title: Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) affects gene expression in PC12 cells differentiating into neuronal-like cells.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Microfluidics systems usually consist of materials like PMMA--poly(methyl methacrylate) and PDMS--poly(dimethylsiloxane) and not polystyrene (PS), which is usually used for cell culture. Cellular and molecular responses in cells grown on PS are well characterized due to decades of accumulated research. In contrast, the experience base is limited for materials used in microfludics chip fabrication.
  
  
  METHODS
  The effect of different materials (PS, PMMA and perforated PMMA with a piece of PDMS underneath) on the growth and differentiation of PC12 (adrenal phaeochromocytoma) cells into neuronal-like cells was investigated using cell viability, cell cycle distribution, morphology, and gene expression analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After differentiation, the morphology, viability and cell cycle distribution of PC12 cells grown on PS, PMMA with and without PDMS underneath was the same. By contrast, 41 genes showed different expression for PC12 cells differentiating on PMMA as compared to on PS. In contrast, 677 genes showed different expression on PMMA with PDMS underneath as compared with PC12 cells on PS. The differentially expressed genes are involved in neuronal cell development and function. However, there were also many markers for neuronal cell development and functions that were expressed similarly in cells differentiating on PS, PMMA and PMMA with PDMS underneath. In conclusion, it was shown that PMMA has a minor impact and PDMS a major impact on gene expression in PC12 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Joanna M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Łopacińska
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emnéus
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dufva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002470:Cell Survival; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004867:Equipment Design; D016193:G1 Phase; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D044085:Microfluidics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D016716:PC12 Cells; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D011137:Polystyrenes; C013830:baysilon; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate