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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2016

RNA Extraction from a Mycobacterium under Ultrahigh Electric Field Intensity in a Microfluidic Device.

Sai Ma, Bryan D Bryson, Chen Sun, Sarah M Fortune, Chang Lu

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors.

Sai MaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.
Bryan D BrysonDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Chen SunDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.
Sarah M FortuneDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Chang LuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.

Funding

Probing dynamics in protein-DNA interactions during disease development using sinR01EB017235 · NIBIB · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI LU, CHANG · 2014 to 2017
$1.3M
Sensitive and integrated microfluidic ChIP assays for studying transcriptional reR21CA174577 · NCI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI LU, CHANG · 2013 to 2015
$697k
3D micro-addressable tissue models to understand spatiotemporal heterogeneity in transcriptional regulationR21EB019123 · NIBIB · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI VERBRIDGE, SCOTT S · 2014 to 2015
$406k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA174577NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB017235NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB019123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of transcriptomes are critical for understanding gene expression. Release of RNA molecules from cells is typically the first step for transcriptomic analysis. Effective cell lysis approaches that completely release intracellular materials are in high demand especially for cells that are structurally robust. In this report, we demonstrate a microfluidic electric lysis device that is effective for mRNA extraction from mycobacteria that have hydrophobic and waxy cell walls. We used a packed bed of microscale silica beads to filter M. smegmatis out of the suspension. 4000-8000 V/cm field intensity was used to lyse M. smegmatis with long pulses (i.e., up to 30 pulses that were 5 s long each). Our quantitative reverse transcription (qRT)-PCR results showed that our method yielded a factor of 10-20 higher extraction efficiency than the current state-of-the-art method (bead beating). We conclude that our electric lysis technique is an effective approach for mRNA release from hard-to-lyse cells and highly compatible with microfluidic molecular assays.

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Lab-On-A-Chip DevicesElectromagnetic FieldsMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesMycobacterium smegmatisReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNASilicon DioxideRNASilicon Dioxide

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PMID27081872
PMCPMC4872636

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