Guolei Li1, Yun Wang2, Guoliang Tan1, Yuan Liu1, Zhao Xu1, Hao Feng1, Wei Xing1, Zhifeng Xu1. 1. The First Surgery Department, Hebei Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050051, China. 2. Department of Medical Ultrasonics, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Circulating tumor cells (CTC) play an important role in the screening and prognosis of lung cancer, but the low efficiency and specificity of CTC isolation obviously restrict its clinical application. The purpose of this study is to explore a new and efficient isolation method of CTC in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in order to achieve the purpose of early diagnosis of NSCLC. METHODS: Three kinds of immunolipid magnetic spheres of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), vimentin and folic acid (FA) were prepared by thin film method. After characterization, the sorting scheme of cell line was explored, the optimal sorting scheme of NSCLC CTC was constructed, and its clinical application value was studied. RESULTS: The average capture efficiency of EGFR, Vimentin and FA magnetic spheres used alone and in combination to lung cancer cell lines was 78%, 79%, 82% and 91%, respectively. In 60 patients with lung cancer, using 2 CTC per 7.5 mL blood as cutoff value, the positive rates of EGFR, Vimentin and FA magnets used alone and in combination were 65.0%, 33.3%, 93.3% and 100%, respectively. It was also found that the number of CTC detected by combined use of the three magnetic spheres was correlated with clinical stages (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The combination of three kinds of magnetic spheres can separate EGFR+, Vimentin+, FA+ expressed CTC, which is beneficial to the downstream analysis of CTC correlation. This study provides a new method to improve the efficiency of NSCLC CTC capture, and verifies that the captured CTC counting method can be used in the auxiliary diagnosis of lung cancer.
BACKGROUND: Circulating tumor cells (CTC) play an important role in the screening and prognosis of lung cancer, but the low efficiency and specificity of CTC isolation obviously restrict its clinical application. The purpose of this study is to explore a new and efficient isolation method of CTC in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in order to achieve the purpose of early diagnosis of NSCLC. METHODS: Three kinds of immunolipid magnetic spheres of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), vimentin and folic acid (FA) were prepared by thin film method. After characterization, the sorting scheme of cell line was explored, the optimal sorting scheme of NSCLC CTC was constructed, and its clinical application value was studied. RESULTS: The average capture efficiency of EGFR, Vimentin and FA magnetic spheres used alone and in combination to lung cancer cell lines was 78%, 79%, 82% and 91%, respectively. In 60 patients with lung cancer, using 2 CTC per 7.5 mL blood as cutoff value, the positive rates of EGFR, Vimentin and FA magnets used alone and in combination were 65.0%, 33.3%, 93.3% and 100%, respectively. It was also found that the number of CTC detected by combined use of the three magnetic spheres was correlated with clinical stages (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The combination of three kinds of magnetic spheres can separate EGFR+, Vimentin+, FA+ expressed CTC, which is beneficial to the downstream analysis of CTC correlation. This study provides a new method to improve the efficiency of NSCLC CTC capture, and verifies that the captured CTC counting method can be used in the auxiliary diagnosis of lung cancer.
Characterization of Vimentin, FA, EGFR immunolipid magnetic spheres. A: Atomic force microscope observation picture of three magnetic spheres; B: Ultraviolet absorption spectra of three magnetic spheres; C: Prussian blue stained picture of three magnetic spheres; FA: folic acid; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor.
Capture efficiency of three kinds of magnetic spheres (Vimentin, FA, EGFR) and their mixtures on different lung cancer cells. A: A549 cells; B: HCC827 cells; C: NCI-H1650 cells; D: NCI-H3122 cells.
Vimentin、FA、EGFR免疫脂质磁球的表征。A:三种磁球的原子力显微镜观察图片; B:三种磁球的紫外吸收光谱图; C:三种磁球的普鲁士蓝染色图片。Characterization of Vimentin, FA, EGFR immunolipid magnetic spheres. A: Atomic force microscope observation picture of three magnetic spheres; B: Ultraviolet absorption spectra of three magnetic spheres; C: Prussian blue stained picture of three magnetic spheres; FA: folic acid; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor.三种磁球(Vimentin、FA、EGFR)及其混合物对不同肺癌细胞的捕获效率。A:A549细胞; B:HCC827细胞; C:NCI-H1650细胞; D:NCI-H3122细胞。Capture efficiency of three kinds of magnetic spheres (Vimentin, FA, EGFR) and their mixtures on different lung cancer cells. A: A549 cells; B: HCC827 cells; C: NCI-H1650 cells; D: NCI-H3122 cells.
Vimentin, EGFR, and FA immunolipid magnetic spheres captured CTC in clinical blood samples for fluorescence microscopy observations.
Vimentin、EGFR、FA三种免疫脂质磁球捕获临床血样中CTC的荧光显微镜观察结果。Vimentin, EGFR, and FA immunolipid magnetic spheres captured CTC in clinical blood samples for fluorescence microscopy observations.
The number and positive rate of CTC captured by the three magnetic spheres and their mixtures. A: Statistics of CTC in blood samples of lung cancer patients captured by three magnetic spheres and their mixtures; B: Three magnetic spheres and their mixtures were used to capture CTC from patients with lung cancer. CTC≥2 was positive, and CTC positive rates were counted.
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磁球混合物检出CTC总数与肺癌患者临床病理特征的相关性
Correlation between total CTC and clinicopathological characteristics of lung cancer patients detected by magnetic ball mixture
三种磁球及其混合物捕获的CTC数量与阳性率。A:三种磁球及其混合物捕获肺癌患者血样中的CTC数量统计; B:三种磁球及其混合物对肺癌患者CTC进行捕获, 以为CTC≥2为阳性, 统计CTC阳性率。The number and positive rate of CTC captured by the three magnetic spheres and their mixtures. A: Statistics of CTC in blood samples of lung cancerpatients captured by three magnetic spheres and their mixtures; B: Three magnetic spheres and their mixtures were used to capture CTC from patients with lung cancer. CTC≥2 was positive, and CTC positive rates were counted.磁球混合物检出CTC总数与肺癌患者临床病理特征的相关性Correlation between total CTC and clinicopathological characteristics of lung cancerpatients detected by magnetic ball mixture
Authors: Daniel S W Tan; Sue S Yom; Ming S Tsao; Harvey I Pass; Karen Kelly; Nir Peled; Rex C Yung; Ignacio I Wistuba; Yasushi Yatabe; Michael Unger; Philip C Mack; Murry W Wynes; Tetsuya Mitsudomi; Walter Weder; David Yankelevitz; Roy S Herbst; David R Gandara; David P Carbone; Paul A Bunn; Tony S K Mok; Fred R Hirsch Journal: J Thorac Oncol Date: 2016-05-23 Impact factor: 15.609