Nanoparticle tag counting for tissue imaging using single-particle ICP MS

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PREISLER Jan STIBOREK Marek JINDŘICHOVÁ Lenka MELIORISOVÁ Stanislava BEDNAŘÍK Antonín PRYSIAZHNYI Vadym KROUPA Jiří HOUŠKA Pavel ADAMOVÁ Barbora NAVRÁTILOVÁ Jarmila KANICKÝ Viktor

Year of publication 2023
Type Conference abstract
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Faculty of Science

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Description We report a new laser ablation technique employing a pulsed 2 940 nm laser and a simple ablation cell for digital mapping biomarkers in tissues using metal nanoparticle tags. Unlike the conventional laser ablation systems, where nanoparticles are ablated, we are able to desorb intact nanoparticles and count them in the single-particle mode using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The method is demonstrated on monitoring proliferating cells in 3D aggregates of human colorectal carcinoma cells. Precise counting of the tags in each pixel generates sharp distribution maps of a proliferation biomarker in the tissue. A mass spectrometer detects up to 83% nanoparticles of a selected element with a single particle detection limit. Advantageously, the desorption of nanoparticles from regions outside the tissue is strongly suppressed.
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