Issue 12, 2005

Cell docking inside microwells within reversibly sealed microfluidic channels for fabricating multiphenotype cell arrays

Abstract

We present a soft lithographic method to fabricate multiphenotype cell arrays by capturing cells within an array of reversibly sealed microfluidic channels. The technique uses reversible sealing of elastomeric polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) molds on surfaces to sequentially deliver various fluids or cells onto specific locations on a substrate. Microwells on the substrate were used to capture and immobilize cells within low shear stress regions inside channels. By using an array of channels it was possible to deposit multiple cell types, such as hepatocytes, fibroblasts, and embryonic stem cells, on the substrates. Upon formation of the cell arrays on the substrate, the PDMS mold could be removed, generating a multiphenotype array of cells. In addition, the orthogonal alignment and subsequent attachment of a secondary array of channels on the patterned substrates could be used to deliver fluids to the patterned cells. The ability to position many cell types on particular regions within a two dimensional substrate could potentially lead to improved high-throughput methods applicable to drug screening and tissue engineering.

Graphical abstract: Cell docking inside microwells within reversibly sealed microfluidic channels for fabricating multiphenotype cell arrays

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Jun 2005
Accepted
22 Sep 2005
First published
13 Oct 2005

Lab Chip, 2005,5, 1380-1386

Cell docking inside microwells within reversibly sealed microfluidic channels for fabricating multiphenotype cell arrays

A. Khademhosseini, J. Yeh, G. Eng, J. Karp, H. Kaji, J. Borenstein, O. C. Farokhzad and R. Langer, Lab Chip, 2005, 5, 1380 DOI: 10.1039/B508096G

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