Dynamic Tumor Perfusion and Real-Time Monitoring in a Multiplexed 3D Printed Microdevice

Alex Markoski; Ian Y Wong; Jeffrey T Borenstein

doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3271-0_20

Dynamic Tumor Perfusion and Real-Time Monitoring in a Multiplexed 3D Printed Microdevice

Methods Mol Biol. 2023:2679:287-304. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3271-0_20.

Authors

Alex Markoski^{1

2}, Ian Y Wong³, Jeffrey T Borenstein⁴

Affiliations

¹ Draper, Bioengineering Division, Cambridge, MA, USA.
² School of Engineering, Center for Biomedical Engineering, and Legoretta Cancer Center. Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
³ School of Engineering, Center for Biomedical Engineering, and Legoretta Cancer Center. Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. ian_wong@brown.edu.
⁴ Draper, Bioengineering Division, Cambridge, MA, USA. jborenstein@draper.com.

PMID: 37300624
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3271-0_20

Abstract

Stereolithography based additive manufacturing ("3D printing") has become a useful tool for the development of novel microfluidic in vitro platforms. This method of manufacturing can reduce production time while allowing for rapid design iteration and complex monolithic structures. The platform described in this chapter has been designed for the capture and evaluation of cancer spheroids in perfusion. Spheroids are created in 3D Petri dishes, stained, and loaded into these 3D printed devices and imaged over time under flow conditions. This design allows for active perfusion into complex 3D cellular constructs resulting in longer viability while providing results which better mimic in vivo conditions compared to traditional monolayer static culture.

Keywords: 3D printing; Cancer; Microfluidics; Monolithic; Perfusion; Spheroid.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cell Culture Techniques* / methods
Humans
Neoplasms*
Perfusion
Printing, Three-Dimensional
Stereolithography