Journal
BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 1075-1088Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-011-9577-8
Keywords
Impedance; Oral cancer cell; Interdigitated microelectrode
Funding
- National Science Foundation [CBET -0916138]
- Golden LEAF Foundation
- NCBIOIMPACT initiative of the state of North Carolina through the Biomanufacturing Research Institute & Technology Enterprise (BRITE) at North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
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In this study, electric/electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry were used to study the cellular activities of oral cancer cell line CAL 27, including the kinetics of cell adhesion, spreading, and cell proliferation on interdigitated microelectrodes (IMEs). Impedance spectra of CAL 27 cells on IMEs electrodes were obtained in cell growth medium and in 0.1 M PBS with 50 mM [Fe(CN)(6)](3-/4-) as redox probe. Equivalent circuits were used to model both cases. In cell growth medium, impedance spectra allowed us to analyze the changes in capacitance and resistance due to cell attachment on the IMEs over the entire experiment period. It was found that cell spreading caused the most significant decrease in capacitance component and slight increase in resistance component. Impedance change at given frequencies (between 10 kHz to 100 kHz) was found to be linearly increased with increasing cell number of CAL 27 on the IMEs. In comparison with non-cancer oral epithelial cells (Het-1A), at equal cell number, cancer cells always generated impedance several folds higher than that of non-cancer cells. In the presence of [Fe(CN)(6)](3-/4-), impedance spectra allowed us to analyze the change in electron transfer resistance of IMEs due to cell attachment, in which an increase trend was observed at 24 h with increasing cell number from 2500 cells to 10000 cells on IMEs. Double layer capacitance was also affected by cell attachment, and a decrease in double layer capacitance was observed with increasing cell number on the electrodes. Cyclic voltammetric measurements correlated well with the impedance results. The results of this study demonstrated the use of electrochemical approaches to obtain and understand cellular behaviors/activities of oral cancer cells, potentially providing useful tools for cancer cell research.
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