On-chip light sheet illumination enables diagnostic size and concentration measurements of membrane vesicles in biofluids
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2014

Cell-derived membrane vesicles that are released in biofluids, like blood or saliva, are emerging as potential non-invasive biomarkers for diseases, such as cancer. Techniques capable of measuring the size and concentration of membrane vesicles directly in biofluids are urgently needed. Fluorescence single particle tracking microscopy has the potential of doing exactly that by labelling the membrane vesicles with a fluorescent label and analysing their Brownian motion in the biofluid. However, an unbound dye in the biofluid can cause high background intensity that strongly biases the fluorescence single particle tracking size and concentration measurements. While such background intensity can be avoided with light sheet illumination, current set-ups require specialty sample holders that are not compatible with high-throughput diagnostics. Here, a microfluidic chip with integrated light sheet illumination is reported, and accurate fluorescence single particle tracking size and concentration measurements of membrane vesicles in cell culture medium and in interstitial fluid collected from primary human breast tumours are demonstrated.

Författare

Hendrik Deschout

Universiteit Gent

K. Raemdonck

Universiteit Gent

S. Stremersch

Universiteit Gent

P. Maoddi

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

G. Mernier

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

P. Renaud

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

S. Jiguet

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

A. Hendrix

Center for Medical Genetics

M. Bracke

Center for Medical Genetics

R. Van den Broecke

Center for Medical Genetics

Magnus Röding

Chalmers, Matematiska vetenskaper, Matematisk statistik

Göteborgs universitet

SuMo Biomaterials

Mats Rudemo

Göteborgs universitet

Chalmers, Matematiska vetenskaper, Matematisk statistik

J. Demeester

Universiteit Gent

S. C. De Smedt

Universiteit Gent

F. Strubbe

Universiteit Gent

K. Neyts

Universiteit Gent

Kevin Braeckmans

Universiteit Gent

Nanoscale

2040-3364 (ISSN) 2040-3372 (eISSN)

Vol. 6 3 1741-1747

Ämneskategorier

Kemi

DOI

10.1039/c3nr04432g

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