Measuring Absolute Cell Volume Using Quantitative-Phase Digital Holographic Microscopy and a Low-Cost, Open-Source, and 3D-Printed Flow Chamber
Although cell volume is a critical cell parameter and acute changes of its regulation mechanisms can reveal pathophysiological states, its accurate measurement remains difficult. On the other hand, custom-made devices are now possible through the application of 3D printing that meet the needs of cer...
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| author | Erik Bélanger Erik Bélanger Erik Bélanger Sébastien A. Lévesque Émile Rioux-Pellerin Pauline Lavergne Pierre Marquet Pierre Marquet Pierre Marquet |
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| description | Although cell volume is a critical cell parameter and acute changes of its regulation mechanisms can reveal pathophysiological states, its accurate measurement remains difficult. On the other hand, custom-made devices are now possible through the application of 3D printing that meet the needs of certain specific applications. Therefore, in this article we describe the development of a low-cost, open-source, and 3D-printed flow chamber optimized to perform non-invasive accurate measurements of important cell biophysical parameters. This measurement development includes the absolute cell volume, mean cell thickness, and whole-cell refractive index using quantitative-phase digital holographic microscopy. Specifically, this advancement makes it possible to develop a flow chamber that preserves cell viability while exhibiting a fast washout process for the two-liquid decoupling procedure—an experimental procedure allowing to separately measure the intracellular refractive index and cell thickness from the quantitative-phase signal—characterized by a homogeneous return of the extracellular refractive index over the entire imaging slit toward the known value of the last perfusion solution. Such a fast washout process has been extensively characterized by monitoring the time required to obtain a stabilization of the quantitative-phase signal following the perfusion of the two liquids. A more rapid quantitative-phase signal stabilization time results in fewer cell changes, including important cell position and shape modifications. These changes likely take place over the washout process time and ultimately result in important artifacts to all cell biophysical measurements. The proposed flow chamber has been used to perform measurements of the whole-cell refractive index, mean cell thickness, and absolute cell volume of three cell types in culture during resting state, and hypo-osmotic and hyper-osmotic challenges. For a typical cell body, these biophysical parameters are measured with a precision of 0.0006, 100 nm, and 50 μm3, respectively. Finally, the design files of the flow chamber will be shared with the scientific community through an open-source model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-990474f596c541c2b4e1090a7c6082ef2022-12-22T00:09:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2019-11-01710.3389/fphy.2019.00172457094Measuring Absolute Cell Volume Using Quantitative-Phase Digital Holographic Microscopy and a Low-Cost, Open-Source, and 3D-Printed Flow ChamberErik Bélanger0Erik Bélanger1Erik Bélanger2Sébastien A. Lévesque3Émile Rioux-Pellerin4Pauline Lavergne5Pierre Marquet6Pierre Marquet7Pierre Marquet8Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d'Optique, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, CanadaCentre de Recherche CERVO, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, CanadaCentre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, CanadaCentre de Recherche CERVO, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, CanadaCentre de Recherche CERVO, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, CanadaCentre de Recherche CERVO, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, CanadaCentre de Recherche CERVO, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, CanadaCentre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, CanadaDépartement de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, CanadaAlthough cell volume is a critical cell parameter and acute changes of its regulation mechanisms can reveal pathophysiological states, its accurate measurement remains difficult. On the other hand, custom-made devices are now possible through the application of 3D printing that meet the needs of certain specific applications. Therefore, in this article we describe the development of a low-cost, open-source, and 3D-printed flow chamber optimized to perform non-invasive accurate measurements of important cell biophysical parameters. This measurement development includes the absolute cell volume, mean cell thickness, and whole-cell refractive index using quantitative-phase digital holographic microscopy. Specifically, this advancement makes it possible to develop a flow chamber that preserves cell viability while exhibiting a fast washout process for the two-liquid decoupling procedure—an experimental procedure allowing to separately measure the intracellular refractive index and cell thickness from the quantitative-phase signal—characterized by a homogeneous return of the extracellular refractive index over the entire imaging slit toward the known value of the last perfusion solution. Such a fast washout process has been extensively characterized by monitoring the time required to obtain a stabilization of the quantitative-phase signal following the perfusion of the two liquids. A more rapid quantitative-phase signal stabilization time results in fewer cell changes, including important cell position and shape modifications. These changes likely take place over the washout process time and ultimately result in important artifacts to all cell biophysical measurements. The proposed flow chamber has been used to perform measurements of the whole-cell refractive index, mean cell thickness, and absolute cell volume of three cell types in culture during resting state, and hypo-osmotic and hyper-osmotic challenges. For a typical cell body, these biophysical parameters are measured with a precision of 0.0006, 100 nm, and 50 μm3, respectively. Finally, the design files of the flow chamber will be shared with the scientific community through an open-source model.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2019.00172/fullquantitative-phase imagingquantitative-phase digital holographic microscopyflow chamberwhole-cell refractive indexmean cell thicknessabsolute cell volume |
| spellingShingle | Erik Bélanger Erik Bélanger Erik Bélanger Sébastien A. Lévesque Émile Rioux-Pellerin Pauline Lavergne Pierre Marquet Pierre Marquet Pierre Marquet Measuring Absolute Cell Volume Using Quantitative-Phase Digital Holographic Microscopy and a Low-Cost, Open-Source, and 3D-Printed Flow Chamber Frontiers in Physics quantitative-phase imaging quantitative-phase digital holographic microscopy flow chamber whole-cell refractive index mean cell thickness absolute cell volume |
| title | Measuring Absolute Cell Volume Using Quantitative-Phase Digital Holographic Microscopy and a Low-Cost, Open-Source, and 3D-Printed Flow Chamber |
| title_full | Measuring Absolute Cell Volume Using Quantitative-Phase Digital Holographic Microscopy and a Low-Cost, Open-Source, and 3D-Printed Flow Chamber |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Absolute Cell Volume Using Quantitative-Phase Digital Holographic Microscopy and a Low-Cost, Open-Source, and 3D-Printed Flow Chamber |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Absolute Cell Volume Using Quantitative-Phase Digital Holographic Microscopy and a Low-Cost, Open-Source, and 3D-Printed Flow Chamber |
| title_short | Measuring Absolute Cell Volume Using Quantitative-Phase Digital Holographic Microscopy and a Low-Cost, Open-Source, and 3D-Printed Flow Chamber |
| title_sort | measuring absolute cell volume using quantitative phase digital holographic microscopy and a low cost open source and 3d printed flow chamber |
| topic | quantitative-phase imaging quantitative-phase digital holographic microscopy flow chamber whole-cell refractive index mean cell thickness absolute cell volume |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2019.00172/full |
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