title: Selective collection and detection of leukemia cells on a magnet-quartz crystal microbalance system using aptamer-conjugated magnetic beads.
abstract: A novel method for selective collection and detection of human acute leukemia cells has been proposed using aptamer-conjugated magnetic beads (apt-MBs) and a magnet-quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) system. The sgc8c aptamer-conjugated MBs specifically binding to CCRF-CEM cells were used for target cell extraction from complex matrixes, and the magnet-QCM system was successfully applied for quantitative cell detection, requiring no further labeling of cells. The accumulation of MBs-conjugated CCRF-CEM cells on a quartz crystal gold electrode surface under a magnetic field resulted in decreased resonant frequency. A linear relationship between the frequency shift and cell concentration over the range of 1 x 10(4)-1.5 x 10(5)cells mL(-1) was obtained, with a detection limit of 8 x 10(3)cells mL(-1). The applicability of the method for target cell detection from cell mixture was satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
authors.forename: Yuliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Manli
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chunfeng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shouzhuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D018189:Immunomagnetic Separation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055617:Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide