A polydimethylsiloxane–polycarbonate hybrid microfluidic device capable of generating perpendicular chemical and oxygen gradients for cell culture studies

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 3762-3772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Wen Chang ◽  
Yung-Ju Cheng ◽  
Melissa Tu ◽  
Ying-Hua Chen ◽  
Chien-Chung Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Microfluidic Device ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Oxygen Gradients

This paper reports a PDMS–PC hybrid microfluidic device capable of performing cell culture under combinations of chemical and oxygen gradients.

scholarly journals Missense mutations in small muscle protein X-linked (SMPX) cause distal myopathy with protein inclusions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mridul Johari ◽  
Jaakko Sarparanta ◽  
Anna Vihola ◽  
Per Harald Jonson ◽  
Marco Savarese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
High Throughput Sequencing ◽  
Muscle Protein ◽  
Distal Myopathy ◽  
Missense Mutations ◽  
Limb Muscle ◽  
Muscle Involvement ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Protein X ◽  
Small Muscle

AbstractUsing deep phenotyping and high-throughput sequencing, we have identified a novel type of distal myopathy caused by mutations in the Small muscle protein X-linked (SMPX) gene. Four different missense mutations were identified in ten patients from nine families in five different countries, suggesting that this disease could be prevalent in other populations as well. Haplotype analysis of patients with similar ancestry revealed two different founder mutations in Southern Europe and France, indicating that the prevalence in these populations may be higher. In our study all patients presented with highly similar clinical features: adult-onset, usually distal more than proximal limb muscle weakness, slowly progressing over decades with preserved walking. Lower limb muscle imaging showed a characteristic pattern of muscle involvement and fatty degeneration. Histopathological and electron microscopic analysis of patient muscle biopsies revealed myopathic findings with rimmed vacuoles and the presence of sarcoplasmic inclusions, some with amyloid-like characteristics. In silico predictions and subsequent cell culture studies showed that the missense mutations increase aggregation propensity of the SMPX protein. In cell culture studies, overexpressed SMPX localized to stress granules and slowed down their clearance.

In vitro assessment of food-derived-glucose bioaccessibility and bioavailability in bicameral cell culture system

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 631-637
Author(s):  
Cansu Ozel-Tasci ◽  
Gozde Pilatin ◽  
Ozgur Edeer ◽  
Sukru Gulec
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Culture System ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Enzymatic Digestion ◽  
Cell Culture System ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Experimental Approaches ◽  
In Vitro Assessment

AbstractBackgroundFunctional foods can help prevent metabolic diseases, and it is essential to evaluate functional characteristics of foods through in vitro and in vivo experimental approaches.ObjectiveWe aimed to use the bicameral cell culture system combined with the in vitro digestion to evaluate glucose bioavailability.Materials and methodsCake, almond paste, and pudding were modified by adding fiber and replacing sugar with sweeteners and polyols. Digestion process was modeled in test tubes. Rat enterocyte cells (IEC-6) were grown in a bicameral cell culture system to mimic the physiological characteristics of the human intestine. The glucose bioaccessibility and cellular glucose efflux were measured by glucose oxidase assay.Results and discussionThe glucose bioaccessibilities of modified foods were significantly lower (cake: 2.6 fold, almond paste: 9.2 fold, pudding 2.8 fold) than the controls. Cellular glucose effluxes also decreased in the modified cake, almond paste, and pudding by 2.2, 4, and 2 fold respectively compared to their controls.ConclusionOur results suggest that combining in vitro enzymatic digestion with cell culture studies can be a practical way to test in vitro glucose bioaccessibility and bioavailability in functional food development.

Electrospun poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid)/cellulose laurate blend nanofibers containing adapalene: Morphology, drug release, and cell culture studies

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 477-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Ziaee ◽  
Payam Zahedi ◽  
Majid Abdouss ◽  
Mohammad Amin Zarandi ◽  
Saeed Manouchehri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Drug Release ◽  
Acrylic Acid ◽  
Culture Studies

Abstract 15951: Palmitate, Not Oleate, is the Preferred Fatty Acid for Cardiac Triacylglycerol Synthesis

Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C Kolwicz ◽  
Rong Tian
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
13C Nmr Spectroscopy ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Triacylglycerol Synthesis ◽  
Culture Models ◽  
Contracting Heart ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cell Culture Models ◽  
Insight Into

Introduction: Previous studies using cell culture models identified cyto-toxic effects of palmitate and that supplementation with oleate was protective by redirecting palmitate into triacylglycerol (TAG) stores. However, other cull culture studies reported that diacylglycerol transferase 1 (DGAT1), the last enzyme in TAG synthesis, demonstrated a preference for oleate. At present, it is not clear whether the supply of exogenous fatty acids (FA) to the heart is differentially allocated into the endogenous TAG pool. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to examine the influence of palmitate and/or oleate on cardiac TAG incorporation. METHODS/RESULTS: Hearts were isolated from DGAT1-transgenic (DGAT) and control littermates (CON) and perfused in Langendorff mode with a mixed substrate buffer consisting of glucose, lactate, insulin, and FAs. The FA supply was varied with 0.2mM of both labeled (13C) and unlabeled (12C) FAs in 4 different experiments: 1) 13C/12C palmitate; 2) 13C/12C oleate; 3) 13C palmitate/12C oleate; 4) 13C oleate/12C palmitate. The incorporation of 13C palmitate or 13C oleate into the TAG pool was monitored by 13C NMR spectroscopy. In CON hearts (n=3), the incorporation of palmitate was ~65% higher than oleate when the perfusate contained a homogenous supply of FA. This was also observed in DGAT hearts (n=4) although the incorporation of both palmitate and oleate was ~75% higher compared to CON (P <0.05). In the presence of oleate, palmitate incorporation decreased 25-30% in both CON and DGAT hearts. In contrast, oleate incorporation was diminished by ~50% and ~100% in CON and DGAT hearts, respectively, in the presence of palmitate. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that when palmitate and oleate are provided in equal concentrations, palmitate is more readily utilized in the synthesis of endogenous TAG stores in the heart. Furthermore, although overexpression of DGAT increases both oleate and palmitate incorporation, the DGAT1 enzyme demonstrates a preference for palmitate. These findings provide insight into the relationship between exogenous FA supply and endogenous TAG dynamics in the contracting heart.

Fabrication of high density metallic nanowires and nanotubes for cell culture studies

2011 ◽  
Vol 88 (8) ◽  
pp. 1702-1706 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Tian ◽  
J. Hu ◽  
F. Zhang ◽  
X. Li ◽  
J. Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
High Density ◽  
Metallic Nanowires ◽  
Culture Studies
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