Point‐of‐care multiplexed single‐cell protein secretion analysis based on tyramide signal amplification

Abstract Secreted proteins are critical mediators in various biological systems, including the immune system, nervous system, and tumor microenvironment. Understanding profound cellular functional heterogeneity in secretion requires multiplexed secreted protein analysis at the single‐cell level. How...

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Main Authors: Fengjiao Zhu, Songnan Liu, Xue Bai, Xianming Liu, Bingcheng Lin, Yao Lu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/VIW.20220033
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author Fengjiao Zhu
Songnan Liu
Xue Bai
Xianming Liu
Bingcheng Lin
Yao Lu
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Songnan Liu
Xue Bai
Xianming Liu
Bingcheng Lin
Yao Lu
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description Abstract Secreted proteins are critical mediators in various biological systems, including the immune system, nervous system, and tumor microenvironment. Understanding profound cellular functional heterogeneity in secretion requires multiplexed secreted protein analysis at the single‐cell level. However, most single‐cell protein secretion analysis technologies rely on bulky, expensive instruments, preventing widespread use. Herein, we proposed using a portable and low‐cost desktop scanner to detect multiplexed proteins secreted from single cells. Gold nanoparticle‐enhanced silver staining and tyramide signal amplification are combined to construct a two‐step amplification for single‐cell secretion assay detection. We used this approach to investigate the heterogeneous immune response of macrophages at the single‐cell level, which revealed that only a minority of cells could secrete 10‐fold more MCP‐1 and TNF‐α than the averaged secretion. The reported platform eliminates bulky equipment for single‐cell secretion analysis, making it affordable for basic and clinical research.
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spelling doaj.art-96a0780ffbba42e4b0fb8043921c445e2023-02-21T16:13:55ZengWileyView2688-39882688-268X2023-02-0141n/an/a10.1002/VIW.20220033Point‐of‐care multiplexed single‐cell protein secretion analysis based on tyramide signal amplificationFengjiao Zhu0Songnan Liu1Xue Bai2Xianming Liu3Bingcheng Lin4Yao Lu5Department of Biotechnology Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian ChinaDepartment of Biotechnology Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian ChinaDepartment of Biotechnology Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian ChinaDepartment of Biotechnology Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian ChinaDepartment of Biotechnology Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian ChinaDepartment of Biotechnology Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian ChinaAbstract Secreted proteins are critical mediators in various biological systems, including the immune system, nervous system, and tumor microenvironment. Understanding profound cellular functional heterogeneity in secretion requires multiplexed secreted protein analysis at the single‐cell level. However, most single‐cell protein secretion analysis technologies rely on bulky, expensive instruments, preventing widespread use. Herein, we proposed using a portable and low‐cost desktop scanner to detect multiplexed proteins secreted from single cells. Gold nanoparticle‐enhanced silver staining and tyramide signal amplification are combined to construct a two‐step amplification for single‐cell secretion assay detection. We used this approach to investigate the heterogeneous immune response of macrophages at the single‐cell level, which revealed that only a minority of cells could secrete 10‐fold more MCP‐1 and TNF‐α than the averaged secretion. The reported platform eliminates bulky equipment for single‐cell secretion analysis, making it affordable for basic and clinical research.https://doi.org/10.1002/VIW.20220033desktop scannerlow costsecretion analysissingle‐cell analysisTSA
spellingShingle Fengjiao Zhu
Songnan Liu
Xue Bai
Xianming Liu
Bingcheng Lin
Yao Lu
Point‐of‐care multiplexed single‐cell protein secretion analysis based on tyramide signal amplification
View
desktop scanner
low cost
secretion analysis
single‐cell analysis
TSA
title Point‐of‐care multiplexed single‐cell protein secretion analysis based on tyramide signal amplification
title_full Point‐of‐care multiplexed single‐cell protein secretion analysis based on tyramide signal amplification
title_fullStr Point‐of‐care multiplexed single‐cell protein secretion analysis based on tyramide signal amplification
title_full_unstemmed Point‐of‐care multiplexed single‐cell protein secretion analysis based on tyramide signal amplification
title_short Point‐of‐care multiplexed single‐cell protein secretion analysis based on tyramide signal amplification
title_sort point of care multiplexed single cell protein secretion analysis based on tyramide signal amplification
topic desktop scanner
low cost
secretion analysis
single‐cell analysis
TSA
url https://doi.org/10.1002/VIW.20220033
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