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ArticleScience advances2020

Platform for micro-invasive membrane-free biochemical sampling of brain interstitial fluid.

Ritu Raman, Erin B Rousseau, Michael Wade, Allison Tong, Max J Cotler, Jenevieve Kuang, Alejandro Aponte Lugo, Elizabeth Zhang, Ann M Graybiel, Forest M White and 2 more

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Ritu RamanKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8657-9815
Erin B RousseauKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7946-1165
Michael WadeKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Allison TongKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2522-6298
Max J CotlerKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2306-7537
Jenevieve KuangKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Alejandro Aponte LugoKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2122-0451
Elizabeth ZhangKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Ann M GraybielMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4326-7720
Forest M WhiteKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1545-1651
Robert LangerKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4255-0492
Michael J CimaKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. mjcima@mit.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2379-6139

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Paula T Hammond · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Functional and anatomical characterization of the striosomal systemR01MH060379 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Ann M Graybiel · 2000 to 2026
$8.7M
A New Device for Electrical & Chemical Modulation of Pathological Neural ActivityR01EB016101 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CIMA, MICHAEL J, GRAYBIEL, ANN M · 2013 to 2017
$5.5M
Micro-invasive biochemical sampling of brain interstitial fluid for investigating neural pathologyR01EB027717 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CIMA, MICHAEL J, LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL · 2020 to 2023
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB016101NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB027717NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060379
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurochemical dysregulation underlies many pathologies and can be monitored by measuring the composition of brain interstitial fluid (ISF). Existing in vivo tools for sampling ISF do not enable measuring large rare molecules, such as proteins and neuropeptides, and thus cannot generate a complete picture of the neurochemical connectome. Our micro-invasive platform, composed of a nanofluidic pump coupled to a membrane-free probe, enables sampling multiple neural biomarkers in parallel. This platform outperforms the state of the art in low-flow pumps by offering low volume control (single stroke volumes, <3 nl) and bidirectional fluid flow (<100 nl/min) with negligible dead volume (<30 nl) and has been validated in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo in rodents. ISF samples (<1.5 μL) can be processed via liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. These label-free liquid biopsies of the brain could yield a deeper understanding of the onset, mechanism, and progression of diverse neural pathologies.

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BrainExtracellular FluidBiomarkersHydrogelsSpecimen HandlingBiomarkersHydrogels

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PMID32978160
PMCPMC7518871

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