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Single cell counting method and system

A single-cell and cell-based technology, applied in the field of metrology, can solve the problems of affecting the accuracy of quantitative results, reducing the repeatability of quantitative results, and uneven cell distribution, so as to achieve the effects of improving detection sensitivity, direct absolute measurement, and accurate quantitative results

Pending Publication Date: 2021-11-12
NAT INST OF METROLOGY CHINA
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However, in fact, there are inevitably a small amount of adhesion and uneven distribution of cells in cell samples, so the overlapping of cells in microscopic imaging can easily lead to low counting results and a decrease in the repeatability of quantitative results; although flow cytometry can The appearance of cell aggregates can be reduced to a certain extent by the physical shear force in the flow, but dimers formed by cells or microspheres, or collision events still exist in small amounts, and the quantitative results need to be corrected
In addition, flow cytometry introduces absolute quantitative microspheres into the reaction system, and there may be a small difference in the efficiency of binding antibodies to cells, which increases the cost of detection and affects the accuracy of quantitative results.

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[0050] The system used for the flow cytometric single cell counting method is mainly composed of a liquid flow system, a microfluidic chip, a fluorescence detection device and a data processing device, and further includes a data display device. The flow cytometric single-molecule counting platform composed of the above-mentioned system has a schematic diagram of its workflow as shown in figure 2 As shown, a microfluidic chip 7 , an objective lens 8 , a dichroic mirror 9 , and a light source 10 .

[0051] The microfluidic chip device for single cell counting consists of a syringe pump, a liquid storage tank 1, a drainage catheter 2, and a microfluidic chip 7. The microfluidic chip 7 contains a cylindrical sample inflow port 3 and an output port 5, Fluorescence detection area 4, and a flow adjustment device for adjusting the flow rate of the sample flow. The built-in flow channel 11 of the microfluidic chip 7 is connected with the sample inflow port and the output port respec...

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[0064] The concrete operation of the inventive method is as follows:

[0065] 1. Sample preparation: Use phosphate buffered saline (PBS) filtered through a 0.22 μm filter membrane to dissolve and dilute high-concentration cell samples; add an appropriate amount of fluorescent antibody to the cell sample to fully label the cells; the labeled sample Immediately perform follow-up detection or store briefly at 4°C for each use.

[0066] 2. Before loading the sample, inject the hydrophobic agent for more than 15 minutes, and then rinse the pipeline with ultrapure water for 15 minutes. First introduce the negative control sample (1×PBS only contains the same concentration of fluorescent antibody as the cell sample), and adjust the flow rate to 0.2-0.8 μL / min, and observe the real-time flow state of the liquid flow through the CCD imaging of the detection device to ensure the stability of the liquid flow. In the real-time signal acquisition software, set the fluorescence signal acqu...

Embodiment 3

[0073] The method of "microfluidic chip-based single cell counting" of the present invention is used to measure the concentration of human lymphocyte standard substance as an example of counting. The specific steps are:

[0074] 1. Sample preparation:

[0075] Configure negative control tubes and sample tubes. Add 1×PBS buffer to the negative control tube, and add a final concentration of 1×CD4-PE antibody. In the sample tube, dissolve the human lymphocytes with 1×PBS buffer, add the final concentration of 1×CD4-PE antibody, and react for 30 minutes at room temperature in the dark.

[0076] 2. Adjustment of liquid flow system

[0077] A PBS solution containing 2% BSA (passing time is about 15 min) and double distilled water (passing time is 15 min) are successively passed through the microfluidic chip through a pressure pump, and then a negative control solution is introduced. According to the CCD of the imaging device to observe the movement state of the liquid circuit, t...

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Abstract

According to a method disclosed by the invention, fluorescently-labeled single cells are taken as a detection object, a micron-sized flow channel is formed based on a micro-fluidic chip to realize flow-like liquid flow focusing, fluorescence signals generated by the single cells are directly identified and counted, and finally, the cell concentration in a sample is obtained according to a certain mathematical model. A micron-sized micro-fluidic chip is adopted as a sample flow channel, sample flow focusing (without sheath fluid extrusion) is directly realized by reducing the width and height of a central flow channel by virtue of a fine processing technology of the micro-fluidic chip, and compared with a liquid flow system of a traditional flow cytometer, a liquid path is simpler and more stable. As a high-sensitivity and high-accuracy cell quantification method, the method is a potential measurement reference method and has a wide application prospect.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a single cell counting method and a system thereof, belonging to the field of measurement science. Background technique [0002] With the continuous breakthroughs in biological science and technology, life science research has gradually developed from qualitative science to precise quantitative science. Cells are not only the basic unit of structure and function of organisms, but also the basis of individual development and phylogeny of organisms. Therefore, the quantitative measurement technology of cell content has been widely used in various fields such as clinical diagnosis (such as immune status monitoring, blood disease prognosis) and basic scientific research (such as single-cell sequencing, tumor signaling pathway transduction). [0003] There are many methods for quantitative measurement of cells, but the accuracy of most counting methods is relatively poor, among which the current measurement methods with high accura...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G01N15/14G01N21/01G01N21/64
CPCG01N15/1436G01N21/01G01N21/6486G01N2015/144
Inventor 高运华王迪沈海滢牛春艳王志栋杨佳怡
Owner NAT INST OF METROLOGY CHINA