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Enzyme SU-8 microreactors: simple tools for cell-culture monitoring

Talaei, Sara  
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van der Wal, Peter D.  
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Ahmed, Sher
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2015
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Monitoring metabolism fluctuations inside a cell culture is a valuable method for assessment of the cells vitality. Enzyme-based biosensors can provide selective measurement of metabolites such as glucose, lactate, glutamate and choline. However, integration of these biosensors inside a cell culture is a challenging issue that can disrupt the properties of the cells microenvironment or influence the biosensors' enzyme functioning. Herein, a technique for measuring the abovementioned metabolites in a cell culture without affecting the enzymes or the cells is presented. In this study, SU-8 is investigated as a suitable substrate for a simple enzyme immobilization. Two SU-8 microreactors are designed inside a microfluidic cartridge and functionalized with different enzymes. The implemented microreactors are used for detection of two metabolites simultaneously in a few microliters of a sample extracted from the cell-culture medium. Sub-micromolar concentrations are detectable using this device. The results of measuring variations in glucose and lactate concentration inside a cell culture, before and after exposing the cells to three different toxicants, are presented. In order to eliminate the enzymes disruption by the toxicants present inside the medium, a protocol for a toxicant-free sampling is investigated.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/s10404-015-1562-8
Web of Science ID

WOS:000360882300011

Author(s)
Talaei, Sara  
van der Wal, Peter D.  
Ahmed, Sher
Liley, Martha
de Rooij, Nico F.  
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Published in
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Volume

19

Issue

2

Start page

351

End page

361

Subjects

SU-8

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Microreactor

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Enzyme immobilization

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Cell-culture monitoring

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Toxin detection

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NON-REVIEWED

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