Measurement of Giardia lamblia adhesion force using an integrated microfluidic assay
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- 作者：Ling Lu ; Guo-Xia Zheng ; Yu-Suo Yang…
- 关键词：Giardia lamblia ; Microfluidic ; Attachment ; Shear force
- 刊名：Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：409
- 期：5
- 页码：1451-1459
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- 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
- 刊物主题：Analytical Chemistry; Biochemistry, general; Laboratory Medicine; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Food Science; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1618-2650
- 卷排序：409
文摘
The mechanisms how Giardias attach to the intestinal epithelium remain unclear. None of the methods currently being used to measure the attachment force could provide a continuous nutrition supply and a micro-aerobic atmosphere to the Giardia. Besides, they are all labor-intensive. In the present research, a microfluidic method based on electric circuit analogy was developed. The input fluid flowed through the inlet channel with different lengths and was distributed in four assay chambers. Shear force gradients were generated in chambers, too. This allowed an easy control of fluids and the shear forces. Most importantly, the shear stress large enough to detach Giardia could be generated in laminar flow regime. Moreover, analysis could be accomplished in one single test. By applying inlet flow rates of 30, 60, and 120 μL ml–1, shear force gradients ranging from 19.47 to 60.50 Pa were generated. The adhesion forces of trophozoites were analyzed and the EC50 of the force that caused 50% trophozoites detachment was calculated as 36.60 Pa. This paper presents a novel method for measurement of Giardia adhesion force.