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Impedance Analysis of Single Melanoma Cells in Microfluidic Devices
Authors:Yang Chiang  Ling‐Sheng Jang  Sung‐Lin Tsai  Ming‐Kun Chen  Min‐Haw Wang
Affiliation:1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan;2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
Abstract:The electrical impedance analysis of single cells can provide information on cells’ pathological condition in various environments. Cell electrical properties are affected by factors such as the location, adhesion, and size of the cell. The proposed microfluidic device captures a single cell, maintains growth conditions, and allows single‐melanoma‐cell impedance to be measured using an impedance analyzer and a function generator. The rate of impedance variation (ROIV) can be used to determine cell growth conditions. Cellular apoptosis affects cell size and membrane surface area, and thus the electrical properties of cells. At 24 h without Antrodia cinnamomea (AC) addition, ROIV was 15.23 %, 17.04 %, and 12.60 % at temperatures of 34 °C, 37 °C, and 40 °C, respectively. At 24 h and 37 °C, ROIV was 17.04 %, 40.37 %, and 45.02 % for AC concentrations of 0, 20, and 40 µL/mL, respectively. The results show that the cell impedance variation of cells cultured without AC is much lower than that of cells cultured with AC. Regarding cellular morphology, with AC addition, the cells shrank obviously after 24 h, whereas they barely shrank without AC addition.
Keywords:Single‐cell analysis (SCA)  Antrodia cinnamomea (AC)  Electric cell‐substrate impedance sensing (ECIS)  Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)  Apoptosis
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