A comparison of microfluidic methods for high-throughput cell deformability measurements
Urbanska M, Munoz HE, Bagnall JS, Otto O, Manalis SR, Di Carlo D, Guck J (2020)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2020
Journal
Book Volume: 17
Pages Range: 587-593
Journal Issue: 6
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-020-0818-8
Abstract
The mechanical phenotype of a cell is an inherent biophysical marker of its state and function, with many applications in basic and applied biological research. Microfluidics-based methods have enabled single-cell mechanophenotyping at throughputs comparable to those of flow cytometry. Here, we present a standardized cross-laboratory study comparing three microfluidics-based approaches for measuring cell mechanical phenotype: constriction-based deformability cytometry (cDC), shear flow deformability cytometry (sDC) and extensional flow deformability cytometry (xDC). All three methods detect cell deformability changes induced by exposure to altered osmolarity. However, a dose-dependent deformability increase upon latrunculin B-induced actin disassembly was detected only with cDC and sDC, which suggests that when exposing cells to the higher strain rate imposed by xDC, cellular components other than the actin cytoskeleton dominate the response. The direct comparison presented here furthers our understanding of the applicability of the different deformability cytometry methods and provides context for the interpretation of deformability measurements performed using different platforms.
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University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Technische Universität Dresden
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United States (USA) (US)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States (USA) (US)
Technische Universität Dresden
Germany (DE)
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APA:
Urbanska, M., Munoz, H.E., Bagnall, J.S., Otto, O., Manalis, S.R., Di Carlo, D., & Guck, J. (2020). A comparison of microfluidic methods for high-throughput cell deformability measurements. Nature Methods, 17(6), 587-593. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-020-0818-8
MLA:
Urbanska, Marta, et al. "A comparison of microfluidic methods for high-throughput cell deformability measurements." Nature Methods 17.6 (2020): 587-593.
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