Immunoengineered magnetic-quantum dot nanobead system for the isolation and detection of circulating tumor cells

JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY(2021)

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Background Highly efficient capture and detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) remain elusive mainly because of their extremely low concentration in patients’ peripheral blood. Methods We present an approach for the simultaneous capturing, isolation, and detection of CTCs using an immuno-fluorescent magnetic nanobead system (iFMNS) coated with a monoclonal anti-EpCAM antibody. Results The developed antibody nanobead system allows magnetic isolation and fluorescent-based quantification of CTCs. The expression of EpCAM on the surface of captured CTCs could be directly visualized without additional immune-fluorescent labeling. Our approach is shown to result in a 70–95% capture efficiency of CTCs, and 95% of the captured cells remain viable. Using our approach, the isolated cells could be directly used for culture, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and immunocytochemistry (ICC) identification. We applied iFMNS for testing CTCs in peripheral blood samples from a lung cancer patient. Conclusions It is suggested that our iFMNS approach would be a promising tool for CTCs enrichment and detection in one step. Graphic abstract
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Magnetic nanoparticle, Quantum dots, Fluorescent magnetic nanobeads, Circulating tumor cells, Simultaneous capture and detection
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