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Acoustic impedance-based size-independent isolation of circulating tumour cells from blood using acoustophoresis
S. Karthick,
Published in Royal Society of Chemistry
2018
PMID: 30402651
Volume: 18
   
Issue: 24
Pages: 3802 - 3813
Abstract

Label-free isolation of CTCs from blood is critical for the development of diagnostic and prognostic tools for cancer. Here, we report a label-free method based on acoustic impedance contrast for the isolation of CTCs from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in a microchannel using acoustophoresis. We describe a method in which the acoustophoretic migration of PBMCs is arrested by matching their acoustic impedance with that of the sample medium, and CTCs that have different acoustic impedance compared to PBMCs migrate toward the pressure node or antinode and thus become isolated. We show that acoustic streaming which can adversely affect the CTC isolation is suppressed owing to the inhomogeneous liquid flow configuration. We establish a method for isolation of CTCs that have higher or lower acoustic impedance compared to PBMCs by controlling the acoustic impedance contrast of the liquids across the channel. Applying this method, we demonstrate label-free isolation of HeLa and MDA-MB-231 cells from PBMCs (collected from 2.0 mL of blood) within one hour yielding a recovery of >86% and >50-fold enrichment. Combined impedance and size-based sorting is proposed as a promising tool for the effective isolation of CTCs from blood. © 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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PublisherData powered by TypesetRoyal Society of Chemistry
ISSN14730197
Open AccessNo
Concepts (22)
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    Acoustic impedance
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    Article
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    Cell migration
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    CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL
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    Controlled study
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    PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL
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    Acoustics
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    Cell culture
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    Cell separation
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    Cytology
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    Devices
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    Equipment design
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    Human
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    Mononuclear cell
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    Procedures
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    Tumor cell line
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    TUMOR EMBOLISM
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    Cell line, tumor
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    Cells, cultured
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    Humans
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    LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR
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    NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING