title: Microfluidic genome-wide profiling of intrinsic electrical properties in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Methods to analyze the intrinsic physical properties of cells - for example, size, density, rigidity, or electrical properties - are an active area of interest in the microfluidics community. Although the physical properties of cells are determined at a fundamental level by gene expression, the relationship between the two remains exceptionally complex and poorly characterized, limiting the adoption of intrinsic separation technologies. To improve our current understanding of how a cell's genotype maps to a measurable physical characteristic and quantitatively investigate the potential of using these characteristics as biomarkers, we have developed a novel screen that combines microfluidic cell sorting with high-throughput sequencing and the haploid yeast deletion library to identify genes whose functions modulate one such characteristic - intrinsic electrical properties. Using this screen, we are able to establish a high-content electrical profile of the haploid yeast gene deletion strains. We find that individual genetic deletions can appreciably alter the electrical properties of cells, affecting ~10% of the 4432 gene deletion strains screened. Additionally, we find that gene deletions affecting electrical properties in specific ways (i.e. increasing or decreasing effective conductivity at higher or lower electric field frequencies) are strongly associated with an enriched subset of fundamental biological processes that can be traced to specific pathways and complexes. The screening approach demonstrated here and the attendant results are immediately applicable to the intrinsic separations community.
authors: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors: Michael D
authors: MD
authors: Vahey
authors: Laia
authors: L
authors: Quiros Pesudo
authors: J Peter
authors: JP
authors: Svensson
authors: Leona D
authors: LD
authors: Samson
authors: Joel
authors: J
authors: Voldman
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004867:Equipment Design; D017353:Gene Deletion; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006238:Haploidy; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D021381:Protein Transport; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
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