Circulating tumor cells (CTC) have the potential to be used clinically as a diagnostic tool and a treatment tool in the field of oncology. As a diagnostic tool, CTC may be used to indicate the presence of a tumor before the tumor is large enough to cause noticeable symptoms. As a treatment tool, CTC isolated from patients may be used to test the efficacy of chemotherapy options to personalize patient treatment. One way for tumors to spread is through metastasis via the circulatory system. CTC are able to exploit the natural leukocyte recruitment process that is initially mediated by rolling on transient selectin bonds. Our capture devices take advantage of this naturally occurring recruitment step to isolate CTC from whole blood by flowing samples through selectin and antibody-coated microtubes. Whole blood was spiked with a known concentration of labeled cancer cells and then perfused through pre-coated microtubes. Microtubes were then rinsed to remove unbound cells and the number of labeled cells captured on the lumen was assessed. CTC were successfully captured from whole blood at a clinically relevant level on the order of 10 cells per mL. Combination tubes with selectin and antibody coated surface exhibited higher capture rate than tubes coated with selectin alone or antibody alone. Additionally, CTC capture was demonstrated with the KG1a hematopoietic cell line and the Du145 epithelial cell line. Thus, the in vivo process of selectin-mediated CTC recruitment to distant vessel walls can be used in vitro to target CTC to a tube lumen. The microtube device can also be used to capture CTC of hematopoietic and epithelial tumor origin and is demonstrated sensitivity down to the order of 10 CTC per mL. In a related study aimed at reducing the blood borne metastatic cancer load, we have shown that cells captured to a surface can be neutralized by a receptor-mediated biochemical signal (Rana et al. 2008). In the proposed method we have shown that using a combined selecting and TRAIL (TNF Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand or Apo 2L) functionalized surface we are able to kill about 30% of the captured cells in a short duration of 1 hour whereas it took about 4 hours to kill the same proportion of cells without flow on a similarly functionalized. Here we have taken the approach a step further by showing that with very small doses of chemotherapeutic agents like Bortezomib, we can increase the kill rate of CTCs., thus allowing the device to function in senarios where the patient is undergoing treatment. We show here with leukemic cells that are treated with Bortezomib that we are able kill about 41% of the captured cells.
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ASME 2009 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
June 22–24, 2009
Pohang, South Korea
Conference Sponsors:
- Nanotechnology Institute
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978-0-7918-4349-9
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Flow-Based Isolation and Neutralization of Circulating Tumor Cells
Laura T. Western,
Laura T. Western
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Kuldeepsinh Rana,
Kuldeepsinh Rana
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Michael R. King
Michael R. King
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Laura T. Western
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Kuldeepsinh Rana
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Michael R. King
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Paper No:
ICNMM2009-82137, pp. 1287-1292; 6 pages
Published Online:
September 21, 2010
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Western, LT, Rana, K, & King, MR. "Flow-Based Isolation and Neutralization of Circulating Tumor Cells." Proceedings of the ASME 2009 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. ASME 2009 7th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels. Pohang, South Korea. June 22–24, 2009. pp. 1287-1292. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICNMM2009-82137
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