Multiwell Raman plate reader for high-throughput biochemical screening

Abstract Although Raman spectroscopy has been used for the quantitative analysis of samples in many fields, including material science, biomedical, and pharmaceutical research, its low sensitivity hindered the application of the analytical capability for high-throughput screening. Here, we developed...

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Autores principales: Hiroyuki Kawagoe, Jun Ando, Miwako Asanuma, Kosuke Dodo, Tetsuya Miyano, Hiroshi Ueda, Mikiko Sodeoka, Katsumasa Fujita
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/0bed3504a3f24681aa5102ba1de8b4b7
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Sumario:Abstract Although Raman spectroscopy has been used for the quantitative analysis of samples in many fields, including material science, biomedical, and pharmaceutical research, its low sensitivity hindered the application of the analytical capability for high-throughput screening. Here, we developed a high-throughput Raman screening system that can analyze hundreds of specimens in a multiwell plate simultaneously. Multiple high numerical aperture (NA) lenses are assembled under each well in the multiwell plate to detect Raman scattering simultaneously with high sensitivity. The Raman spectrum of 192 samples loaded on a standard 384-well plate can be analyzed simultaneously. With the developed system, the throughput of Raman measurement was significantly improved (about 100 times) compared to conventional Raman instruments based on a single-point measurement. By using the developed system, we demonstrated high-throughput Raman screening to investigate drug polymorphism and identify a small-molecule binding site in a protein. Furthermore, the same system was used to demonstrate high-speed chemical mapping of a centimeter-sized pork slice.