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Title: Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance

Abstract

Highlights: • Microvesiculating cells record loss of mass on a Quartz Crystal Microbalance. • Using the Quartz Crystal Microbalance microvesicles are measured at 0.24 pg. • The QCM-D reveals loss in viscoelastic properties in microvesiculating cells. - Abstract: Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance with dissipation monitoring, QCM-D (label-free system) measuring changes in resonant frequency (Δf) that equate to mass deposited on a sensor, we showed the attachment, over a 60 min period, of a monolayer of PC3 cells to the gold electrodes of the quartz crystal sensor, which had been rendered hydrophilic. That MVs were released upon BzATP stimulation of cells was confirmed by NTA analysis (average 250 nm diameter), flow cytometry, showing high phosphatidylserine exposition and by fluorescent (Annexin V Alexa Fluor® 488-positive) and electron microscopy. Over a period of 1000s (16.7 min) during which early apoptosis increased from 4% plateauing at 10% and late apoptosis rose to 2%, the Δf increased 20 Hz, thereupon remaining constant for the last 1000s of the experiment. Using the Sauerbrey equation, the loss in mass, which corresponded to the release of 2.36 × 10{sup 6} MVs, was calculated to be 23 ng. We therefore estimated the mass of an MV to bemore » 0.24 pg. With the deposition on the QCM-D of 3.5 × 10{sup 7} MVs over 200s, the decrease in Δf (Hz) gave an estimate of 0.235 pg per MV.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ; ;  [1];  [1]
  1. Cellular and Molecular Immunology Research Centre, School of Human Sciences, London Metropolitan University, London (United Kingdom)
  2. University College London School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22416805
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 453; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0006-291X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; APOPTOSIS; CRYSTALS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; MICROBALANCES; NEOPLASMS; NTA; PROSTATE; QUARTZ; SENSORS; STIMULATION

Citation Formats

Stratton, Dan, Lange, Sigrun, Kholia, Sharad, Jorfi, Samireh, Antwi-Baffour, Samuel, and Inal, Jameel. Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/J.BBRC.2014.09.132.
Stratton, Dan, Lange, Sigrun, Kholia, Sharad, Jorfi, Samireh, Antwi-Baffour, Samuel, & Inal, Jameel. Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BBRC.2014.09.132
Stratton, Dan, Lange, Sigrun, Kholia, Sharad, Jorfi, Samireh, Antwi-Baffour, Samuel, and Inal, Jameel. 2014. "Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BBRC.2014.09.132.
@article{osti_22416805,
title = {Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance},
author = {Stratton, Dan and Lange, Sigrun and Kholia, Sharad and Jorfi, Samireh and Antwi-Baffour, Samuel and Inal, Jameel},
abstractNote = {Highlights: • Microvesiculating cells record loss of mass on a Quartz Crystal Microbalance. • Using the Quartz Crystal Microbalance microvesicles are measured at 0.24 pg. • The QCM-D reveals loss in viscoelastic properties in microvesiculating cells. - Abstract: Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance with dissipation monitoring, QCM-D (label-free system) measuring changes in resonant frequency (Δf) that equate to mass deposited on a sensor, we showed the attachment, over a 60 min period, of a monolayer of PC3 cells to the gold electrodes of the quartz crystal sensor, which had been rendered hydrophilic. That MVs were released upon BzATP stimulation of cells was confirmed by NTA analysis (average 250 nm diameter), flow cytometry, showing high phosphatidylserine exposition and by fluorescent (Annexin V Alexa Fluor® 488-positive) and electron microscopy. Over a period of 1000s (16.7 min) during which early apoptosis increased from 4% plateauing at 10% and late apoptosis rose to 2%, the Δf increased 20 Hz, thereupon remaining constant for the last 1000s of the experiment. Using the Sauerbrey equation, the loss in mass, which corresponded to the release of 2.36 × 10{sup 6} MVs, was calculated to be 23 ng. We therefore estimated the mass of an MV to be 0.24 pg. With the deposition on the QCM-D of 3.5 × 10{sup 7} MVs over 200s, the decrease in Δf (Hz) gave an estimate of 0.235 pg per MV.},
doi = {10.1016/J.BBRC.2014.09.132},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22416805}, journal = {Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications},
issn = {0006-291X},
number = 3,
volume = 453,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}