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Abraham DH, Anttila MM, Gallion LA, Petersen BV, Proctor A, Allbritton NL. Design of an automated capillary electrophoresis platform for single-cell analysis. Methods Enzymol 2019; 628:191-221. [PMID: 31668230 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2019.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Single-cell analysis of cellular contents by highly sensitive analytical instruments is known as chemical cytometry. A chemical cytometer typically samples one cell at a time, quantifies the cellular contents of interest, and then processes and reports that data. Automation adds the potential to perform this entire sequence of events with minimal intervention, increasing throughput and repeatability. In this chapter, we discuss the design considerations for an automated capillary electrophoresis-based instrument for assay of enzymatic activity within single cells. We describe the key requirements of the microscope base and capillary electrophoresis platforms. We also provide detailed protocols and schematic designs of our cell isolation, lysis, sampling, and detection strategies. Additionally, we describe our signal processing and instrument automation workflows. The described automated system has demonstrated single-cell throughput at rates above 100cells/h and analyte limits of detection as low as 10-20mol.
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- David H Abraham
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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Stenken JA, Poschenrieder AJ. Bioanalytical chemistry of cytokines--a review. Anal Chim Acta 2015; 853:95-115. [PMID: 25467452 PMCID: PMC4717841 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Revised: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cytokines are bioactive proteins produced by many different cells of the immune system. Due to their role in different inflammatory disease states and maintaining homeostasis, there is enormous clinical interest in the quantitation of cytokines. The typical standard methods for quantitation of cytokines are immunoassay-based techniques including enzyme-linked immusorbent assays (ELISA) and bead-based immunoassays read by either standard or modified flow cytometers. A review of recent developments in analytical methods for measurements of cytokine proteins is provided. This review briefly covers cytokine biology and the analysis challenges associated with measurement of these biomarker proteins for understanding both health and disease. New techniques applied to immunoassay-based assays are presented along with the uses of aptamers, electrochemistry, mass spectrometry, optical resonator-based methods. Methods used for elucidating the release of cytokines from single cells as well as in vivo collection methods are described.
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- Julie A Stenken
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA; Pharmaceutical Radiochemistry, Technische Universität München, Walther-Meißner-Street 3, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Direct digestion of proteins in living cells into peptides for proteomic analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 407:1027-32. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-8173-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Revised: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Miyashita SI, Groombridge AS, Fujii SI, Takatsu A, Chiba K, Inagaki K. Time-resolved ICP-MS measurement: a new method for elemental and multiparametric analysis of single cells. ANAL SCI 2014; 30:219-24. [PMID: 24521907 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.30.219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Time-resolved inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has attracted much attention for elemental and multiparametric analysis of single cells, instead of a classical bulk analysis of large amount of cells after a dissolution. In the time-resolved measurement, cells are directly introduced into the plasma via nebulizing or micro drop dispensing, and then ion plumes corresponding to single cells are individually detected with a high time resolution. The sensitivity and cell throughput in the measurement strongly depend on the time resolution. A high cell introduction efficiency into the plasma supports for a reduction of cell consumption. Biomolecules can also be measured through the attachment of elemental tags, and then the amount distribution of elements and biomolecules in single cells can be evaluated, while providing information concerning cell-to-cell variations. By applying ICP time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ICP-TOFMS), multiparametric analysis of elements and biomolecules can be achieved similar to that by a flow cytometer. This article highlights the technical aspects of the time-resolved ICP-MS measurement technique for elemental and multiparametric analysis of single cells.
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- Shin-ichi Miyashita
- Environmental Standards Section, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
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Jiang D, Sims CE, Allbritton NL. Single-cell analysis of phosphoinositide 3-kinase and phosphatase and tensin homolog activation. Faraday Discuss 2011; 149:187-200; discussion 227-45. [PMID: 21221426 DOI: 10.1039/c005362g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A single-cell assay was developed to measure the activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) using microanalytical chemical separations and a fluorescently labeled lipid substrate. Phosphatidyl-inositol 4,5 bisphosphate labeled on its acyl chain with Bodipy fluorescein (Bodipy Fl PIP(2)) was utilized as a substrate for both in vitro and cell-based assays. Detection limits for the substrate and product of the PI3K reaction were 10 to 20 zeptomol. In vitro assays with PI3K with and without pharmacologic inhibitors demonstrated that Bodipy Fl PIP(2) was converted to phosphatidyl-inositol 3,4,5 trisphosphate (Bodipy Fl PIP(3)). Bodipy Fl PIP(3) could be back converted to Bodipy Fl PIP(2) by the phosphatase PTEN. When Bodipy Fl PIP(2) was added to a cell lysate, 1.4 fmol of the Bodipy Fl PIP(3) were produced per ng of protein in the cytoplasmic extract in 10 min. Addition of Bodipy Fl PIP(3) to a cell lysate yielded 3 fmol of Bodipy Fl PIP(2) per ng of protein in 8 min. Both Bodipy Fl PIP(2) and Bodipy Fl PIP(3) were measureable in single cells and the two species could be inter-converted. Under the appropriate conditions, a fluorescent diacylglycerol was also detected in single cells. When the FcepsilonR 1 receptor on the cells loaded with the fluorescent lipid was cross-linked, the amount of Bodipy Fl PIP(3) generated per cell increased 4-fold over that of unstimulated cells. This production of Bodipy Fl PIP(3) was blocked by wortmannin. Chemical cytometry utilizing the fluorescent lipids will be of value in understanding lipid metabolism at the single-cell level.
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- Dechen Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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TSUYAMA N, MIZUNO H, MASUJIMA T. Mass Spectrometry for Cellular and Tissue Analyses in a Very Small Region. ANAL SCI 2011; 27:163-70. [DOI: 10.2116/analsci.27.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Naohiro TSUYAMA
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University
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- Richard N. Zare
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080;
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- Polymer Research Institute and National Core Research Center for Systems Bio-Dynamics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk, Korea;
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Mellors JS, Jorabchi K, Smith LM, Ramsey JM. Integrated microfluidic device for automated single cell analysis using electrophoretic separation and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2010; 82:967-73. [PMID: 20058879 PMCID: PMC2836921 DOI: 10.1021/ac902218y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A microfabricated fluidic device was developed for the automated real-time analysis of individual cells using capillary electrophoresis (CE) and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). The microfluidic structure incorporates a means for rapid lysis of single cells within a free solution electrophoresis channel, where cellular constituents were separated, and an integrated electrospray emitter for ionization of separated components. The eluent was characterized using mass spectrometry. Human erythrocytes were used as a model system for this study. In this monolithically integrated device, cell lysis occurs at a channel intersection using a combination of rapid buffer exchange and an increase in electric field strength. An electroosmotic pump is incorporated at the end of the electrophoretic separation channel to direct eluent to the integrated electrospray emitter. The dissociated heme group and the alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin from individual erythrocytes were detected as cells continuously flowed through the device. The average analysis throughput was approximately 12 cells per minute, demonstrating the potential of this method for high-throughput single cell analysis.
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- J Scott Mellors
- Department of Chemistry, Chapman Hall Room 251, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3216, USA
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Wang X, Song Y, Song M, Wang Z, Li T, Wang H. Fluorescence Polarization Combined Capillary Electrophoresis Immunoassay for the Sensitive Detection of Genomic DNA Methylation. Anal Chem 2009; 81:7885-91. [DOI: 10.1021/ac901681k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Xiaoli Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100085
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Moco S, Schneider B, Vervoort J. Plant Micrometabolomics: The Analysis of Endogenous Metabolites Present in a Plant Cell or Tissue. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:1694-703. [DOI: 10.1021/pr800973r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Sofia Moco
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, and Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, and Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, and Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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Goff KL, Quaroni L, Wilson KE. Measurement of metabolite formation in single living cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using synchrotron Fourier-Transform Infrared spectromicroscopy. Analyst 2009; 134:2216-9. [DOI: 10.1039/b915810c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Boardman AK, McQuaide SC, Zhu C, Whitmore CD, Lidstrom ME, Dovichi NJ. Interface of an array of five capillaries with an array of one-nanoliter wells for high-resolution electrophoretic analysis as an approach to high-throughput chemical cytometry. Anal Chem 2008; 80:7631-4. [PMID: 18717573 DOI: 10.1021/ac800890b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report a system that allows the simultaneous aspiration of one or more cells into each of five capillaries for electrophoresis analysis. A glass wafer was etched to create an array of 1-nL wells. The glass was treated with poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) to control cell adherence. A suspension of formalin-fixed cells was placed on the surface, and cells were allowed to settle. The concentration of cells and the settling time were chosen so that there was, on average, one cell per well. Next, an array of five capillaries was placed so that the tip of each capillary was in contact with a single well. A pulse of vacuum was applied to the distal end of the capillaries to aspirate the content of each well into a capillary. Next, the tips of the capillaries were placed in running buffer and potential was applied. The cells lysed upon contact with the running buffer, and fluorescent components were detected at the distal end of the capillaries by laser-induced fluorescence. The electrophoretic separation efficiency was outstanding, generating over 750,000 theoretical plates (1,800,000 plates/m). In this example, AtT-20 cells were used that had been treated with TMR-G(M1). The cells were allowed to metabolize this substrate into a series of products before the cells were fixed. The number of cells found in each well was estimated visually under the microscope and was described by a Poisson distribution with mean of 0.98 cell/well. This system provides an approach to high-throughput chemical cytometry.
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- Anna K Boardman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle Washington 98195, USA
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van der Spoel AC, Mott R, Platt FM. Differential sensitivity of mouse strains to an N-alkylated imino sugar: glycosphingolipid metabolism and acrosome formation. Pharmacogenomics 2008; 9:717-31. [PMID: 18518850 PMCID: PMC2749735 DOI: 10.2217/14622416.9.6.717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This review deals with the pharmacological properties of an alkylated monosaccharide mimetic, N-butyldeoxynojirimycin (NB-DNJ). This compound is of pharmacogenetic interest because one of its biological effects in mice - impairment of spermatogenesis, leading to male infertility - depends greatly on the genetic background of the animal. In susceptible mice, administration of NB-DNJ perturbs the formation of an organelle, the acrosome, in early post-meiotic male germ cells. In all recipient mice, irrespective of reproductive phenotype, NB-DNJ has a similar biochemical effect: inhibition of the glucosylceramidase beta-glucosidase 2 and subsequent elevation of glucosylceramide, a glycosphingolipid. The questions that we now need to address are: how can glucosylceramide specifically affect early acrosome formation, and why is this contingent on genetic factors? Here we discuss relevant aspects of reproductive biology, the metabolism and cell biology of sphingolipids, and complex trait analysis; we also present a speculative model that takes our observations into account.
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK E-mail:
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Prinz A, Reither G, Diskar M, Schultz C. Fluorescence and bioluminescence procedures for functional proteomics. Proteomics 2008; 8:1179-96. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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