Microfluidic devices for cell culture and handling in organ-on-a-chip applications

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Becker ◽  
Ingo Schulz ◽  
Alexander Mosig ◽  
Tobias Jahn ◽  
Claudia Gärtner
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Organ On A Chip

scholarly journals Surface modification of PDMS-based microfluidic devices with collagen using polydopamine as a spacer to enhance primary human bronchial epithelial cell adhesion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammadhossein Dabaghi ◽  
Shadi Shahriari ◽  
Neda Saraei ◽  
Kevin Da ◽  
Abiram Chandiramohan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Surface Modification ◽  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Protein ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Bronchial Epithelial ◽  
Ecm Proteins ◽  
Coating Methods ◽  
Organ On A Chip

AbstractPolydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is a silicone-based synthetic material that is used in various biomedical applications due to its properties, including transparency, flexibility, permeability to gases, and ease of use. Though PDMS facilitates and realizes the fabrication of complicated geometries at the micro and nano scales, it does not optimally interact with cells for adherence and proliferation. Different strategies have been proposed to render PDMS to enhance cell attachment. The majority of these surface modification techniques have been offered for a static cell culture system. However, dynamic cell culture systems such as organ-on-a-chip devices are demanding platforms that recapitulate the complexity of a living tissue microenvironment. For organ-on-a-chip platforms, PDMS surfaces are usually coated by ECM proteins, which occur as a result of physical, weak bonding between PDMS and ECM proteins, and this binding can be degraded when it is exposed to shear stresses. This work reports static and dynamic coating methods to covalently bind collagen within a PDMS-based microfluidic device using polydopamine (PDA). These coating methods were evaluated using water contact angle measurement and atomic force microscopy (AFM) to find the optimum coating conditions. The biocompatibility of collagen-coated PDMS devices was assessed by culturing primary human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) in microfluidic devices. It was shown that both PDA coating methods could be used to bind collagen, thereby improving cell adhesion (around three times higher) without showing any discernible difference. These results suggested that such a surface modification can be used to coat an extracellular matrix protein onto PDMS-based microfluidic devices.

scholarly journals Surface Modification of PDMS-Based Microfluidic Devices with Collagen Using Polydopamine as a Spacer to Enhance Primary Human Bronchial Epithelial Cell Adhesion

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Mohammadhossein Dabaghi ◽  
Shadi Shahriari ◽  
Neda Saraei ◽  
Kevin Da ◽  
Abiram Chandiramohan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Surface Modification ◽  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
Cell Attachment ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Bronchial Epithelial ◽  
Ecm Proteins ◽  
Coating Methods ◽  
Organ On A Chip

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is a silicone-based synthetic material used in various biomedical applications due to its properties, including transparency, flexibility, permeability to gases, and ease of use. Though PDMS facilitates and assists the fabrication of complicated geometries at micro- and nano-scales, it does not optimally interact with cells for adherence and proliferation. Various strategies have been proposed to render PDMS to enhance cell attachment. The majority of these surface modification techniques have been offered for a static cell culture system. However, dynamic cell culture systems such as organ-on-a-chip devices are demanding platforms that recapitulate a living tissue microenvironment’s complexity. In organ-on-a-chip platforms, PDMS surfaces are usually coated by extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, which occur as a result of a physical and weak bonding between PDMS and ECM proteins, and this binding can be degraded when it is exposed to shear stresses. This work reports static and dynamic coating methods to covalently bind collagen within a PDMS-based microfluidic device using polydopamine (PDA). These coating methods were evaluated using water contact angle measurement and atomic force microscopy (AFM) to optimize coating conditions. The biocompatibility of collagen-coated PDMS devices was assessed by culturing primary human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) in microfluidic devices. It was shown that both PDA coating methods could be used to bind collagen, thereby improving cell adhesion (approximately three times higher) without showing any discernible difference in cell attachment between these two methods. These results suggested that such a surface modification can help coat extracellular matrix protein onto PDMS-based microfluidic devices.

scholarly journals Stem cell culture and differentiation in microfluidic devices toward organ-on-a-chip

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. FSO187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Xiaofeng Wei ◽  
Rui Zeng ◽  
Feng Xu ◽  
XiuJun Li
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Stem Cell Culture ◽  
Organ On A Chip

scholarly journals Mechanical Strain-Enabled Reconstitution of Dynamic Environment in Organ-on-a-Chip Platforms: A Review

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 765
Author(s):  
Qianbin Zhao ◽  
Tim Cole ◽  
Yuxin Zhang ◽  
Shi-Yang Tang
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Mechanical Strain ◽  
3D Cell Culture ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Mechanical Stimuli ◽  
Human Organ ◽  
Organ On A Chip

Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) uses the microfluidic 3D cell culture principle to reproduce organ- or tissue-level functionality at a small scale instead of replicating the entire human organ. This provides an alternative to animal models for drug development and environmental toxicology screening. In addition to the biomimetic 3D microarchitecture and cell–cell interactions, it has been demonstrated that mechanical stimuli such as shear stress and mechanical strain significantly influence cell behavior and their response to pharmaceuticals. Microfluidics is capable of precisely manipulating the fluid of a microenvironment within a 3D cell culture platform. As a result, many OOC prototypes leverage microfluidic technology to reproduce the mechanically dynamic microenvironment on-chip and achieve enhanced in vitro functional organ models. Unlike shear stress that can be readily generated and precisely controlled using commercial pumping systems, dynamic systems for generating proper levels of mechanical strains are more complicated, and often require miniaturization and specialized designs. As such, this review proposes to summarize innovative microfluidic OOC platforms utilizing mechanical actuators that induce deflection of cultured cells/tissues for replicating the dynamic microenvironment of human organs.

Low density cell culture of locust neurons in closed-channel microfluidic devices

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1003-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Göbbels ◽  
Anja Lena Thiebes ◽  
André van Ooyen ◽  
Uwe Schnakenberg ◽  
Peter Bräunig
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Closed Channel

scholarly journals A Modular Toolkit to Fabricate Microfluidic Devices for 3D Cell Culture and Near Real-time Measurements

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giraso Kabandana ◽  
Adam Michael Ratajczak ◽  
Chengpeng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Microfluidic Channel ◽  
3D Cell Culture ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
In Vitro Cell Cultures ◽  
Scoring Tools

Microfluidic technology has tremendously facilitated the development of in vitro cell cultures and studies. Conventionally, microfluidic devices are fabricated with extensive facilities by well-trained researchers, which hinders the widespread adoption of the technology for broader applications. Enlightened by the fact that low-cost microbore tubing is a natural microfluidic channel, we developed a series of adaptors in a toolkit that can twine, connect, organize, and configure the tubing to produce functional microfluidic units. Three subsets of the toolkit were thoroughly developed: the tubing and scoring tools, the flow adaptors, and the 3D cell culture suite. To demonstrate the usefulness and versatility of the toolkit, we assembled a microfluidic device and successfully applied it for 3D macrophage cultures, flow-based stimulation, and automated near real-time quantitation with new knowledge generated. Overall, we present a new technology that allows simple, fast, and robust assembly of customizable and scalable microfluidic devices with minimal facilities, which is broadly applicable to research that needs or could be enhanced by microfluidics.

scholarly journals Automation of Three-Dimensional Cell Culture in Arrayed Microfluidic Devices

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara I. Montanez-Sauri ◽  
Kyung Eun Sung ◽  
John P. Puccinelli ◽  
Carolyn Pehlke ◽  
David J. Beebe
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Dimensional Cell

Micro- and nanometer-scale patterned surface in a microchannel for cell culture in microfluidic devices

2007 ◽  
Vol 390 (3) ◽  
pp. 817-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makiko Goto ◽  
Takehiko Tsukahara ◽  
Kiichi Sato ◽  
Takehiko Kitamori
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Nanometer Scale ◽  
Patterned Surface
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