A general method to regenerate arrayed gold microelectrodes for label-free cell assay

Anal Biochem. 2017 Jan 1:516:57-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.10.012. Epub 2016 Oct 14.

Abstract

We developed a method to regenerate arrayed gold microelectrodes equipped for a commercial label-free cell analyzer. The regeneration process includes efficient treatment of the gold surface with trypsin (0.25%, v/v) digestion, rinsing with ethanol and deionized water and spinning steps. The proposed method ensured complete regeneration and repeated usage of gold microchips up to 4 times for the real-time electric impedance measurement of anti-cancer drug cytotoxicity.

Keywords: Arrayed gold microelectrodes; Drug cytotoxicity; Real-time cell analyzer; Regeneration; Trypsin-digestion.

MeSH terms

  • A549 Cells
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor / instrumentation
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor / methods
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Microelectrodes
  • Tissue Array Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Tissue Array Analysis / methods*

Substances

  • Gold