scholarly journals Label‐Free Isolation and Single Cell Biophysical Phenotyping Analysis of Primary Cardiomyocytes Using Inertial Microfluidics

Small ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 2006176
Author(s):  
Hossein Tavassoli ◽  
Prunella Rorimpandey ◽  
Young Chan Kang ◽  
Michael Carnell ◽  
Chris Brownlee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Inertial Microfluidics

scholarly journals Heart on A Chip: Label‐Free Isolation and Single Cell Biophysical Phenotyping Analysis of Primary Cardiomyocytes Using Inertial Microfluidics (Small 8/2021)

Small ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2170034
Author(s):  
Hossein Tavassoli ◽  
Prunella Rorimpandey ◽  
Young Chan Kang ◽  
Michael Carnell ◽  
Chris Brownlee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Inertial Microfluidics

scholarly journals Label-free Isolation and Single Cell Biophysical Phenotyping Analysis of Primary Cardiomyocytes Using Inertial Microfluidics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Tavassoli ◽  
Prunella Rorimpandey ◽  
Young Chan Kang ◽  
Michael Carnell ◽  
Chris Brownlee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Inertial Microfluidics ◽  
And Function ◽  
Deformability Cytometry

AbstractTo advance our understanding of cardiomyocyte identity and function, we need appropriate tools to isolate pure primary cardiomyocytes. We have developed a label-free method to purify viable cardiomyocytes from mouse neonatal hearts using a simple inertial microfluidics biochip. Cardiomyocytes were sorted from neonatal hearts and isolated to >90% purity and their physico-mechanical properties were evaluated using real time deformability cytometry. Purified cardiomyocytes were viable and retained their identity and function as depicted by expression of cardiac specific markers and contractility. Furthermore, we showed that cardiomyocytes have a distinct physico-mechanical phenotype that could be used as an intrinsic biophysical marker to distinguish these cells from other cell types within the heart. Taken together, this cardiomyocyte isolation and phenotyping method could serve as a valuable tool to progress our understanding of cardiomyocyte identity and function, which will ultimately benefit many diagnostic development and cardiac treatment studies.

scholarly journals Label-Free and Quantitative Dry Mass Monitoring for Single Cells during In Situ Culture

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1635
Author(s):  
Ya Su ◽  
Rongxin Fu ◽  
Wenli Du ◽  
Han Yang ◽  
Li Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Growth ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Quantitative Measurement ◽  
Single Cells ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Quantitative Detection ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Mass Sensitivity

Quantitative measurement of single cells can provide in-depth information about cell morphology and metabolism. However, current live-cell imaging techniques have a lack of quantitative detection ability. Herein, we proposed a label-free and quantitative multichannel wide-field interferometric imaging (MWII) technique with femtogram dry mass sensitivity to monitor single-cell metabolism long-term in situ culture. We demonstrated that MWII could reveal the intrinsic status of cells despite fluctuating culture conditions with 3.48 nm optical path difference sensitivity, 0.97 fg dry mass sensitivity and 2.4% average maximum relative change (maximum change/average) in dry mass. Utilizing the MWII system, different intrinsic cell growth characteristics of dry mass between HeLa cells and Human Cervical Epithelial Cells (HCerEpiC) were studied. The dry mass of HeLa cells consistently increased before the M phase, whereas that of HCerEpiC increased and then decreased. The maximum growth rate of HeLa cells was 11.7% higher than that of HCerEpiC. Furthermore, HeLa cells were treated with Gemcitabine to reveal the relationship between single-cell heterogeneity and chemotherapeutic efficacy. The results show that cells with higher nuclear dry mass and nuclear density standard deviations were more likely to survive the chemotherapy. In conclusion, MWII was presented as a technique for single-cell dry mass quantitative measurement, which had significant potential applications for cell growth dynamics research, cell subtype analysis, cell health characterization, medication guidance and adjuvant drug development.

scholarly journals 56P Single circulating tumor cells RNA profiling by label-free enrichment and active single cell selection on an integrated fluidic system

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. ix15-ix16
Author(s):  
Y.F. Lee ◽  
N. Ramalingam ◽  
L. Szpankowski ◽  
A. Leyrat ◽  
N.D. Angeles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Circulating Tumor Cells ◽  
Cell Selection ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Rna Profiling ◽  
Free Enrichment

Non-invasive and label-free identification of human natural killer subclasses by biophysical single-cell features in microfluidic flow

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Dannhauser ◽  
Domenico Rossi ◽  
Anna T Palatucci ◽  
Valentina Rubino ◽  
Flavia Carriero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Natural Killer ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Therapeutic Treatment ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Microfluidic Flow

Natural Killer (NK) are indicated as favorite candidates for innovative therapeutic treatment and are divided in two subclasses: immature regulatory NK CD56bright and mature cytotoxic NK CD56dim. Therefore, the ability...

scholarly journals Quantifying single-cell secretion in real time using resonant hyperspectral imaging

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (52) ◽  
pp. 13204-13209 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Juan-Colás ◽  
Ian S. Hitchcock ◽  
Mark Coles ◽  
Steven Johnson ◽  
Thomas F. Krauss
Keyword(s):  
Single Cell ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Protein Secretion ◽  
Cell Communication ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Cell Secretion ◽  
Physiological Disorder ◽  
Real Time Analysis ◽  
Technology Heterogeneity

Cell communication is primarily regulated by secreted proteins, whose inhomogeneous secretion often indicates physiological disorder. Parallel monitoring of innate protein-secretion kinetics from individual cells is thus crucial to unravel systemic malfunctions. Here, we report a label-free, high-throughput method for parallel, in vitro, and real-time analysis of specific single-cell signaling using hyperspectral photonic crystal resonant technology. Heterogeneity in physiological thrombopoietin expression from individual HepG2 liver cells in response to platelet desialylation was quantified demonstrating how mapping real-time protein secretion can provide a simple, yet powerful approach for studying complex physiological systems regulating protein production at single-cell resolution.

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