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Ko SH, Park PJ, Han J. Continuous-flow macromolecular sieving in slanted nanofilter array: stochastic model and coupling effect of electrostatic and steric hindrance. LAB ON A CHIP 2023; 23:4422-4433. [PMID: 37655439 DOI: 10.1039/d3lc00405h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Microfabricated slanted nanofilter arrays are a promising technology for integrated biomolecule analysis systems such as online monitoring and point-of-care quality validation, due to their continuous-flow and one-step operation capability. However, an incomplete understanding of the system limits the performance and wider applications of slanted nanofilter arrays. In this paper, we present rigorous theoretical and experimental studies on macromolecule sieving in a slanted nanofilter array. From both stochastic and kinetic models, an explicit theoretical solution describing size-dependent molecule sieving was derived, which was validated using experimental sieving results obtained for various sieving conditions. Our results not only detail the relationship between sieving conditions and sieving efficiency but also demonstrate that sieving is affected by multiple hindrance effects (electrostatic hindrance), not steric hindrance alone. There is an optimal sieving condition for achieving the greatest separation efficiency for DNAs of a certain size range. Small DNA has great size selectivity in small nanofilters and in weak electric fields, whereas large DNA is present in large nanofilters and in strong electric fields. This study provides insights into designing a slanted nanofilter array for particular target applications and understanding the sieving principles in the nanofilter array.
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- Sung Hee Ko
- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
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- School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do, 27469, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142, USA
- BioSystsinems and Micromechanics (BioSyM), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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Kovář P, Tichý D, Slouka Z. Effect of channel geometry on ion-concentration polarization-based preconcentration and desalination. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2019; 13:064102. [PMID: 31700561 PMCID: PMC6824913 DOI: 10.1063/1.5124787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Polarization of the ion-selective systems results in the formation of ion-depleted and ion-concentrated zones in the electrolyte layers adjacent to the system. One can employ ion-concentration polarization for the removal of charged large molecules and small ions from the flowing liquid. Removal of large molecules from the flowing solution and their local accumulation is often referred to as preconcentration, removal of small ions as desalination. Here, we study the effect of the channel geometry on the removal of charged species from their water solutions experimentally. Straight, converging, and diverging channels equipped with a pair of heterogeneous cation-exchange membranes are compared in terms of their effect on preconcentration of an observable fluorescein dye and on desalination of water solution of potassium chloride. Our results show that preconcentration of the dye is not significantly affected by the channel geometry. The distance of the preconcentration band from one of the membranes was approximately the same in all tested channel geometries. The major difference was in the location of the band within the channel, when the conical channels localized the band at one of the channel walls. The straight channel showed a slightly broader range of applicable flow rates. The semibatch desalination of 0.01M KCl solution turned out to be more efficient in conical channels, which was associated with a larger volume of the channel available for the accumulation of the concentrated solution. Our results suggest that conical channels can be advantageously used in transforming the ion-concentration-polarization-based semibatch desalination into a fully continuous one.
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- Petr Kovář
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 3, Prague 6 16628, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 3, Prague 6 16628, Czech Republic
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Aoyama S, Monden K, Akiyama Y, Yamada M, Seki M. Enhanced Immunoadsorption on Imprinted Polymeric Microstructures with Nanoengineered Surface Topography for Lateral Flow Immunoassay Systems. Anal Chem 2019; 91:13377-13382. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Shuhei Aoyama
- Denka Innovation Center, Denka Co., Ltd., 3-5-1 Asahi-machi, Machida, Tokyo 194-8560, Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Denka Innovation Center, Denka Co., Ltd., 3-5-1 Asahi-machi, Machida, Tokyo 194-8560, Japan
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- Denka Innovation Center, Denka Co., Ltd., 3-5-1 Asahi-machi, Machida, Tokyo 194-8560, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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Aoyama S, Akiyama Y, Monden K, Yamada M, Seki M. Thermally imprinted microcone structure-assisted lateral-flow immunoassay platforms for detecting disease marker proteins. Analyst 2019; 144:1519-1526. [DOI: 10.1039/c8an01903g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lateral-flow immunoassay devices, incorporating thermally-imprinted microcone array structures, have been developed for detecting disease marker proteins.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Chiba University
- Chiba 263-8522
- Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Chiba University
- Chiba 263-8522
- Japan
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Ko SH, Chandra D, Ouyang W, Kwon T, Karande P, Han J. Nanofluidic device for continuous multiparameter quality assurance of biologics. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 12:804-812. [PMID: 28530715 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2017.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Process analytical technology (PAT) is critical for the manufacture of high-quality biologics as it enables continuous, real-time and on-line/at-line monitoring during biomanufacturing processes. The conventional analytical tools currently used have many restrictions to realizing the PAT of current and future biomanufacturing. Here we describe a nanofluidic device for the continuous monitoring of biologics' purity and bioactivity with high sensitivity, resolution and speed. Periodic and angled nanofilter arrays served as the molecular sieve structures to conduct a continuous size-based analysis of biologics. A multiparameter quality monitoring of three separate commercial biologic samples within 50 minutes has been demonstrated, with 20 µl of sample consumption, inclusive of dead volume in the reservoirs. Additionally, a proof-of-concept prototype system, which integrates an on-line sample-preparation system and the nanofluidic device, was demonstrated for at-line monitoring. Thus, the system is ideal for on-site monitoring, and the real-time quality assurance of biologics throughout the biomanufacturing processes.
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- Sung Hee Ko
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- BioSystems and Micromechanics (BioSyM) IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre 138602, Singapore
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Wei X, Syed A, Mao P, Han J, Song YA. Creating Sub-50 Nm Nanofluidic Junctions in PDMS Microfluidic Chip via Self-Assembly Process of Colloidal Particles. J Vis Exp 2016. [PMID: 27023724 DOI: 10.3791/54145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is the prevailing building material to make microfluidic devices due to its ease of molding and bonding as well as its transparency. Due to the softness of the PDMS material, however, it is challenging to use PDMS for building nanochannels. The channels tend to collapse easily during plasma bonding. In this paper, we present an evaporation-driven self-assembly method of silica colloidal nanoparticles to create nanofluidic junctions with sub-50 nm pores between two microchannels. The pore size as well as the surface charge of the nanofluidic junction is tunable simply by changing the colloidal silica bead size and surface functionalization outside of the assembled microfluidic device in a vial before the self-assembly process. Using the self-assembly of nanoparticles with a bead size of 300 nm, 500 nm, and 900 nm, it was possible to fabricate a porous membrane with a pore size of ~45 nm, ~75 nm and ~135 nm, respectively. Under electrical potential, this nanoporous membrane initiated ion concentration polarization (ICP) acting as a cation-selective membrane to concentrate DNA by ~1,700 times within 15 min. This non-lithographic nanofabrication process opens up a new opportunity to build a tunable nanofluidic junction for the study of nanoscale transport processes of ions and molecules inside a PDMS microfluidic chip.
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- Xi Wei
- Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD); Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
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- Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Biological Engineering, MIT
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- Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD); Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering;
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Advancements in ion concentration polarization made over the past three years are highlighted.
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- Min Li
- Department of Chemistry
- Iowa State University
- Ames
- USA
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Syed A, Mangano L, Mao P, Han J, Song YA. Creating sub-50 nm nanofluidic junctions in a PDMS microchip via self-assembly process of colloidal silica beads for electrokinetic concentration of biomolecules. LAB ON A CHIP 2014; 14:4455-60. [PMID: 25254651 PMCID: PMC4213239 DOI: 10.1039/c4lc00895b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In this work we describe a novel and simple self-assembly process of colloidal silica beads to create a nanofluidic junction between two microchannels. The nanoporous membrane was used to induce ion concentration polarization inside the microchannel and this electrokinetic preconcentration system allowed rapid concentration of DNA samples by ~1700 times and of protein samples by ~100 times within 5 minutes.
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- A Syed
- New York University Abu Dhabi, Division of Engineering, PO Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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Chu C, Li L, Li S, Li M, Ge S, Yu J, Yan M, Song X. Fluorescence-based immunoassay for human chorionic gonadotropin based on polyfluorene-coated silica nanoparticles and polyaniline-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Mikrochim Acta 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-013-1067-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Jia L, Lu Y, Shao J, Liang XJ, Xu Y. Nanoproteomics: a new sprout from emerging links between nanotechnology and proteomics. Trends Biotechnol 2013; 31:99-107. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2012.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Feng Cheow L, Bow H, Han J. Continuous-flow biomolecule concentration and detection in a slanted nanofilter array. LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:4441-4448. [PMID: 22955573 DOI: 10.1039/c2lc40195a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We demonstrate continuous-flow biomolecule concentration and detection in a microfabricated slanted sieving structure, which we term a herringbone nanofilter array (HNA). The HNA structure consists of periodically-patterned deep and shallow nanoslits meeting at right angles. In addition to concentration, we can discriminate different sized analytes by mixing a fluorescent probe with the sample and measuring the extent of the concentrating effect. Using this principle, we interrogate biomolecular interactions, including protein-DNA binding, protein-protein interaction and antibody-antigen binding. The final example demonstrates a novel method to perform a homogeneous immunoassay for detecting a disease marker, human C-reactive protein (CRP), using fluorescent-labeled antibodies at clinically relevant concentrations. The signal amplification potential and continuous flow operation provide a significant advantage over other microfluidic batch separation techniques for the easy integration of this device into a common point-of-care diagnostic platform.
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- Lih Feng Cheow
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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He M, Novak J, Julian BA, Herr AE. Membrane-assisted online renaturation for automated microfluidic lectin blotting. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:19610-3. [PMID: 22070432 PMCID: PMC3267544 DOI: 10.1021/ja207963f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aberrant glycosylation plays a pivotal role in a diverse set of diseases, including cancer. A microfluidic lectin blotting platform is introduced to enable and expedite the identification of protein glycosylation based on protein size and affinity for specific lectins. The integrated multistage assay eliminates manual intervention steps required for slab-gel lectin blotting, increases total assay throughput, limits reagent and sample consumption, and is completed using one instrument. The assay comprises non-reducing sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) followed by online post-sizing SDS filtration and lectin-based affinity blotting. Important functionality is conferred through both device and assay advances that enable integration of nanoporous membranes flanking a central microchamber to create sub-nanoliter volume compartments that trap SDS-protein complexes and allow electrophoretic SDS removal with buffer exchange. Recapitulation of protein binding for lectin was optimized through quantitative assessment of SDS-treated green fluorescent protein. Immunoglobulin A1 aberrantly glycosylated with galactose-deficient O-glycans was probed in ~6 min using ~3 μL of sample. This new microfluidic lectin blotting platform provides a rapid and automated assay for the assessment of aberrant glycosylation.
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- Mei He
- Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, United States
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- Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Wang Q, Zhang Y, Ding H, Wu J, Wang L, Zhou L, Pu Q. The use of ethylene glycol solution as the running buffer for highly efficient microchip-based electrophoresis in unmodified cyclic olefin copolymer microchips. J Chromatogr A 2011; 1218:9422-7. [PMID: 22099226 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.10.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An ethylene glycol solution was used as the electrophoretic running buffer in unmodified cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) microchips to minimize the interactions between the analytes and the hydrophobic walls of the plastic microchannels, enhance the resolution of the analytes and eliminate the uncontrollable dispersion caused by uneven liquid levels and non-uniform surfaces of the separation channels. Five amino acids that were labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) were used as model analytes to examine the separation efficiency. The effects of ethylene glycol concentration, pH and sodium tetraborate concentration were systematically investigated. The five FITC-labeled amino acids were effectively resolved using a COC microchip with an effective length of 2.5 cm under optimum conditions, which included using a running buffer of 20 mmol/L sodium tetraborate in ethylene glycol:water (80:20, v/v), pH 6.7. A theoretical plate number of 4.8 × 10(5)/m was obtained for aspartic acid. The system exhibited good repeatability, and the relative standard deviations (n=5) of the peak areas and migration times were no more than 3.4% and 0.7%, respectively. Furthermore, the system was successfully applied to elucidate these five amino acids in human saliva.
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- Qin Wang
- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization, Gansu Province, Sate Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, 222 Southern Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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This protocol describes regional photopatterning of polyacrylamide gels in glass microfluidic devices as a platform for seamless integration of multiple assay steps. The technology enables rapid, automated protein immunoblotting, demonstrated in this study for native western blotting. The fabrication procedure is straightforward and requires approximately 3 h from the start of gel photopatterning to completion of native protein western blotting, a substantial time savings over slab-gel immunoblotting. The assay itself requires less than 5 min. Importantly, all assay stages are programmably controlled by a high-voltage power supply and monitored by an epifluorescence microscope equipped with a charge-coupled device camera. Our approach overcomes severe limitations associated with conventional immunoblotting, including multiple steps requiring manual intervention, low throughput and substantial consumption of reagents. We also describe a simple chemical recycling protocol so that glass chips can be reused. The fabrication technique described forms the basis for a diverse suite of bioanalytical tools, including DNA/RNA blotting and multidimensional separations.
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- Mei He
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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Profiling of protein biomarkers is powerful for the analysis of complex proteomes altered during the progression of diseases. Lab-on-a-chip technologies can potentially provide the throughput and efficiency required for point-of-care and clinical applications. While initial studies utilized 1D microchip separation techniques, researchers have recently developed novel 2D microchip separation platforms with the ability to profile thousands of proteins more effectively. Despite advancements in lab-on-a-chip technologies, very few reports have demonstrated a point-of-care microchip-based profiling of proteins. In this review, recent progress in 1D and 2D microchip profiling of protein mixtures of a biological sample with potential point-of-care applications are discussed. A selection of recent microchip immunoassay-based techniques is also highlighted.
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Hou C, Herr AE. Ultrashort separation length homogeneous electrophoretic immunoassays using on-chip discontinuous polyacrylamide gels. Anal Chem 2010; 82:3343-51. [PMID: 20334346 DOI: 10.1021/ac100182j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To realize efficient homogeneous electrophoretic immunoassays, we introduce discontinuous polyacrylamide gels that enable quantitative assay completion in separation lengths as short as 350 mum in <10 s. The discontinuous cross-linked gels reduce the required electrophoretic separation lengths and thereby significantly reduce the required applied electrical potentials needed to achieve 100's V/cm electric field strengths for rapid electrophoresis. To optimize the discontinuous polyacrylamide gel assay format, we demonstrate development of a two-color homogeneous electrophoretic immunoassay for concurrent quantitation of C reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) for monitoring inflammatory response. To achieve necessary pore-size control at the gel discontinuity, an optimized mask-based fabrication protocol is introduced. The fabrication approach improves electrophoretic separations using the discontinuous separation gels by eliminating two confounding phenomena: (1) smaller than desired pores at the discontinuity which result in undesired physical exclusion of large-species and (2) an associated transition from small to large pores aft of the interface which acts to "destack" analyte bands during the separation. With the use of the optimized discontinuous separation gels, both assays were linear and quantitative over a two-log detection range, with a lower limit of detection of 11 ng/mL for CRP and 40 ng/mL for TNF-alpha. An optimal single-point detector location was identified by balancing the separation resolution and assay duration constraints. The ultrashort separation distance electrophoretic assays developed here provide flexibility in chip and instrument design by relaxing electrical potential requirements and expanding the possibilities for assay multiplexing, therefore addressing important design considerations when developing field-portable diagnostic assays for near-patient environments.
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- Chenlu Hou
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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He M, Herr AE. Polyacrylamide gel photopatterning enables automated protein immunoblotting in a two-dimensional microdevice. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:2512-3. [PMID: 20131779 DOI: 10.1021/ja910164d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We demonstrate a two-dimensional microfluidic architecture that integrates polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) with immunoblotting in a fully automated format. This assay is designed to overcome performance limitations of conventional slab-gel immunoblotting, including multiple manual interventions, low-throughput transfer and blotting, and substantial consumption of reagents and sample. To unify PAGE with blotting in one device, this microfluidic approach makes use of high-resolution regional photopatterning of multiple polyacrylamide gel elements, and automated electrophoretic transport. A complete native immunoblot of free prostate specific antigen from human seminal fluid is demonstrated in less than 5 min. Further, the characterization of post-PAGE electrophoretic transfer showed high efficiency and minimal sample dispersion.
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- Mei He
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Arora A, Simone G, Salieb-Beugelaar GB, Kim JT, Manz A. Latest Developments in Micro Total Analysis Systems. Anal Chem 2010; 82:4830-47. [PMID: 20462185 DOI: 10.1021/ac100969k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 372] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Arun Arora
- KIST Europe, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Campus E71, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany, FRIAS, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, IMTEK, Institute for Microsystem Technology, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany, and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology/Lab-on-a-Chip Group, Twente University, Building Carré, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- KIST Europe, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Campus E71, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany, FRIAS, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, IMTEK, Institute for Microsystem Technology, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany, and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology/Lab-on-a-Chip Group, Twente University, Building Carré, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- KIST Europe, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Campus E71, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany, FRIAS, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, IMTEK, Institute for Microsystem Technology, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany, and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology/Lab-on-a-Chip Group, Twente University, Building Carré, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- KIST Europe, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Campus E71, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany, FRIAS, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, IMTEK, Institute for Microsystem Technology, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany, and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology/Lab-on-a-Chip Group, Twente University, Building Carré, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- KIST Europe, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Campus E71, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany, FRIAS, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, IMTEK, Institute for Microsystem Technology, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany, and MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology/Lab-on-a-Chip Group, Twente University, Building Carré, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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