Abstract
Objective
The purpose of the article is to establish a quick enrichment and detection method using immunomagnetic beads and flow cytometry to analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood.
Results
After incubation with CD326-PE and CD45-APC antibodies, more than 60% MCF7 cells in M-Buffer could be detected while less than 10% of the same cells could be detected by flow cytometry (FCM) if spiked into blood. However, in combination with CD326 and CD45 immunomagnetic beads, detection rate of MCF7 cells in blood reached 57%. For circulating tumor cells, enrichment by CD326 and CD45 immunomagnetic beads improve the detection rate from nearly undetectable to more than 24.14%.
Conclusions
Live CTCs in peripheral blood can be effectively and sensitively detected by using a combination of immunomagnetic beads (CD45 and CD326) and flow cytometry.
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This work was supported by the 100-Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81572948, 21772201, 21703254), the co-operative grant from Anhui Medical University and Center of Medical Physics and Technology (No. LHJJ202007).
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Supplementary Figure 1—Enriched CTC could be effectively detected by flow cytometry. Four venous blood species from Patient 4-7 with malignant tumors were collected. 20 µL of each 5 mL collected blood sample were immediately incubated with CD45-APC and CD326-PE antibodies while the rest samples sequential underwent CD45 and CD326 immunomagnetic beads enrichment followed by fluorescence antibodies label. All four groups (un-enriched, CD45+, CD326- and CD326+) were harvested by 300g centrifuge at 4 °C, 15min and detected by FCM. Supplementary file 1 (TIF 3759 kb)
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Hu, L., Chen, X., Chen, M. et al. Enrichment and detection of circulating tumor cells by immunomagnetic beads and flow cytometry. Biotechnol Lett 43, 25–34 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-020-03007-8
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