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  • 简介:Overthepastdecades,cellsurfacecharge,althoughexperimentallyobserved,hasnotbeenwellunderstoodparticularlyfromtheviewpointofbiophysics.Ourrecentstudieshaveshownthatallcancercellsexhib让negativesurfacechargesthataredirectlyproportionaltothesecretedlacticacid,auniquecancermetaboliccharacteristic:highrateofglycolysis.Wehavethereforedesignedanddevelopedasetofelectrically-charged,fluorescent,andsuper-paramagneticnanoprobes,capableofsensitivedetectionofcancercellsbasedonthesurfacecharges.Theseprobesareutilizedtobindontocellsviaelectrostaticreactionforcaptureandmagneticseparation.Inthisfashion,weareabletocharacterizecellsurfacechargesthatareregulatedbydifferentmetabolicpatterns,thereforeeffectivelydistinguishingthecancercellsfromthenormalcells.All22cancercellsofdifferentorgansarefoundtobenegativelychargedthereforeboundstronglybythepositively-chargednanoprobes,whereasthenormalcellsshowinsignificantbindingtothenanoprobesofeitherchargesigns(positiveornegative).Thisfindingsuggeststhatalltestedcancercellsarenegatively-chargedandnormalcellsareeithercharge-neutralorslightlypositive.Fordiagnosis,cancercellscanbedetected,electrostaticallybound,andmagneticallyseparatedinbloodbychargedandsuper-paramagneticnanoprobes.Intherapeutics,circulatingcancercells(CTCs)canbefilteredandremovedinacontinuousfashiontoreducetheriskofcancermetastasis.Ifsuccessful,thisnewnanotechnologywillrevolutionizeearlycancerdiagnosisandpotentiallyenablenewtherapeuticsinclinicalsettings.

  • 标签: NANOTECHNOLOGY Cancer CELL CELL SURFACE charge