• 文献标题:   Minute-sensitive real-time monitoring of neural cells through printed graphene microelectrodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NIARAKI A, SHIRSAVAR MA, AYKAR SS, TAGHAVIMEHR M, MONTAZAMI R, HASHEMI NN
  • 作者关键词:   realtime neural monitoring, aqueous graphene, impedance spectroscopy, microelectrode array, dopaminergic neural cell, biosensor
  • 出版物名称:   BIOSENSORS BIOELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   0956-5663 EI 1873-4235
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  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.bios.2022.114284 EA APR 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Real-time and high-throughput cytometric monitoring of neural cells exposed to injury mechanisms is invaluable for in-vitro studies. Electrical impedance spectroscopy via microelectrode arrays is a label-free technique for monitoring of neural growth and their detachment upon death. In this method, the interface material plays a vital role to provide desirable attachment cues for the cell network. Thus, here we demonstrate the electrohydrodynamic patterning of aqueous graphene for microelectrode fabrication. We investigated whether the wrinkled surface morphology of the electrodes fabricated by this deposition method expands their electroactive surface area and thus enables a rapid response time. The nano-scale quality of the graphene lattice is characterized by Raman spectroscopy and Transmittance electron microscopy. N27 rat dopaminergic neural cells were cultured on the chips and the surface morphology of the microelectrodes during cellular growth was investigated by Scanning electrode spectroscopy. Attachment of the neural population on the graphene microelectrodes was parametrized and the change in the impedance spectrum of this cell population was quantified at 10 Hz to 10 kHz frequencies along with the change in TUBB3 gene expression. The viability test of the cell population on the biosensor demonstrated no significant difference in comparison to the control, and a cell density of 2289 cell/ mm2 was achieved. As a proof of concept, the confluent N27 cell population was exposed to UV and its cytotoxic impact on neural detachment and lift-off was monitored. The multiplexed detection of cellular activity was reported with a temporal resolution of one minute.