Raimes, W;
Rubi, M;
Super, ASM;
Marques, M;
Veraitch, F;
Szita, N;
(2016)
Transfection in perfused microfluidic cell culture devices: a case study.
Process Biochemistry
10.1016/j.procbio.2016.09.006.
(In press).
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Abstract
Automated microfluidic devices are a promising route towards a point-of-care autologous cell therapy. The initial steps of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derivation involve transfection and long term cell culture. Integration of these steps would help reduce the cost and footprint of micro-scale devices with applications in cell reprogramming or gene correction. Current examples of transfection integration focus on maximising efficiency rather than viable long-term culture. Here we look for whole process compatibility by integrating automated transfection with a perfused microfluidic device designed for homogeneous culture conditions. The injection process was characterised using fluorescein to establish a LabVIEW-based routine for user-defined automation. Proof-of-concept is demonstrated by chemically transfecting a GFP plasmid into mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). Cells transfected in the device showed an improvement in efficiency (34%, n = 3) compared with standard protocols (17.2%, n = 3). This represents a first step towards microfluidic processing systems for cell reprogramming or gene therapy.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Transfection in perfused microfluidic cell culture devices: a case study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.procbio.2016.09.006 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2016.09.006 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Automated transfection; Microfluidic cell culture; Autologous cell therapy; Cell culture; Embryonic 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 |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1517556 |
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