Ratiometric array of conjugated polymers–fluorescent protein provides a robust mammalian cell sensor
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
© 2016 American Chemical Society.Supramolecular complexes of a family of positively charged conjugated polymers (CPs) and green fluorescent protein (GFP) create a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based ratiometric biosensor array. Selective multivalent interactions of the CPs with mammalian cell surfaces caused differential change in FRET signals, providing a fingerprint signature for each cell type. The resulting fluorescence signatures allowed the identification of 16 different cell types and discrimination between healthy, cancerous, and metastatic cells, with the same genetic background. While the CP-GFP sensor array completely differentiated between the cell types, only partial classification was achieved for the CPs alone, validating the effectiveness of the ratiometric sensor. The utility of the biosensor was further demonstrated in the detection of blinded unknown samples, where 121 of 128 samples were correctly identified. Notably, this selectivity-based sensor stratified diverse cell types in minutes, using only 2000 cells, without requiring specific biomarkers or cell labeling.
Date Issued
2016-03-11
Date Acceptance
2016-03-11
Citation
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, pp.4529-4522
ISSN
1520-5126
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
4529
End Page
4522
Journal / Book Title
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume
138
Copyright Statement
© 2016 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of the American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b00067.
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
PIIF-GA-2013-629218
Subjects
General Chemistry
03 Chemical Sciences
Publication Status
Published