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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 86, Issue 23, Pages 11803-11810Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac5033676
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- National Institutes of Health [1 R01 GM112048-01A1, 1R33EB019785-01]
- National Science Foundation [CBET-1438126, IIP-1346440]
- Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science (MRSEC) [DMR-0820404]
- NSF
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Eliciting a cellular response to a changing chemical microenvironment is central to many biological processes including gene expression, cell migration, differentiation, apoptosis, and intercellular signaling. The nature and scope of the response is highly dependent upon the spatiotemporal characteristics of the stimulus. To date, studies that investigate this phenomenon have been limited to digital (or step) chemical stimulation with little control over the temporal counterparts. Here, we demonstrate an acoustofluidic (i.e., fusion of acoustics and microfluidics) approach for generating programmable chemical waveforms that permits continuous modulation of the signal characteristics including the amplitude (i.e., sample concentration), shape, frequency, and duty cycle, with frequencies reaching up to 30 Hz. Furthermore, we show fast switching between multiple distinct stimuli, wherein the waveform of each stimulus is independently controlled. Using our device, we characterized the frequency-dependent activation and internalization of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (beta(2)-AR), a prototypic G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), using epinephrine. The acoustofluidic-based programmable chemical waveform generation and switching method presented herein is expected to be a powerful tool for the investigation and characterization of the kinetics and other dynamic properties of many biological and biochemical processes.
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