Construction of 3D Micro-Tissue Based on Electrodeposition and Robotic Manipulation

Zhiqiang Zheng, Huaping Wang, Qing Shi, Jianing Li, Juan Cui, Tao Sun, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda

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Abstract

In 3D microtissue fabrication, assembly is a significant scale up process for bottom-up artificial tissue construction. In this paper, gear-like cell laden 3D microstructures with a center hole were fabricated by using calcium (Ca)-alginate hydrogel and poly-L-Iysine (PLL). The microelectrode based on indium tin oxide (ITO)glass was applied in Ca-alginate hydrogel electrodeposition. After long time culture, the full of Hepg2 cell microstructures were selected to proceed the assembly process. A modified rail-guided microrobotic manipulation system was proposed to accomplish the microstructure capture by using fluidic force. After the pick-up of microstructures, the surface tension was applied to align the gear-like structures. The gelatin methacryloyl (GeIMA)was applied to achieve the initial fixation. With flexible microstructure unit fabrication method, Hepg2 cells were encapsulated in the Alginate-PLL-alginate (APA)chamber. After 11 days culture, the microstructures were full of cells and carry out to the microrobotic assembly. During the culture, the cell viability got a rapid increase and reach to 95% at 5th day. Based on the high efficiency 3D assembly system, six pieces of microstructures were captured in 2 min. After the GelMA fixation, the final microtissue was made. These microtissue were formed in complex architecture to mimic the natural human liver lobule, which has a wide range of application prospects in drug test and tissue regeneration.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, CYBER 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages404-409
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538670569
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Apr 2019
Event8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, CYBER 2018 - Tianjin, China
Duration: 19 Jul 201823 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, CYBER 2018

Conference

Conference8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, CYBER 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityTianjin
Period19/07/1823/07/18

Keywords

  • 3D assembly
  • GelMA
  • alginate hydrogel
  • microrobotic manipulation

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