• 文献标题:   Protein spot arrays on graphene oxide coatings for efficient single-cell capture
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KUMAR R, LLEWELLYN S, VASANTHAM SK, NIE KW, SEKULANEUNER S, VIJAYARAGHAVAN A, HIRTZ M
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41598-022-06225-4
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Biomedical applications such as cell screening or cell-cell interaction studies require placement and adhesion of cells on surfaces with controlled numbers and location. In particular, single-cell arraying and positioning has come into focus as a basis of such applications. An ideal substrate would combine biocompatibility with favorable attributes such as pattern stability and easy processing. Here, we present a simple yet effective approach to single-cell arraying based on a graphene oxide (GO) surface carrying protein (fibronectin) microarrays to define cell adhesion points. These capture NIH-3T3 cells, resulting in cell arrays, which are benchmarked against analogous arrays on silanized glass samples. We reveal significant improvement in cell-capture performance by the GO coating with regards to overall cell adhesion and single-cell feature occupancy. This overall improvement of cell-arraying combined with retained transparency of substrate for microscopy and good biocompatibility makes this graphene-based approach attractive for single-cell experiments.