Abstract
In plant cell culture, the delivery of nutrition and gas (mainly oxygen) to the cells is the most important factor for viability. In this paper, we propose a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based microculture system that is designed to have good aeration. PDMS is known to have excellent air permeability, and through the experimental method, we investigated the relation between the degree of air delivery and the thickness of the PDMS sheet covering the culture chamber. We determined the proper thickness of the cover sheet, and cultured protoplasts of Nicotiana tabacum in a culture chamber covered with a PDMS sheet having thickness of 400 μm. The cells were successfully divided, and lived well inside the culture chamber for 10 days. In addition, protoplasts were cultured inside the culture chambers covered with the cover glass and the PDMS sheet, respectively, and the microcolonies were formed well inside the PDMS covered chamber after 10 days.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 163-168 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 Aug |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgments This study was supported by a grant of the Ecotechnopia 21 Project, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea (052-041-037).
Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Air permeability
- CPW
- Cell culture
- Nicotiana tabacum
- Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Bioengineering