3D Cell Cultures: Ajisafe Victor Ayobami
3D Cell Cultures: Ajisafe Victor Ayobami
3D Cell Cultures: Ajisafe Victor Ayobami
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a) Gels
3D Cell Culture Gels
Scaffold Based
Polymeric Hard Scaffold
• Typical size is 150 - 200µm
• Lactide and glycolide copolymer
may be used as materials
• In regenerative medicine, cells
are grown on this scaffold for
transplantation purposes to
replace defective tissue
• Widely used for engineering
bone, cartilage, ligament, skin,
vascular, neural and skeletal
muscle tissues.
• In preclinical in-vitro testing, cells
are grown to model tumors in the
lab.
Scaffold Based
Biological Scaffolds
• Produced from natural
components of biological origin
e.g proteins such as fibronectin,
collagen, laminin and gelatin.
• Cells attach and reorganize into
desired organs’ 3D structure.
• Provides suitable
microenvironment for the
anatomical and physiological
development of cells.
• Widely used in regenerative
medicine as well as tissue
engineering
Scaffold Based
Micropatterned Surface Microplates
• Each plate contains
micrometer sized
compartments arrayed on the
bottom.
• Usually coated to create a low
adhesion surface.
• Bottom is thin and transparent
for microscopic imaging.
• Used in drug testing, cell Round Square Slit pattern
biology analysis at the
molecular level
Non Scaffold Based
Hanging Drop Microplates
• Cells can self assemble into 3D
spheroid structure in the
absence of a scaffold.
• Spheroid size is controlled by
the number of cells dispensed
into each drop.
• Suitable for long term culturing
by transfer of culture onto
another plate of larger media Top view Bottom view
or buffer volumes
• Suitable for use as primary cell-
based tissue models and tumor
models that include
immortalized cancer cell lines
Non Scaffold Based
Spheroid Microplate
• Used to create round multi
cell tissue or tumor models.
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