Name: Preparation of Dielectrophoresis Medium and Electrodeformation Prime Medium
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preparation of dielectrophoresis medium and electrodeformation prime medium

振幅変調電気変形によるRBCの機械的疲労試験

Red blood cells (RBCs) are the most deformable cells in the human body1. Their deformability is directly related to their oxygen-carrying functionality. Reduced deformability in RBCs has been found to correlate with the pathogenesis of several RBC disorders2. Deformability measurements have led us to a better understanding of RBC-related diseases3. The normal lifespan of RBCs can vary from 70 to 140 day4. Therefore, it is important to measure how their deformability decreases along with the aging process, e.g., their fatigue behavior due to cyclic shear stresses3.
Measuring RBC deformability at high throughput is challenging because of the piconewton scale forces (~10-12 N) that are applied to the individual cells. Over the past decade, many technologies have been developed to measure cell deformability5. Deformation measurements of RBCs at the single-cell level can be performed by pipette aspiration and optical tweezers, while bulk analyses are done by osmotic gradient ektacytometry. Ektacytometry analyses provide an abundance of data, which provides an opportunity to diagnose blood disorders6,7. The deformability of RBCs can also be analyzed using the viscoelastic theory by colloid probe atomic force microscopy. In this method, computational analysis is applied to estimate the elastic modulus of RBCs, considering both time-dependent and steady-state responses. The deformability of individual RBCs can be measured by using the single-cell microchamber array method. This method analyzes each cell through the membrane and cytosolic fluorescent markers to provide information for RBC deformability and the distribution of cellular characteristics in complex RBC populations to detect hematologic disorders8.
Fatigue is a key factor in the degradation of properties of engineered materials and biomaterials. Fatigue testing enables a quantitative analysis of the integrity and longevity of a structure subjected to cyclic loading. Analysis of fatigue in biological cells has long been hampered by the lack of a general, readily applicable, high throughput, and quantitative method for the implementation of cyclic deformation in cell membranes. This is possible with the utilization of electrical signal modulation and electrodeformation techniques implemented in a microfluidic setting. The amplitude shift keying (ASK) technique as a digital modulation is applied through On-Off keying (OOK) modulation in this article. The concept of keying refers to the transmission of digital signals over the channel, which requires a sine wave carrier signal to function9. The ON and OFF times can be set equal. Under ON-keying, RBCs enter a deformed state while exposed to an external electrodeformation force (Fdep)10 created by the nonuniform electric field. Under OFF-keying, RBCs are in their relaxed state. We observe the fatigue of RBCs, namely a progressive degradation in their ability to stretch with increasing loading cycles. The fatigue-induced deformability loss in RBCs can provide insights into the accumulated membrane damage during blood circulation, enabling us to further investigate the connections between cell fatigue and disease states.
Here we provide step-by-step procedures on how fatigue testing of RBCs is implemented in a microfluidic device via ASK-modulated electrodeformation and the system settings such as microfluidic device, mechanical loading, and microscopic imagining for the characterization of the gradual degradation in mechanical deformability of RBCs.

著者スポットライト:電気変形挙動の調節による循環細胞のバイオメカニクスの研究 

生体細胞の機械的疲労を評価するための振幅変調電極形成

Our research is focused on the study of cell biomechanics of circulating cells, such as human red blood cells. We leverage electrokinetics, microfluidics, and material science to understand the mechanical origins of damage in cell membranes, as well as the mechanisms underlying the shortened lifespan of blood cells in certain diseases. Fatigue study of biological cells is challenging.It request application of cyclic loads to cell membranes and tracking the deformation in individual cells. Using amplitude sheet key for ASK to modulate electrode deformation behavior of red blood cells, we could quantify how cell deformability changes aligned with the loading cycles. We demonstrated for the first time that red blood cells'membranes can be degraded by cyclic stretching alone.Our protocol utilizes dielectrophoresis to move cells to the electrode edges for electrode deformation measurement. It does not require any stabilization technique and can be used for cell suspension directly. Using interdigitated microelectrodes allows us to measure tens of cells in a single field of view.

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Preparation of Dielectrophoresis Medium and Electrodeformation Prime Medium  

誘電泳動媒体および電解素質の調製

誘電泳動またはDEP培地を調製するには、はかりを用いて12.75グラムのスクロースと0.45グラムのデキストロースを秤量します。両方の粉末を150ミリリットルの脱イオン水と3.5ミリリットルのPBSの溶液に溶かします。低範囲導電率テスターを使用して、導電率を測定して、0.04シーメンス/メートルであることを確認します。浸透圧計を使用して、浸透圧が血漿の正常範囲内にあることを確認します。調製したDEP培地を摂氏4度で保管します。15ミリリットルのチューブに、0.5グラムのウシ血清アルブミンを10ミリリットルのDEP培地に溶解し、ボルテックスミキサーを使用して完全に混合し、デバイスのプライム培地を調製します。

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Bioengineering

Preparation of Dielectrophoresis Medium and Electrodeformation Prime Medium

Amplitude-Modulated Electrodeformation to Evaluate Mechanical Fatigue of Biological Cells

Red blood cells (RBCs) are known for their remarkable deformability. They repeatedly undergo considerable deformation when passing through the ...

生物工学

Preparation of the Microfluidic Device for Electrodeformation of RBCs

赤血球の電極変形のためのマイクロ流体デバイスの作製

Preparation of Human RBC Suspension for Electrodeformation Experiment

電極変形実験のためのヒト赤血球懸濁液の調製

Preparing the Electrodeformation Setup and Performing Fatigue Testing on Human RBC

ヒト赤血球の電極変形セットアップの準備と疲労試験の実施