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Khatoon N, Subedi B, Chrisey DB. Synthesis of Silicon and Germanium Oxide Nanostructures via Photonic Curing; a Facile Approach to Scale Up Fabrication. ChemistryOpen 2024:e202300260. [PMID: 38308174 DOI: 10.1002/open.202300260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024] Open
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Silicon and Germanium oxide (SiOx and GeOx ) nanostructures are promising materials for energy storage applications due to their potentially high energy density, large lithiation capacity (~10X carbon), low toxicity, low cost, and high thermal stability. This work reports a unique approach to achieving controlled synthesis of SiOx and GeOx nanostructures via photonic curing. Unlike conventional methods like rapid thermal annealing, quenching during pulsed photonic curing occurs rapidly (sub-millisecond), allowing the trapping of metastable states to form unique phases and nanostructures. We explored the possible underlying mechanism of photonic curing by incorporating laws of photophysics, photochemistry, and simulated temperature profile of thin film. The results show that photonic curing of spray coated 0.1 M molarity Si and Ge Acetyl Acetate precursor solution, at total fluence 80 J cm-2 can yield GeOx and SiOx nanostructures. The as-synthesized nanostructures are ester functionalized due to photoinitiated chemical reactions in thin film during photonic curing. Results also showed that nanoparticle size changes from ~48 nm to ~11 nm if overall fluence is increased by increasing the number of pulses. These results are an important contribution towards large-scale synthesis of the Ge and Si oxide nanostructured materials which is necessary for next-generation energy storage devices.
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- Najma Khatoon
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118
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Yamaguchi E, Yao J, Aymond A, Chrisey DB, Nieman GF, Bates JHT, Gaver DP. Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing (ECIS) as a Platform for Evaluating Barrier-Function Susceptibility and Damage from Pulmonary Atelectrauma. Biosensors (Basel) 2022; 12:390. [PMID: 35735538 PMCID: PMC9221382 DOI: 10.3390/bios12060390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Biophysical insults that either reduce barrier function (COVID-19, smoke inhalation, aspiration, and inflammation) or increase mechanical stress (surfactant dysfunction) make the lung more susceptible to atelectrauma. We investigate the susceptibility and time-dependent disruption of barrier function associated with pulmonary atelectrauma of epithelial cells that occurs in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). This in vitro study was performed using Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing (ECIS) as a noninvasive evaluating technique for repetitive stress stimulus/response on monolayers of the human lung epithelial cell line NCI-H441. Atelectrauma was mimicked through recruitment/derecruitment (RD) of a semi-infinite air bubble to the fluid-occluded micro-channel. We show that a confluent monolayer with a high level of barrier function is nearly impervious to atelectrauma for hundreds of RD events. Nevertheless, barrier function is eventually diminished, and after a critical number of RD insults, the monolayer disintegrates exponentially. Confluent layers with lower initial barrier function are less resilient. These results indicate that the first line of defense from atelectrauma resides with intercellular binding. After disruption, the epithelial layer community protection is diminished and atelectrauma ensues. ECIS may provide a platform for identifying damaging stimuli, ventilation scenarios, or pharmaceuticals that can reduce susceptibility or enhance barrier-function recovery.
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- Eiichiro Yamaguchi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (J.Y.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (J.Y.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (J.Y.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA;
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- Department of Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA;
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (J.Y.); (A.A.)
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Antimicrobial surface coatings function as a contact biocide and are extensively used to prevent the growth and transmission of pathogens on environmental surfaces. Currently, scientists and researchers are intensively working to develop antimicrobial, antiviral coating solutions that would efficiently impede/stop the contagion of COVID-19 via surface contamination. Herein we present a flavonoid-based antimicrobial surface coating fabricated by laser processing that has the potential to eradicate COVID-19 contact transmission. Quercetin-containing coatings showed better resistance to microbial colonization than antibiotic–containing ones.
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- Rodica Cristescu
- lasma & Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA USA
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Gaire M, Liang K, Luo S, Subedi B, Adireddy S, Schroder K, Farnsworth S, Chrisey DB. Nanostructured manganese oxides electrode with ultra-long lifetime for electrochemical capacitors. RSC Adv 2020; 10:16817-16825. [PMID: 35498836 PMCID: PMC9053100 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra01081b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We describe the instantaneous fabrication of a highly porous three-dimensional (3D) nanostructured manganese oxides-reduced graphitic oxide (MnOx-rGO) electrode by using a pulse-photonic processing technique. Such nanostructures facilitate the movement of ions/electrons and offer an extremely high surface area for the electrode/electrolyte interaction. The electrochemical performance was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) with 1 M KOH as the electrolyte. The as-prepared thin film electrode exhibits excellent electrochemical performance and an ultra-long lifetime by retaining 90% of the initial capacitance even after 100 000 GCD cycles at constant areal current density of 0.4 mA cm−2. We attribute this excellent lifetime performance to the conductive reduced graphitic oxide, synergistic effects of carbon composite and the metal oxides, and the unique porous nanostructure. Such highly porous morphology also enhances the structural stability of the electrode by buffering the volume changes during the redox processes. We describe the instantaneous fabrication of a highly porous three-dimensional (3D) nanostructured manganese oxides-reduced graphitic oxide (MnOx-rGO) electrode by using a pulse-photonic processing technique.![]()
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- Madhu Gaire
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118 USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118 USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118 USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118 USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118 USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118 USA
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Cristescu R, Negut I, Visan AI, Nguyen AK, Sachan A, Goering PL, Chrisey DB, Narayan RJ. Matrix-Assisted Pulsed laser Evaporation-deposited Rapamycin Thin Films Maintain Antiproliferative Activity. Int J Bioprint 2020; 6:188. [PMID: 32782983 PMCID: PMC7415860 DOI: 10.18063/ijb.v6i1.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) has many benefits over conventional methods (e.g., dip-coating, spin coating, and Langmuir-Blodgett dip-coating) for manufacturing coatings containing pharmacologic agents on medical devices. In particular, the thickness of the coating that is applied to the surface of the medical device can be tightly controlled. In this study, MAPLE was used to deposit rapamycin-polyvinylpyrrolidone (rapamycin-PVP) thin films onto silicon and borosilicate optical glass substrates. Alamar Blue and PicoGreen studies were used to measure the metabolic health and DNA content of L929 mouse fibroblasts as measures of viability and proliferation, respectively. The cells on the MAPLE-deposited rapamycin-PVP surfaces exhibited 70.6% viability and 53.7% proliferation compared to a borosilicate glass control. These data indicate that the antiproliferative properties of rapamycin were maintained after MAPLE deposition.
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- Rodica Cristescu
- Department of Lasers, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Lasers, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Lasers, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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- Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Zhang B, Cristescu R, Chrisey DB, Narayan RJ. Solvent-based Extrusion 3D Printing for the Fabrication of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds. Int J Bioprint 2020; 6:211. [PMID: 32596549 PMCID: PMC7294686 DOI: 10.18063/ijb.v6i1.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [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: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Three-dimensional (3D) printing has been emerging as a new technology for scaffold fabrication to overcome the problems associated with the undesirable microstructure associated with the use of traditional methods. Solvent-based extrusion (SBE) 3D printing is a popular 3D printing method, which enables incorporation of cells during the scaffold printing process. The scaffold can be customized by optimizing the scaffold structure, biomaterial, and cells to mimic the properties of natural tissue. However, several technical challenges prevent SBE 3D printing from translation to clinical use, such as the properties of current biomaterials, the difficulties associated with simultaneous control of multiple biomaterials and cells, and the scaffold-to-scaffold variability of current 3D printed scaffolds. In this review paper, a summary of SBE 3D printing for tissue engineering (TE) is provided. The influences of parameters such as ink biomaterials, ink rheological behavior, cross-linking mechanisms, and printing parameters on scaffold fabrication are considered. The printed scaffold structure, mechanical properties, degradation, and biocompatibility of the scaffolds are summarized. It is believed that a better understanding of the scaffold fabrication process and assessment methods can improve the functionality of SBE-manufactured 3D printed scaffolds.
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- Bin Zhang
- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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Tonnessen-Murray CA, Frey WD, Rao SG, Shahbandi A, Ungerleider NA, Olayiwola JO, Murray LB, Vinson BT, Chrisey DB, Lord CJ, Jackson JG. Chemotherapy-induced senescent cancer cells engulf other cells to enhance their survival. J Cell Biol 2019; 218:3827-3844. [PMID: 31530580 PMCID: PMC6829672 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201904051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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In chemotherapy-treated breast cancer, wild-type p53 preferentially induces senescence over apoptosis, resulting in a persisting cell population constituting residual disease that drives relapse and poor patient survival via the senescence-associated secretory phenotype. Understanding the properties of tumor cells that allow survival after chemotherapy treatment is paramount. Using time-lapse and confocal microscopy to observe interactions of cells in treated tumors, we show here that chemotherapy-induced senescent cells frequently engulf both neighboring senescent or nonsenescent tumor cells at a remarkable frequency. Engulfed cells are processed through the lysosome and broken down, and cells that have engulfed others obtain a survival advantage. Gene expression analysis showed a marked up-regulation of conserved macrophage-like program of engulfment in chemotherapy-induced senescent cell lines and tumors. Our data suggest compelling explanations for how senescent cells persist in dormancy, how they manage the metabolically expensive process of cytokine production that drives relapse in those tumors that respond the worst, and a function for their expanded lysosomal compartment.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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Iordache AM, Cristescu R, Fagadar-Cosma E, Popescu AC, Ciucu AA, Iordache SM, Balan A, Nichita C, Stamatin I, Chrisey DB. Histamine detection using functionalized porphyrin as electrochemical mediator. CR CHIM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2017.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Matossian MD, Elliott S, Hoang VT, Burks HE, Phamduy TB, Chrisey DB, Zuercher WJ, Drewry DH, Wells C, Collins-Burow B, Burow ME. Novel application of the published kinase inhibitor set to identify therapeutic targets and pathways in triple negative breast cancer subtypes. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177802. [PMID: 28771473 PMCID: PMC5542472 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Triple negative breast cancers (TNBCs) have high recurrence and metastasis rates. Acquisition of a mesenchymal morphology and phenotype in addition to driving migration is a consequential process that promotes metastasis. Although some kinases are known to regulate a mesenchymal phenotype, the role for a substantial portion of the human kinome remains uncharacterized. Here we evaluated the Published Kinase Inhibitor Set (PKIS) and screened a panel of TNBC cell lines to evaluate the compounds’ effects on a mesenchymal phenotype. Our screen identified 36 hits representative of twelve kinase inhibitor chemotypes based on reversal of the mesenchymal cell morphology, which was then prioritized to twelve compounds based on gene expression and migratory behavior analyses. We selected the most active compound and confirmed mesenchymal reversal on transcript and protein levels with qRT-PCR and Western Blot. Finally, we utilized a kinase array to identify candidate kinases responsible for the EMT reversal. This investigation shows the novel application to identify previously unrecognized kinase pathways and targets in acquisition of a mesenchymal TNBC phenotype that warrant further investigation. Future studies will examine specific roles of the kinases in mechanisms responsible for acquisition of the mesenchymal and/or migratory phenotype.
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- Margarite D. Matossian
- Department of Medicine: Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine: Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine: Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine: Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine: Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine: Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Sachan R, Jaipan P, Zhang JY, Degan S, Erdmann D, Tedesco J, Vanderwal L, Stafslien SJ, Negut I, Visan A, Dorcioman G, Socol G, Cristescu R, Chrisey DB, Narayan RJ. Printing amphotericin B on microneedles using matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation. Int J Bioprint 2017; 3:004. [PMID: 33094188 PMCID: PMC7575625 DOI: 10.18063/ijb.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Transdermal delivery of amphotericin B, a pharmacological agent with activity against fungi and parasitic protozoa, is a challenge since amphotericin B exhibits poor solubility in aqueous solutions at physiologic pH values. In this study, we have used a laser-based printing approach known as matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation to print amphotericin B on the surfaces of polyglycolic acid microneedles that were prepared using a combination of injection molding and drawing lithography. In a modified agar disk diffusion assay, the amphotericin B-loaded microneedles showed concentration-dependent activity against the yeast Candida albicans. The results of this study suggest that matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation may be used to print amphotericin B and other drugs that have complex solubility issues on the surfaces of microneedles.
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- Roger Sachan
- Wake Early College of Health and Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Office of Research and Creativity Activity, North Dakota State University, 1715 Research Park Drive, Fargo ND, USA
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- Office of Research and Creativity Activity, North Dakota State University, 1715 Research Park Drive, Fargo ND, USA
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- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Lasers Department, P.O. Box MG-36, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Laser-induced forward transfer printing, also commonly known as laser printing, has been widely implemented for three-dimensional bioprinting due to its unique orifice-free nature during printing. However, the printing quality has the potential to be further improved for various laser bioprinting applications. The objectives of this study are to investigate the feasibility of using gelatin as an energy absorbing layer (EAL) material for laser bioprinting and its effects on the quality of printed constructs, bioink printability, and post-printing cell viability and process-induced DNA damage. The gelatin EAL is applied between the quartz support and the coating of build material, which is to be printed. Printing quality can be improved by EAL-assisted laser printing when using various alginate solutions (1%, 2%, and 4%) and cell-laden bioinks (2% alginate and 5 × 106 cells ml-1 in cell culture medium). The required laser fluence is also reduced due to a higher absorption coefficient of gelatin gel, in particular when to achieve the best printing type/quality. The post-printing cell viability is improved by ∼10% and DNA double-strand breaks are reduced by ∼50%. For all the build materials investigated, the gelatin EAL helps reduce the droplet size and average jet velocity.
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- Ruitong Xiong
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States of America
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Laser direct-write (LDW) bioprinting methods offer a diverse set of tools to design experiments, fabricate tissue constructs and to cellular microenvironments all in a CAD/CAM manner. To date, we have just scratched the surface of the system’s potential and for LDW to be utilized to its fullest, there are many distinct hardware and software components that must be integrated and communicate seamlessly. In this perspective article, we detail the development of novel graphical user interface (GUI) software to improve LDW capability and functionality. The main modules in the control software correspond to cell transfer, microbead fabrication, and micromachining. The modules make the control of each of these features, and the management of printing programs that utilize one or more features, to be facile. The software also addresses problems related to construct scale-up, print speed, experimental conditions, and management of sensor data. The control software and possibilities for integrated sensor data are presented.
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- Samuel C Sklare
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States of America
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- Bioinnovation Program, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States of America
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States of America.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States of America
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Vinson BT, Phamduy TB, Shipman J, Riggs B, Strong AL, Sklare SC, Murfee WL, Burow ME, Bunnell BA, Huang Y, Chrisey DB. Laser direct-write based fabrication of a spatially-defined, biomimetic construct as a potential model for breast cancer cell invasion into adipose tissue. Biofabrication 2017; 9:025013. [DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/aa6bad] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Zhang Z, Xu C, Xiong R, Chrisey DB, Huang Y. Effects of living cells on the bioink printability during laser printing. Biomicrofluidics 2017; 11:034120. [PMID: 28670353 PMCID: PMC5472480 DOI: 10.1063/1.4985652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Laser-induced forward transfer has been a promising orifice-free bioprinting technique for the direct writing of three-dimensional cellular constructs from cell-laden bioinks. In order to optimize the printing performance, the effects of living cells on the bioink printability must be carefully investigated in terms of the ability to generate well-defined jets during the jet/droplet formation process as well as well-defined printed droplets on a receiving substrate during the jet/droplet deposition process. In this study, a time-resolved imaging approach has been implemented to study the jet/droplet formation and deposition processes when printing cell-free and cell-laden bioinks under different laser fluences. It is found that the jetting behavior changes from no material transferring to well-defined jetting with or without an initial bulgy shape to jetting with a bulgy shape/pluming/splashing as the laser fluence increases. Under desirable well-defined jetting, two impingement-based deposition and printing types are identified: droplet-impingement printing and jet-impingement printing with multiple breakups. Compared with cell-free bioink printing, the transfer threshold of the cell-laden bioink is higher while the jet velocity, jet breakup length, and printed droplet size are lower, shorter, and smaller, respectively. The addition of living cells transforms the printing type from jet-impingement printing with multiple breakups to droplet-impingement printing. During the printing of cell-laden bioinks, two non-ideal jetting behaviors, a non-straight jet with a non-straight trajectory and a straight jet with a non-straight trajectory, are identified mainly due to the local nonuniformity and nonhomogeneity of cell-laden bioinks.
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- Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Puli VS, Ejaz M, Elupula R, Kothakonda M, Adireddy S, Katiyar RS, Grayson SM, Chrisey DB. Core-shell like structured barium zirconium titanate-barium calcium titanate–poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites for dielectric energy storage capacitors. POLYMER 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Burks HE, Phamduy TB, Azimi MS, Saksena J, Burow ME, Collins-Burow BM, Chrisey DB, Murfee WL. Laser Direct-Write Onto Live Tissues: A Novel Model for Studying Cancer Cell Migration. J Cell Physiol 2016; 231:2333-8. [PMID: 26923437 PMCID: PMC4946993 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Investigation into the mechanisms driving cancer cell behavior and the subsequent development of novel targeted therapeutics requires comprehensive experimental models that mimic the complexity of the tumor microenvironment. Recently, our laboratories have combined a novel tissue culture model and laser direct-write, a form of bioprinting, to spatially position single or clustered cancer cells onto ex vivo microvascular networks containing blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and interstitial cell populations. Herein, we highlight this new model as a tool for quantifying cancer cell motility and effects on angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in an intact network that matches the complexity of a real tissue. Application of our proposed methodology offers an innovative ex vivo tissue perspective for evaluating the effects of gene expression and targeted molecular therapies on cancer cell migration and invasion. J. Cell. Physiol. 231: 2333-2338, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Hope E. Burks
- Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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Curley JL, Sklare SC, Bowser DA, Saksena J, Moore MJ, Chrisey DB. Isolated node engineering of neuronal systems using laser direct write. Biofabrication 2016; 8:015013. [DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/8/1/015013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Patil US, Adireddy S, Jaiswal A, Mandava S, Lee BR, Chrisey DB. In Vitro/In Vivo Toxicity Evaluation and Quantification of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:24417-50. [PMID: 26501258 PMCID: PMC4632758 DOI: 10.3390/ijms161024417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Increasing biomedical applications of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) in academic and commercial settings have alarmed the scientific community about the safety and assessment of toxicity profiles of IONPs. The great amount of diversity found in the cytotoxic measurements of IONPs points toward the necessity of careful characterization and quantification of IONPs. The present document discusses the major developments related to in vitro and in vivo toxicity assessment of IONPs and its relationship with the physicochemical parameters of IONPs. Major discussion is included on the current spectrophotometric and imaging based techniques used for quantifying, and studying the clearance and biodistribution of IONPs. Several invasive and non-invasive quantification techniques along with the pitfalls are discussed in detail. Finally, critical guidelines are provided to optimize the design of IONPs to minimize the toxicity.
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- Ujwal S Patil
- Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, 5050 Percival Stern Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
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- Department of Immunology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 7455 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
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- Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane avenue, SL-42, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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- Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane avenue, SL-42, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, 5050 Percival Stern Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
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Phamduy TB, Sweat RS, Azimi MS, Burow ME, Murfee WL, Chrisey DB. Printing cancer cells into intact microvascular networks: a model for investigating cancer cell dynamics during angiogenesis. Integr Biol (Camb) 2015; 7:1068-78. [PMID: 26190039 DOI: 10.1039/c5ib00151j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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]
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While cancer cell invasion and metastasis are dependent on cancer cell-stroma, cancer cell-blood vessel, and cancer cell-lymphatic vessel interactions, our understanding of these interactions remain largely unknown. A need exists for physiologically-relevant models that more closely mimic the complexity of cancer cell dynamics in a real tissue environment. The objective of this study was to combine laser-based cell printing and tissue culture methods to create a novel ex vivo model in which cancer cell dynamics can be tracked during angiogenesis in an intact microvascular network. Laser direct-write (LDW) was utilized to reproducibly deposit breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7) and fibroblasts into spatially-defined patterns on cultured rat mesenteric tissues. In addition, heterogeneous patterns containing co-printed MDA-MB-231/fibroblasts or MDA-MB-231/MCF-7 cells were generated for fibroblast-directed and collective cell invasion models. Printed cells remained viable and the cells retained the ability to proliferate in serum-rich media conditions. Over a culture period of five days, time-lapse imaging confirmed fibroblast and MDA-MB-231 cell migration within the microvascular networks. Confocal microscopy indicated that printed MDA-MB-231 cells infiltrated the tissue thickness and were capable of interacting with endothelial cells. Angiogenic network growth in tissue areas containing printed cancer cells was characterized by significantly increased capillary sprouting compared to control tissue areas containing no printed cells. Our results establish an innovative ex vivo experimental platform that enables time-lapse evaluation of cancer cell dynamics during angiogenesis within a real microvascular network scenario.
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- Theresa B Phamduy
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, Lindy Boggs Center Suite 500, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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Zhang Z, Xiong R, Mei R, Huang Y, Chrisey DB. Time-Resolved Imaging Study of Jetting Dynamics during Laser Printing of Viscoelastic Alginate Solutions. Langmuir 2015; 31:6447-6456. [PMID: 26011320 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Matrix-assisted pulsed-laser evaporation direct-write (MAPLE DW) has been successfully implemented as a promising laser printing technology for various fabrication applications, in particular, three-dimensional bioprinting. Since most bioinks used in bioprinting are viscoelastic, it is of importance to understand the jetting dynamics during the laser printing of viscoelastic fluids in order to control and optimize the laser printing performance. In this study, MAPLE DW was implemented to study the jetting dynamics during the laser printing of representative viscoelastic alginate bioinks and evaluate the effects of operating conditions (e.g., laser fluence) and material properties (e.g., alginate concentration) on the jet formation performance. Through a time-resolved imaging approach, it is found that when the laser fluence increases or the alginate concentration decreases, the jetting behavior changes from no material transferring to well-defined jetting to well-defined jetting with an initial bulgy shape to jetting with a bulgy shape to pluming/splashing. For the desirable well-defined jetting regimes, as the laser fluence increases, the jet velocity and breakup length increase while the breakup time and primary droplet size decrease. As the alginate concentration increases, the jet velocity and breakup length decrease while the breakup time and primary droplet size increase. In addition, Ohnesorge, elasto-capillary, and Weber number based phase diagrams are presented to better appreciate the dependence of jetting regimes on the laser fluence and alginate concentration.
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- Zhengyi Zhang
- †Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- †Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- †Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- †Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- ‡Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Grumezescu AM, Cristescu R, Chifiriuc MC, Dorcioman G, Socol G, Mihailescu IN, Mihaiescu DE, Ficai A, Vasile OR, Enculescu M, Chrisey DB. Fabrication of magnetite-based core-shell coated nanoparticles with antibacterial properties. Biofabrication 2015; 7:015014. [PMID: 25797361 DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/7/1/015014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We report the fabrication of biofunctionalized magnetite core/sodium lauryl sulfate shell/antibiotic adsorption-shell nanoparticles assembled thin coatings by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation for antibacterial drug-targeted delivery. Magnetite nanoparticles have been synthesized and subsequently characterized by transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction. The obtained thin coatings have been investigated by FTIR and scanning electron microscope, and tested by in vitro biological assays, for their influence on in vitro bacterial biofilm development and cytotoxicity on human epidermoid carcinoma (HEp2) cells.
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- A M Grumezescu
- Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu Street, 011061, Bucharest, Romania
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Ejaz M, Puli VS, Elupula R, Adireddy S, Riggs BC, Chrisey DB, Grayson SM. Core-shell structured poly(glycidyl methacrylate)/BaTiO3nanocomposites prepared by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization: A novel material for high energy density dielectric storage. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.27485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Muhammad Ejaz
- Department of Chemistry; Tulane University; New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics; Tulane University; New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Chemistry; Tulane University; New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics; Tulane University; New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics; Tulane University; New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics; Tulane University; New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Chemistry; Tulane University; New Orleans Louisiana
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Rhodes LV, Tate CR, Segar HC, Burks HE, Phamduy TB, Hoang V, Elliott S, Gilliam D, Pounder FN, Anbalagan M, Chrisey DB, Rowan BG, Burow ME, Collins-Burow BM. Suppression of triple-negative breast cancer metastasis by pan-DAC inhibitor panobinostat via inhibition of ZEB family of EMT master regulators. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2014; 145:593-604. [PMID: 24810497 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-014-2979-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive breast cancer subtype that lacks effective targeted therapies. The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key contributor in the metastatic process. We previously showed the pan-deacetylase inhibitor LBH589 induces CDH1 expression in TNBC cells, suggesting regulation of EMT. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of LBH589 on the metastatic qualities of TNBC cells and the role of EMT in this process. A panel of breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, and BT-549), drugged with LBH589, was examined for changes in cell morphology, migration, and invasion in vitro. The effect on in vivo metastasis was examined using immunofluorescent staining of lung sections. EMT gene expression profiling was used to determine LBH589-induced changes in TNBC cells. ZEB overexpression studies were conducted to validate requirement of ZEB in LBH589-mediated proliferation and tumorigenesis. Our results indicate a reversal of EMT by LBH589 as demonstrated by altered morphology and altered gene expression in TNBC. LBH589 was shown to be a more potent inhibitor of EMT than other HDAC inhibitors, SAHA and TMP269. Additionally, we found that LBH589 inhibits metastasis of MDA-MB-231 cells in vivo. These effects of LBH589 were mediated in part by inhibition of ZEB, as overexpression of ZEB1 or ZEB2 mitigated the effects of LBH589 on MDA-MB-231 EMT-associated gene expression, migration, invasion, CDH1 expression, and tumorigenesis. These data indicate therapeutic potential of LBH589 in targeting EMT and metastasis of TNBC.
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- Lyndsay V Rhodes
- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have the potential to self-renew and differentiate into any specialized cell type. One common method to differentiate ESCs in vitro is through embryoid bodies (EBs), three-dimensional cellular aggregates that spontaneously self-assemble and generally express markers for the three germ layers, endoderm, ectoderm, and mesoderm. It has been previously shown that both EB size and 2D colony size each influence differentiation. We hypothesized that we could control the size of the EB formed by mouse ESCs (mESCs) by using a cell printing method, laser direct-write (LDW), to control both the size of the initial printed colony and the local cell density in printed colonies. After printing mESCs at various printed colony sizes and printing densities, two-way ANOVAs indicated that the EB diameter was influenced by printing density after three days (p = 0.0002), while there was no effect of the printed colony diameter on the EB diameter at the same timepoint (p = 0.74). There was no significant interaction between these two factors. Tukey's honestly significant difference test showed that high-density colonies formed significantly larger EBs, suggesting that printed mESCs quickly aggregate with nearby cells. Thus, EBs can be engineered to a desired size by controlling printing density, which will influence the design of future differentiation studies. Herein, we highlight the capacity of LDW to control the local cell density and colony size independently, at prescribed spatial locations, potentially leading to better stem cell maintenance and directed differentiation.
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- A D Dias
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Alginate can be used to encapsulate mammalian cells and for the slow release of small molecules. Packaging alginate as microbead structures allows customizable delivery for tissue engineering, drug release, or contrast agents for imaging. However, state-of-the-art microbead fabrication has a limited range in achievable bead sizes, and poor control over bead placement, which may be desired to localize cellular signaling or delivery. Herein, we present a novel, laser-based method for single-step fabrication and precise planar placement of alginate microbeads. Our results show that bead size is controllable within 8%, and fabricated microbeads can remain immobilized within 2% of their target placement. Demonstration of this technique using human breast cancer cells shows that cells encapsulated within these microbeads survive at a rate of 89.6%, decreasing to 84.3% after five days in culture. Infusing rhodamine dye into microbeads prior to fluorescent microscopy shows their 3D spheroidal geometry and the ability to sequester small molecules. Microbead fabrication and patterning is compatible with conventional cellular transfer and patterning by laser direct-write, allowing location-based cellular studies. While this method can also be used to fabricate microbeads en masse for collection, the greatest value to tissue engineering and drug delivery studies and applications lies in the pattern registry of printed microbeads.
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- DM Kingsley
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth St., Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth St., Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Department of Physics, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth St., Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Phamduy TB, Rhodes LV, Burow ME, Chrisey DB. Abstract A016: Electrical impedance assessment of the effect of LBH589 on the cellular behavior and migratory potential of breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1158/1557-3125.advbc-a016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We have previously shown histone deacetylase inhibitor, LBH589 (Panobinostat), to increase E-cadherin expression and alter mesenchymal MDA-MB-231 cell morphology to a more epithelial phenotype suggestive of the reversal of EMT (epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition). As EMT has been linked to enhanced cell motility, we examined the effects of LBH589 on breast cancer cells in vitro. Electrical Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing (ECIS) allows for real-time, noninvasive measurement of cell behavior and reproducible wounding by lethal electroporation of the cell monolayer for migration studies.
Method: A 1 uA, 4kHz AC current applied across surface electrodes (250-μm diameter) provided electrical impedance monitoring capability, as MBA-MB-231 or MCF-7 breast cancer cells attached, spread, proliferate on the substrate. Measurements were reported as calculated resistance and capacitance. As cells grow on the substrate, the cell-electrode interaction is such that the current is forced to flow underneath and between cells. At 64 kHz, the capacitance is an indicator of electrode surface coverage. At 1 kHz, the resistance is an indicator of tight-junction formation between adjacent cells. As a monolayer develops, a decrease in capacitance and increase in resistance is observed. Upon visual confirmation of established cell monolayers, cells were treated with the LBH589 and cellular response was measured for 24 hrs. Afterwards, an elevated current (1 mA, 40 kHz, duration >200 ms) was applied to the surface electrode, permanently damaging cell plasma membranes directly above the electrode and creating a defined gap in the monolayer or ‘wound’. Repopulation of the ‘wound’ was then monitored for 24 hrs.
Results: Cells were successfully grown and electrically monitored on the ECIS arrays. Micrographs show that proliferating MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells gradually covered the electrode surface. MCF-7 cells arranged into a ‘cobblestone’ monolayer without gaps between adjacent cells, whereas MDA-MB-231 cells formed a loose monolayer with spaces between neighboring cells. At 22 hrs, the capacitance values for MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells were observed to stabilize at ~1.3 nF and ~7.5 nF, respectively. The corresponding resistance values were ~40,000 Ohm and ~2,100 Ohm, respectively.
LBH589 exposure did not affect MCF-7 morphology, as capacitance or resistance values remained nearly constant at ~1.5 nF and ~40,000 Ohm, respectively. However, LBH589 appears to have a gradual effect on MDA-MB-231 cell monolayers, decreasing the capacitance value to ~3.5 nF and resistance to ~3,400 Ohm. Micrograph images taken after exposure indicate morphological changes in MDA-MB-231 cells from spindle-shaped to a more epithelial phenotypes.
In situ lethal electroporation introduced a ‘wound’ in the monolayer, generating a migration assay with a circular gap 250 μm in diameter. Live/dead staining performed 30 mins after electroporation indicated that cells on the electrode were dead. The corresponding resistance and capacitance values dropped to baseline (cell-free media) levels prior to recovery to control levels (non-electroporated cells). Based on measured resistance, the time to recovery for both LBH589-treated and untreated MCF-7 cells was ~7 hrs (radial migration rate of 17.9 μm/hr). Similarly, the time to recovery for treated MDA-MB-231 cells was ~2 hrs (62.5 μm/hr).
Conclusion: LBH589 appears to have an effect the morphology and the migration of MDA-MB-231, but not MCF-7, cells, as monitored by electrical measurements. ECIS provides a powerful tool to measure real-time functional cellular behavior, as well as a robust and reproducible method for assessing the migration potential of cancer cells. Measurement of dynamic cellular response following drug treatment could lead to more accurate evaluation of drug treatment against cancer.
Citation Format: Theresa B. Phamduy, Lyndsay V. Rhodes, Matthew E. Burow, Douglas B. Chrisey. Electrical impedance assessment of the effect of LBH589 on the cellular behavior and migratory potential of breast cancer cells. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Advances in Breast Cancer Research: Genetics, Biology, and Clinical Applications; Oct 3-6, 2013; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Mol Cancer Res 2013;11(10 Suppl):Abstract nr A016.
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- Theresa B. Phamduy
- 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA,
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- 2Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Tulane University Health Science, New Orleans, LA,
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- 2Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Tulane University Health Science, New Orleans, LA,
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- 3Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
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Schiele NR, Koppes RA, Chrisey DB, Corr DT. Engineering cellular fibers for musculoskeletal soft tissues using directed self-assembly. Tissue Eng Part A 2013; 19:1223-32. [PMID: 23346952 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2012.0321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Engineering strategies guided by developmental biology may enhance and accelerate in vitro tissue formation for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. In this study, we looked toward embryonic tendon development as a model system to guide our soft tissue engineering approach. To direct cellular self-assembly, we utilized laser micromachined, differentially adherent growth channels lined with fibronectin. The micromachined growth channels directed human dermal fibroblast cells to form single cellular fibers, without the need for a provisional three-dimensional extracellular matrix or scaffold to establish a fiber structure. Therefore, the resulting tissue structure and mechanical characteristics were determined solely by the cells. Due to the self-assembly nature of this approach, the growing fibers exhibit some key aspects of embryonic tendon development, such as high cellularity, the rapid formation (within 24 h) of a highly organized and aligned cellular structure, and the expression of cadherin-11 (indicating direct cell-to-cell adhesions). To provide a dynamic mechanical environment, we have also developed and characterized a method to apply precise cyclic tensile strain to the cellular fibers as they develop. After an initial period of cellular fiber formation (24 h postseeding), cyclic strain was applied for 48 h, in 8-h intervals, with tensile strain increasing from 0.7% to 1.0%, and at a frequency of 0.5 Hz. Dynamic loading dramatically increased cellular fiber mechanical properties with a nearly twofold increase in both the linear region stiffness and maximum load at failure, thereby demonstrating a mechanism for enhancing cellular fiber formation and mechanical properties. Tissue engineering strategies, designed to capture key aspects of embryonic development, may provide unique insight into accelerated maturation of engineered replacement tissue, and offer significant advances for regenerative medicine applications in tendon, ligament, and other fibrous soft tissues.
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- Nathan R Schiele
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180-3590, USA
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Yan Z, Bao R, Chrisey DB. Generation of Ag–Ag2O complex nanostructures by excimer laser ablation of Ag in water. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:3052-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp42668d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Mihaiescu DE, Cristescu R, Dorcioman G, Popescu CE, Nita C, Socol G, Mihailescu IN, Grumezescu AM, Tamas D, Enculescu M, Negrea RF, Ghica C, Chifiriuc C, Bleotu C, Chrisey DB. Functionalized magnetite silica thin films fabricated by MAPLE with antibiofilm properties. Biofabrication 2012; 5:015007. [PMID: 23254399 DOI: 10.1088/1758-5082/5/1/015007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We report on the fabrication of magnetite/salicylic acid/silica shell/antibiotics (Fe(3)O(4)/SA/SiO(2)/ATB) thin films by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) to inert substrates. Fe(3)O(4)-based powder have been synthesized and investigated by XRD and TEM. All thin films were studied by FTIR, SEM and in vitro biological assays using Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa reference strains, as well as eukaryotic HEp-2 cells. The influence of the obtained nanosystems on the microbial biofilm development as well as their biocompatibility has been assessed. For optimum deposition conditions, we obtained uniform adherent films with the composition identical with the raw materials. Fe(3)O(4)/SA/SiO(2)/ATB thin films had an inhibitory activity on the ability of microbial strains to initiate and develop mature biofilms, in a strain- and antibiotic-dependent manner. These magnetite silica thin films are promising candidates for the development of novel materials designed for the inhibition of medical biofilms formed by different pathogenic agents on common substrates, frequently implicated in the etiology of chronic and hard to treat infections.
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- D E Mihaiescu
- Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, 1-7 Polizu Street, Bucharest, Romania
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Ortega N, Kumar A, Scott JF, Chrisey DB, Tomazawa M, Kumari S, Diestra DGB, Katiyar RS. Relaxor-ferroelectric superlattices: high energy density capacitors. J Phys Condens Matter 2012; 24:445901. [PMID: 23053172 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/44/445901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report the breakdown electric field and energy density of laser ablated BaTiO(3)/Ba((1-x))Sr(x)TiO(3) (x = 0.7) (BT/BST) relaxor-ferroelectric superlattices (SLs) grown on (100) MgO single crystal substrates. The dielectric constant shows a frequency dispersion below the dielectric maximum temperature (T(m)) with a merger above T(m) behaving similarly to relaxors. It also follows the basic criteria of relaxor ferroelectrics such as low dielectric loss over wide temperature and frequency, and 50 K shift in T(m) with change in probe frequency; the loss peaks follow a similar trend to the dielectric constant except that they increase with increase in frequency (~40 kHz), and satisfy the nonlinear Vogel-Fulcher relation. Well-saturated ferroelectric hysteresis and 50-80% dielectric saturation are observed under high electric field (~1.65 MV cm(-1)). The superlattices demonstrate an 'in-built' field in as grown samples at low probe frequency (<1 kHz), whereas it becomes more symmetric and centered with increase in the probe frequency system (>1 kHz) which rules out the effect of any space charge and interfacial polarization. The P-E loops show around 12.24 J cm(-3) energy density within the experimental limit, but extrapolation of this data suggests that the potential energy density could reach 46 J cm(-3). The current density versus applied electric field indicates an exceptionally high breakdown field (5.8-6.0 MV cm(-1)) and low current density (~10-25 mA cm(-2)) near the breakdown voltage. The current-voltage characteristics reveal that the space charge limited conduction mechanism prevails at very high voltage.
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00931-3343, USA
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Yan Z, Chrisey DB. Pulsed laser ablation in liquid for micro-/nanostructure generation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2012.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Phamduy TB, Raof NA, Schiele NR, Yan Z, Corr DT, Huang Y, Xie Y, Chrisey DB. Laser direct-write of single microbeads into spatially-ordered patterns. Biofabrication 2012; 4:025006. [PMID: 22556116 DOI: 10.1088/1758-5082/4/2/025006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Fabrication of heterogeneous microbead patterns on a bead-by-bead basis promotes new opportunities for sensors, lab-on-a-chip technology and cell-culturing systems within the context of customizable constructs. Laser direct-write (LDW) was utilized to target and deposit solid polystyrene and stem cell-laden alginate hydrogel beads into computer-programmed patterns. We successfully demonstrated single-bead printing resolution and fabricated spatially-ordered patterns of microbeads. The probability of successful microbead transfer from the ribbon surface increased from 0 to 80% with decreasing diameter of 600 to 45 µm, respectively. Direct-written microbeads retained spatial pattern registry, even after 10 min of ultrasonication treatment. SEM imaging confirmed immobilization of microbeads. Viability of cells encapsulated in transferred hydrogel microbeads achieved 37 ± 11% immediately after the transfer process, whereas randomly-patterned pipetted control beads achieved a viability of 51 ± 25%. Individual placement of >10 µm diameter microbeads onto planar surfaces has previously been unattainable. We have demonstrated LDW as a valuable tool for the patterning of single, micrometer-diameter beads into spatially-ordered patterns.
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- Theresa B Phamduy
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth St, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Yan Z, Bao R, Busta CM, Chrisey DB. Fabrication and formation mechanism of hollow MgO particles by pulsed excimer laser ablation of Mg in liquid. Nanotechnology 2011; 22:265610. [PMID: 21576794 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/26/265610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report on the formation of hollow MgO particles by excimer laser ablation of bulk Mg in water and aqueous solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and sodium citrate (SC). Lamellar nanostructures of Mg(OH)(2) also formed in water, but the formation could be avoided by the addition of SDS or SC. Laser ablation produced not only Mg species that were oxidized into MgO and Mg(OH)(2) in water, but also cavitation bubbles. The bubble interfaces trapped the MgO nanoparticles to decrease the surface free energy of the system, finally resulting in hollow particles.
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- Zijie Yan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Laser direct-write technology such as modified laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) is emerging as a revolutionary technology for biological construct fabrication. While many modified LIFT-based cell direct writing successes have been achieved, possible process-induced cell injury and death is still a big hurdle for modified LIFT-based cell direct writing to be a viable technology. The objective of this study is to propose metallic foil-assisted LIFT using a four-layer structure to achieve better droplet size control and increase cell viability in direct writing of human colon cancer cells (HT-29). The proposed four layers include a quartz disk, a sacrificial and adhesive layer, a metallic foil, and a cell suspension layer. The bubble formation-induced stress wave is responsible for droplet formation. It is found that the proposed metallic foil-assisted LIFT approach is an effective cell direct-write technology and provides better printing resolution and high post-transfer cell viability when compared with other conventional modified LIFT technologies such as matrix-assisted pulsed-laser evaporation direct-write; at the same time, the possible contamination from the laser energy absorbing material is minimized using a metallic foil.
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- Yafu Lin
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Chang W, Horwitz JS, Kim WJ, Pond JM, Kirchoefer SW, Chrisey DB. The Effect of (Ba,Sr) and (Mn,Fe,W) Dopants on the Microwave Properties of BaxSr1−xTiO3 Thin Films. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1557/proc-541-699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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AbstractSingle phase BaxSr1−xTiO3 (x=0.5 and 0.6) thin films (∼5000Å thick) have been deposited onto (100) MgO single crystal substrate with (Ba,Sr) compensated and/or (Mn,Fe,W) doped targets using pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The room temperature capacitance (C) and dielectric Q (1/tanδ) have been measured at microwave frequencies of I to 20 GHz as a function of electric field (0-80kV/cm). Microstructural defects associated with cation and anion vacancies have been observed in BaxSr1−xTiO3 films. Compensation of the ablation target with excess Ba and Sr tends to increase the dielectric constant and the dielectric Q. A film deposited with (Ba,Sr) compensated target has been obtained with 25% tuning, where % tuning is defined as {(C(0)-C(E))/C(O))×100, and dielectric Q of ∼ 100 at room temperature (1 — 10 GHz) for DC bias field (E=67 kV/cm). A further increase in the dielectric Q is observed by the addition of donor/acceptor dopants such as Mn, Fe, and W (Q≈100-240). The effects of (Ba, Sr) compensation and (Mn,Fe,W) doping on the film structure and dielectric properties are discussed.
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Chang W, Carter AC, Horwitz JS, Kirchoefer SW, Pond JM, Grabowski KS, Chrisey DB. Dielectric and Structural Properties of (100) KTa1−xNbxO3 Films Grown on MgO, LaAIO3 and SrTiO3 Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1557/proc-493-353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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ABSTRACTKTa1−xNbxO3 (KTN) thin films (-6000 Å) were grown on (100) MgO, (100) LaAlO3 (LAO), and (100) SrTiO3(STO) substrates by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Deposited films were smooth, single phase and exclusively (100) oriented. KTN films deposited on MgO and LAO substrates were easily cracked after deposition or post deposition heat treatment. The film deformation appeared to be caused by strain due to the lattice mismatch between the film and the substrate. A thin buffer layer of ∼100 Å was used to eliminate the cracking problem. The high volatility of K at the film deposition temperature required excess K to be added to the ablation target. Sintering of the target and post-deposition annealing of the films were done in a sealed Pt coated stainless steel container. Rutherford backscattering showed the films to have a 1 to 1 atomic ratio of K to Ta + Nb. On top of the KTN films, Ag interdigitated capacitors were deposited. Room temperature measurements of capacitance and dielectric loss as a function of bias electric field (0 -80 kV/cm) at 1 to 20 GHz were made. Capacitance and dielectric loss measurements were made as a function of temperature and bias electric field at one MHz and as a function of temperature and frequency at 0V DC bias. The results show the strong potential of KTN for use in frequency agile microwave electronics.
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Yan Z, Bao R, Chrisey DB. Generation of Ag2O micro-/nanostructures by pulsed excimer laser ablation of Ag in aqueous solutions of polysorbate 80. Langmuir 2011; 27:851-855. [PMID: 21162524 DOI: 10.1021/la104331p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A new route to synthesis of Ag(2)O micro-/nanostructures, including a mixture of cubes, pyramids, triangular plates, pentagonal rods, and bars, has been developed by pulsed excimer laser ablation of bulk silver in water using polysorbate 80 as surfactant. The polysorbate 80 played an important role in the formation of the Ag(2)O structures, and similar structures could be obtained in polysorbates 20 and 40 aqueous solutions. We have proposed a mechanism to explain the formation of Ag(2)O structures. This laser ablation method provides a unique approach to discover and fabricate new Ag(2)O morphologies.
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- Zijie Yan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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Raof NA, Schiele NR, Xie Y, Chrisey DB, Corr DT. The maintenance of pluripotency following laser direct-write of mouse embryonic stem cells. Biomaterials 2010; 32:1802-8. [PMID: 21168910 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The ability to precisely pattern embryonic stem (ES) cells in vitro into predefined arrays/geometries may allow for the recreation of a stem cell niche for better understanding of how cellular microenvironmental factors govern stem cell maintenance and differentiation. In this study, a new gelatin-based laser direct-write (LDW) technique was utilized to deposit mouse ES cells into defined arrays of spots, while maintaining stem cell pluripotency. Results obtained from these studies showed that ES cells were successfully printed into specific patterns and remained viable. Furthermore, ES cells retained the expression of Oct4 in nuclei after LDW, indicating that the laser energy did not affect their maintenance of an undifferentiated state. The differentiation potential of mouse ES cells after LDW was confirmed by their ability to form embryoid bodies (EBs) and to spontaneously become cell lineages representing all three germ layers, revealed by the expression of marker proteins of nestin (ectoderm), Myf-5 (mesoderm) and PDX-1 (endoderm), after 7 days of cultivation. Gelatin-based LDW provides a new avenue for stem cell patterning, with precision and control of the cellular microenvironment.
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- Nurazhani Abdul Raof
- The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany, SUNY, 257 Fuller Road, Albany, NY 12203, USA
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Laser direct-writing provides a method to pattern living cells in vitro, to study various cell-cell interactions, and to build cellular constructs. However, the materials typically used may limit its long-term application. By utilizing gelatin coatings on the print ribbon and growth surface, we developed a new approach for laser cell printing that overcomes the limitations of Matrigel™. Gelatin is free of growth factors and extraneous matrix components that may interfere with cellular processes under investigation. Gelatin-based laser direct-write was able to successfully pattern human dermal fibroblasts with high post-transfer viability (91% ± 3%) and no observed double-strand DNA damage. As seen with atomic force microscopy, gelatin offers a unique benefit in that it is present temporarily to allow cell transfer, but melts and is removed with incubation to reveal the desired application-specific growth surface. This provides unobstructed cellular growth after printing. Monitoring cell location after transfer, we show that melting and removal of gelatin does not affect cellular placement; cells maintained registry within 5.6 ± 2.5 μm to the initial pattern. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of gelatin in laser direct-writing to create spatially precise cell patterns with the potential for applications in tissue engineering, stem cell, and cancer research.
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- Nathan R Schiele
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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Yan Z, Bao R, Chrisey DB. Self-assembly of zinc hydroxide/dodecyl sulfate nanolayers into complex three-dimensional nanostructures by laser ablation in liquid. Chem Phys Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Fabrication of cellular constructs with spatial control of cell location (+/-5 microm) is essential to the advancement of a wide range of applications including tissue engineering, stem cell and cancer research. Precise cell placement, especially of multiple cell types in co- or multi-cultures and in three dimensions, can enable research possibilities otherwise impossible, such as the cell-by-cell assembly of complex cellular constructs. Laser-based direct writing, a printing technique first utilized in electronics applications, has been adapted to transfer living cells and other biological materials (e.g., enzymes, proteins and bioceramics). Many different cell types have been printed using laser-based direct writing, and this technique offers significant improvements when compared to conventional cell patterning techniques. The predominance of work to date has not been in application of the technique, but rather focused on demonstrating the ability of direct writing to pattern living cells, in a spatially precise manner, while maintaining cellular viability. This paper reviews laser-based additive direct-write techniques for cell printing, and the various cell types successfully laser direct-written that have applications in tissue engineering, stem cell and cancer research are highlighted. A particular focus is paid to process dynamics modeling and process-induced cell injury during laser-based cell direct writing.
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- Nathan R Schiele
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
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Micro/nanoparticles were fabricated by pulsed-excimer-laser ablation of a Pt target in water. Three kinds of hollow Pt particles (coalesced by micrograins, assembled by nanocrystals or with smooth shells) were observed together with solid particles using different laser fluences (2.3-6.8 J cm(-2)) and after 6000 laser shots. We propose that the hollow particles were formed on laser-produced bubbles which provided thermodynamically preferred nucleation sites and diffusion sinks for the laser-fabricated Pt clusters or particles. Although the hollow particles are a small proportion, the results have extended the scope of particles that pulsed-laser ablation in liquid can fabricate, and have enriched the mechanistic scenario of laser ablation and nanostructure formation in liquid.
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- Zijie Yan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Lin Y, Huang G, Huang Y, Tzeng TRJ, Chrisey DB. Process-Induced Cell Injury in Laser Direct Writing of Human Colon Cancer Cells. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2010:110525193859077. [PMID: 20151815 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2009.0606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Matrix-assisted pulsed-laser evaporation direct-write has emerged as a promising technique for biological construct fabrication. The posttransfer cell viability in matrix-assisted pulsed-laser evaporation direct-write depends on various operating conditions such as the applied laser fluence. To date, the effects of operating conditions such as laser fluence, direct-writing height, and cell density on the posttransfer cell viability have not been well elucidated. This study investigates the effects of operating conditions on the posttransfer cell viability in laser direct writing of human colon cancer HT-29 cells. It has been observed that (1) the HT-29 cell viability decreases from 95% to 78% as the laser fluence increases from 258 to 1482 mJ/cm(2), and the posttransfer cell proliferation capacity does not vary significantly as the laser fluence changes; (2) the direct-writing height does not have noticeable effect on the posttransfer cell viability under low laser fluences (258 and 869 mJ/cm(2)). However, a larger height (such as 29.3 mm) led to an almost 8% viability improvement compared with that of 16.6 mm under a high laser fluence (1482 mJ/cm(2)); and (3) the posttransfer cell viability is not dependent on the cell density for a range from 1 × 10(6) to 1 × 10(7) cells/mL.
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- Yafu Lin
- 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina
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Patz TM, Doraiswamy A, Narayan RJ, He W, Zhong Y, Bellamkonda R, Modi R, Chrisey DB. Three-dimensional direct writing of B35 neuronal cells. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2007; 78:124-30. [PMID: 16333853 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We have demonstrated two-dimensional and three-dimensional transfer of B35 neuronal cells onto and within polymerized Matrigel substrates, using matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation-direct write (MDW). The B35 cells were transferred from a quartz ribbon to depths of up to 75 microm by systematically varying the fluence emitted from the ArF (lambda = 193 nm) laser source. MDW-transferred cells were examined using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase biotin-dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL), 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), and alpha-tubulin staining. Confocal microscopy has shown that the transferred B35 cells extended their axons outward in three dimensions within the polymerized Matrigel substrate. The B35 cells made axonal connections and formed a three-dimensional neural network within 72 h after MDW transfer. In addition, TUNEL staining demonstrated that only 3% of the B35 cells underwent apoptosis after being transferred using the MDW process. MDW and other emergent direct write processes may provide unique approaches for creating layered, heterogeneous, three-dimensional cell-seeded scaffolds for use in peripheral nerve repair.
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- T M Patz
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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Cristescu R, Jelinek M, Kocourek T, Axente E, Grigorescu S, Moldovan A, Mihaiescu DE, Albulescu M, Buruiana T, Dybal J, Stamatin I, Mihailescu IN, Chrisey DB. Matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation of pullulan tailor-made biomaterial thin films for controlled drug delivery systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/59/1/031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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