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Micropatterning C2C12 myotubes for orderly recording of intracellular calcium transients | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore

Micropatterning C2C12 myotubes for orderly recording of intracellular calcium transients


Abstract:

Reconstruction of skeletal muscle myotubes in vitro using myogenic cell lines have been widely carried out to study functional properties and disease-related biological c...Show More

Abstract:

Reconstruction of skeletal muscle myotubes in vitro using myogenic cell lines have been widely carried out to study functional properties and disease-related biological changes of myotubes, such as intracellular calcium dynamics. However, the analysis of biological signals in isolated single myotubes or interactions among several myotubes is quite difficult problem because of the randomness in size, morphology and orientation of differentiated myotubes cultured on a conventional tissue culture dish. In the present study, we attempted to form uniform-size myotubes and detect intracellular calcium dynamics from the fabricated myotubes. We modified surfaces of culture dishes using a poly(-dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) stamp and a 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) polymer solution to form line patterns for myotube formation. We could form uniform-size and -orientation C2C12 myotubes and detect intracellular calcium dynamics from it. This simple method would be a useful for studying properties in myotubes with specific sizes and morphologies.
Date of Conference: 03-07 July 2013
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 26 September 2013
Electronic ISBN:978-1-4577-0216-7

ISSN Information:

PubMed ID: 24111271
Conference Location: Osaka, Japan

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