Impedimetric Microfluidic Sensor-in-a-Tube for Label-Free Immune Cell Analysis

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Contributors

  • Aleksandr I Egunov - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Zehua Dou - , Chair of Measurement and Sensor System Technique, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Dmitriy D Karnaushenko - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Franziska Hebenstreit - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Nicole Kretschmann - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Katja Akgün - , Department of Neurology, Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Multiple Sklerose Zentrum Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Tjalf Ziemssen - , Department of Neurology, Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Multiple Sklerose Zentrum Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Daniil Karnaushenko - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Mariana Medina-Sánchez - , Micro- and Nano-Biosystems (Research Group), Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Oliver G Schmidt - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)

Abstract

Analytical platforms based on impedance spectroscopy are promising for non-invasive and label-free analysis of single cells as well as of their extracellular matrix, being essential to understand cell function in the presence of certain diseases. Here, an innovative rolled-up impedimetric microfulidic sensor, called sensor-in-a-tube, is introduced for the simultaneous analysis of single human monocytes CD14+ and their extracellular medium upon liposaccharides (LPS)-mediated activation. In particular, rolled-up platinum microelectrodes are integrated within for the static and dynamic (in-flow) detection of cells and their surrounding medium (containing expressed cytokines) over an excitation frequency range from 102 to 5 × 106 Hz. The correspondence between cell activation stages and the electrical properties of the cell surrounding medium have been detected by electrical impedance spectroscopy in dynamic mode without employing electrode surface functionalization or labeling. The designed sensor-in-a-tube platform is shown as a sensitive and reliable tool for precise single cell analysis toward immune-deficient diseases diagnosis.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e2002549
JournalSmall
Volume17
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85099400987

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Biosensing Techniques, Dielectric Spectroscopy, Electric Impedance, Humans, Microelectrodes, Microfluidic Analytical Techniques, Microfluidics, Single-Cell Analysis