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  • 1Center for Engineering in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Shriners Hospitals for Children-Boston.

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Area of Science:

  • Biotechnology
  • Cell Biology
  • Microfluidics

Background:

  • Microfluidic devices offer precise control over the cellular microenvironment.
  • 3D cell cultures in collagen type I gels stabilize cell morphology and function.
  • Traditional 3D culture methods are difficult to adapt to microfluidic devices due to limited channel sizes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a technique for modifying native type I collagen for use in microfluidic devices.
  • To enable long-term culture of microtissues within microfluidic devices.

Main Methods:

  • Modification of native type I collagen to create polycationic and polyanionic collagen solutions.
  • Layer-by-layer deposition of collagen to form ultrathin collagen assemblies on cells.
  • Utilizing primary hepatocytes as an example cell type.

Main Results:

  • Successfully generated polycationic and polyanionic collagen solutions.
  • Created ultrathin collagen assemblies on cells cultured in microfluidic devices.
  • Demonstrated stabilization of cell morphology and function in primary hepatocytes.
  • Enabled long-term culture of microtissues in microfluidic devices.

Conclusions:

  • The described method allows for the creation of ultrathin collagen assemblies on cells in microfluidic devices.
  • This technique stabilizes cell morphology and function, facilitating long-term microtissue culture.
  • Overcomes limitations in translating traditional 3D culture to microfluidic platforms.