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ArticleAdvanced functional materials2025

Nano-Biosensors for mRNA-Based Cell Sorting Using Intracellular Markers at the Early Stage of Cell Reprogramming.

Yang Song, Jennifer Soto, Xiao Lin, Tyler Hoffman, Erin Hu, Ninghao Zhu, Jana Zarubova, Yifan Wu, Jing Tian, Pak Kin Wong and 1 more

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Article in Advanced functional materials, 2025. 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 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Yang SongDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Jennifer SotoDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Xiao LinDepartment of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Tyler HoffmanDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Erin HuDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Ninghao ZhuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Jana ZarubovaDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Yifan WuDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Jing TianDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Pak Kin WongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Song LiDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Funding

Multimodal wireless electrical stimulation for tissue regenerationR01NS126918 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Song Li, John Rogers · 2022 to 2026
$2.4M
Mechanopriming for cell engineeringR01NS130677 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Song Li · 2023 to 2026
$2.1M
Regulation of cell reprogramming by matrix stiffnessR01GM143485 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LI, SONG · 2021 to 2024
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143485NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126918NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS130677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell reprogramming and manufacturing have broad applications in tissue regeneration and disease treatment. However, many derived cell types lack unique cell surface markers for protein-based cell sorting, making it difficult to isolate these cells from mixed populations. Additionally, there is a need to identify and isolate cells of interest at the early stages of cell expansion. To address this challenge, we engineered a nucleic acid-based gold nanorod (NAGNR) fluorescent biosensor that can detect the mRNA expression of intracellular markers for cell sorting. We demonstrated its application in isolating induced neuronal (iN) cells from dermal fibroblast populations during the early stages of cell reprogramming. Cell sorting based on the mRNA of the neuronal transcriptional factor Ascl1 resulted in an enrichment of iN cells from 3% to 72%, and additional sorting with the transcriptional factor Scn2 further increased iN enrichment. Moreover, NAGNR biosensors can be used in conjunction with protein marker-based cell sorting. NAGNR-sorted iN cells show a functional response to electrical stimulation in a co-culture of iN cells and muscle cells. These findings demonstrate that NAGNR-based cell sorting offers great potential for cell identification and isolation at an early stage of cell reprogramming and manufacturing.

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biosensorcell reprogramminggold nanorodlocked nucleic acid probesmRNA cell sorting

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PMID40895409
PMCPMC12395399

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