RRC ID 54725
著者 Yamazaki T, Taniguchi H, Tsuji S, Sato S, Kenmotsu T, Yoshikawa K, Sadakane K.
タイトル Manipulating Living Cells to Construct Stable 3D Cellular Assembly Without Artificial Scaffold.
ジャーナル J Vis Exp
Abstract Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering offer several advantages for the treatment of intractable diseases, and several studies have demonstrated the importance of 3-dimensional (3D) cellular assemblies in these fields. Artificial scaffolds have often been used to construct 3D cellular assemblies. However, the scaffolds used to construct cellular assemblies are sometimes toxic and may change the properties of the cells. Thus, it would be beneficial to establish a non-toxic method for facilitating cell-cell contact. In this paper, we introduce a novel method for constructing stable cellular assemblies by using optical tweezers with dextran. One of the advantages of this method is that it establishes stable cell-to-cell contact within a few minutes. This new method allows the construction of 3D cellular assemblies in a natural hydrophilic polymer and is expected to be useful for constructing next-generation 3D single-cell assemblies in the fields of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.
巻・号 (140)
公開日 2018-10-26
DOI 10.3791/57815
PMID 30417883
PMC PMC6235610
MeSH Humans Polymers Regenerative Medicine Tissue Engineering / methods* Tissue Scaffolds*
IF 1.108
引用数 1
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 NMuMG/Fucci2(RCB2868)