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A Microfluidic Assay for Measuring Electrical Conductivity of Gap Junction Channels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2012

Cedric Bathany ,
Frederick Sachs  and
Susan Z. Hua
Cedric Bathany
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A.
Frederick Sachs
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY –Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A.
Susan Z. Hua
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY –Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A.
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Abstract

We have developed a microfluidic sensor to measure the electrical coupling through gap junctions across a 2D sheet of cultured Normal Rat Kidney cells. The chip is based on a tri-stream laminar flow with conductive solutions on either end and a nonconductive solution in the middle stream. When an electrical voltage is applied, the current can only pass through the cell sheet, thereby enabling us to measure the electrical coupling of gap junctions between cells. Using this sensor we have measured the effect of 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) on Cx43 channels. We show that 2-APB reversibly inhibits electrical coupling of Cx43 in NRK cells. Moreover, we screened other potential candidates to block Cx43, 1-Heptanol and GsMTx-4, and examined their effects on Cx43 gap junctions.

Keywords

microelectro-mechanical (MEMS)biologicalsensor
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1415: Symposium HH/II/TT – MEMS, BioMEMS and Bioelectronics–Materials and Devices , 2012 , mrsf11-1415-ii01-07
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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