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Label-Free Recognition of Drug Resistance via Impedimetric Screening of Breast Cancer Cells

Eker, Bilge  
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Meissner, Robert  
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Bertsch, Arnaud  
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2013
PLoS ONE

We present a novel study on label-free recognition and distinction of drug resistant breast cancer cells (MCF-7 DOX) from their parental cells (MCF-7 WT) via impedimetric measurements. Drug resistant cells exhibited significant differences in their dielectric properties compared to wild-type cells, exerting much higher extracellular resistance (Rextra). Immunostaining revealed that MCF-7 DOX cells gained a much denser F-actin network upon acquiring drug resistance indicating that remodeling of actin cytoskeleton is probably the reason behind higher Rextra, providing stronger cell architecture. Moreover, having exposed both cell types to doxorubicin, we were able to distinguish these two phenotypes based on their substantially different drug response. Interestingly, impedimetric measurements identified a concentration-dependent and reversible increase in cell stiffness in the presence of low non-lethal drug doses. Combined with a profound frequency analysis, these findings enabled distinguishing distinct cellular responses during drug exposure within four concentration ranges without using any labeling. Overall, this study highlights the possibility to differentiate drug resistant phenotypes from their parental cells and to assess their drug response by using microelectrodes, offering direct, real-time and noninvasive measurements of cell dependent parameters under drug exposure, hence providing a promising step for personalized medicine applications such as evaluation of the disease progress and optimization of the drug treatment of a patient during chemotherapy.

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research article
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0057423
Author(s)
Eker, Bilge  
Meissner, Robert  
Bertsch, Arnaud  
Mehta, Kapil
Renaud, Philippe  
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

Public Library of Science

Published in
PLoS ONE
Volume

8

Issue

3

Start page

e57423.1

End page

12

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/90100
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