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High Throughput Screening of Cell Mechanical Response Using a Stretchable 3D Cellular Microarray Platform.

Kabilan Sakthivel¹, Hitendra Kumar¹, Mohamed G A Mohamed¹

¹School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada.

Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)

|June 27, 2020

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A new high-throughput 3D cell microarray platform enables studying cell responses to mechanical stimuli in 3D microenvironments. This technology allows for dynamic strain application and combinatorial analysis of cell behaviors.

Keywords:

3D cell microarrays bioprinting cell mechanical stimulation cell-laden gelatin methacrylate high throughput analyses

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Area of Science:

Biotechnology
Cell Biology
Materials Science

Background:

Cell function is regulated by mechanical stimuli in vivo.
2D models lack physiological relevance for studying cell responses in 3D.
Existing 3D platforms are limited by low throughput, complex fabrication, or lack of combinatorial analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a stretchable, high-throughput 3D cell microarray platform.
To enable dynamic mechanical strain application to cells in 3D microgels.
To facilitate combinatorial analysis of cell responses to multiple mechanical cues.

Main Methods:

Inkjet-bioprinting of cell-laden gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) microgels on an elastic substrate.
Periodic stretching of the substrate to apply dynamic mechanical strain.
High-throughput analysis of cell mechano-responses and behaviors.

Main Results:

The platform is biocompatible and effectively transfers strain to encapsulated cells.
High-throughput analysis of cell mechano-responses across the microgel array was achieved.
Combinatorial analysis of cell behaviors under varying stiffness and dynamic stretch was performed.

Conclusions:

The developed platform offers a flexible and high-throughput solution for studying cell responses to mechanical cues in 3D.
This technology can be scaled to incorporate diverse microenvironmental cues for comprehensive cell screening.
Enables more physiologically relevant investigations into cell mechanobiology.