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Gel M, Kimura Y, Kurosawa O, et al. Dielectrophoretic cell trapping and parallel one-to-one fusion based on field constriction created by a micro-orifice array. Biomicrofluidics. 2010;4(2)doi: 10.1063/1.3422544.
Gel, M., Kimura, Y., Kurosawa, O., Oana, H., Kotera, H., & Washizu, M. (2010). Dielectrophoretic cell trapping and parallel one-to-one fusion based on field constriction created by a micro-orifice array. Biomicrofluidics, 4(2), . https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3422544
Gel, Murat, et al. "Dielectrophoretic cell trapping and parallel one-to-one fusion based on field constriction created by a micro-orifice array." Biomicrofluidics vol. 4,2 (2010). doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3422544
Gel M, Kimura Y, Kurosawa O, Oana H, Kotera H, Washizu M. Dielectrophoretic cell trapping and parallel one-to-one fusion based on field constriction created by a micro-orifice array. Biomicrofluidics. 2010 Jun 29;4(2). doi: 10.1063/1.3422544. PMID: 20697592; PMCID: PMC2917888.
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Biomicrofluidics. 2010 Jun 29;4(2). doi: 10.1063/1.3422544.

Dielectrophoretic cell trapping and parallel one-to-one fusion based on field constriction created by a micro-orifice array.

Biomicrofluidics

Murat Gel, Yuji Kimura, Osamu Kurosawa, Hidehiro Oana, Hidetoshi Kotera, Masao Washizu

PMID: 20697592 PMCID: PMC2917888 DOI: 10.1063/1.3422544

Abstract

Micro-orifice based cell fusion assures high-yield fusion without compromising the cell viability. This paper examines feasibility of a dielectrophoresis (DEP) assisted cell trapping method for parallel fusion with a micro-orifice array. The goal is to create viable fusants for studying postfusion cell behavior. We fabricated a microfluidic chip that contained a chamber and partition. The partition divided the chamber into two compartments and it had a number of embedded micro-orifices. The voltage applied to the electrodes located at each compartment generated an electric field distribution concentrating in micro-orifices. Cells introduced into each compartment moved toward the micro-orifice array by manipulation of hydrostatic pressure. DEP assisted trapping was used to keep the cells in micro-orifice and to establish cell to cell contact through orifice. By applying a pulse, cell fusion was initiated to form a neck between cells. The neck passing through the orifice resulted in immobilization of the fused cell pair at micro-orifice. After washing away the unfused cells, the chip was loaded to a microscope with stage top incubator for time lapse imaging of the selected fusants. The viable fusants were successfully generated by fusion of mouse fibroblast cells (L929). Time lapse observation of the fusants showed that fused cell pairs escaping from micro-orifice became one tetraploid cell. The generated tetraploid cells divided into three daughter cells. The fusants generated with a smaller micro-orifice (diameter approximately 2 mum) were kept immobilized at micro-orifice until cell division phase. After observation of two synchronized cell divisions, the fusant divided into four daughter cells. We conclude that the presented method of cell pairing and fusion is suitable for high-yield generation of viable fusants and furthermore, subsequent study of postfusion phenomena.

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