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Canali C, Mazzoni C, Larsen LB, Heiskanen A, Martinsen ØG, Wolff A, Dufva M, Emnéus J. An impedance method for spatial sensing of 3D cell constructs--towards applications in tissue engineering. Analyst 2016. [PMID: 26198701 DOI: 10.1039/c5an00987a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We present the characterisation and validation of multiplexed 4-terminal (4T) impedance measurements as a method for sensing the spatial location of cell aggregates within large three-dimensional (3D) gelatin scaffolds. The measurements were performed using an array of four rectangular chambers, each having eight platinum needle electrodes for parallel analysis. The electrode positions for current injection and voltage measurements were optimised by means of finite element simulations to maximise the sensitivity field distribution and spatial resolution. Eight different 4T combinations were experimentally tested in terms of the spatial sensitivity. The simulated sensitivity fields were validated using objects (phantoms) with different conductivity and size placed in different positions inside the chamber. This provided the detection limit (volume sensitivity) of 16.5%, i.e. the smallest detectable volume with respect to the size of the measurement chamber. Furthermore, the possibility for quick single frequency analysis was demonstrated by finding a common frequency of 250 kHz for all the presented electrode combinations. As final proof of concept, a high density of human hepatoblastoma (HepG2) cells were encapsulated in gelatin to form artificial 3D cell constructs and detected when placed in different positions inside large gelatin scaffolds. Taken together, these results open new perspectives for impedance-based sensing technologies for non-invasive monitoring in tissue engineering applications providing spatial information of constructs within biologically relevant 3D environments.
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- C Canali
- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Nunes PS, Kjaerulff S, Dufva M, Mogensen KB. Real-time direct cell concentration and viability determination using a fully automated microfluidic platform for standalone process monitoring. Analyst 2015; 140:4007-20. [PMID: 25923294 DOI: 10.1039/c5an00478k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The industrial production of cells has a large unmet need for greater process monitoring, in addition to the standard temperature, pH and oxygen concentration determination. Monitoring the cell health by a vast range of fluorescence cell-based assays can greatly improve the feedback control and thereby ensure optimal cell production, by prolonging the fermentation cycle and increasing the bioreactor output. In this work, we report on the development of a fully automated microfluidic system capable of extracting samples directly from a bioreactor, diluting the sample, staining the cells, and determining the total cell and dead cells concentrations, within a time frame of 10.3 min. The platform consists of custom made stepper motor actuated peristaltic pumps and valves, fluidic interconnections, sample to waste liquid management and image cytometry-based detection. The total concentration of cells is determined by brightfield microscopy, while fluorescence detection is used to detect propidium iodide stained non-viable cells. This method can be incorporated into facilities with bioreactors to monitor the cell concentration and viability during the cultivation process. Here, we demonstrate the microfluidic system performance by monitoring in real time the cell concentration and viability of yeast extracted directly from an in-house made bioreactor. This is the first demonstration of using the Dean drag force, generated due to the implementation of a curved microchannel geometry in conjunction with high flow rates, to promote passive mixing of cell samples and thus homogenization of the diluted cell plug. The autonomous operation of the fluidics furthermore allows implementation of intelligent protocols for administering air bubbles from the bioreactor in the microfluidic system, so that these will be guided away from the imaging region, thereby significantly improving both the robustness of the system and the quality of the data.
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- P S Nunes
- Technical University of Denmark, Department for Micro- and Nanotechnology, Denmark.
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Conde AJ, Bianchetti A, Veiras FE, Federico A, Cabaleiro JM, Dufva M, Madrid RE, Fraigi L. A polymer chip-integrable piezoelectric micropump with low backpressure dependence. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra08819d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A polymer piezoelectric micropump fabricated with conventional machining methods that can be embedded in laminated microfluidic chips.
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- A. J. Conde
- Centro de Micro y Nanoelectrónica del Bicentenario (CMNB)
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI)
- San Martín
- Argentina
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- Electrónica e Informática
- INTI
- San Martín
- Argentina
- Laboratorio de Sistemas Líquidos
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- Electrónica e Informática
- INTI
- San Martín
- Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Fluidodinámica
- FIUBA
- Argentina
- Laboratorio de Micro y Nanofluídica y Plasma
- UdeMM
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- DTU Nanotech
- Technical University of Denmark
- Denmark
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- Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas (INSIBIO-CONICET)
- Laboratorio de Medios e Interfases (LAMEIN)
- Dpto. de Bioingeniería FACET/UNT
- Argentina
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- Centro de Micro y Nanoelectrónica del Bicentenario (CMNB)
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI)
- San Martín
- Argentina
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Zór K, Heiskanen A, Caviglia C, Vergani M, Landini E, Shah F, Carminati M, Martínez-Serrano A, Moreno TR, Kokaia M, Benayahu D, Keresztes Z, Papkovsky D, Wollenberger U, Svendsen WE, Dimaki M, Ferrari G, Raiteri R, Sampietro M, Dufva M, Emnéus J. A compact multifunctional microfluidic platform for exploring cellular dynamics in real-time using electrochemical detection. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12632g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Dopamine detection from PC12 cell populations and monitoring of yeast redox metabolism demonstrate the multifunctionality of the compact microfluidic cell culture and electrochemical analysis platform with in-built fluid handling and detection unit.
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- K. Zór
- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Technical University of Denmark
- DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Technical University of Denmark
- DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Technical University of Denmark
- DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica
- Informazione e Bioingegneria
- Politecnico di Milano
- Milan, Italy
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and System Engineering
- University of Genova
- Genova, Italy
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Technical University of Denmark
- DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica
- Informazione e Bioingegneria
- Politecnico di Milano
- Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Center of Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa”
- University Autónoma de Madrid
- Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Center of Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa”
- University Autónoma de Madrid
- Madrid, Spain
- Wallenberg Neuroscience Center
- Lund University
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- Wallenberg Neuroscience Center
- Lund University
- Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
- Tel Aviv University
- Ramat Aviv, Israel
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- Research Center for Natural Sciences
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- University College Cork
- Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Molecular Enzymology
- University of Potsdam
- Potsdam (Golm), Germany
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Technical University of Denmark
- DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Technical University of Denmark
- DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica
- Informazione e Bioingegneria
- Politecnico di Milano
- Milan, Italy
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and System Engineering
- University of Genova
- Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica
- Informazione e Bioingegneria
- Politecnico di Milano
- Milan, Italy
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Technical University of Denmark
- DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Technical University of Denmark
- DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Skolimowski M, Weiss Nielsen M, Abeille F, Skafte-Pedersen P, Sabourin D, Fercher A, Papkovsky D, Molin S, Taboryski R, Sternberg C, Dufva M, Geschke O, Emnéus J. Modular microfluidic system as a model of cystic fibrosis airways. Biomicrofluidics 2012; 6:34109. [PMID: 23908680 PMCID: PMC3423306 DOI: 10.1063/1.4742911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A modular microfluidic airways model system that can simulate the changes in oxygen tension in different compartments of the cystic fibrosis (CF) airways was designed, developed, and tested. The fully reconfigurable system composed of modules with different functionalities: multichannel peristaltic pumps, bubble traps, gas exchange chip, and cell culture chambers. We have successfully applied this system for studying the antibiotic therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the bacteria mainly responsible for morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis, in different oxygen environments. Furthermore, we have mimicked the bacterial reinoculation of the aerobic compartments (lower respiratory tract) from the anaerobic compartments (cystic fibrosis sinuses) following an antibiotic treatment. This effect is hypothesised as the one on the main reasons for recurrent lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients.
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- M Skolimowski
- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsted Plads, Building 345B, Kgs. Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark ; Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Matematiktorvet, Building 301, Kgs. Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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Stangegaard M, Wang Z, Kutter JP, Dufva M, Wolff A. Whole genome expression profiling using DNA microarray for determining biocompatibility of polymeric surfaces. Mol Biosyst 2007; 2:421-8. [PMID: 17153139 DOI: 10.1039/b608239d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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There is an ever increasing need to find surfaces that are biocompatible for applications like medical implants and microfluidics-based cell culture systems. The biocompatibility of five different surfaces with different hydrophobicity was determined using gene expression profiling as well as more conventional methods to determine biocompatibility such as cellular growth rate, morphology and the hydrophobicity of the surfaces. HeLa cells grown on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) or a SU-8 surface treated with HNO3-ceric ammonium nitrate (HNO3-CAN) and ethanolamine showed no differences in growth rate, morphology or gene expression profiles as compared to HeLa cells grown in cell culture flasks. Cells grown on SU-8 treated with only HNO3-CAN showed almost the same growth rate (36 +/- 1 h) and similar morphology as cells grown in cell culture flasks (32 +/- 1 h), indicating good biocompatibility. However, more than 200 genes showed different expression levels in cells grown on SU-8 treated with HNO3-CAN compared to cells grown in cell culture flasks. This shows that gene expression profiling is a simple and precise method for determining differences in cells grown on different surfaces that are otherwise difficult to find using conventional methods. It is particularly noteworthy that no correlation was found between surface hydrophobicity and biocompatibility.
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- Michael Stangegaard
- MIC-Department of Micro and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Orsteds Plads 345 East, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Stangegaard M, Petronis S, Jørgensen AM, Christensen CBV, Dufva M. A biocompatible micro cell culture chamber (microCCC) for the culturing and on-line monitoring of eukaryote cells. Lab Chip 2006; 6:1045-51. [PMID: 16874376 DOI: 10.1039/b603379b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We have previously shown that a polymeric (PMMA) chip with medium perfusion and integrated heat regulation provides sufficiently precise heat regulation, pH-control and medium exchange to support cell growth for weeks. However, it was unclear how closely the cells cultured in the chip resembled cells cultured in the culture flask. In the current study, gene expression profiles of cells cultured in the chip were compared with gene expression profiles of cells cultured in culture flasks. The results showed that there were only two genes that were differently expressed in cells grown in the cell culture chip compared to cell culture flasks. The cell culture chip could without further modification support cell growth of two other cell lines. Light coming from the microscope lamp during optical recordings of the cells was the only external factor identified, that could have a negative effect on cell survival. Low grade light exposure was however compatible with optical recordings as well as cell viability. These results strongly indicate that a cell culture chip could be constructed that allowed for on-line optical recording of cellular events without affecting the cell culturing condition compared to cell cultured in culture flasks incubated in a dark and CO2 conditioned incubator.
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- Michael Stangegaard
- Department of Micro and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 345 east, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Smistrup K, Kjeldsen BG, Reimers JL, Dufva M, Petersen J, Hansen MF. On-chip magnetic bead microarray using hydrodynamic focusing in a passive magnetic separator. Lab Chip 2005; 5:1315-9. [PMID: 16234958 DOI: 10.1039/b510995g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Implementing DNA and protein microarrays into lab-on-a-chip systems can be problematic since these are sensitive to heat and strong chemicals. Here, we describe the functionalization of a microchannel with two types of magnetic beads using hydrodynamic focusing combined with a passive magnetic separator with arrays of soft magnetic elements. The soft magnetic elements placed on both sides of the channel are magnetized by a relatively weak applied external magnetic field (21 mT) and provide magnetic field gradients attracting magnetic beads. Flows with two differently functionalized magnetic beads and a separating barrier flow are introduced simultaneously at the two channel sides and the centre of the microfluidic channel, respectively. On-chip experiments with fluorescence labeled beads demonstrate that the two types of beads are captured at each of the channel sidewalls. On-chip hybridization experiments show that the microfluidic systems can be functionalized with two sets of beads carrying different probes that selectively recognize a single base pair mismatch in target DNA. By switching the places of the two types of beads it is shown that the microsystem can be cleaned and functionalized repeatedly with different beads with no cross-talk between experiments.
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- K Smistrup
- MIC-Department of Micro and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Building 345east, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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Fixe F, Dufva M, Telleman P, Christensen CBV. One-step immobilization of aminated and thiolated DNA onto poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) substrates. Lab Chip 2004; 4:191-5. [PMID: 15159777 DOI: 10.1039/b316616c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Direct immobilisation of modified DNA oligonucleotides (aminated or thiolated) onto a plastic substrate, poly(methylmethacrylate), (PMMA) is described. Using the methyl esters present on non-modified PMMA, it was possible to establish a covalent bond between the electron donor of a DNA probe and the C terminal ester of the PMMA substrate. Since the procedure consists of a single brief wash in isopropanol or ethanol, the procedure is simple and environmentally friendly. The new immobilization strategy was characterized by analysing DNA microarray performance. The new procedure resulted in probe- and hybridization densities that were greater or equivalent to those obtained with commercially available surfaces and other procedures to immobilize DNA onto PMMA. The described chemistry selectively immobilized the DNA via terminal thiol or amine groups indicating that probe orientation could be controlled. Furthermore, the chemical bond between the immobilized DNA and the PMMA could endure repeated heat cycling with only 50% probe loss after 20 cycles, indicating that the chemistry could be used in integrated PCR/microarray devices.
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- F Fixe
- INESC, Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC-MN), Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa, Portugal
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A chemical procedure was developed to functionalize poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) substrates. PMMA is reacted with hexamethylene diamine to yield an aminated surface for immobilizing DNA in microarrays. The density of primary NH2 groups was 0.29 nmol/cm2. The availability of these primary amines was confirmed by the immobilization of DNA probes and hybridization with a complementary DNA strand. The hybridization signal and the hybridization efficiency of the chemically aminated PMMA slides were comparable to the hybridization signal and the hybridization efficiency obtained from differently chemically modified PMMA slides, silanized glass, commercial silylated glass and commercial plastic Euray trade mark slides. Immobilized and hybridized densities of 10 and 0.75 pmol/cm2, respectively, were observed for microarrays on chemically aminated PMMA. The immobilized probes were heat stable since the hybridization performance of microarrays subjected to 20 PCR heat cycles was only reduced by 4%. In conclusion, this new strategy to modify PMMA provides a robust procedure to immobilize DNA, which is a very useful substrate for fabricating single use diagnostics devices with integrated functions, like sample preparation, treatment and detection using microfabrication and microelectronic techniques.
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- F Fixe
- INESC, Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC-MN), Rua Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa, Portugal
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Dufva M, Svenningsson A, Hansson GK. Differential regulation of macrophage scavenger receptor isoforms: mRNA quantification using the polymerase chain reaction. J Lipid Res 1995; 36:2282-90. [PMID: 8656066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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There are two isoforms of the macrophage scavenger receptor (MSR I and II). Both are expressed on macrophages and mediate internalization of oxidized lipoproteins and several other ligands. MSR expression is regulated by cytokines but the individual regulation of each isoform is not well documented. We have therefore developed a PCR method to quantify mRNA levels of MSR isoforms. The analysis is based on relating the amount of reverse transcribed and amplified human macrophage MSR transcripts to a synthetic internal standard, using a 32P-labeled 5'-primer to allow quantitation of the products. Each MSR isoform and its corresponding standard amplified with equal efficiency and the amount of MSR mRNA could be determined from 1 to 100 ng of total RNA. Using this method, we estimated that each monocyte-derived macrophage contains 10-130 molecules of MSR I and 30-640 copies of MSR II mRNA. Both isoforms were down-regulated by bacterial endotoxin (LPS), but the effect was more pronounced for MSR II transcripts. However, cycloheximide induced a selective degradation of MSR I transcripts, leaving MSR II levels unaltered. This suggests that both transcriptional and posttranscriptional control mechanisms are important in the regulation of MSR expression.
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- M Dufva
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Dufva M, Svenningsson A, Hansson GK. Differential regulation of macrophage scavenger receptor isoforms: mRNA quantification using the polymerase chain reaction. J Lipid Res 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)39709-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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