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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18182-z
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- NIH NEI [R01EY029836, P30EY004068]
- American Heart Association (AHA) [18CDA34080403]
- Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research
- Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)
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This study uses ECIS technology to assess and optimize corneal epithelial cells in vitro, generating quantifiable measurements that reflect changes in cell behavior. The findings highlight the importance of optimizing cell density and media choice for comprehensive and quantitative evaluation of corneal epithelial cell structure and function.
An intact epithelium is key to maintaining corneal integrity and barrier function which can lead to impaired ocular defense and sight-threatening opacity when compromised. Electrical cell-substrate impedance sensing or ECIS is a non-invasive method to measure real-time cellular behaviors including barrier function and cell migration. The current study uses ECIS technology to assess and optimize human telomerase-immortalized corneal epithelial cells to generate quantifiable measurements that accurately reflect changes in cell behavior in vitro. Five cell densities were assessed in two different media to determine the optimal conditions for monitoring of cellular behavior over time. Parameters of evaluation included: overall impedance (Z), barrier resistance (R), cell capacitance (C), and mathematical modeling of the R data to further generate R-b (the electrical resistance between HUCLs), alpha (the resistance between the HUCLs and the substrate), and C-m (the capacitance of the cell membrane) measurements. All parameters of assessment strongly indicated DMEM/F12 at 60,000 cells as the optimal condition for ECIS assessment of HUCLs. Furthermore, this work highlights the ability of the sensitive ECIS biosensor technology to comprehensively and quantitatively assess corneal epithelial cell structure and function and the importance of optimizing not only cell density, but choice of media used for in vitro culturing.
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