Open AccessMicroselection – affinity selecting antibodies against a single rare cell in a heterogeneous population
Author(s) -
Sørensen Morten Dræby,
Agerholm Inge Errebo,
Christensen Britta,
Kølvraa Steen,
Kristensen Peter
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cellular and molecular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.44
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1582-4934
pISSN - 1582-1838
DOI - 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.00896.x
Subject(s) - cell , antibody , phage display , population , biology , cell type , k562 cells , microbiology and biotechnology , single cell analysis , immunology , chemistry , medicine , genetics , environmental health
Rare cells not normally present in the peripheral bloodstream, such as circulating tumour cells, have potential applications for development of non‐invasive methods for diagnostics or follow up. Obtaining these cells however require some means of discrimination, achievable by cell type specific antibodies. Here we have generated a microselection method allowing antibody selection, by phage display, targeting a single cell in a heterogeneous population. One K562 cell (female origin) was positioned on glass slide among millions of lymphocytes from male donor, identifying the K562 cell by FISH (XX). Several single cell selections were performed on such individual slides. The phage particles bound to the target cell is protected by a minute disc, while inactivating all remaining phage by UV‐irradiation; leaving only the phage bound to the target cell viable. We hereby retrieved up to eight antibodies per single cell selection, including three highly K562 cell type specific.