Patterning alginate hydrogels using light-directed release of caged calcium in a microfluidic device

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 - Trang 145-151 - 2009
Bor-han Chueh1,2, Ying Zheng1, Yu-suke Torisawa1, Amy Y. Hsiao1, Chunxi Ge3, Susan Hsiong4, Nathaniel Huebsch4,5, Renny Franceschi3, David J. Mooney4, Shuichi Takayama1,6
1Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
2Department of Chemistry Stanford University Stanford USA
3Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
4School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
5Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, USA
6Macromolecular Science & Engineering program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Tóm tắt

This paper describes a simple reversible hydrogel patterning method for 3D cell culture. Alginate gel is formed in select regions of a microfluidic device through light-triggered release of caged calcium. In the pre-gelled alginate solution, calcium is chelated by DM-nitrophen (DM-n) to prevent cross-linking of alginate. After sufficient UV exposure the caged calcium is released from DM-n causing alginate to cross-link. The effect of using different concentrations of calcium and chelating agents as well as the duration of UV exposure is described. Since the cross-linking is based on calcium concentration, the cross-linked alginate can easily be dissolved by EDTA. We also demonstrate application of this capability to patterned microscale 3D co-culture using endothelial cells and osteoblastic cells in a microchannel.

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