中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 49501-049501.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/4/049501

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Second-harmonic generation as a DNA malignancy indicator of prostate glandular epithelial cells

卓双木1, 喻碧英1, 庄正飞2, 刘汉平2, 郭周义2, 邓小元2   

  1. (1)Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; (2)MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
  • 收稿日期:2009-01-02 修回日期:2009-10-10 出版日期:2010-04-15 发布日期:2010-04-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.~30470495), the Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Fujian Normal University.

Second-harmonic generation as a DNA malignancy indicator of prostate glandular epithelial cells

Zhuang Zheng-Fei(庄正飞)a), Liu Han-Ping(刘汉平)a), Guo Zhou-Yi(郭周义)a), Zhuo Shuang-Mu(卓双木)b), Yu Bi-Ying(喻碧英) b), and Deng Xiao-Yuan(邓小元)a)†   

  1. a MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; b Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
  • Received:2009-01-02 Revised:2009-10-10 Online:2010-04-15 Published:2010-04-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.~30470495), the Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology for Medicine, Fujian Normal University.

摘要: This paper first demonstrates second-harmonic generation (SHG) in the intact cell nucleus, which acts as an optical indicator of DNA malignancy in prostate glandular epithelial cells. Within a scanning region of $2.7~\mu$m$\times 2.7~\mu$m in cell nuclei, SHG signals produced from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate carcinoma (PC) tissues (mouse model C57BL/6) have been investigated. Statistical analyses ($t$ test) of a total of 405 measurements (204 nuclei from BPH and 201 nuclei from PC) show that SHG signals from BPH and PC have a distinct difference ($p < 0.05)$, suggesting a potential optical method of revealing very early malignancy in prostate glandular epithelial cells based upon induced biochemical and/or biophysical modifications in DNA.

Abstract: This paper first demonstrates second-harmonic generation (SHG) in the intact cell nucleus, which acts as an optical indicator of DNA malignancy in prostate glandular epithelial cells. Within a scanning region of $2.7~\mu$m$\times 2.7~\mu$m in cell nuclei, SHG signals produced from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate carcinoma (PC) tissues (mouse model C57BL/6) have been investigated. Statistical analyses ($t$ test) of a total of 405 measurements (204 nuclei from BPH and 201 nuclei from PC) show that SHG signals from BPH and PC have a distinct difference ($p < 0.05)$, suggesting a potential optical method of revealing very early malignancy in prostate glandular epithelial cells based upon induced biochemical and/or biophysical modifications in DNA.

Key words: nonlinear microscopy, multiharmonic generation, diagnostic applications of nonlinear optics

中图分类号:  (Nucleic acids)

  • 87.14.G-
42.65.Ky (Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation) 87.19.X- (Diseases) 87.15.N- (Properties of solutions of macromolecules) 87.15.M- (Spectra of biomolecules)