Sitte Zachary R, Miranda Abel A, DiProspero Thomas J, Lockett Matthew R
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 125 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, United States.
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295, United States.
HardwareX. 2024 Jul 11;19:e00556. doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00556. eCollection 2024 Sep.
Oxygen is a vital but often overlooked variable in tissue culture experiments. Physiologically relevant oxygen tensions range from partial pressures of 100 mmHg at the alveolar-capillary interface in the lung to less than 7.6 mmHg in the hypoxic regions of solid tumors. These values are markedly lower than the partial oxygen pressure of ambient air, which is standard experimental practice. Physiologically relevant culture environments are needed to better predict cellular and tissue-level responses to drugs or potential toxins. Three commonly used methods to regulate in vitro oxygen tension involve placing cells in 1) a hypoxia chamber, 2) setups that rely on mass transport-limited microenvironments, and 3) microfabricated devices. Hypoxia chambers have the lowest barrier to entry, as they do not require laboratories to change their tissue culture setups. Here, we present a gas-regulation system for a three-zone hypoxia chamber. Each zone can maintain independent environments, with partial pressure compositions of 1-21 % O and 1-10 % CO. The design incorporates small-scale fabrication techniques (e.g., laser cutting and 3D printing) and off-the-shelf electronic components for simple assembly. The hypoxia chambers are significantly lower in cost than the commercial counterparts: $1,400 for the control system or $4,100 for a complete three-zone chamber system
氧气是组织培养实验中一个至关重要但常常被忽视的变量。生理相关的氧张力范围从肺部肺泡 - 毛细血管界面处的100 mmHg分压到实体瘤缺氧区域低于7.6 mmHg。这些值明显低于标准实验环境下的环境空气的氧分压。需要生理相关的培养环境来更好地预测细胞和组织水平对药物或潜在毒素的反应。三种常用的调节体外氧张力的方法包括将细胞置于1)缺氧箱中,2)依赖传质受限微环境的装置中,以及3)微制造设备中。缺氧箱进入门槛最低,因为它们不需要实验室改变其组织培养设置。在此,我们展示一种用于三区缺氧箱的气体调节系统。每个区域可以维持独立的环境,氧分压组成范围为1 - 21%,二氧化碳分压组成范围为1 - 10%。该设计采用了小规模制造技术(例如激光切割和3D打印)以及现成的电子元件以便于简单组装。这种缺氧箱的成本明显低于商业同类产品:控制系统为1400美元,完整的三区箱系统为4100美元
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