Electrode microchamber for noninvasive perturbation of mammalian cells with nanosecond pulsed electric fields |
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Authors: | Sun Yinghua Vernier P Thomas Behrend Matthew Marcu Laura Gundersen Martin A |
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Affiliation: | Materials Science Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. yinghuas@usc.edu |
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Abstract: | Nanosecond pulsed electric fields can pass through the external membrane of biological cells and disturb fast-responding intracellular structures and processes. To enable real-time imaging and investigation of these phenomena, a microchamber with integral electrodes and optical path for observing individual cells exposed to ultrashort electric pulses was designed and fabricated utilizing photolithographic and microelectronic methods. SU-8 photoresist was patterned to form straight sidewalls from 10 to 30 /spl mu/m in height, with gold film deposited on the top and sidewalls for conductive, nonreactive electrodes and a uniform electric field. Channel dimensions (10-30 /spl mu/m/spl times/100 /spl mu/m/spl times/12000 /spl mu/m) are suitable for observations of mammalian cells during nanosecond, megavolt-per-meter pulsed electric field exposure. Experimental studies utilizing the electrode microchamber include live-cell imaging of nanoelectropulse-induced intracellular calcium bursts and membrane phospholipid translocation. |
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