Using microdispensing to manufacture a customized cell dish for microbeam irradiation of single, living cells

E.J.C. Nilsson, Magnus Gram, J. Nilsson, Jan Pallon, Anna Masternak, J. Paczesny, Natalia Arteaga, Mikael Elfman, Per Kristiansson, Charlotta Nilsson, Bo Åkerström

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Abstract

In this paper is described the preparation of patterned cell dishes to be used in studies of low dose irradiation effects on living cells. Using a droplet microdispenser, an 8 mu m thick polypropylene cell substrate, to which cells do not naturally adhere, was coated in a matrix pattern with the cell adhesive mussel protein Cell-Tak. Cells were shown to adhere and grow on the protein-coated spots, but not on the uncoated parts, providing for guided cell growth. Cultivation of isolated cell colonies provides an opportunity to study how low doses of ionizing radiation affect neighbouring un-irradiated cell colonies. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1199-1205
JournalNuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume267
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Bibliographical note

The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Nuclear Physics (Faculty of Technology) (011013007), Division of Infection Medicine (BMC) (013024020)

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Subatomic Physics

Free keywords

  • irradiation
  • Microbeam
  • Patterned cell dish
  • Microdispensing
  • Cell substrate
  • Bystander effect
  • HepG2 cells

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