Validation of a miniaturised near infrared spectrometer for contaminant assessment in biodiesel

Monteiro, Luísa; Zoio, Paulo; Carvalho, M. B. P.; Fonseca, Luís P. P.; Calado, Cecília

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A new method to simultaneously predict cells viability, proliferation and metabolic status, in a rapid, simple but also specific and sensitive mode was developed. The method is based on mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopic analysis of cells. As model system were used Human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells and T lymphocytes. After submitting cells to different environments as the toxic dimethyl sulfoxide, or metabolic activation, cells viability was analyzed by optical microscopy after coloration with trypan blue, and the cell count was determined with a Neubauer hemocytometer. The principal component analysis (PCA) of the cells second derivative spectra enabled to discriminate the cells viability and the cells proliferation as assayed by conventional methods, while spectra PCA and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) enabled to discriminate T cells metabolic activation. The new methods, based on MIR spectroscopy, present the advantages of being applicable in automatic, simple and high-throughput mode in relation to the conventional methods.