A practical guide to microfluidic perfusion culture of adherent mammalian cells Export

@article{citeulike:1657757, abstract = {Culturing cells at microscales allows control over microenvironmental cues, such as cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions; the potential to scale experiments; the use of small culture volumes; and the ability to integrate with microsystem technologies for on-chip experimentation. Microfluidic perfusion culture in particular allows controlled delivery and removal of soluble biochemical molecules in the extracellular microenvironment, and controlled application of mechanical forces exerted via fluid flow. There are many challenges to designing and operating a robust microfluidic perfusion culture system for routine culture of adherent mammalian cells. The current literature on microfluidic perfusion culture treats microfluidic design, device fabrication, cell culture, and micro-assays independently. Here we systematically present and discuss important design considerations in the context of the entire microfluidic perfusion culture system. These design considerations include the choice of materials, culture configurations, microfluidic network fabrication and micro-assays. We also present technical issues such as sterilization; seeding cells in both 2D and 3D configurations; and operating the system under optimized mass transport and shear stress conditions, free of air-bubbles. The integrative and systematic treatment of the microfluidic system design and fabrication, cell culture, and micro-assays provides novices with an effective starting point to build and operate a robust microfludic perfusion culture system for various applications.}, address = {Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm 36-824, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.}, author = {Kim, Lily and Toh, Yi-Chin and Voldman, Joel and Yu, Hanry}, citeulike-article-id = {1657757}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b704602b}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17538709}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17538709}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/article.asp?doi=b704602b}, doi = {10.1039/b704602b}, issn = {1473-0197}, journal = {Lab Chip}, keywords = {bioreactor, bubble, cells, lab-on-a-chip, method, microfluidic, pdms, protocol, review}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {681--694}, posted-at = {2008-03-19 14:03:34}, priority = {4}, publisher = {The Royal Society of Chemistry}, title = {A practical guide to microfluidic perfusion culture of adherent mammalian cells}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b704602b}, volume = {7}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1657757 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1657757 N2 - Culturing cells at microscales allows control over microenvironmental cues, such as cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions; the potential to scale experiments; the use of small culture volumes; and the ability to integrate with microsystem technologies for on-chip experimentation. Microfluidic perfusion culture in particular allows controlled delivery and removal of soluble biochemical molecules in the extracellular microenvironment, and controlled application of mechanical forces exerted via fluid flow. There are many challenges to designing and operating a robust microfluidic perfusion culture system for routine culture of adherent mammalian cells. The current literature on microfluidic perfusion culture treats microfluidic design, device fabrication, cell culture, and micro-assays independently. Here we systematically present and discuss important design considerations in the context of the entire microfluidic perfusion culture system. These design considerations include the choice of materials, culture configurations, microfluidic network fabrication and micro-assays. We also present technical issues such as sterilization; seeding cells in both 2D and 3D configurations; and operating the system under optimized mass transport and shear stress conditions, free of air-bubbles. The integrative and systematic treatment of the microfluidic system design and fabrication, cell culture, and micro-assays provides novices with an effective starting point to build and operate a robust microfludic perfusion culture system for various applications. IS - 6 JF - Lab Chip SN - 1473-0197 AD - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm 36-824, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. EP - 694 TI - A practical guide to microfluidic perfusion culture of adherent mammalian cells PB - The Royal Society of Chemistry VL - 7 SP - 681 KW - bioreactor KW - bubble KW - cells KW - lab-on-a-chip KW - method KW - microfluidic KW - pdms KW - protocol KW - review AU - Kim, Lily AU - Toh, Yi-Chin AU - Voldman, Joel AU - Yu, Hanry PY - 2007/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b704602b ER -