Direct laser writing for cardiac tissue engineering: a microfluidic heart on a chip with integrated transducers

We have developed a microfluidic platform for engineering cardiac microtissues in highly-controlled microenvironments. The platform is fabricated using direct laser writing (DLW) lithography and soft lithography, and contains four separate devices. Each individual device houses a cardiac microtissue...

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Published in:Lab on a chip 2021-05, Vol.21 (9), p.1724-1737
Main Authors: Jayne, Rachael K, Karakan, M. Ça atay, Zhang, Kehan, Pierce, Noelle, Michas, Christos, Bishop, David J, Chen, Christopher S, Ekinci, Kamil L, White, Alice E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuators
Direct laser writing
Elastic waves
External pressure
Microfluidics
Stability
Stem cells
Tissue engineering
Transducers
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Summary:We have developed a microfluidic platform for engineering cardiac microtissues in highly-controlled microenvironments. The platform is fabricated using direct laser writing (DLW) lithography and soft lithography, and contains four separate devices. Each individual device houses a cardiac microtissue and is equipped with an integrated strain actuator and a force sensor. Application of external pressure waves to the platform results in controllable time-dependent forces on the microtissues. Conversely, oscillatory forces generated by the microtissues are transduced into measurable electrical outputs. We demonstrate the capabilities of this platform by studying the response of cardiac microtissues derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) under prescribed mechanical loading and pacing. This platform will be used for fundamental studies and drug screening on cardiac microtissues. We developed an organ-on-a-chip platform with integrated stimulators and sensors. The platform is fabricated using direct laser writing (DLW) and allows for generation and study of functional 3D cardiac microtissues in controlled microenvironments.
ISSN:1473-0197
1473-0189
DOI:10.1039/d0lc01078b