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ArticleJournal of biomedical optics2024

Comparison of polystyrene and hydrogel microcarriers for optical imaging of adherent cells.

Oscar R Benavides, Berkley P White, Holly C Gibbs, Roland Kaunas, Carl A Gregory, Kristen C Maitland, Alex J Walsh

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Article in Journal of biomedical optics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Oscar R BenavidesTexas A&M University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College Station, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8212-2535
Berkley P WhiteTexas A&M University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College Station, Texas, United States.
Holly C GibbsTexas A&M University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College Station, Texas, United States.
Roland KaunasTexas A&M University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College Station, Texas, United States.
Carl A GregoryTexas A&M Health Science Center, School of Medicine, Bryan, Texas, United States.
Kristen C MaitlandTexas A&M University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College Station, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0931-0622
Alex J WalshTexas A&M University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College Station, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3832-8207

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Abstract

Significance: The ability to observe and monitor cell density and morphology has been imperative for assessing the health of a cell culture and for producing high quality, high yield cell cultures for decades. Microcarrier-based cultures, used for large-scale cellular expansion processes, are not compatible with traditional visualization-based methods, such as widefield microscopy, due to their thickness and material composition. Aim: Here, we assess the optical imaging compatibilities of commercial polystyrene microcarriers versus custom-fabricated gelatin methacryloyl (gelMA) microcarriers for non-destructive and non-invasive visualization of the entire microcarrier surface, direct cell enumeration, and sub-cellular visualization of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells. Approach: Mie scattering and wavefront error simulations of the polystyrene and gelMA microcarriers were performed to assess the potential for elastic scattering-based imaging of adherent cells. A Zeiss Z.1 light-sheet microscope was adapted to perform light-sheet tomography using label-free elastic scattering contrast from planar side illumination to achieve optical sectioning and permit non-invasive and non-destructive, Results: The polystyrene microcarrier prevents visualization of cells on the distal half of the microcarrier using either fluorescence or elastic scattering contrast, whereas the gelMA microcarrier allows for high fidelity visualization of cell morphology and quantification of cell density using light-sheet fluorescence microscopy and tomography. Conclusions: The combination of optical-quality gelMA microcarriers and label-free light-sheet tomography will facilitate enhanced control of bioreactor-microcarrier cell culture processes.

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Cell AdhesionHydrogelsMesenchymal Stem CellsPolystyrenesAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCells, CulturedGelatinHumansOptical ImagingGelatinHydrogelsPolystyreneselastic scatteringlight-sheet tomographymicrocarriersmicroscopythree-dimensional cell culture

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PMID38872791
PMCPMC11175462

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