Slicing spheroids in microfluidic devices for morphological and immunohistochemical analysis

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Abstract

Microfluidic devices utilizing spheroids play important roles in in vitro experimental systems to closely simulate morphological and biochemical characteristics of the in vivo tumor microenvironment. For the observation and analysis of the inner structure of spheroids, sectioning is an efficient approach. However, conventional microfluidic devices are difficult for sectioning, and therefore, spheroids inside the microfluidic channels have not been sliced well. We proposed a microfluidic device created from embedding resin for sectioning. Spheroids were cultured, embedded by resin, and sectioned in the microfluidic device. Slices of the sectioned spheroids yielded clear images at the cellular level. According to morphological and immunohistochemical analyses of the slices of the spheroid, specific protein distribution was observed.

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Kuriu, S., Kadonosono, T., Kizaka-Kondoh, S., & Ishida, T. (2020). Slicing spheroids in microfluidic devices for morphological and immunohistochemical analysis. Micromachines, 11(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/MI11050480

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