WO2010095391A1 - 微小粒子分取のための装置及びマイクロチップ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for microparticle sorting and a microchip. More specifically, after detecting the characteristics of the microparticles flowing through the flow path formed in the microchip in the chip, the droplets containing the microparticles are discharged out of the chip and based on the detected characteristics of the microparticles.
- the present invention relates to a fine particle sorting apparatus that performs sorting by controlling the moving direction of a droplet.
- microparticles such as bio-related microparticles such as cells, microorganisms, and liposomes, or synthetic particles such as latex particles, gel particles, and industrial particles.
- an apparatus that optically measures the characteristics of the microparticles introduced into the flow path is used.
- flow cytometry flow cytometer
- Some flow cytometry is intended only for measuring the characteristics of microparticles, and further is configured so that only microparticles having desired characteristics can be sorted based on the measurement results.
- a device that specifically targets cells is called a “cell sorter”.
- cell sorter Currently, commercially available cell sorters can measure and sort cell characteristics at a high speed of several thousand to several tens of thousands per second.
- characteristics such as the size and structure of fine particles such as cells and microbeads are measured as follows. First, a sample solution containing microparticles to be measured in the flow cell is caused to flow in the center of the laminar flow of the sheath liquid, and the microparticles are arranged in a row in the flow cell. Next, the optical detection unit irradiates measurement light to the fine particles arranged and flowing in the flow cell, and detects scattered light and fluorescence generated from the fine particles to measure the characteristics of the fine particles. Subsequently, when fractionating fine particles, the sample liquid is discharged as a droplet containing fine particles to a space outside the flow cell, and the moving direction of the droplet is controlled to provide a fine particle having desired characteristics. Sort the particles.
- Patent Document 1 As a conventional cell sorter, a fluid system for arranging cells stained with a fluorescent labeling reagent or the like in a line in a flow cell, a laser beam irradiated to the cells, scattered light, An apparatus comprising an optical system for detecting fluorescence and a sorting system for controlling the moving direction of droplets discharged to a space outside the flow cell is disclosed.
- the flow cell components that make up the flow path system are made of expensive quartz, or are composed of orifice components that are separate from this flow cell, so that the user can easily dispose of them. Since this is not possible, there is a possibility that cross contamination of the sample between the measurements may occur even if the flow cell part and the orifice part are sufficiently cleaned for each measurement.
- the space that constitutes the sorting system is an open space or a space with low airtightness, contaminants such as micro droplets (aerosol) that are generated during droplet formation during measurement are mixed into the sample. Or there was a risk of biohazards such as infection and exposure to the device user by aerosol.
- Such cross-contamination between samples, contamination of samples, biohazard to users, and the use of expensive flow cells and orifice parts are especially useful when using stem cells sorted by cell sorter for regenerative medicine. It has become a major obstacle.
- Microchips provided with regions and flow paths for analysis have been developed. Such an analysis system using a microchip is called a ⁇ -TAS (micro-total-analysis system), a lab-on-chip, a biochip, or the like.
- Patent Document 2 discloses a fine particle-containing solution introduction channel, a sheath flow forming channel disposed on at least one side of the channel, and a fine particle for measuring the introduced fine particle on a substrate.
- a fine particle sorting microchip having a measurement site and two or more fine particle sorting channels for sorting and collecting fine particles installed downstream of the fine particle measurement site is disclosed.
- This microchip has an electrode in the vicinity of the channel opening from the particle measurement site to the particle sorting channel, and according to the microparticle sorting apparatus equipped with this microchip, the direction of movement of the particles by the interaction with the electrode electric field It is possible to sort fine particles by controlling the above.
- the flow path system can be configured by a microchip that can be used disposable (disposable), so there is no cross-contamination of samples between measurements.
- the sorting system can be configured in an airtight flow path disposed on the chip, contaminants such as aerosol are not mixed into the sample during measurement.
- the present invention eliminates cross-contamination between samples and contamination of the sample, biohazard to the user, the use of expensive flow cells and orifice parts, high-speed analysis, safe, high-speed and low-cost fractionation, It is a main object to provide a microparticle sorting apparatus capable of performing the above.
- the present invention is provided with a flow path through which a liquid containing microparticles flows and an orifice for discharging the liquid flowing through the flow path as a droplet to a space outside the chip.
- Two or more containers that collect the droplets that have passed between them, and the flow path width and flow path depth of the orifice part are such that the flow width of the part where the optical characteristics of the microparticles are detected by the optical detection means and Smaller than channel depth or The channel cross-sectional area of the office site, to provide a microparticle sorting device that is formed smaller than
- This fine particle sorting apparatus is a device that includes microparticles in the laminar flow of the liquid T flowing through the flow channel upstream of the site where the optical characteristics of the microparticles are detected by the optical detection means.
- a microtubule for introducing a laminar flow of the liquid S can be provided.
- the microtube can be configured as a charging means.
- at least the orifice portion of the microchip and the space in which the liquid droplets discharged from the orifice move from the orifice are empty in the cartridge that is light transmissive to the light from the optical detection means. It is suitable that it is comprised.
- this cartridge is preferably configured so that the inner space can be sealed.
- the present invention is also provided with a flow path through which a liquid containing microparticles flows and an orifice for discharging the liquid flowing through the flow path to a space outside the chip, and a predetermined portion of the flow path is It is configured as a light irradiation unit that is irradiated with light from an optical detection means for detecting the optical characteristics of the flowing microparticles, and the liquid T flowing through the flow channel is upstream of the light irradiation unit in the liquid feeding direction.
- a microtube for introducing a laminar flow of another liquid S containing microparticles is disposed, and the flow channel width and flow channel depth of the orifice part are the flow channel width and flow of the light irradiation unit.
- a microchip in which the channel cross-sectional area of the orifice part is smaller than the channel depth or smaller than the channel cross-sectional area of the part where the optical characteristics of the microparticles are detected by the optical detection means.
- This microchip can be provided with a vibration element for discharging liquid into droplets at an orifice.
- the microtube is preferably formed of a metal to which a voltage can be applied.
- At least the orifice portion of the microchip and a space in which droplets discharged from the orifice move from the orifice are formed in the inner space, and the light from the optical detection means is used as the light irradiation unit.
- a cartridge having a light-transmitting property is provided. The cartridge is preferably configured so that the inner space can be sealed.
- the present invention eliminates cross-contamination between samples, contamination of samples, biohazards to users, and the use of expensive flow cells and orifice parts to perform high-speed analysis, safe, high-speed, and low-cost sorting.
- a microparticle sorting device that can.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a microchip 1 and a vibration element 2.
- FIG. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram explaining the structure of the flow path 11 in the microtubule 16 arrangement
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the structure of the flow path 11 in the vicinity of the booster 13 and the orifice 12, and the state of the flowing sample liquid laminar flow and sheath liquid laminar flow.
- FIG. (A) is the opening position of the microtubule 16
- (B) is the light irradiation part 33
- (C) shows the cross section of the flow path 11 in the orifice 12 site
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a microparticle sorting apparatus according to the present invention.
- a microparticle sorting apparatus indicated by a symbol A is generally configured from a cartridge 7 having the microchip 1 as a constituent element and an apparatus main body including an optical detection means 3 that irradiates a predetermined portion of the microchip 1 with light.
- a part of the microchip 1 is exposed outside the cartridge, and the remaining part is accommodated in the cartridge 7.
- a pair of counter electrodes 4, 4 are disposed inside the cartridge 7.
- three containers reference numerals 51, 52, and 53
- the cartridge 7 including the microchip 1, the counter electrodes 4 and 4, and the containers 51 to 53 as constituent elements is detachably attached to the main body of the fine particle sorting apparatus A.
- a vibration element (not shown) is disposed at a position where the cartridge 7 is in contact with a part of the microchip 1 when the cartridge 7 is attached.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a schematic configuration of the fine particle sorting apparatus A.
- the above-described microchip 1, optical detection means 3, counter electrodes 4 and 4, and containers 51 to 53 are shown.
- reference numeral 2 denotes a vibration element disposed so as to contact a part of the microchip 1 when the cartridge 7 is attached to the main body of the fine particle sorting apparatus A.
- Reference numerals 6 and 6 denote grounded grounded counter electrodes.
- the illustration of the cartridge 7 is omitted.
- the microchip 1 is formed with a flow path 11 through which a liquid (sample liquid) containing fine particles to be sorted flows.
- the optical detection means 3 irradiates light (measurement light) to a predetermined part of the flow path 11 and detects light (measurement target light) generated from microparticles flowing through the flow path 11.
- the part irradiated with the measurement light from the light detection means 3 in the flow path 11 is referred to as a “light irradiation part”.
- the microchip 1 can be formed of glass or various plastics (PP, PC, COP, PDMS, etc.).
- the material of the microchip is preferably a material that is transparent to the measurement light emitted from the optical detection means 3, has less autofluorescence, and has less optical error due to small wavelength dispersion.
- the formation of the flow path 11 to the microchip 1 can be performed by wet etching or dry etching of a glass substrate, or by nanoimprinting, injection molding, or machining of a plastic substrate.
- the microchip 1 can be formed by sealing a substrate on which the flow path 11 or the like is formed with a substrate of the same material or a different material.
- the optical detection means 3 can be configured in the same manner as conventional flow cytometry. Specifically, it is generated from fine particles by laser light irradiation, an irradiation system consisting of a condensing lens, dichroic mirror, bandpass filter, etc. for condensing and irradiating laser light to fine particles, and laser light irradiation. And a detection system that detects light to be measured.
- the detection system includes, for example, a PMT (photomultiplier tube), an area imaging device such as a CCD or a CMOS device, and the like.
- FIG. 2 shows a case where the irradiation system and the detection system are configured separately, the irradiation system and the detection system may be configured by the same optical path (see FIG. 1).
- the measurement target light detected by the detection system of the optical detection means 3 is light generated from the microparticles by irradiation of the measurement light, and for example, scattering such as forward scattered light, side scattered light, Rayleigh scattering, and Mie scattering. It can be light or fluorescence. These measurement target lights are converted into electrical signals, and the optical characteristics of the microparticles are detected based on the electrical signals.
- the sample liquid that has passed through the light irradiation unit is discharged from the orifice provided at one end of the flow path 11 to the space outside the chip.
- the microchip 1 is vibrated by the vibration element 2, whereby the sample liquid can be made into droplets and discharged to a space outside the chip.
- a symbol D indicates a droplet ejected to a space outside the chip.
- the droplet D may contain fine particles to be sorted.
- the counter electrodes 4 and 4 are disposed along the moving direction of the liquid droplets discharged to the space outside the chip, and are disposed so as to face each other with the moving liquid droplet interposed therebetween.
- the discharged droplets are charged by a charging means (not shown), and the counter electrodes 4 and 4 change the moving direction of the droplets by the electric repulsive force (or suction force) with the charges applied to the droplets.
- the containers 52 and 53 for collecting the droplets may be plastic test tube containers or the like that are usually used as shown in the figure, or a dispensing plate provided with 96 wells on a plastic substrate. A container etc. may be sufficient.
- the microparticle sorting apparatus A is characterized in that the microchip 1 performs the detection of the characteristics of the microparticles by the optical detection means 3 and then controls the movement direction of the microparticles in a space outside the chip. Yes.
- the movement direction of the liquid droplets containing the fine particles is controlled by the counter electrodes 4 and 4 based on the optical characteristics of the fine particles detected by the optical detection means 3, thereby obtaining a desired value. Fine particles having characteristics can be collected in any of the containers 51 to 53 and separated.
- the optical detection means 3 may be replaced with, for example, an electrical or magnetic detection means.
- the microelectrodes are arranged on both sides of the flow path 11 so that the resistance value, the capacitance value (capacitance value), the inductance value, the impedance, and the distance between the electrodes.
- the change value of the electric field, the magnetization, the magnetic field change, the magnetic field change, etc. are measured.
- the sorting of the microparticles is performed based on the electrical or magnetic characteristics of the microparticles.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the microchip 1 and the vibration element 2.
- the microchip 1 is formed with a sample inlet 15 into which a sample liquid is introduced and a sheath liquid inlet 14 into which a sheath liquid is introduced.
- the sheath liquid introduced into the sheath liquid inlet 14 branches in two directions, the Y-axis positive direction and the negative direction, is sent through the flow path 11, is bent twice at approximately 90 degrees, merges, and is sent downstream.
- a microtubule 16 for introducing the sample liquid introduced from the sample inlet 15 into the sheath liquid laminar flow is disposed at the site where the sheath liquid of the flow path 11 joins. Yes.
- the laminar flow of the sample liquid flows through the microtube 16 and is introduced into the sheath liquid laminar flow introduced from the sheath liquid inlet 14 and flowing through the flow path 11.
- the sample liquid laminar flow can be sent downstream of the channel 11 in a state where the periphery is surrounded by the sheath liquid laminar flow.
- the microtubule 16 is formed of a metal to which a voltage can be applied, and is configured as a charging means that imparts a positive or negative charge to the sheath liquid and the sample liquid flowing through the flow path 11.
- the sample liquid and the sheath liquid are formed into droplets at an orifice 12 provided at one end of the flow path 11 and are discharged to a space outside the chip. At this time, a positive or negative charge can be imparted to the ejected liquid droplets by applying a voltage to the microtube 16.
- reference numeral 17 denotes a narrowing portion provided in the flow path 11.
- the narrowing part 17 is formed so that the area of the vertical cross section with respect to the liquid feeding direction gradually decreases from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow path.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the arrangement of the microtubule 16 and the structure of the flow path 11 in the vicinity of the narrowing portion 17, and the state of the sample liquid laminar flow and the sheath liquid laminar flow.
- (A) is a horizontal sectional view (XY sectional view)
- (B) is a vertical sectional view (ZX sectional view).
- symbol S indicates a sample liquid laminar flow
- symbol T indicates a sheath liquid laminar flow
- symbol P indicates a sorting target microparticle included in the sample liquid.
- the sample liquid laminar flow S is introduced into the sheath liquid laminar flow T flowing through the flow path 11 by the microtubules 16, and is surrounded by the sheath liquid laminar flow T (three-dimensional laminar flow) as shown in the figure.
- the liquid is fed.
- the flow path side wall of the narrowing part 17 is formed so as to be narrowed in the Y-axis direction in the drawing according to the liquid feeding direction, and the narrowing part 17 has a weight shape that becomes gradually narrower when viewed from above. With this shape, the narrowing part 17 narrows the laminar flow width of the sheath liquid and the sample liquid in the Y-axis direction in the drawing and sends the liquid.
- the narrowed portion 17 is formed so that the bottom surface of the flow path becomes an inclined surface that increases in the depth direction (Z-axis positive direction) from upstream to downstream. Narrow down.
- the sample liquid laminar flow S forms a three-dimensional laminar flow surrounded by the sheath liquid laminar flow T, and the narrowed sample liquid is fed by narrowing the laminar flow width of the three-dimensional laminar flow.
- the fine particles P can be arranged and sent one by one. And the flow position of the microparticle P in the flow path 11 is positioned, and it becomes possible to irradiate the microparticle P with the measurement light from the optical detection means 3 with high accuracy.
- the narrowing part 17 not only the horizontal direction of the microchip 1 (the Y-axis direction in FIG. 4 (A)) but also the vertical direction (the (B) Z-axis direction) of the sample liquid laminar flow S Since the flow width can be narrowed, the focal position of the measurement light in the depth direction of the flow path 11 can be precisely matched with the flow position of the microparticles P. For this reason, it is possible to obtain high measurement sensitivity by irradiating the fine particles P with measurement light with high accuracy.
- the flow path 11 is formed as a sufficiently thin flow path, and the sample liquid laminar flow S is introduced into the sheath liquid laminar flow T flowing through the flow path 11 using the microtubule 16 having a small diameter. It is also possible to form a three-dimensional laminar flow in which the laminar flow width is narrowed down in advance. However, in this case, there is a possibility that the microparticles 16 are clogged by reducing the diameter of the microtubules 16.
- the three-dimensional laminar flow is formed using the microtubule 16 having a sufficiently large diameter with respect to the diameter of the microparticle P contained in the sample liquid.
- the laminar flow width can be narrowed down. Therefore, the problem of clogging of the microtubules 16 as described above does not occur.
- FIG. 4 shows a case where the microtubule 16 is disposed so that the center thereof is located coaxially with the center of the flow path 11.
- the sample liquid laminar flow S is introduced into the center of the sheath liquid laminar flow T flowing through the flow path 11.
- the position of the sample liquid laminar flow S in the sheath liquid laminar flow T can be arbitrarily set by adjusting the opening position of the microtubule 16 in the flow path 11.
- the narrowing portion 17 only needs to be formed so that the area of the vertical cross section with respect to the liquid feeding direction gradually decreases from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow path, as shown in FIG. For example, it is possible to narrow down by forming both the bottom surface and the top surface of the channel as inclined surfaces.
- the inner diameter of the microtubule 16 can be appropriately set according to the diameter of the microparticle P to be sorted. For example, when blood is used as a sample solution and blood cell analysis is performed, a preferable inner diameter of the microtubule 16 is about 10 to 500 ⁇ m. Further, the width and depth of the flow channel 11 at the opening position of the microtubule 16 may be appropriately set according to the outer diameter of the microtubule 16 reflecting the diameter of the microparticle P. For example, when the inner diameter of the microtubule 16 is about 10 to 500 ⁇ m, the width and depth of the flow path 11 at the opening position of the microtubule 16 are each preferably about 100 to 2000 ⁇ m. In addition, the cross-sectional shape of the microtubule can be an arbitrary shape such as an ellipse, a quadrangle, or a triangle other than a circle.
- the laminar flow width of the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T before narrowing in the narrowing part 17 can vary depending on the width and depth of the flow path 11 and the diameter of the microtubule 16, but the narrowing part
- the laminar flow width can be narrowed down to an arbitrary laminar flow width by appropriately adjusting the area of the vertical section with respect to 17 liquid feeding directions. For example, in FIG. 4B, when the flow path length of the narrowing part 17 is L and the inclination angle of the flow path bottom is ⁇ 3, the narrowing width of the three-dimensional laminar flow in the narrowing part 17 is L ⁇ tan ⁇ 3. .
- symbol 33 shows the light irradiation part with which the measurement light from the optical detection means 3 is irradiated.
- the measurement target light generated from the fine particles by the measurement light irradiation from the optical detection means 3 is detected.
- the sample liquid laminar flow S is sent in the flow path 11. It is possible to precisely irradiate the fine particles with the measurement light by precisely matching the focal position of the measurement light to the position.
- the laminar flow width of the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T in the light irradiation unit 33 may be set to an arbitrary laminar flow width by appropriately adjusting the area of the vertical section of the narrowing unit 17 with respect to the liquid feeding direction.
- the width and depth of the flow path 11 are each preferably about 20 to 2000 ⁇ m.
- reference numeral 12 denotes an orifice that discharges the sheath liquid and sample liquid that have passed through the light irradiation unit 33 to a space outside the chip.
- the sheath liquid and the sample liquid are formed into droplets at the orifice 12 by the action of the vibration element 2 described below, and are discharged out of the chip.
- Reference numeral 13 denotes a pressure increasing unit provided in the flow path 11 upstream from the orifice 12 and downstream from the light irradiation unit 33.
- the pressurizing unit 13 is formed such that the area of the vertical cross section with respect to the liquid feeding direction gradually decreases from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow path. That is, similarly to the narrowing part 17, the channel side wall is formed so as to be narrowed in the Y-axis direction in the drawing according to the liquid feeding direction, and the channel bottom surface is in the depth direction (Z-axis positive direction from upstream to downstream). It is formed to be an inclined surface that becomes higher in the direction).
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the structure of the flow path 11 in the vicinity of the pressurizing unit 13 and the orifice 12, and the state of the flowing sample liquid laminar flow and sheath liquid laminar flow.
- A is a horizontal sectional view (XY sectional view)
- B is a vertical sectional view (ZX sectional view).
- symbol S indicates a sample liquid laminar flow
- symbol T indicates a sheath liquid laminar flow
- symbol P indicates a sorting target microparticle included in the sample liquid.
- the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T are fed by the pressure increasing unit 13 with the laminar flow width narrowed down in the Y-axis direction and the Z-axis direction in the figure.
- the pressure increasing unit 13 functions to increase the liquid supply pressure in the flow path 11 of the sample liquid and the sheath liquid and discharge them from the orifice 12 at a high pressure. Due to the function of the booster 13, when droplets are formed at the orifice 12, droplets can be formed at a higher frequency, and high-speed sorting is possible.
- the movement direction of the ejected droplets is indicated by the symbol F.
- the laminar flow width of the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T at the orifice 12 site can be narrowed down to an arbitrary laminar flow width by appropriately adjusting the area of the cross section perpendicular to the liquid feeding direction of the pressurizing unit 13. .
- the narrowing width of the three-dimensional laminar flow in the pressure increasing part 13 is L ⁇ tan ⁇ 3. Therefore, it is possible to set an arbitrary narrowing width by appropriately adjusting the flow path length l and the inclination angle ⁇ 3.
- the laminar flow width of the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T at the orifice 12 site is preferably about 20 to 500 ⁇ m in terms of the width and depth of the orifice 12 site, respectively.
- the laminar flow width of the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T can be narrowed by using both the bottom surface and the upper surface of the pressure increasing unit 13 as inclined surfaces, and the shape of the pressure increasing unit 13 is shown in the figure. The point which is not limited to a shape is the same as the narrowing-down part 17.
- the formation of the three-dimensional laminar flow formed by the microtubules 16 isotropically reduced, and the laminar flow width can be narrowed down without being disturbed, as described in the narrowing unit 17.
- reference numeral 2 denotes a vibration element that comes into contact with a part of the microchip 1 when the cartridge 7 is attached to the main body of the fine particle sorting apparatus A (see FIG. 1).
- the vibration element 2 may be provided integrally with the chip as an internal configuration of the microchip 1.
- the vibrating element 2 vibrates the microchip 1 at a predetermined frequency, thereby dropletizing the sample liquid and the sheath liquid at the orifice 12 and discharging them into the space outside the chip. Formation of droplets of the sample liquid and the sheath liquid using such an oscillating element can be performed in the same manner as in flow cytometry using a conventional flow cell.
- the vibration element 2 is configured by, for example, a piezoelectric vibration element that is also used in an ink jet printer.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing the sample liquid and the sheath liquid discharged from the orifice 12 as droplets.
- the sample liquid laminar flow S containing the fine particles P is formed into droplets at the orifice 12 together with the sheath liquid laminar flow T, and is discharged as droplets D in the direction of arrow F in the figure.
- the vibrating element 2 vibrates the sample liquid and the sheath liquid so that each of the ejected liquid droplets D includes one microparticle P by vibrating the microchip 1 at a predetermined frequency.
- the frequency of the vibration element 2 is set based on the flow rate (flow velocity) and liquid feed pressure of the microparticles P detected by the optical detection means 3 in the light irradiation unit 33, the resonance frequency of the microchip 1, and the like.
- the frequency of the vibration element 2 is also set by the width and depth of the flow path 11 at the orifice 12 site (that is, the area of the vertical cross section).
- FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the width and depth in each part of the channel 11.
- the figure shows the YZ cross section of the flow path 11, (A) shows the opening position of the microtubule 16, (B) shows the light irradiation part 33, and (C) shows the cross section of the flow path 11 at the orifice 12 site.
- the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T are three-dimensional layers in which the sheath liquid laminar flow T surrounds the sample liquid laminar flow S. It is sent as a stream.
- the width and depth of the flow path 11 at the opening position of the microtubule 16 are appropriately set according to the outer diameter of the microtubule 16 reflecting the diameter of the microparticle P, and are, for example, about 100 to 2000 ⁇ m. It is said.
- the three-dimensional laminar flow formed by the microtubules 16 is fed to the light irradiation unit 33 with the laminar flow width narrowed by the narrowing unit 17 (see FIG. 7B).
- the fine particles P are arranged and sent to the light irradiation unit 33 one by one in the sample liquid laminar flow S.
- the laminar flow width of the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T in the light irradiation unit 33 can be arbitrarily set by appropriately adjusting the area of the vertical section of the narrowing unit 17 with respect to the liquid feeding direction.
- the width (W) and the depth (H) of the flow path 11 in the light irradiation unit 33 are each about 20 to 2000 ⁇ m in order to sufficiently increase the optical detection angle (numerical aperture of the optical system) by the light detection means 3.
- the optical detection angle ⁇ and the numerical aperture can be made sufficiently large.
- the shape of the flow path 11 in the light irradiation unit 33 is a rectangular shape with respect to the irradiation direction of the measurement light by the light detection means 3 by increasing the width (W) with respect to the depth (H). .
- the numerical aperture of the optical system can be increased.
- the sample liquid laminar flow S and sheath liquid laminar flow T that have passed through the light irradiation unit 33 are reduced in laminar flow width again by the pressurizing unit 13 as shown in FIG.
- the pressure increasing unit 13 By narrowing the laminar flow width by the pressure increasing unit 13, the discharge pressure of the sample liquid and the sheath liquid from the orifice 12 can be increased.
- the laminar flow width of the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T at the orifice 12 site can be arbitrarily set by appropriately adjusting the area of the vertical cross section with respect to the liquid feeding direction of the pressurizing unit 13.
- the laminar flow width of the sample liquid laminar flow S and the sheath liquid laminar flow T at the orifice 12 site is reduced, and the discharge pressure of the sample liquid and the sheath liquid is reduced. It is preferable to raise it sufficiently.
- the width (w) and the depth (h) of the flow path 11 at the opening of the orifice 12 are made smaller than the width (W) and the depth (H) of the light irradiation unit 33.
- the cross-sectional area of the flow path 11 at the opening of the orifice 12 is made smaller than the cross-sectional area of the light irradiation unit 33. Therefore, the width (w) and the depth (h) of the flow path 11 at the opening of the orifice 12 are each preferably about 20 to 500 ⁇ m.
- the laminar width of the three-dimensional laminar flow formed by the microtubules 16 is first set to a width suitable for optical detection of microparticles in the light irradiation unit 33 by the narrowing unit 17, and then the high-frequency liquid by the boosting unit 13.
- the narrowing of the laminar flow width in the flow path 11 does not have to be performed in two stages, that is, the narrowing part 17 and the boosting part 13. For example, as shown in FIG.
- the flow path width and depth, or the cross-sectional area of the flow path can be gradually reduced.
- the shape of the flow path 11 is not limited as long as the opening position of the microtubule 16, the flow width and depth at the light irradiation part 33 and the orifice 12 are within the above-mentioned preferable numerical ranges, or the cross section of the flow path. As long as the area satisfies the above magnitude relationship, it can be formed in various shapes.
- the shape of the opening of the orifice 12 can be an arbitrary shape such as a square, a rectangle, or a circle. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, the end surface portion of the opening can be formed in an inversely tapered shape. By making the opening end surface portion of the orifice 12 into such a trumpet shape, water breakage of the formed droplet can be improved.
- the sample liquid and the sheath liquid that have passed through the light irradiation part of the flow path 11 are discharged from the orifice 12 to the space outside the chip.
- the optical detection means detects the flow characteristics (flow velocity) of the microparticles, the interval between the microparticles, and the like simultaneously with the detection of the optical characteristics of the microparticles.
- the detected optical characteristics, flow velocity, interval, etc. of the microparticles are converted into electrical signals and output to the overall control unit (not shown) of the apparatus.
- the overall control unit controls the frequency of the vibration element 2 based on this signal, and vibrates the microchip 1 so that the microparticles P are included in the droplets D formed in the orifice 12 one by one.
- the overall control unit controls the voltage applied to the microtubule 16 in synchronization with the vibration frequency of the vibration element 2 to thereby control the charge applied to the sheath liquid and the sample liquid flowing through the flow path 11. Switching between positive and negative, a positive or negative charge is applied to the droplet D formed in the orifice 12.
- the optical characteristics of the microparticles detected by the optical detection means are converted into electrical signals and output to the overall control unit, and the overall control unit controls the voltage applied to the microtubule 16 based on this signal.
- the charge applied to the droplet is determined according to the optical characteristics of the microparticles contained in each droplet.
- the overall control unit for example, positively charges a droplet including a sorting target microparticle having desired characteristics, and negatively charges a droplet not including the sorting target microparticle.
- the ground-grounded counter electrode 6 is disposed in the vicinity of the orifice 12 along the moving direction of the droplet discharged to the space outside the chip. , 6 are arranged.
- the grounded ground electrodes 6 and 6 are disposed so as to face each other with the moving droplet interposed therebetween, and are disposed between the counter electrodes 41 and 42 and the orifice 12 for controlling the moving direction of the microparticles. .
- the droplet D charged and discharged from the orifice 12 has its moving direction controlled by an electric force acting between the counter electrodes 41 and 42. At this time, in order to accurately control the movement direction, it is necessary that a stable charge is applied to the droplet. Since a very high voltage is applied to the counter electrodes 41 and 42, if the high potential of the counter electrodes 41 and 42 affects the charge applied to the droplet D from the microtubule 16 in the orifice 12, the liquid The charged state of the droplet D may become unstable. Therefore, in the fine particle sorting apparatus A, the grounding electrodes 6 and 6 that are grounded are arranged between the orifice 12 and the counter electrodes 41 and 42, so that the influence of the high potential of the counter electrodes 41 and 42 is obtained. Is eliminated.
- Control of the moving direction of the droplet D discharged from the orifice 12 is performed as follows, for example. That is, in the previous example in which a droplet containing the sorting target microparticles having the desired characteristics is positively charged and a droplet not containing the sorting target microparticles is charged negatively, the counter electrode 41 is set to be positive. Only the fine particles to be sorted can be sorted into the container 53 by charging 42 negatively. Specifically, the liquid droplet containing the sorting target microparticles to which a positive charge is applied is moved in the direction of the arrow f3 by the electric repulsive force with the counter electrode 41 and the electric attractive force with the counter electrode 42. It is controlled and guided to the container 53. On the other hand, the liquid droplets that do not include the sorting target microparticles to which the negative charge is applied are guided to the container 52 with the moving direction controlled in the direction of the arrow f2.
- the liquid droplets containing the separation target microparticles having desired characteristics are not charged, but the liquid droplets not including the separation target microparticles are charged positively or negatively, and the counter electrodes 41 and 42 are If charged positively or negatively, only the fine particles to be sorted can be sorted into the container 51.
- the charge applied to the droplet D and the movement direction of the droplet by the counter electrodes 41 and 42 can be controlled in various combinations as in the conventional flow cytometry.
- Two or more containers for collecting the droplets D are provided, and the number of containers is not limited to three. Furthermore, these containers may be configured as a discharge path that discharges the collected droplets without storing them, and the collected fine particles that are not the target of sorting may be discarded.
- sorting is performed by switching the droplet D by applying a positive or negative charge based on the characteristics of the microparticles contained in the droplet.
- Droplet sorting can also be performed by charging all the droplets D positively or negatively and switching the voltage applied to the counter electrodes 41 and 42 based on the characteristics of the microparticles.
- the desired characteristics can be obtained by controlling the movement direction of the droplet in the same manner based on the electrical or magnetic characteristics of the microparticles.
- the provided fine particles can be collected in any of the containers 51 to 53 and separated.
- the microparticle sorting by the microparticle sorting apparatus A is performed in the microchip 1 until the characteristics of the microparticles are detected by the optical detection means 3, and then the movement direction of the microparticles is controlled outside the chip. It is characterized by being performed as droplets discharged into the space.
- the flow cell parts constituting the flow path system for forming the laminar flow and the orifice parts for forming the droplets are expensive.
- the position needs to be finely adjusted (alignment) so as not to disturb the laminar flow, and since it is not configured to be disposable, there is a possibility that cross contamination between samples may occur.
- the microparticle sorting apparatus A since laminar flow formation and microparticle characteristic detection are performed in the microchip 1 that can be used in a disposable manner in which the flow cell component and the orifice component are integrated, a sample between measurements is used. No cross contamination. Furthermore, the conventional alignment becomes unnecessary, and the user can more easily sort.
- the movement direction of the fine particles is controlled in the space outside the chip, so that the movement direction of the fine particles can be controlled as in the flow cytometry applying the conventional ⁇ -TAS. It is not necessary to carry out in the flowing liquid, and a higher fractionation speed can be achieved. Furthermore, in the fine particle sorting apparatus A, the liquid feeding pressure of the sample liquid and the sheath liquid can be sufficiently increased in the flow path 11, and high-frequency droplets can be discharged from the orifice 12 at a high speed. Speed is obtained.
- the space in which the moving direction of the droplet is controlled is configured in the airtight cartridge 7 (see FIG. 1). That is, as shown in FIG. 10, at least the orifice 12 portion of the microchip 1 and the space in which the droplet D discharged from the orifice 12 moves outside the chip are arranged in an airtight space in the cartridge 7. desirable.
- the microchip 1 is attached to the cartridge 7 so that the portion of the orifice 12 can vibrate at a predetermined frequency by the vibration from the vibration element 2 so that the droplet formation at the orifice 12 is not hindered.
- the microchip 1 is fixed to the cartridge 7 on the side opposite to the orifice 12, and the end side of the orifice 12 is not in contact with the cartridge 7.
- the droplet can be formed from the orifice. It is possible to prevent contaminants such as generated fine droplets (aerosol) from entering the sample. At the same time, droplets and aerosol generated during droplet formation can be confined in the cartridge 7, and exposure to the user and environmental conditions can be avoided when sorting out microparticles with a risk such as infectious cells. Contamination can be prevented.
- the cartridge 7 is preferably formed entirely of glass or various plastics, and has optical transparency to the measurement light from the optical detection means.
- an optical window 34 may be provided at a position corresponding to the light irradiation part of the microchip 1 and only the optical window 34 may be provided with transparency to the measurement light.
- the optical window 34 is provided by hollowing out a part of the cartridge 7, even when an objective lens having a high numerical aperture and a short operating distance is used as the optical detection means, the objective lens is the light of the microchip 1. It can be close to the surface of the irradiation unit.
- the end of the orifice 12 of the microchip 1 is formed thin, and as shown in FIG. 11, the space where the movement direction of the microchip 1 and the droplet is controlled is performed. It is desirable to reduce the opening of the connection port.
- the opening of the connection port can be made smaller than in FIG. Further, by inserting the end of the narrowly formed orifice 12 into a space where the movement direction of the droplet is controlled, the sealing efficiency of the aerosol generated when the droplet or droplet is formed can be increased.
- the optical window 34 is preferably formed of a light transmissive material such as glass.
- the optical window 34 is formed of, for example, a plastic with an antireflection film or an antireflection nanostructure formed on the surface, or a highly transmissive material such as quartz, and the optical window 34 is formed as thin as possible.
- the optical loss should be as small as possible.
- FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 are diagrams showing another preferred embodiment of the cartridge 7.
- the counter electrodes 4, 4 and the grounded grounded counter electrodes 6, 6 that control the moving direction of the droplets can be provided on the side of the fine particle sorting apparatus A main body.
- a fitting hole is provided in the cartridge 7, and the counter electrodes 4, 4 and the grounded grounding counter electrodes 6, 6 are inserted into the fitting hole when the cartridge 7 is attached to the apparatus body.
- the counter electrodes 4, 4 and the grounded grounded counter electrodes 6, 6 are arranged along the moving direction of the liquid droplets discharged from the orifice of the microchip 1.
- the cartridge 7 may be provided with a sample solution reservoir 8 for supplying the sample solution to the microchip 1.
- the sample liquid from the sample liquid reservoir 8 is supplied from the sample liquid inlet 15 to the microchip 1.
- the sample liquid supply path can also be configured to be disposable and can further prevent sample cross-contamination between measurements.
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この微小粒子分取装置は、光学検出手段による微小粒子の光学特性検出が行われる部位よりも送液方向上流において、流路を通流する液体Tの層流中に、微小粒子を含む他の液体Sの層流を導入する微小管を備えることができる。
また、この微小管を、電圧を印加可能な金属により形成することにより、微小管を荷電手段として構成することができる。
この微小粒子分取装置では、マイクロチップの少なくともオリフィス部分と、オリフィスからチップ外に吐出された液滴が移動する空間と、が光学検出手段からの光に対して光透過性を有するカートリッジ内空に構成されていることが好適となる。
さらに、このカートリッジは、内空が密閉可能に構成されていることが好適である。
本発明は、また、微小粒子を含む液体が通流される流路と、この流路を通流する液体をチップ外の空間に排出するオリフィスと、が配設され、流路の所定部位が、通流する微小粒子の光学特性を検出するための光学検出手段からの光が照射される光照射部として構成され、光照射部よりも送液方向上流に、流路を通流する液体Tの層流中に、微小粒子を含む他の液体Sの層流を導入する微小管が配設されており、オリフィス部位の流路幅及び流路深さが、光照射部の流路幅及び流路深さよりも小さく、あるいは、オリフィス部位の流路断面積が、光学検出手段による微小粒子の光学特性検出が行われる部位の流路断面積よりも小さく形成されているマイクロチップを提供する。
このマイクロチップは、オリフィスにおいて液体を液滴化して吐出させるための振動素子を備えることができる。
このマイクロチップでは、微小管が、電圧を印加可能な金属により形成されていることが好適である。
本発明は、さらに、上記のマイクロチップの少なくともオリフィス部分と、オリフィスからチップ外に吐出された液滴が移動する空間と、が内空に構成され、光学検出手段からの光を光照射部に透過させる光透過性を有するカートリッジを提供する。
このカートリッジは、内空が密閉可能に構成されていることが好適である。
1.微小粒子分取装置
2.マイクロチップ
(1)流路
(2)微小管と絞込部
(3)光照射部
(4)昇圧部とオリフィス
3.振動素子
4.マイクロチップの各部位における流路幅及び深さ
5.微小流分取装置の動作
6.カートリッジ
図1は、本発明に係る微小粒子分取装置の概略構成を示す図である。図中、符号Aで示す微小粒子分取装置は、マイクロチップ1を構成要素とするカートリッジ7と、マイクロチップ1の所定部位に光を照射する光学検出手段3を備える装置本体と、から大略構成されている。マイクロチップ1は、一部がカートリッジ外に露出し、残りの部分がカートリッジ7内に収容された状態となっている。カートリッジ7の内部には、一対の対電極4,4が配設されている。また、カートリッジ7のマイクロチップ1の反対側には、3つの容器(符号51,52,53)が、各容器の内部がカートリッジ内空と連通するように、接続されている。マイクロチップ1及び対電極4,4、容器51~53を構成要素とするカートリッジ7は、微小粒子分取装置A本体に着脱可能に取り付けられている。微小粒子分取装置A本体には、カートリッジ7の取り付け時において、マイクロチップ1の一部に当接する位置に振動素子(不図示)が配設されている。
(1)流路
図3は、マイクロチップ1と振動素子2の概略構成を示す図である。マイクロチップ1には、サンプル液が導入されるサンプルインレット15と、シース液が導入されるシース液インレット14が形成されている。シース液インレット14に導入されたシース液は、Y軸正方向及び負方向の2方向に分岐して流路11を送液され、略90度に2回折り曲げられた後に合流し、下流に送液される
流路11のシース液が合流する部位には、サンプルインレット15から導入されたサンプル液をシース液層流中に導入するための微小管16が配設されている。サンプル液の層流は、微小管16内を通流して、シース液インレット14から導入されて流路11を通流するシース液層流中に導入される。これにより、サンプル液層流を、周囲がシース液層流によって取り囲まれた状態で、流路11下流に送液することができる。
図3中、符号33は、光学検出手段3からの測定光が照射される光照射部を示す。光照射部33では、光学検出手段3からの測定光の照射によって微小粒子から発生する測定対象光の検出が行われる。
図3中、符号12は、光照射部33を通過したシース液及びサンプル液をチップ外の空間に排出するオリフィスを示す。シース液及びサンプル液は、次に説明する振動素子2の作用によってオリフィス12で液滴化され、チップ外に吐出される。
図3中、符号2は、微小粒子分取装置A本体へのカートリッジ7の取り付け時(図1参照)において、マイクロチップ1の一部に当接する振動素子を示している。ここでは、振動素子2を微小粒子分取装置A本体側に配設した場合として説明するが、振動素子2はマイクロチップ1の内部構成としてチップと一体に設けられるものであってもよい。
図7は、流路11の各部位における幅及び深さを説明する断面模式図である。図は、流路11のYZ断面を示し、(A)は微小管16の開口位置、(B)は光照射部33、(C)はオリフィス12部位における流路11の断面を示す。
続いて、微小粒子分取装置Aの動作について図9を参照しながら説明する。
さらに、微小粒子分取装置Aでは、液滴の移動方向の制御が行われる空間を、密閉可能なカートリッジ7(図1参照)内空に構成することが好適となる。すなわち、図10に示すように、マイクロチップ1の少なくともオリフィス12部分と、オリフィス12からチップ外に吐出された液滴Dが移動する空間と、はカートリッジ7内の気密空間に配されることが望ましい。このとき、オリフィス12での液滴形成が阻害されないように、マイクロチップ1は、振動素子2からの振動によりオリフィス12部分が所定の振動数で振動できるようにカートリッジ7に取り付けられる。具体的には、マイクロチップ1は、オリフィス12とは反対端側でカートリッジ7に固定され、オリフィス12端側はカートリッジ7と接触していないことが望ましい。
D 液滴
P 微小粒子
S サンプル液層流
T シース液層流
1 マイクロチップ
11 流路
12 オリフィス
13 昇圧部
14 シース液インレット
15 サンプル液インレット
16 微小管
17 絞込部
2 振動素子
3 光学検出手段
33 光照射部
34 光学窓
4、41、42 対電極
51、52、53 容器
6 グランド接地電極
7 カートリッジ
8 サンプル液リザーバ
Claims (12)
- 微小粒子を含む液体が通流される流路と、この流路を通流する液体をチップ外の空間に排出するオリフィスと、が配設されたマイクロチップと、
オリフィスにおいて液体を液滴化して吐出するための振動素子と、
吐出される液滴に電荷を付与するための荷電手段と、
オリフィスよりも送液方向上流において流路を通流する微小粒子の光学特性を検出する光学検出手段と、
チップ外の空間に吐出された液滴の移動方向に沿って、移動する液滴を挟んで対向して配設された対電極と、
対電極間を通過した液滴を回収する二以上の容器と、を備え、
オリフィス部位の流路幅及び流路深さが、光学検出手段による微小粒子の光学特性検出が行われる部位の流路幅及び流路深さよりも小さく形成されている微小粒子分取装置。 - 微小粒子を含む液体が通流される流路と、この流路を通流する液体をチップ外の空間に排出するオリフィスと、が配設されたマイクロチップと、
オリフィスにおいて液体を液滴化して吐出するための振動素子と、
吐出される液滴に電荷を付与するための荷電手段と、
オリフィスよりも送液方向上流において流路を通流する微小粒子の光学特性を検出する光学検出手段と、
チップ外の空間に吐出された液滴の移動方向に沿って、移動する液滴を挟んで対向して配設された対電極と、
対電極間を通過した液滴を回収する二以上の容器と、を備え、
オリフィス部位の流路断面積が、光学検出手段による微小粒子の光学特性検出が行われる部位の流路断面積よりも小さく形成されている微小粒子分取装置。 - 光学検出手段による微小粒子の光学特性検出が行われる部位よりも送液方向上流において、流路を通流する液体Tの層流中に、微小粒子を含む他の液体Sの層流を導入する微小管を備える請求項1又は2記載の微小粒子分取装置。
- 電圧を印加可能な金属により形成した微小管を荷電手段として構成した請求項3記載の微小粒子分取装置。
- マイクロチップの少なくともオリフィス部分と、オリフィスからチップ外に吐出された液滴が移動する空間と、が光学検出手段からの光に対して光透過性を有するカートリッジ内空に構成されている請求項1~4のいずれか一項に記載の微小粒子分取装置。
- カートリッジ内空が密閉可能に構成されている請求項5記載の微小粒子分取装置。
- 微小粒子を含む液体が通流される流路と、この流路を通流する液体をチップ外の空間に排出するオリフィスと、が配設され、
流路の所定部位が、通流する微小粒子の光学特性を検出するための光学検出手段からの光が照射される光照射部として構成され、
光照射部よりも送液方向上流に、流路を通流する液体Tの層流中に、微小粒子を含む他の液体Sの層流を導入する微小管が配設されており、
オリフィス部位の流路幅及び流路深さが、光照射部の流路幅及び流路深さよりも小さく形成されているマイクロチップ。 - 微小粒子を含む液体が通流される流路と、この流路を通流する液体をチップ外の空間に排出するオリフィスと、が配設され、
流路の所定部位が、通流する微小粒子の光学特性を検出するための光学検出手段からの光が照射される光照射部として構成され、
光照射部よりも送液方向上流に、流路を通流する液体Tの層流中に、微小粒子を含む他の液体Sの層流を導入する微小管が配設されており、
オリフィス部位の流路断面積が、光照射部の流路断面積よりも小さく形成されているマイクロチップ。 - オリフィスにおいて液体を液滴化して吐出させるための振動素子を備える請求項7又は8記載のマイクロチップ。
- 微小管が、電圧を印加可能な金属により形成されている請求項9記載のマイクロチップ。
- 請求項10記載のマイクロチップの少なくともオリフィス部分と、オリフィスからチップ外に吐出された液滴が移動する空間と、が内空に構成され、光学検出手段からの光を光照射部に透過させる光透過性を有するカートリッジ。
- 内空が密閉可能に構成されている請求項11記載のカートリッジ。
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