIV 2017 - Anaheim, United States
Duration: 9 Apr 201710 Apr 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10215
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdvanced Environmental, Chemical, and Biological Sensing Technologies XIV 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnaheim
Period9/04/1710/04/17

Keywords

  • cell and tissue oxygenation
  • cell-permeable phosphorescent probes
  • Optical oxygen sensing and imaging
  • phosphorescence quenching method
  • Pt-porphyrins
  • solid-sate sensors

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