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- Title
Quantitative Phase Imaging Detecting the Hypoxia-Induced Patterns in Healthy and Neoplastic Human Colonic Epithelial Cells.
- Authors
Buzalewicz, Igor; Mrozowska, Monika; Kmiecik, Alicja; Kulus, Michał; Haczkiewicz-Leśniak, Katarzyna; Dzięgiel, Piotr; Podhorska-Okołów, Marzenna; Zadka, Łukasz
- Abstract
Hypoxia is a frequent phenomenon during carcinogenesis and may lead to functional and structural changes in proliferating cancer cells. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common neoplasms in which hypoxia is associated with progression. The aim of this study was to assess the optical parameters and microanatomy of CRC and the normal intestinal epithelium cells using the digital holotomography (DHT) method. The examination was conducted on cancer (HT-29, LoVo) and normal colonic cells (CCD-18Co) cultured in normoxic and hypoxic environments. The assessment included optical parameters such as the refractive index (RI) and dry mass as well as the morphological features. Hypoxia decreased the RI in all cells as well as in their cytoplasm, nucleus, and nucleoli. The opposite tendency was noted for spheroid-vesicular structures, where the RI was higher for the hypoxic state. The total volume of hypoxic CCD-18Co and LoVo cells was decreased, while an increase in this parameter was observed for HT-29 cells. Hypoxia increased the radius and cell volume, including the dry mass of the vesicular content. The changes in the optics and morphology of hypoxic cells may suggest the possibility of using DHT in the detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs).
- Subjects
EPITHELIAL cells; CELL size; REFRACTIVE index; COLORECTAL cancer; CELL morphology
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2022, Vol 11, Issue 22, p3599
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells11223599