Fingerprinting of skin cells by live cell Raman spectroscopy reveals melanoma cell heterogeneity and cell‐type specific responses to <scp>UVR</scp>

Wilkinson, Emma L. and Ashton, Lorna and Kerns, Jemma G. and Allinson, Sarah L. and Mort, Richard L. (2022) Fingerprinting of skin cells by live cell Raman spectroscopy reveals melanoma cell heterogeneity and cell‐type specific responses to <scp>UVR</scp>. Experimental Dermatology, 31 (10). pp. 1543-1553. ISSN 0906-6705

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Abstract

Raman spectroscopy is an emerging dermatological technique with the potential to discriminate biochemically between cell types in a label-free and non-invasive manner. Here, we use live single-cell Raman spectroscopy and principal component analysis (PCA) to fingerprint mouse melanoblasts, melanocytes, keratinocytes and melanoma cells. We show the differences in their spectra are attributable to biomarkers in the melanin biosynthesis pathway and that melanoma cells are a heterogeneous population that sit on a trajectory between undifferentiated melanoblasts and differentiated melanocytes. We demonstrate the utility of Raman spectroscopy as a highly sensitive tool to probe the melanin biosynthesis pathway and its immediate response to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation revealing previously undescribed opposing responses to UVA and UVB irradiation in melanocytes. Finally, we identify melanocyte-specific accumulation of β-carotene correlated with a stabilisation of the UVR response in lipids and proteins consistent with a β-carotene-mediated photoprotective mechanism. In summary, our data show that Raman spectroscopy can be used to determine the differentiation status of cells of the melanocyte lineage and describe the immediate and temporal biochemical changes associated with UV exposure which differ depending on cell type, differentiation status and competence to synthesise melanin. Our work uniquely applies Raman spectroscopy to discriminate between cell types by biological function and differentiation status while they are growing in culture. In doing so, we demonstrate for the first time its utility as a tool with which to probe the melanin biosynthesis pathway.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Experimental Dermatology
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? keratinocytesmelanoblastsmelanocytesmelanomaramanuvrbiochemistrymolecular biologydermatology ??
ID Code:
173020
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Deposited On:
14 Jul 2022 09:35
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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23 Jul 2024 13:20