The invention discloses an immunomagnetic
microsphere used for capturing circulating
tumor cells in
peripheral blood. The immunomagnetic
microsphere comprises a magnetic
microsphere, wherein an epithelial
cell specific antibody used for specifically recognizing and capturing circulating
tumor cells is coupled on the magnetic microsphere. The epithelial
cell specific antibody is selected according to a target tumor
cell needed to be captured, for example, when the MCF (michigan
cancer foundation)-7 cell is needed to be captured, the epithelial
cell specific antibody selects an anti-EpCAM (
epithelial cell adhesion molecule)
antibody. The invention further discloses a method for capturing circulating
tumor cells in
peripheral blood by utilizing the immunomagnetic microsphere. The immunomagnetic microsphere disclosed by the invention is modified by the epithelial
cell specific antibody, so that high-selectivity and high-specificity capturing for the target cell can be realized. The magnetic microsphere can achieve dimension amplifying effect, is used for realizing film separation with high
recovery, and further can be used for
magnetic separation operation to realize high-purity capturing. The immunomagnetic microsphere and the capturing method thereof can be used for early diagnosis of a
cancer patient and prediction of therapeutic response.