TY - JOUR
T1 - On-slide detection of enzymatic activities in selected single cells
AU - Keller, Josephine Geertsen
AU - Tesauro, Cinzia
AU - Coletta, Andrea
AU - Graversen, Astrid Damgaard
AU - Ho, Yi-Ping
AU - Kristensen, Peter
AU - Stougaard, Magnus
AU - Knudsen, Birgitta Ruth
PY - 2017/9/28
Y1 - 2017/9/28
N2 - With increasing recognition of the importance in addressing cell-to-cell heterogeneity for the understanding of complex biological systems, there is a growing need for assays capable of single cell analyses. In the current study, we describe the measurement of human topoisomerase I activity in single CD44 positive Caco2 cells specifically captured from a mixed population on glass slides, which were dual functionalized with anti-CD44-antibodies and specific DNA primers. On-slide lysis of captured CD44 positive cells, resulted in the release of human topoisomerase I, allowing the enzyme to circularize a specific linear DNA substrate added to the slides. The generated circles hybridized to the anchored DNA primers and acted as templates for a solid support rolling circle amplification reaction leading to the generation of long tandem repeat products that were detected at the single molecule level in a fluorescent microscope upon hybridization of fluorescent labelled probes. The on-slide detection system was demonstrated to be directly quantitative and specific towards CD44 positive cells. Moreover, it allowed reproducible detection of human topoisomerase I activity in single cells.
AB - With increasing recognition of the importance in addressing cell-to-cell heterogeneity for the understanding of complex biological systems, there is a growing need for assays capable of single cell analyses. In the current study, we describe the measurement of human topoisomerase I activity in single CD44 positive Caco2 cells specifically captured from a mixed population on glass slides, which were dual functionalized with anti-CD44-antibodies and specific DNA primers. On-slide lysis of captured CD44 positive cells, resulted in the release of human topoisomerase I, allowing the enzyme to circularize a specific linear DNA substrate added to the slides. The generated circles hybridized to the anchored DNA primers and acted as templates for a solid support rolling circle amplification reaction leading to the generation of long tandem repeat products that were detected at the single molecule level in a fluorescent microscope upon hybridization of fluorescent labelled probes. The on-slide detection system was demonstrated to be directly quantitative and specific towards CD44 positive cells. Moreover, it allowed reproducible detection of human topoisomerase I activity in single cells.
KW - Journal Article
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029868358&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1039/c7nr05125e
DO - 10.1039/c7nr05125e
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28872165
SN - 2040-3364
VL - 9
SP - 13546
EP - 13553
JO - Nanoscale
JF - Nanoscale
IS - 36
ER -