Electrochemical imaging of living cell metabolism: investigation on Warburg effect in cancer

Soldà, Alice (2015) Electrochemical imaging of living cell metabolism: investigation on Warburg effect in cancer, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Chimica, 27 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/7072.
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Abstract

Cancer is one of the principal causes of death in the world; almost 8.2 million of deaths were counted in 2012. Emerging evidences indicate that most of the tumors have an increased glycolytic rate and a detriment of oxidative phosphorylation to support abnormal cell proliferation; this phenomenon is known as aerobic glycolysis or Warburg effect. This switching toward glycolysis implies that cancer tissues metabolize approximately tenfold more glucose to lactate in a given time and the amount of lactate released from cancer tissues is much greater than from normal ones. In view of these fundamental discoveries alterations of the cellular metabolism should be considered a crucial hallmark of cancer. Therefore, the investigation of the metabolic differences between normal and transformed cells is important in cancer research and it might find clinical applications. The aim of the project was to investigate the cellular metabolic alterations at single cell level, by monitoring glucose and lactate, in order to provide a better insight in cancer research. For this purpose, electrochemical techniques have been applied. Enzyme-based electrode biosensors for lactate and glucose were –ad hoc- optimized within the project and used as probes for Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM). The UME biosensor manufacturing and optimization represented a consistent part of the work and a full description of the sensor preparation protocols and of the characterization methods employed is reported. This set-up (SECM used with microbiosensor probes) enabled the non-invasive study of cellular metabolism at single cell level. The knowledge of cancer cell metabolism is required to design more efficient treatment strategies.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Soldà, Alice
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze chimiche
Ciclo
27
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, Electrochemistry, Ultramicroelectrode, Imaging, Enzyme-based biosensor, Glucose, Lactate, Oxygen, Glucose Oxidase, Lactate Oxidase, Immobilization Techniques, Electropolymerization, Kinetics, RasV12 MCF10A cells, Metabolism, Cancer, Respiration, Aerobic Glycolysis, Warburg Effect
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DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/7072
Data di discussione
8 Aprile 2015
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