Surface enhanced Raman scattering on Tardigrada - towards monitoring and imaging molecular structures in live cryptobiotic organisms

Harald Kneipp; Nadja Møbjerg; Aslak Jørgensen; Henrik Bohr; Claus Hélix-Nielsen; Janina Kneipp; Katrin Kneipp

doi:10.1002/jbio.201200206

Surface enhanced Raman scattering on Tardigrada - towards monitoring and imaging molecular structures in live cryptobiotic organisms

Harald Kneipp, Nadja Møbjerg, Aslak Jørgensen, Henrik Bohr, Claus Hélix-Nielsen, Janina Kneipp, Katrin Kneipp

Molecular Integrative Physiology

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Abstract

Tardigrades are microscopic metazoans which are able to survive extreme physical and chemical conditions by entering a stress tolerant state called cryptobiosis. At present, the molecular mechanisms behind cryptobiosis are still poorly understood. We show that surface enhanced Raman scattering supported by plasmonic gold nanoparticles can measure molecular constituents and their local distribution in live tardigrades. Surface enhanced Raman signatures allow to differentiate between two species and indicate molecular structural differences between tardigrades in water and in a dry state. This opens new avenues for exploring cryptobiosis by studying molecular changes in live cryptobiotic organisms.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Biophotonics
Volume	6
Issue number	10
Pages (from-to)	759-764
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1864-0648
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.201200206
Publication status	Published - Oct 2013

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