Chang Tim C, Tang Weiliang, Koh William Jen Hoe, Rettie Alexander J E, Emond Mary J, Monnat Raymond J, Folch Albert
Departments of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Departments of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Technology (Singap World Sci). 2015 Dec;3(4):163-171. doi: 10.1142/S2339547815200046.
We developed micromolded microwell arrays to study the proliferation and senescence of single cells. Microwell arrays were designed to be compatible with conventional cell culture protocols to simplify cell loading, cell culture, and imaging. We demonstrated the utility of these arrays by measuring the proliferation and senescence of isogenic cells which expressed or had been depleted of the human Werner syndrome protein. Our results allowed us to reveal cell-to-cell heterogeneity in proliferation in WRN+ and WRN-depleted fibroblasts during clonal growth.
我们开发了微模塑微孔阵列来研究单细胞的增殖和衰老。微孔阵列的设计与传统细胞培养方案兼容,以简化细胞接种、细胞培养和成像。我们通过测量表达或已缺失人类沃纳综合征蛋白的同基因细胞的增殖和衰老,证明了这些阵列的实用性。我们的结果使我们能够揭示克隆生长过程中WRN +和WRN缺失的成纤维细胞增殖的细胞间异质性。