Super, A;
Jaccard, N;
Cardoso Marques, MP;
Macown, RJ;
Griffin, LD;
Veraitch, FS;
Szita, N;
(2016)
Real-time monitoring of specific oxygen uptake rates of embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic cell culture device.
Biotechnology Journal
, 11
(9)
pp. 1179-1189.
10.1002/biot.201500479.
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Abstract
Oxygen plays a key role in stem cell biology as a signaling molecule and as an indicator of cell energy metabolism. Quantification of cellular oxygen kinetics, i.e. the determination of specific oxygen uptake rates (sOURs), is routinely used to understand metabolic shifts. However current methods to determine sOUR in adherent cell cultures rely on cell sampling, which impacts on cellular phenotype. We present real-time monitoring of cell growth from phase contrast microscopy images, and of respiration using optical sensors for dissolved oxygen. Time-course data for bulk and peri-cellular oxygen concentrations obtained for Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and mouse embryonic stem cell (mESCs) cultures successfully demonstrated this non-invasive and label-free approach. Additionally, we confirmed non-invasive detection of cellular responses to rapidly changing culture conditions by exposing the cells to mitochondrial inhibiting and uncoupling agents. For the CHO and mESCs, sOUR values between 8 and 60 amol cell(-1) s(-1) , and 5 and 35 amol cell(-1) s(-1) were obtained, respectively. These values compare favorably with literature data. The capability to monitor oxygen tensions, cell growth, and sOUR, of adherent stem cell cultures, non-invasively and in real time, will be of significant benefit for future studies in stem cell biology and stem cell-based therapies.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Real-time monitoring of specific oxygen uptake rates of embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic cell culture device |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/biot.201500479 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.201500479 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Biotechnology Journal published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Dissolved oxygen monitoring, Microfluidic cell culture device, Quantitative cell imaging, Specific oxygen uptake rate, Stem cells |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Biochemical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1493877 |
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