NDLI: Microfluidics and numerical simulation as methods for standardization of zebrafish sperm cell activation

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Author	Scherr, Thomas Knapp, Gerald L. Guitreau, Amy Park, Daniel Sang Won Tiersch, Terrence Nandakumar, Krishnaswamy Monroe, W. Todd
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Sperm cell activation plays a critical role in a range of biological and engineering processes, from fertilization to cryopreservation protocol evaluation. Across a range of species, ionic and osmotic effects have been discovered that lead to activation. Sperm cells of zebrafish (Danio rerio) initiate motility in a hypoosmotic environment. In this study, we employ a microfluidic mixer for the purpose of rapidly diluting the extracellular medium to initiate the onset of cell motility. The use of a microchannel offers a rapid and reproducible mixing profile throughout the device. This greatly reduces variability from trial to trial relative to the current methods of analysis. Coupling these experiments with numerical simulations, we were able to investigate the dynamics of intracellular osmolality as each cell moves along its path through the micromixer. Our results suggest that intracellular osmolality, and hence intracellular ion concentration, only slightly decreases, contrary to the common thought that larger changes in these parameters are required for activation. Utilizing this framework, microfluidics for controlled extracellular environments and associated numerical modeling, has practical applicability in standardizing high-throughput aquatic sperm activation, and more fundamentally, investigations of the intracellular environment leading to motility.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	10
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13872176
Journal	Biomedical Microdevices
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728781
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-05-31
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Microfluidic Sperm analysis Numerical modeling Transport modeling Zebrafish sperm cell activation Biomedical Engineering Biophysics and Biological Physics Nanotechnology Engineering Fluid Dynamics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Molecular Biology Biomedical Engineering

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