Research on the Method of Detecting TPN-Labeled Tumor Cells in Pleural Effusion Based on the Microfluidic Chip
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Materials
2.1.1. Cultured Cell Lines
2.1.2. Clinical Pleural Effusion and Different Types of Pleural Effusion Cells
2.1.3. Microfluid Chip
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Cell Labeling with the TPN Probe
2.2.2. Cell Staining with DAPI
2.2.3. HE (Hematoxylin–Eosin) Staining of Cells
2.2.4. Preparation of Cell Suspension
2.2.5. Analysis of Fluorescence Intensity
2.2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. The Structure and Principle of the Microfluidic Chip
3.2. Exploration of Microarray Operating Parameters
3.3. Observation of the Performance of Mitochondrial Labeling of Specific Tumor Marker TPN
3.4. Investigation of the Performance of TPN-Labeled Cells on a Microfluidic Chip
3.5. TPN Marking of Cells in Clinical Pleural Effusions
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Projects | A549 | MCF-7 | Hela |
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Purity (%) | 94.1~96.8 | 98.5~99.3 | 98.1~98.7 |
Purity fold (X) | 3.15~3.23 | 3.28~3.31 | 3.27~3.29 |
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Xun, X.; Song, S.; Luan, Y.; Long, X.; Zhang, P.; Zheng, Y.; Sun, X. Research on the Method of Detecting TPN-Labeled Tumor Cells in Pleural Effusion Based on the Microfluidic Chip. Micromachines 2024, 15, 981. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15080981
Xun X, Song S, Luan Y, Long X, Zhang P, Zheng Y, Sun X. Research on the Method of Detecting TPN-Labeled Tumor Cells in Pleural Effusion Based on the Microfluidic Chip. Micromachines. 2024; 15(8):981. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15080981
Chicago/Turabian StyleXun, Xiaoyi, Shuang Song, Yiran Luan, Xiaoyue Long, Peilan Zhang, Yuqun Zheng, and Xuguo Sun. 2024. "Research on the Method of Detecting TPN-Labeled Tumor Cells in Pleural Effusion Based on the Microfluidic Chip" Micromachines 15, no. 8: 981. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15080981