Duong VT, Dang TT, Kim JP, Kim K, Ko H, Hwang CH, Koo KI. Twelve-day medium pumping into tubular cell-laden scaffold using a lab-made PDMS connector.
Eur Cell Mater 2019;
38:1-13. [PMID:
31332770 DOI:
10.22203/ecm.v038a01]
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Abstract
In the current study, a method is proposed to supply culture medium into a two-layered cell-laden tubular scaffold in order to enhance cell proliferation, confluence, and viability. The two-layered cell-laden tubular scaffold was made of calcium-alginate mixed with fibroblast cells (NIH/3T3) using a lab-made double- coaxial laminar-flow generator. Afterwards, the tubular scaffold was connected to a syringe pump system using a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) micro-connector for long-term cell culture. Three medium pumping conditions were applied and compared: a heart-beat-mimicking pumping (20 µL/s, 1 s period, and 50 % pulse width), a continuous pumping (20 µL/s) and a non-pumping. Non-leaky connections between the tubular scaffolds and the micro-connector outlet were sustained for 13.5 ± 0.83 d in heartbeat-mimicking pumping and 11.8 ± 0.33 d in continuous pumping condition, due to the elasticity of the tubular scaffolds. Importantly, the two pumping conditions resulted in more cell proliferation, confluence, and viability than the non-pumping condition. Furthermore, analysis of newly-produced type-I collagen matrix indicated that the cells under the two pumping conditions formed a tissue-like structure. The proposed technique could further be applied to vascular co-culturing for vascular engineered tissue.
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