Figure 1. Stability, reproducibility, and specificity of the unfixed cell sensor surface.

Cell coverage on the sensor surface was evaluated before (A) and after (B) QCM measurements by staining the nuclei of SKOV-3 cells with Hoechst 33342 and visualizing under a fluorescent microscope (Olympus BX53). (C) Reproducibility of 5 cycles of the interaction between WGA (50 μg/mL) and unfixed SKOV-3 cells on sensor surface with regeneration step (2 injections of 300 mM GlcNAc) in between. (D) The bindings of WGA-FITC (red line) and Alexa Fluor® 488 conjugated GS-II (blue line) with SKOV-3 cells were evaluate by QCM measurements and microscopic evaluation. Fluorescent images of nuclei (in blue) and lectin (in green) were taken before (a) and after (b) WGA-FITC; (d) Alexa Fluor® 488 conjugated GS-II injection of lectin, as well as after regeneration (c). The scale bars stand for 40 μm.