Multiplexed Optical Sensors in Arrayed Islands of Cells for multimodal recordings of cellular physiology

Abstract

Cells typically respond to chemical or physical perturbations via complex signaling cascades which can simultaneously affect multiple physiological parameters, such as membrane voltage, calcium, pH, and redox potential. Protein-based fluorescent sensors can report many of these parameters, but spectral overlap prevents more than ~4 modalities from being recorded in parallel. Here we introduce the technique, MOSAIC, Multiplexed Optical Sensors in Arrayed Islands of Cells, where patterning of fluorescent sensor-encoding lentiviral vectors with a microarray printer enables parallel recording of multiple modalities. We demonstrate simultaneous recordings from 20 sensors in parallel in human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells and in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs), and we describe responses to metabolic and pharmacological perturbations. Together, these results show that MOSAIC can provide rich multi-modal data on complex physiological responses in multiple cell types.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Aug 04, 2020
Source ID
10.1038/s41467-020-17607-5

Entities

People

  • Adam Cohen
  • Alessandra Rigamonti
  • Christopher A. Werley
  • Emil M. Hansson
  • Stefano Boccardo

Organizations

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Readers

  • Molecular Genetics
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology