High-throughput label-free characterization of viable, necrotic and apoptotic human lymphoma cells in a coplanar-electrode microfluidic impedance chip.
Biosens Bioelectron
; 150: 111887, 2020 Feb 15.
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The study and the characterization of cell death mechanisms are fundamental in cell biology research. Traditional death/viability assays usually involve laborious sample preparation and expensive equipment or reagents. In this work, we use electrical impedance spectroscopy as a label-free methodology to characterize viable, necrotic and apoptotic human lymphoma U937 cells. A simple three-electrode coplanar layout is used in a differential measurement scheme and thousands of cells are measured at high-throughput (≈200 cell/s). Tailored signal processing enables accurate and robust cell characterization without the need for cell focusing systems. The results suggest that, at low frequency (0.5 MHz), signal magnitude enables the discrimination between viable/necrotic cells and cell fragments, whereas phase information allows discriminating between viable cells and necrotic cells. At higher frequency (10 MHz) two subpopulations of cell fragments are distinguished. This work substantiates the prominent role of electrical impedance spectroscopy for the development of next-generation cell viability assays.
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Técnicas Biossensoriais
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Sobrevivência Celular
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Apoptose
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Dispositivos Lab-On-A-Chip
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2020
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