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Verlinden EJ, Madadelahi M, Sarajlic E, Shamloo A, Engel AH, Staufer U, Ghatkesar MK. Volume and concentration dosing in picolitres using a two-channel microfluidic AFM cantilever. Nanoscale 2020; 12:10292-10305. [PMID: 32363366 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr10494a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
We introduce a two-channel microfluidic atomic force microscopy (AFM) cantilever that combines the nanomechanical sensing functionality of an AFM cantilever with the ability to manipulate fluids of picolitres or smaller volumes through nanoscale apertures near the cantilever tip. Each channel is connected to a separate fluid reservoir, which can be independently controlled by pressure. Various systematic experiments with fluorescent liquids were done by either injecting the liquids from the on-chip reservoir or aspirating directly through the nanoscale apertures at the tip. A flow rate analysis of volume dosing, aspiration and concentration dosing inside the liquid medium was performed. To understand the fluid behaviour, an analytical model based on the hydrodynamic resistance, as well as numerical flow simulations of single and multi-phase conditions were performed and compared. By applying pressures between -500 mbar and 500 mbar to the reservoirs of the probe with respect to the ambient pressure, flow rates ranging from 10 fl s-1 to 83 pl s-1 were obtained inside the channels of the cantilever as predicted by the analytical model. The smallest dosing flow rate through the apertures was 720 fl s-1, which was obtained with a 10 mbar pressure on one reservoir and ambient pressure on the other. The solute concentration in the outflow could be tuned to values between 0% and 100% by pure convection and to values between 17.5% and 90% in combination with diffusion. The results prove that this new probe enables handling multiple fluids with the scope to inject different concentrations of analytes inside a single living cell and also perform regular AFM functionalities.
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- E J Verlinden
- Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
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van Loo B, Salehi S, Henke S, Shamloo A, Kamperman T, Karperien M, Leijten J. Enzymatic outside-in cross-linking enables single-step microcapsule production for high-throughput three-dimensional cell microaggregate formation. Mater Today Bio 2020; 6:100047. [PMID: 32300754 PMCID: PMC7152680 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2020.100047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cell-laden hydrogel microcapsules enable the high-throughput production of cell aggregates, which are relevant for three-dimensional tissue engineering and drug screening applications. However, current microcapsule production strategies are limited by their throughput, multistep protocols, and limited amount of compatible biomaterials. We here present a single-step process for the controlled microfluidic production of single-core microcapsules using enzymatic outside-in cross-linking of tyramine-conjugated polymers. It was hypothesized that a physically, instead of the conventionally explored biochemically, controlled enzymatic cross-linking process would improve the reproducibility, operational window, and throughput of shell formation. Droplets were flown through a silicone delay line, which allowed for highly controlled diffusion of the enzymatic cross-linking initiator. The microcapsules' cross-linking density and shell thickness is strictly depended on the droplet's retention time in the delay line, which is predictably controlled by flow rate. The here presented hydrogel cross-linking method allows for facile and cytocompatible production of cell-laden microcapsules compatible with the formation and biorthogonal isolation of long-term viable cellular spheroids for tissue engineering and drug screening applications.
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- B. van Loo
- Department of Developmental BioEngineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522, NB Enschede, the Netherlands
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Developmental BioEngineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522, NB Enschede, the Netherlands
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Corresponding author.
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- Department of Developmental BioEngineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522, NB Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental BioEngineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522, NB Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental BioEngineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522, NB Enschede, the Netherlands
- Corresponding author.
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Shamloo A, Mashhadian A. An inertial microfluidic device for targeted cell separation. N Biotechnol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2018.05.1071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Kashanian F, Masoudi MM, Shamloo A, Habibi-Rezaei M, Moosavi-Movahedi AA. Modeling, simulation, and employing dilution-dialysis microfluidic chip (DDMC) for heightening proteins refolding efficiency. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2018; 41:707-714. [PMID: 29470707 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-018-1904-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Miniaturized systems based on the principles of microfluidics are widely used in various fields, such as biochemical and biomedical applications. Systematic design processes are demanded the proper use of these microfluidic devices based on mathematical simulations. Aggregated proteins (e.g., inclusion bodies) in solution with chaotropic agents (such as urea) at high concentration in combination with reducing agents are denatured. Refolding methods to achieve the native proteins from inclusion bodies of recombinant protein relying on denaturant dilution or dialysis approaches for suppressing protein aggregation is very important in the industrial field. In this paper, a modeling approach is introduced and employed that enables a compact and cost-effective method for on-chip refolding process. The innovative aspect of the presented refolding method is incorporation dialysis and dilution. Dilution-dialysis microfluidic chip (DDMC) increases productivity folding of proteins with the gradual reduction of the amount of urea. It has shown the potential of DDMC for performing refolding of protein trials. The principles of the microfluidic device detailed in this paper are to produce protein on the dilution with slow mixing through diffusion of a denatured protein solution and stepwise dialysis of a refolding buffer flowing together and the flow regime is creeping flow. The operation of DDMC was modeled in two dimensions. This system simulated by COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling Software. The simulation results for a microfluidic refolding chip showed that DDMC was deemed to be perfectly suitable for control decreasing urea in the fluid model. The DDMC was validated through an experimental study. According to the results, refolding efficiency of denaturant Hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) (EC 3.2.1.17) used as a model protein was improved. Regard to the remaining activity test, it was increased from 42.6 in simple dilution to 93.7 using DDMC.
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- F Kashanian
- Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of Disciplinary New Science and Technology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.,School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. .,Nano-Biomedicine Center of Excellence, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Center, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.,Center of Excellence in Biothermodynamics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Farrahi G, Shamloo A, Felfeli M, Azadi M. Numerical simulations of cyclic behaviors in light alloys under isothermal and thermo-mechanical fatigue loadings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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