Volume 126, Issue 18 pp. 4685-4690
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An Electroactive Biotin-Doped Polypyrrole Substrate That Immobilizes and Releases EpCAM-Positive Cancer Cells

SeungHyun Jeon

SeungHyun Jeon

New Experimental Therapeutic Branch, National Cancer Center, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-769 (South Korea)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Jeong-Mi Moon

Dr. Jeong-Mi Moon

New Experimental Therapeutic Branch, National Cancer Center, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-769 (South Korea)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Eun Sook Lee

Dr. Eun Sook Lee

New Experimental Therapeutic Branch, National Cancer Center, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-769 (South Korea)

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Dr. Yon Hui Kim

Dr. Yon Hui Kim

New Experimental Therapeutic Branch, National Cancer Center, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-769 (South Korea)

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Dr. Youngnam Cho

Corresponding Author

Dr. Youngnam Cho

New Experimental Therapeutic Branch, National Cancer Center, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-769 (South Korea)

New Experimental Therapeutic Branch, National Cancer Center, 111 Jungbalsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 410-769 (South Korea)===Search for more papers by this author
First published: 20 March 2014
Citations: 26

This work was supported by a National Cancer Center grant from the Republic of Korea (1310180-1).

Abstract

The specific capture and remotely controlled release of the EpCAM-positive cancer cells from biotin-doped polypyrrole (Ppy) films in response to an electrical potential is presented. As Ppy allows the direct incorporation of biotin molecules during the electrochemical process, densely packed biotin molecules can serve as the binding sites for streptavidin-tagged biomolecular complexes. This study demonstrates not only the enhanced capture and enrichment of EpCAM-positive cancer cells but also “on-demand” release of the viable cells from conductive Ppy in an electrical-potential-dependent way. This novel approach is of great importance in a diverse range of applications, and in particular in cancer diagnostics and screening.

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