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Fluid dynamic design for mitigating undesired cell effects and its application to testis cell response testing to endocrine disruptorsopen access

Authors
Lee, SeungjinAhn, JinseopKim, Seok-ManKim, DaehanYeom, JiunKim, JeongmokPark, Joong YullRyu, Buom-Yong
Issue Date
Aug-2023
Publisher
BMC
Keywords
Microfluidics; Human error; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Diffusion gradient; Bisphenol-A (BPA); GC-1 cell
Citation
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, v.17, no.1
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Volume
17
Number
1
URI
https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/67889
DOI
10.1186/s13036-023-00369-1
ISSN
1754-1611
Abstract
Microfluidic devices have emerged as powerful tools for cell-based experiments, offering a controlled microenvironment that mimic the conditions within the body. Numerous cell experiment studies have successfully utilized microfluidic channels to achieve various new scientific discoveries. However, it has been often overlooked that undesired and unnoticed propagation of cellular molecules in such bio-microfluidic channel systems can have a negative impact on the experimental results. Thus, more careful designing is required to minimize such unwanted issues through deeper understanding and careful control of chemically and physically predominant factors at the microscopic scale. In this paper, we introduce a new approach to improve microfluidic channel design, specifically targeting the mitigation of the aforementioned challenges. To minimize the occurrence of undesired cell positioning upstream from the main test section where a concentration gradient field locates, an additional narrow port structure was devised between the microfluidic upstream channel and each inlet reservoir. This port also functioned as a passive lock that hold the flow at rest via fluid-air surface tension, which facilitated manual movement of the device even when cell attachment was not achieved completely. To demonstrate the practicability of the system, we conducted experiments and diffusion simulations on the effect of endocrine disruptors on germ cells. To this end, a bisphenol-A (BPA) concentration gradient was generated in the main channel of the system at BPA concentrations ranging from 120.8 & mu;M to 79.3 & mu;M, and the proliferation of GC-1 cells in the BPA gradient environment was quantitatively evaluated. The features and concepts of the introduced design is to minimize unexpected and ignored error sources, which will be one of the issues to be considered in the development of microfluidic systems to explore extremely delicate cellular phenomena.
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