3D microfilter device for viable circulating tumor cell (CTC) enrichment from blood.
Detection of circulating tumor cells has emerged as a promising minimally invasive diagnostic and prognostic tool for patients with metastatic cancers. We report a novel three dimensional microfilter device that can enrich viable circulating tumor cells from blood. This device consists of two layers of parylene membrane with pores and gap precisely defined with photolithography. The positions of the pores are shifted between the top and bottom membranes. The bottom membrane supports captured cells and minimize the stress concentration on cell membrane and sustain cell viability during filtration. Viable cell capture on device was investigated with scanning electron microscopy, confocal microscopy, and immunofluorescent staining using model systems of cultured tumor cells spiked in blood or saline. The paper presents and validates this new 3D microfiltration concept for circulation tumor cell enrichment application. The device provides a highly valuable tool for assessing and characterizing viable enriched circulating tumor cells in both research and clinical settings.
Department of Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. siyang@psu.edu
Siyang
S
Zheng
Henry K
HK
Lin
Bo
B
Lu
Anthony
A
Williams
Ram
R
Datar
Richard J
RJ
Cote
Yu-Chong
YC
Tai
D001769:Blood; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002470:Cell Survival; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D055616:Microtechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*