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Background: Aiming to improve the laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) cell isolation process, a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layer with micro-hole arrays was employed to improve the cell separation precision, and a microchip with heater was developed to maintain the working area at 100% humidity and 37°C with the purpose to preserve the viability of the isolated cells.
Methods: A series of experiments were conducted to verify the contributions of the optimization to LIFT cell isolation process as well as to study the effect of laser pulse energy, laser spot size and the titanium thickness on cell isolation. With 40µm laser spot size and 40nm thick of titanium, laser energy threshold for 100% single cell isolating succeed ratio is 7µJ.
Results: According to the staining images and proliferation ratios, the chip did help to improve the cell availability and the cells can recover from the juries at least a day earlier comparing to the samples processed without the chip.
Conclusion: With a Lattice Boltzmann model, the cell isolation process is numerically studied and it turns out that the micro-hole makes the isolation process shift to a micro-syringe injection model leading to the lower laser energy threshold for cell separation and fewer injuries.
Keywords: LIFT, Single cell isolation, micro-hole array, micro-chip, microheater, cell injuries.
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Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Title:Improving the Cell Viability and Isolating Precision of Laser-induced Forward Transfer Process by Maintaining a Proper Environment with a Microchip
Volume: 18 Issue: 14
Author(s): Yu Deng, Zhigang Huang*, Wenbing Wang, Yinghuai Chen, Zhongning Guo and Ying Chen
Affiliation:
- School of Electromechanical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou,China
Keywords: LIFT, Single cell isolation, micro-hole array, micro-chip, microheater, cell injuries.
Abstract: Background: Aiming to improve the laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) cell isolation process, a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layer with micro-hole arrays was employed to improve the cell separation precision, and a microchip with heater was developed to maintain the working area at 100% humidity and 37°C with the purpose to preserve the viability of the isolated cells.
Methods: A series of experiments were conducted to verify the contributions of the optimization to LIFT cell isolation process as well as to study the effect of laser pulse energy, laser spot size and the titanium thickness on cell isolation. With 40µm laser spot size and 40nm thick of titanium, laser energy threshold for 100% single cell isolating succeed ratio is 7µJ.
Results: According to the staining images and proliferation ratios, the chip did help to improve the cell availability and the cells can recover from the juries at least a day earlier comparing to the samples processed without the chip.
Conclusion: With a Lattice Boltzmann model, the cell isolation process is numerically studied and it turns out that the micro-hole makes the isolation process shift to a micro-syringe injection model leading to the lower laser energy threshold for cell separation and fewer injuries.
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Deng Yu , Huang Zhigang *, Wang Wenbing , Chen Yinghuai , Guo Zhongning and Chen Ying , Improving the Cell Viability and Isolating Precision of Laser-induced Forward Transfer Process by Maintaining a Proper Environment with a Microchip, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 2017; 18 (14) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389201019666180315103008
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389201019666180315103008 |
Print ISSN 1389-2010 |
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