浓度梯度微流控芯片在药物筛选中的应用

微流控芯片技术作为21世纪极具代表性的微型分析平台技术之一,以其试剂消耗低、分析微型化、可集成化、易于控制、自动化和良好的生物相容性等优点而成为研究热点,在生物、医学、食品和环境等多个领域都有杰出表现,尤其是药物筛选领域.其中备受关注的浓度梯度微流控芯片更是取得了显著成果.本文综述了近年来用于药物筛选的浓度梯度纸基芯片...     

微流控芯片毛细管电泳法检测细胞内活性氧与细胞凋亡关系

建立了微流控芯片毛细管电泳激光诱导荧光同时测定细胞内活性氧和凋亡信号的方法。先用AlexaFluor488 annexin V细胞凋亡试剂盒标记细胞凋亡的外翻磷脂酰丝氨酸,再用双氢罗丹明123(DHR123)标记细胞内活性氧,用PBS将细胞调整为终密度1.2×106cells/mL的细胞悬液。细胞群经反复冻融法破碎后,以20 mmol/L硼砂(pH 9.2)作电泳缓冲溶液,分离电压1.2 kV,进样时间60 s,1 min内可完成活性氧和细胞凋亡信号的同时测定。方法简单、快速,细胞内活性氧和DHR123的反应产物(Rh123)在0.5～3μmol/L浓度范围内线性关系良好,相关系数(r)为0.998,检出限(S/N=3)为0.058μmol/L,可用于细胞内活性氧的定量分析。测得HepG2肝癌细胞活性氧含量为0.16μmol/L,被阿霉素诱导凋亡后,细胞内活性氧含量升高至1.77μmol/L。     

微流控芯片细胞实验室

以作者所在课题组近年开展的研究工作为基础,阐述了微流控芯片细胞实验室的平台特征,并从细胞个体、群体和多细胞生命体研究等三个方面概述微流控芯片细胞实验室的应用对象特征,显示其在生物医学领域的应用前景。     

基于双向浓度梯度的微流控芯片系统对 肿瘤细胞侵袭能力的多重分析

利用微流控芯片易于模拟体内生理环境、 流体控制精确及易于集成等优势, 将基于扩散原理的浓度梯度形成结构与经典的圣诞树形浓度梯度发生器相集成, 建立了在垂直和水平方向上形成连续、 双向浓度梯度的微流控芯片系统, 采用该系统对不同类型细胞(HEK-293, MCF-7, SGC-7901)的侵袭力进行了定量分析; 通过在垂直方向上施加血清浓度梯度, 在水平方向上施加抗肿瘤药物十字孢碱浓度梯度, 分析了在连续药物浓度作用下的人胃癌SGC-7901细胞侵袭能力被抑制的情况, 同时观察并定量评价了伴随细胞侵袭力变化过程中细胞增殖能力受抑制的情况. 研究结果表明, 该系统可形成稳定的双向物质浓度梯度; 在血清浓度梯度存在情况下, 伴随十字孢碱浓度梯度的升高, 肿瘤细胞侵袭(P<0.0001)和增殖能力(P<0.001)均呈现浓度依赖性的连续降低. 建立的双向浓度梯度微流控芯片系统可用于评价复杂环境对细胞的多重影响, 也为研究细胞间相互作用、 多种药物联用及药物筛选等提供了良好的研究平台.     

微流控芯片上的细胞分析研究进展

近年来,微流控分析系统(μTAS)在生物细胞分离领域的发展引起了广泛的关注。微流控芯片的微米级尺寸的通道适合于单细胞样品的引入、操控、反应、分离和检测,已经在微芯片上实现了上述功能,并将这些功能集成在具备毛细管电泳分离功能的微芯片上。     

阵列微流控浓度梯度网络用于细胞-化学刺激反应研究

设计和制作了具有5组平行浓度梯度形成网络和30个细胞培养池的微流控芯片,该芯片集成了细胞接种、培养、梯度浓度化学刺激、标记和检测等功能单元。芯片为玻璃-PDMS杂合结构,微流控通道刻蚀于玻璃层。芯片细胞培养池设计了系列围堰结构以利于细胞贴壁。细胞接种、灌流培养和试剂引入通过外接微量注射泵控制完成。该芯片可以生成连续、稳定的平行浓度梯度。观察发现,围堰结构有利于细胞接种和生长,乳腺癌MCF-7细胞在芯片灌流培养条件下生长良好。利用该芯片检测了在接受As2O3和乙酰丝氨酸(NAC)梯度浓度刺激后乳腺癌MCF-7细胞内谷胱甘肽(GSH)水平以及细胞阿霉素敏感性的变化,分析乳腺癌细胞阿霉素敏感性与细胞内GSH水平的关系。MCF-7细胞内GSH水平的变化与刺激药物浓度呈剂量-效应依赖关系,在接受As2O3刺激后GSH水平有所下降;而在接受NAC刺激后GSH水平有所升高。MCF-7细胞阿霉素敏感性与GSH水平相关。在降低GSH水平后药物敏感性升高;而升高细胞内GSH水平后敏感性降低。这种阵列微流控浓度梯度网络可以用于高通量细胞-化学刺激反应研究,有潜力成为细胞水平大规模药物筛选的技术平台。     

微流控芯片技术-斑马鱼模型在药物筛选研究中的进展

斑马鱼作为一种重要的生物模型,为人类重大疾病的研究提供了更多的可行手段。然而传统的基于斑马鱼模型的研究常使用微孔板、烧杯或培养皿,方法通量及自动化程度低,且无法准确快速地提供药物刺激。微流控芯片作为一项新兴技术,以其独特的优势受到诸多科学工作者的青睐。该文对斑马鱼疾病模型的构建、基于微流控芯片和斑马鱼模型在药物筛选中的研究进展作了详细介绍和评价,并展望了其应用前景。     

微流控芯片分析化学实验室

以作者课题组近10年所开展的系统研究工作为基础, 介绍微流控芯片分析化学实验室操作单元构建及系统整体集成, 并特别关注芯片分析化学实验室在分子水平、细胞水平和模式生物水平的应用, 在科学研究层面上证明了这种置于芯片上的分析化学实验室的可行性, 显示了其在生物医学领域广阔的应用前景.     

微流控细胞芯片生命分析应用多元化

微流控芯片是现代生命科学研究领域的重要分析工具.结合研究者近年来开展的研究工作和取得的相关进展,本文主要介绍了微流控细胞芯片的功能特征,同时从动物细胞、植物细胞以及微生物细胞三方面系统阐述了微流控芯片生命分析多元化的发展现状,并对其应用前景进行了展望.     

基于阵列微流控细胞芯片的植物组分抗氧化活性分析

设计并制作了一种集成有8个重复6×6细胞培养单元的阵列微流控细胞芯片,以实现细胞培养和系列植物组分的细胞抗氧化活性(Cellular antioxidant activity,CAA)分析.芯片主要包含聚二甲基硅烷盖片、288个圆形培养腔体,48个独立平行通道的玻璃基底层,一次可完成8个样本的6个浓度筛选,并可在酶标仪上实现测试.槲皮素、芦丁和山奈酚等植物组分与芯片上培养的细胞作用24 h,细胞存活率大于90％.以芯片上培养的人肝癌细胞HepG2为细胞载体,以2',7'-二氯荧光素-乙酰乙酸酯(2',7'-Dichlorofluorescin diace-tate,DCFH-DA)为荧光探针,采用2,2'-偶氮二异丁基脒二盐酸盐(2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane)dihydrochlo-ride,ABAP)为细胞内活性氧(Reactive oxygen species,ROS)引发剂,测得槲皮素、芦丁、山奈酚等植物组分的CAA unit分别为71.42±0.19、74.31 ±0.36和69.92±0.09((x)±s,n=3),IC50分别为(7.20±0.06) μmol/L,(52.06±0.14) μmol/L,(32.55±0.03) μmol/L((x)±s,n=3).     

微流控技术筛选酶抑制剂的研究进展

随着近年新合成或提取的化合物大量涌现,药物筛选朝着快速、高效、高通量方向发展。微流控分析技术具有的分析微型化、高通量化、可集成化和良好的生物相容性等特点,为药物的筛选提供了新的方法和技术平台。本文简要介绍了酶抑制剂筛选,重点评述基于微流控技术筛选酶抑制剂的研究进展。     

Design of parallel microfluidic gradient-generating networks for studying cellular response to chemical stimuli

A microfluidic chip featuring laminar flow-based parallel gradient-generating networks was designed and fabricated. The microchip contains 5 gradient generators and 30 cell chambers where the resulting concentration gradients of drugs are delivered to stimulate on-chip cultured cells. The microfluidics exploits the advantage of lab-on-a-chip technology by integrating the generation of drug concentration gradients and a series of cell operations including seeding, culture, stimulation and staining into a chip. The microfluidic network was patterned on a glass wafer, which was further bonded to a PDMS film. A series of weir structures were fabricated on the cell culture reservoir to facilitate cell positioning and seeding. Cell injection and fluid delivery were controlled by a syringe pump. Steady parallel concentration gradients were generated by flowing two fluids in each network. Over time observation shows that the microchip was suitable for cell seeding and culture. The microchip described above was applied in studying the role of reduced glutathione (GSH) in mediating chemotherapy sensitivity of MCF-7 cells. MCF-7 cells were treated with concentration gradients of As₂O₃ and N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) for GSH modulation, followed by exposure to adriamycin. GSH levels were down-regulated upon As₂O₃ treatment and up-regulated upon NAC treatment. Suppression of intracellular GSH by treatment with As₂O₃ has been shown to increase sensitivity to adriamycin. Conversely, elevation of intracellular GSH by treatment with NAC leads to increased drug resistance. The integrated microfluidic chip is able to perform multiparametric pharmacological profiling with easy operation, and thus holds great potential for extrapolation to the cell based high-content drug screening. __________ Translated from Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2008, 36(2): 143–149     

化学发光检测在微流控芯片中的应用综述

综述了近年来化学发光检测在微流控芯片中的应用.指出微流控芯片(又称为"芯片实验室"或者"微型全分析系统")因具有小型化、集成化和自动化等特点而在近20年来日益受到关注,而化学发光检测具有仪器结构简单、背景噪音低、操作和维护成本低等优点,非常适合用作微流控芯片的检测手段.     

Drug cytotoxicity and signaling pathway analysis with three-dimensional tumor spheroids in a microwell-based microfluidic chip for drug screening

Currently, there has been a growing need for developing in vitro models to better reflect organism response to chemotherapy at tissue level. For this reason, a microfluidic platform was developed for mimicking physiological microenvironment of solid tumor with multicellular tumor spheroids (MTS) for anticancer drug screening. Importantly, the power of this system over traditional systems is that it is simple to operate and high integration in a more physiologically relevant context. As a proof of concept, long-term MTS cultures with uniform structure were realized on the microfluidic based platform. The response of doxorubicin and paclitaxel on different types of spheroids were simultaneously performed by in situ Live/Dead fluorescence stain to provide spatial distribution of dead cells as well as cytotoxicity information. In addition, the established platform combined with microplate reader was capable to determine the cytotoxicity of different sized MTS, showing a more powerful tool than cell staining examination at the end-point of assay. The HCT116 spheroids were then lysed on chip followed by signaling transduction pathway analysis. To our knowledge, the on chip drug screening study is the first to address the drug susceptibility testing and the offline detailed drug signaling pathway analysis combination on one system. Thus, this novel microfluidic platform provides a useful tool for drug screening with tumor spheroids, which is crucial for drug discovery and development.     

微流控芯片非接触电导检测法测定药片中盐酸奈福泮

建立了微流控芯片非接触电导检测法测定片剂中盐酸奈福泮含量的方法.探讨并优化了缓冲溶液种类和配比、添加剂、分离电压和进样时间等电泳分离条件.结果表明,以2mmol/L HAc+1mmol/L NaAc( pH4.5)不加添加剂为运行缓冲溶液,分离电压2.00 kV、进样时间10 s时,1min内可实现盐酸奈福泮快速分离检...     

基于微流控芯片-质谱联用的细胞分析研究进展

微流控芯片与质谱联用为细胞研究提供了一个很好的研究平台.质谱的高灵敏度和对化合物独特的鉴别能力可以从复杂的化学信息背景中筛选识别出微量目标物,是细胞分析理想的检测手段.本文重点综述了近年来基于微流控芯片-质谱联用技术的细胞研究进展,从芯片-电喷雾质谱(ESI-MS)接口技术、集成化的样品前处理技术、细胞的药物代谢和细胞相互作用研究及基质辅助激光解吸电离质谱(MALDI-MS)的细胞分析应用等方面总结了最新的方法和技术发展.并展望了芯片-质谱联用新技术应用于细胞分析的可能性.     

DC dielectrophoresis separation of marine algae and particles in a microfluidic chip

This paper reports a microfluidic method of continuous separation of marine algae and particles by DC dielectrophoresis. The locally non-uniform electric field is generated by an insulating PDMS triangle hurdle fabricated within a PDMS microchannel. Both the particles and algae are subject to negative DEP forces at the hurdle where the gradient of local electric-field strength is the strongest. The DEP force acting on the particle or the algae depends on particles’ or algae’s volume, shape and dielectric properties. Thus the moving particles and algae will be repelled to different streamlines when passing the hurdle. In this way, combined with the electroosmotic flow, continuous separation of algae of two different sizes, and continuous separation of polystyrene particles and algae with similar volume but different shape were achieved. This first demonstration of DC DEP separation of polystyrene particles and algae with similar sizes illustrates the great influence of dielectric properties on particle separation and potentials for sample pretreatment.     

Tunable magnetophoretic method for distinguishing and separating wear debris particles in an Fe-PDMS-based microfluidic chip

Wear debris analysis provides an early warning of mechanical transmission system aging and wear fault diagnosis, which has been widely used in machine health monitoring. The ability to detect and distinguish the ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic debris in oil is becoming an effective way to assess the health status of machinery. In this work, an Fe-poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)-based magnetophoretic method for the continuous separation of ferromagnetic iron particles by diameter and the isolation of ferromagnetic particles and nonmagnetic particles with similar diameter by type is developed. The particles experience magnetophoretic effects when passing through the vicinity of the Fe-PDMS where the strongest gradient of the magnetic fields exists. By choosing a relatively short distance between the magnet and the sidewall of the horizontal main channel and the length of Fe-PDMS with controlled particles flow rate, the diameter-dependent separation of ferromagnetic iron particles, that is, smaller than 7 µm, in the range of 8–12 µm, and larger than 14 µm, and the isolation of ferromagnetic iron particles and nonmagnetic aluminum particles based on opposite magnetophoretic behaviors by types are demonstrated, providing a potential method for the detection of wear debris particles with a high sensitivity and resolution and the diagnostic of mechanical system.