Crossing constriction channel-based microfluidic cytometry capable of electrically phenotyping large populations of single cells

This paper presents a crossing constriction channel-based microfluidic system for high-throughput characterization of specific membrane capacitance ( C sm ) and cytoplasm conductivity ( σ cy ) of single cells. In operations, cells in suspension were forced through the major constriction channel and...

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Published in:Analyst (London) 2019-01, Vol.144 (3), p.18-115
Main Authors: Zhang, Yi, Zhao, Yang, Chen, Deyong, Wang, Ke, Wei, Yuanchen, Xu, Ying, Huang, Chengjun, Wang, Junbo, Chen, Jian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Circuits
Constrictions
Cytoplasm
Equivalent circuits
Flow cytometry
Impedance
Microfluidics
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Summary:This paper presents a crossing constriction channel-based microfluidic system for high-throughput characterization of specific membrane capacitance ( C sm ) and cytoplasm conductivity ( σ cy ) of single cells. In operations, cells in suspension were forced through the major constriction channel and instead of invading the side constriction channel, they effectively sealed the side constriction channel, which led to variations in impedance data. Based on an equivalent circuit model, these raw impedance data were translated into C sm and σ cy . As a demonstration, the developed microfluidic system quantified C sm (3.01 ± 0.92 μF cm −2 ) and σ cy (0.36 ± 0.08 S m −1 ) of 100 000 A549 cells, which could generate reliable results by properly controlling cell positions during their traveling in the crossing constriction channels. Furthermore, the developed microfluidic impedance cytometry was used to distinguish paired low- and high-metastatic carcinoma cell types of SACC-83 ( n cell = ∼100 000) and SACC-LM cells ( n cell = ∼100 000), distinguishing significant differences in both C sm (3.16 ± 0.90 vs. 2.79 ± 0.67 μF cm −2 ) and σ cy (0.36 ± 0.06 vs. 0.41 ± 0.08 S m −1 ). As high-throughput microfluidic impedance cytometry, this technique may add a new marker-free dimension to flow cytometry in single-cell analysis. This paper presents a crossing constriction channel-based microfluidic system for high-throughput characterization of specific membrane capacitance ( C sm ) and cytoplasm conductivity ( σ cy ) of single cells.
ISSN:0003-2654
1364-5528
DOI:10.1039/c8an02100g