Live chicken egg embryos as an alternative in vivo tumour model for deep surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Samantha M. McCabe, Hannah Gardiner, Calum Mullen, Gregory Q. Wallace, Neil C. Shand, Alexander B. Mullen, Linda Horan, Duncan Graham, Karen Faulds*, Marie Boyd*

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Abstract

Live chicken egg embryos offer new opportunities for evaluation and continuous monitoring of tumour growth for in vivo studies compared to traditional rodent models. Here, we report the first use of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) mapping and surface enhanced spatially offset Raman scattering (SESORS) for the detection and localisation of targeted gold nanoparticles in live chicken egg embryos bearing a glioblastoma tumour.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3513-3517
Number of pages5
JournalAnalyst
Volume149
Issue number13
Early online date4 Jun 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2024

Funding

We thank the University of Strathclyde and DSTL for the financial support. S. M. M., D. G., and K. F. thank DSTL for the funding that supported this work. D. G., K. F., and G. Q. W. acknowledge support from the Leverhulme Trust, RPG-2020-400. M. B. acknowledges the support from the NC3Rs, NCW001055/1.

Keywords

  • tumour model
  • Raman spectroscopy
  • chicken egg embryos
  • glioblastoma

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