Microfluidic, marker-free isolation of circulating tumor cells from blood samples.

Abstract:

:The ability to isolate and analyze rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has the potential to further our understanding of cancer metastasis and enhance the care of cancer patients. In this protocol, we describe the procedure for isolating rare CTCs from blood samples by using tumor antigen-independent microfluidic CTC-iChip technology. The CTC-iChip uses deterministic lateral displacement, inertial focusing and magnetophoresis to sort up to 10⁷ cells/s. By using two-stage magnetophoresis and depletion antibodies against leukocytes, we achieve 3.8-log depletion of white blood cells and a 97% yield of rare cells with a sample processing rate of 8 ml of whole blood/h. The CTC-iChip is compatible with standard cytopathological and RNA-based characterization methods. This protocol describes device production, assembly, blood sample preparation, system setup and the CTC isolation process. Sorting 8 ml of blood sample requires 2 h including setup time, and chip production requires 2-5 d.

journal_name

Nat Protoc

journal_title

Nature protocols

authors

Karabacak NM,Spuhler PS,Fachin F,Lim EJ,Pai V,Ozkumur E,Martel JM,Kojic N,Smith K,Chen PI,Yang J,Hwang H,Morgan B,Trautwein J,Barber TA,Stott SL,Maheswaran S,Kapur R,Haber DA,Toner M

doi

10.1038/nprot.2014.044

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-03-01 00:00:00

pages

694-710

issue

3

eissn

1754-2189

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1750-2799

pii

nprot.2014.044

journal_volume

9

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