Stochastic Electrochemical Cytometry of Human Platelets via a Particle Collision Approach

Jihye Lee, Zayakhuu Gerelkhuu, Jaewoo Song, Kang Hee Seol, Byung Kwon Kim, Jinho Chang

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Abstract

The quantitative analysis of human platelets is important for the diagnosis of various hematologic and cardiovascular diseases. In this article, we present a stochastic particle impact electrochemical (SPIE) approach for human platelets with fixation (F-HPs). Carboxylate-functionalized polystyrene particles (PSPs) are studied as well as a standard platform of SPIE-F-HPs. For SPIE-PSPs (or F-HPs), [Fe(CN)6]4- was used as the redox mediator, and electro-oxidation of [Fe(CN)6]4- to [Fe(CN)6]3- was conducted on a Pt ultramicroelectrode (UME) by applying a constant potential, where the corresponding oxidation current is mass-transfer-controlled. When PSPs (or F-HPs) are introduced into aqueous solution with [Fe(CN)6]4-, sudden current drops (SCDs) were observed, which resulted from the partial blockage of a Pt UME by collision of an individual PSP (or F-HP). For SPIE-PSPs (or F-HPs), we found that it is essential to enhance the migration of PSPs (F-HPs) toward a Pt UME by maximizing the steady state current associated with electro-oxidation of [Fe(CN)6]4-. This was accomplished by increasing its concentration to the solubility limit. We successfully measured the concentration of F-HPs dispersed in aqueous solution containing [Fe(CN)6]4- with a minimum detectable concentration of 0.1 fM, and the size distribution of F-HPs was also estimated from the obtained idrop distribution based on the SPIE analysis, where idrop stands for the magnitude of the current drop of each SCD. Lastly, we revealed that HPs without the fixation process (WF-HPs) are difficult to quantitatively analyze by SPIE because of their transient activation process, which results in changes from their spherical shape. The observed difficulty was also confirmed by finite element analysis, which shows that idrop can be significantly increased, as an elongated WF-HP is adsorbed on the edge of an UME.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3248-3256
Number of pages9
JournalACS Sensors
Volume4
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Dec 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Bio & Medical Technology Development Program (2017M3A9G8084539), and by the NRF, funded by the Ministry of Education (2018R1D1A1B07044990). This study was supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Research (Project B9-2434-02) and the research fund of Hanyang University (HY-201900000001679).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Chemical Society.

Keywords

  • concentration analysis
  • human platelet
  • particle size distribution
  • stochastic particle impact electrochemistry
  • ultramicroelectrode

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