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- Dielectrophoretic differentiation of mouse ovarian surface epithelial cells, macrophages, and fibroblasts using contactless dielectrophoresisSalmanzadeh, Alireza; Kittur, Harsha; Sano, Michael B.; Roberts, Paul C.; Schmelz, Eva M.; Davalos, Rafael V. (American Institute of Physics, 2012-06-01)Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecological malignancies in women. The primary challenge is the detection of the cancer at an early stage, since this drastically increases the survival rate. In this study we investigated the dielectrophoretic responses of progressive stages of mouse ovarian surface epithelial (MOSE) cells, as well as mouse fibroblast and macrophage cell lines, utilizing contactless dielectrophoresis (cDEP). cDEP is a relatively new cell manipulation technique that has addressed some of the challenges of conventional dielectrophoretic methods. To evaluate our microfluidic device performance, we computationally studied the effects of altering various geometrical parameters, such as the size and arrangement of insulating structures, on dielectrophoretic and drag forces. We found that the trapping voltage of MOSE cells increases as the cells progress from a non-tumorigenic, benign cell to a tumorigenic, malignant phenotype. Additionally, all MOSE cells display unique behavior compared to fibroblasts and macrophages, representing normal and inflammatory cells found in the peritoneal fluid. Based on these findings, we predict that cDEP can be utilized for isolation of ovarian cancer cells from peritoneal fluid as an early cancer detection tool. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3699973] Actual pdf downloaded from NCBI.
- Investigating dielectric properties of different stages of syngeneic murine ovarian cancer cellsSalmanzadeh, Alireza; Sano, Michael B.; Gallo-Villanueva, R. C.; Roberts, Paul C.; Schmelz, Eva M.; Davalos, Rafael V. (American Institute of Physics, 2013-01-01)In this study, the electrical properties of four different stages of mouse ovarian surface epithelial (MOSE) cells were investigated using contactless dielectrophoresis (cDEP). This study expands the work from our previous report describing for the first time the crossover frequency and cell specific membrane capacitance of different stages of cancer cells that are derived from the same cell line. The specific membrane capacitance increased as the stage of malignancy advanced from 15.39 +/- 1.54 mF m(-2) for a non-malignant benign stage to 26.42 +/- 1.22 mF m(-2) for the most aggressive stage. These differences could be the result of morphological variations due to changes in the cytoskeleton structure, specifically the decrease of the level of actin filaments in the cytoskeleton structure of the transformed MOSE cells. Studying the electrical properties of MOSE cells provides important information as a first step to develop cancer-treatment techniques which could partially reverse the cytoskeleton disorganization of malignant cells to a morphology more similar to that of benign cells. (C) 2013 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4788921] Actual pdf downloaded from NCBI.
- Towards the development of latent heat storage electrodes for electroporation-based therapiesArena, Christopher B.; Mahajan, Roop L.; Rylander, M. Nichole; Davalos, Rafael V. (American Institute of Physics, 2012-08-22)Phase change materials (PCMs) capable of storing a large amount of heat upon transitioning from the solid-to-liquid state have been widely used in the electronics and construction industries for mitigating temperature development. Here, we show that they are also beneficial for reducing the peak tissue temperature during electroporation-based therapies. A numerical model is developed of irreversible electroporation (IRE) performed with hollow needle electrodes filled with a PCM. Results indicate that this electrode design can be utilized to achieve large ablation volumes while reducing the probability for thermal damage.
- Transcriptomic Analysis of Hepatic Cells in Multicellular Organotypic Liver ModelsTegge, Allison N.; Rodrigues, Richard R.; Larkin, Adam L.; Vu, Lucas T.; Murali, T. M.; Rajagopalan, Padmavathy (Springer Nature, 2018-07-27)Liver homeostasis requires the presence of both parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells (NPCs). However, systems biology studies of the liver have primarily focused on hepatocytes. Using an organotypic three-dimensional (3D) hepatic culture, we report the first transcriptomic study of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) and Kupffer cells (KCs) cultured with hepatocytes. Through computational pathway and interaction network analyses, we demonstrate that hepatocytes, LSECs and KCs have distinct expression profiles and functional characteristics. Our results show that LSECs in the presence of KCs exhibit decreased expression of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) signaling, a pathway linked to LSEC dedifferentiation. We report the novel result that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR alpha) is transcribed in LSECs. The expression of downstream processes corroborates active PPAR alpha signaling in LSECs. We uncover transcriptional evidence in LSECs for a feedback mechanism between PPAR alpha and farnesoid X-activated receptor (FXR) that maintains bile acid homeostasis; previously, this feedback was known occur only in HepG2 cells. We demonstrate that KCs in 3D liver models display expression patterns consistent with an anti-inflammatory phenotype when compared to monocultures. These results highlight the distinct roles of LSECs and KCs in maintaining liver function and emphasize the need for additional mechanistic studies of NPCs in addition to hepatocytes in liver-mimetic microenvironments.