Using a micro-device with a deformable ceiling to probe stiffness heterogeneities within 3D cell aggregates.

Autor:	Jain S; Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Physical Microfluidics and Bioengineering, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.; Laboratoire d' Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France., Belkadi H; Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Physical Microfluidics and Bioengineering, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.; Laboratoire d' Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France., Michaut A; Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Dynamic Regulation of Morphogenesis, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France., Sart S; Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Physical Microfluidics and Bioengineering, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.; Laboratoire d' Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France., Gros J; Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Dynamic Regulation of Morphogenesis, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France., Genet M; Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France.; Inria, Palaiseau, France., Baroud CN; Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Physical Microfluidics and Bioengineering, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.; Laboratoire d' Hydrodynamique (LadHyX), CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Biofabrication [Biofabrication] 2024 Apr 15; Vol. 16 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 15.
DOI:	10.1088/1758-5090/ad30c7
Abstrakt:	Recent advances in the field of mechanobiology have led to the development of methods to characterise single-cell or monolayer mechanical properties and link them to their functional behaviour. However, there remains a strong need to establish this link for three-dimensional (3D) multicellular aggregates, which better mimic tissue function. Here we present a platform to actuate and observe many such aggregates within one deformable micro-device. The platform consists of a single polydimethylsiloxane piece cast on a 3D-printed mould and bonded to a glass slide or coverslip. It consists of a chamber containing cell spheroids, which is adjacent to air cavities that are fluidically independent. Controlling the air pressure in these air cavities leads to a vertical displacement of the chamber's ceiling. The device can be used in static or dynamic modes over time scales of seconds to hours, with displacement amplitudes from a few µ m to several tens of microns. Further, we show how the compression protocols can be used to obtain measurements of stiffness heterogeneities within individual co-culture spheroids, by comparing image correlations of spheroids at different levels of compression with finite element simulations. The labelling of the cells and their cytoskeleton is combined with image correlation methods to relate the structure of the co-culture spheroid with its mechanical properties at different locations. The device is compatible with various microscopy techniques, including confocal microscopy, which can be used to observe the displacements and rearrangements of single cells and neighbourhoods within the aggregate. The complete experimental and imaging platform can now be used to provide multi-scale measurements that link single-cell behaviour with the global mechanical response of the aggregates. (Creative Commons Attribution license.)
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