Issue 12, 2016

A pneumatic pressure-driven multi-throughput microfluidic circulation culture system

Abstract

Here, we report a pneumatic pressure-driven microfluidic device capable of multi-throughput medium circulation culture. The circulation culture system has the following advantages for application in drug discovery: (i) simultaneous operation of multiple circulation units, (ii) use of a small amount of circulating medium (3.5 mL), (iii) pipette-friendly liquid handling, and (iv) a detachable interface with pneumatic pressure lines via sterile air-vent filters. The microfluidic device contains three independent circulation culture units, in which human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were cultured under physiological shear stress induced by circulation of the medium. Circulation of the medium in the three culture units was generated by programmed sequentially applied pressure from two pressure-control lines. HUVECs cultured in the microfluidic device were aligned under a one-way circulating flow with a shear stress of 10 dyn cm−2; they exhibited a randomly ordered alignment under no shear stress and under reciprocating flow with a shear stress of 10 dyn cm−2. We also observed 2.8- to 4.9-fold increases in expression of the mRNAs of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and thrombomodulin under one-way circulating flow with a shear stress of 10 dyn cm−2 compared with conditions of no shear stress or reciprocating flow.

Graphical abstract: A pneumatic pressure-driven multi-throughput microfluidic circulation culture system

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Mar 2016
Accepted
13 May 2016
First published
13 May 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Lab Chip, 2016,16, 2339-2348

A pneumatic pressure-driven multi-throughput microfluidic circulation culture system

T. Satoh, G. Narazaki, R. Sugita, H. Kobayashi, S. Sugiura and T. Kanamori, Lab Chip, 2016, 16, 2339 DOI: 10.1039/C6LC00361C

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