Issue 40, 2021

Engineered multifunctional metal–phenolic nanocoatings for label-free capture and “self-release” of heterogeneous circulating tumor cells

Abstract

Immunomagnetic beads have been widely explored as an important analytical tool for the rapid and sensitive detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). However, their clinical application is seriously hindered by the tedious preparation procedures and heterogeneous nature of CTCs. To this end, a designed multifunctional platform named Fe3O4@TA/CuII superparamagnetic nanoparticles (SPMNPs) is expected to have the following features: (i) the formation of a tannic acid–copper (II) ion (TA/CuII) coating which could be accomplished by a one-step method is very simple; (ii) the TA/CuII coating shows high affinity for heterogeneous CTCs and good resistance to nonspecific adhesion of blood cells; (iii) “self-release” of the captured cells could be achieved as the TA/CuII coating gradually degrades in the cell culture environment without any additional interventions. Therefore, the resulting Fe3O4@TA/CuII SPMNPs could capture various CTCs (MCF-7, HepG2 and HeLa cells) with different expression levels of the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM). And the capture efficiency and cell purity can reach 88% and 87%, respectively. In addition, 68% of the captured cells are self-released after 6 h of incubation and most of the released cells show high cell proliferation activity. In particular, Fe3O4@TA/CuII SPMNPs can successfully detect 1–13 CTCs from 1 mL of blood of 14 patients with 6 types of cancers. Hence, we expect that the as-prepared Fe3O4@TA/CuII SPMNPs with simple, efficient, and universal yet cost-efficient characteristics could act as a promising analytical tool for clinical CTC detection.

Graphical abstract: Engineered multifunctional metal–phenolic nanocoatings for label-free capture and “self-release” of heterogeneous circulating tumor cells

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 jun 2021
Accepted
20 aug 2021
First published
23 aug 2021

Nanoscale, 2021,13, 16923-16931

Engineered multifunctional metal–phenolic nanocoatings for label-free capture and “self-release” of heterogeneous circulating tumor cells

Y. Liu, X. Wang, Y. Zhou, G. Yang, J. Hou and S. Zhou, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 16923 DOI: 10.1039/D1NR04112F

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