scholarly journals Real-Time Single Cell Monitoring: Measurement and Counting of Motile Sperm Using LCR Impedance-Integrated Microfluidic Device

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chalinee Phiphattanaphiphop ◽  
Komgrit Leksakul ◽  
Rungrueang Phatthanakun ◽  
Apirak Suthummapiwat

In this research, we aimed to count the ratio of the number of motile to immotile sperm for patients with infertility problems based on a low-sperm-concentration examination. The microfluidic system consists of two series of applications: The conventional separation of motile sperm and the proposed inductance (L), capacitance (C), and resistance (R) or LCR impedance sperm counter. In the experiment, 96% of motile sperm were isolated from nonmotile sperm in the first part and transported to the second part to count and calculate real-time sperm concentration. A pair of microelectrodes composed of thin metal film were integrated between microchannels, resulting in a peak signal for LCR single-cell detection, as well as the estimated total sperm concentration. A minimum of 10 µL of the sperm sample was completely analyzed with an accuracy of 94.8% compared with the standard computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA) method. This method could be applied for low-cost sperm separation and counting in the future.

Author(s):  
Gurbrinder Ghotra ◽  
Nguyen Le ◽  
Heyam Hayder ◽  
Chun Peng ◽  
Jennifer I. L. Chen

We present a label-free, low cost and miniatured biosensing platform based on the disassembly of core-satellite plasmonic nanoparticle assemblies. The rapid and selective detection of an exemplary nucleic acid biomarker, has-miRNA-210-3p, was achieved via the strand displacement nucleic acid reaction. Target binding leads to dehybridization of the DNA linkers and changes in the scattering properties of nanostructures as monitored by darkfield microscopy. We demonstrate the ability to detect microRNA expunged from single cells and the potential to multiplex discrete assemblies to enable diverse biological applicability. The work may help translate the applicability of microRNA as diagnostic biomarkers, quantitate their abundance in the microenvironment, and facilitate the study of their correlation or causation to other biomolecules at the single-cell level.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 025019 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Marquez ◽  
M Gómez-Fontela ◽  
S Lauzurica ◽  
R Candorcio-Simón ◽  
D Munoz-Martin ◽  
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2004 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Sumitaka Hasegawa ◽  
Jung W. Choi ◽  
Jianghong Rao

2014 ◽  
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pp. 2598-2619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changling Wang ◽  
Yuxiang Zhang ◽  
Mingdian Xia ◽  
Xingxi Zhu ◽  
Shitao Qi ◽  
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2004 ◽  
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pp. 4523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Tarsa ◽  
Aislyn D. Wist ◽  
Paul Rabinowitz ◽  
Kevin K. Lehmann

2020 ◽  
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pp. 112123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narendra Kumar ◽  
Wenjian Wang ◽  
Juan C. Ortiz-Marquez ◽  
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Mason Gray ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
Yujie Zhu ◽  
Hui Xu ◽  
Xunbin Wei ◽  
Hao He

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. e0172697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Liu ◽  
Pawan KC ◽  
Ge Zhang ◽  
Jiang Zhe

Cell Reports ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Stringari ◽  
Hong Wang ◽  
Mikhail Geyfman ◽  
Viera Crosignani ◽  
Vivek Kumar ◽  
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