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Lab-on-a-CD Platform for Generating Multicellular Three-dimensional Spheroids

A three-dimensional spheroid cell culture can obtain more useful results in cell experiments because it can better simulate cell microenvironments of the ...

Seoul National University

We quantified the influence of the elements of the extracorporeal oxygenation (ECMO) circuit on drug sequestration by focusing on the interactions between materials and drugs. Tubing of three different brands (Tygon/Maquet/Terumo) and oxygenators of two different brands (Maquet/Terumo) were used. Drugs included dexmedetomidine, meropenem, and heparin, which were dissolved in deionized water. Tubing was cut into approximately 7 cm sections and allowed drug solutions enclosed inside by clamping both ends. The oxygenator housing, gas membrane, and heat exchanger were dissected into approximately 1 g pieces and submerged into drug solutions. The experimental samples were then immersed in a water bath at 37°C for 1, 6, 12, and 24 h. After 24 h, the dexmedetomidine concentration was significantly reduced in all three types of tubing (<30.1%), the oxygenator heat exchanger from Maquet Inc. (41.8%), and the gas exchanger from Terumo Inc. (8.6%), while no significant losses were found for meropenem and heparin compared with the control group. The heparin concentration within the Maquet gas exchanger, on the contrary, increased significantly compared with the control group at 1 and 12 h (p < 0.05). Our in vitro study reveals that material selection is a vital part of ECMO development.

Investigation of Key Circuit Constituents Affecting Drug Sequestration During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Treatment.

The passive leg-raising (PLR) maneuver has been used for patients with circulatory failure to improve hemodynamic responsiveness by increasing cardiac output, which should also be beneficial and may exert synergetic effects during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). However, the impact of the PLR maneuver on CPR remains unclear due to difficulties in monitoring cardiac output in real-time during CPR and a lack of clinical evidence.

Computational simulation of passive leg-raising effects on hemodynamics during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

In living tissue, cells exist in three-dimensional (3D) microenvironments with intricate cell-cell interactions. To model these cellular environments, numerous techniques for generating cell spheroids have been proposed and improved. However, previously reported methods still have limitations in uniformity, reproducibility, scalability, throughput, etc. Here, we present a centrifugal microfluidic-based spheroid (CMS) formation method for generating both co-culture and mono-culture 3D spheroids in a highly controlled manner. We designed circularly arrayed microwells to allow the even distribution of cells introduced at the center of a rotating platform and to provide identical hypergravity conditions at each well by the centrifugal forces generated. Compared with conventional well plate-based spheroid formation, the CMS formation method significantly promotes sphericity and consistency in both size and shape with high production yields. In addition to mono-culture spheroids, we successfully generated co-culture spheroids in concentric, Janus, and sandwich shapes using human adipose-derived stem cells and human lung fibroblasts, demonstrating the versatility of our CMS formation method. We believe that our new method for generating 3D spheroids will become one of the essential technologies in the field of 3D cell culture. We also expect that we are providing an innovative means to assess cellular responses, including cell motility under different hypergravity conditions.

Hypergravity-induced multicellular spheroid generation with different morphological patterns precisely controlled on a centrifugal microfluidic platform.

Jiheum Park

Department of Biomedical Engineering,
College of Medicine,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine

Seoul National University

Lab-on-a-CD Platform for Generating Multicellular Three-dimensional Spheroids

Jiheum Park

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Seoul National University

Lab-on-a-CD Platform for Generating Multicellular Three-dimensional Spheroids

Department of Biomedical Engineering,
College of Medicine,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine