Abstract
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to investigate modifications of prostate cancer PC-3 cell lipidome after exposure to sub-lethal concentrations of ouabain. FTIR spectroscopy offered an overview of the lipid classes present in the whole sample. The method is simple, label free and some features can be detected on entire cells. We compared the achievements of FTIR spectroscopy with data obtained by mass spectrometry (MS) on the same samples. It appears that FTIR spectroscopy could identify content variations in some lipid classes, e.g., these containing choline head groups such as phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin. MS analysis could confirm this result as indicated by principal component analysis and 2D heterocorrelation maps. FTIR spectra were also able to report changes in ester/choline/phosphate ratios characterizing lipid changes induced by ouabain. Furthermore, quantization of major lipid classes (PC, PE, PG, SM) could be obtained by curve fitting of the FTIR spectra. Yet, FTIR failed to resolve lipid classes for which the polar heads do not display specific IR features such as phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin.
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