TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased retention of cardiac cells to a glass substrate through streptavidin-biotin affinity
AU - Davis, Kara A.
AU - Goh, Jensen Z.
AU - Sebastian, Andrea H.
AU - Ahern, Brooke M.
AU - Trinkle, Christine A.
AU - Satin, Jonathan
AU - Abdel-Latif, Ahmed
AU - Berron, Brad J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. American Chemical Society.
PY - 2021/7/13
Y1 - 2021/7/13
N2 - In vitro analysis of primary isolated adult cardiomyocyte physiological processes often involves optical imaging of dye-loaded cells on a glass substrate. However, when exposed to rapid solution changes, primary cardiomyocytes often move to compromise quantitative measures. Improved immobilization of cells to glass would permit higher throughput assays. Here, we engineer the peripheral membrane of cardiomyocytes with biotin to anchor cardiomyocytes to borosilicate glass coverslips functionalized with streptavidin. We use a rat cardiac myoblast cell line to determine general relationships between processing conditions, ligand density on the cell and the glass substrate, cellular function, and cell retention under shear flow. Use of the streptavidin-biotin system allows for more than 80% retention of cardiac myoblasts under conventional rinsing procedures, while unmodified cells are largely rinsed away. The adhesion system enables the in-field retention of cardiac cells during rapid fluid changes using traditional pipetting or a modern microfluidic system at a flow rate of 160 mL/min. Under fluid flow, the surface-engineered primary adult cardiomyocytes are retained in the field of view of the microscope, while unmodified cells are rinsed away. Importantly, the engineered cardiomyocytes are functional following adhesion to the glass substrate, where contractions are readily observed. When applying this adhesion system to cardiomyocyte functional analysis, we measure calcium release transients by caffeine induction at an 80% success rate compared to 20% without surface engineering.
AB - In vitro analysis of primary isolated adult cardiomyocyte physiological processes often involves optical imaging of dye-loaded cells on a glass substrate. However, when exposed to rapid solution changes, primary cardiomyocytes often move to compromise quantitative measures. Improved immobilization of cells to glass would permit higher throughput assays. Here, we engineer the peripheral membrane of cardiomyocytes with biotin to anchor cardiomyocytes to borosilicate glass coverslips functionalized with streptavidin. We use a rat cardiac myoblast cell line to determine general relationships between processing conditions, ligand density on the cell and the glass substrate, cellular function, and cell retention under shear flow. Use of the streptavidin-biotin system allows for more than 80% retention of cardiac myoblasts under conventional rinsing procedures, while unmodified cells are largely rinsed away. The adhesion system enables the in-field retention of cardiac cells during rapid fluid changes using traditional pipetting or a modern microfluidic system at a flow rate of 160 mL/min. Under fluid flow, the surface-engineered primary adult cardiomyocytes are retained in the field of view of the microscope, while unmodified cells are rinsed away. Importantly, the engineered cardiomyocytes are functional following adhesion to the glass substrate, where contractions are readily observed. When applying this adhesion system to cardiomyocyte functional analysis, we measure calcium release transients by caffeine induction at an 80% success rate compared to 20% without surface engineering.
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U2 - 10.1021/acsomega.1c02003
DO - 10.1021/acsomega.1c02003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110951307
VL - 6
SP - 17523
EP - 17530
JO - ACS Omega
JF - ACS Omega
IS - 27
ER -