title: On-chip optical stimulation and electrical recording from cells.
abstract: We present an optoelectrical device capable of in vitro optical stimulation and electrophysiological recording. The device consists of an array of micropixellated InGaN light-emitting diodes coupled to a custom-made ultrathin planar microelectrode array. Cells can be cultured directly on the chip for short- and long-term electrophysiological experiments. To show the functionality of the device, we transfected a cardiomyocyte-like cell line (HL-1) with a light-sensitive protein channelrhodopsin. We monitored action potentials of individual, spontaneously beating, HL-1 cells growing on the chip by extracellular electrical recordings. On-chip optical stimulation was demonstrated by triggering network activity in a confluent HL-1 cell culture and visualized by calcium imaging. We see the potential of our system for electrophysiological experiments with optogenetically modified cells. Optical stimulation can be performed directly on the chip without additional optical components or external light sources.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioelectronics (PGI-8/ICS-8) and JARA-Fundamentals of Future Information Technology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yakushenko
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maybeck
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: Erdan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Offenhäusser
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wolfrum
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D051379:Mice; D046228:Microarray Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008839:Microelectrodes; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D062308:Optogenetics; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D012243:Rhodopsin; D002118:Calcium