Table 1 Overview of MPS configuration, MPS-specific hardware and cell parameters.

From: Establishing quasi-steady state operations of microphysiological systems (MPS) using tissue-specific metabolic dependencies

MPS

Cardiac

Liver

Gut

Cell type

iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes

Human primary hepatocytes

Cancer cell line (differentiated Caco-2/HT-29)

Format

96-well

LiverChip

12-well transwell

Maturation/Differentiation duration post seeding (days)

2

3

21

Seeding density

0.3 × 106/cm2

6 × 105/scaffold

0.9 × 105/cm2 (9:1 ratio)

Operating media volume (ml)

0.2

2.1

Apical: 0.5 Basal: 1.5

Media volume per seeded cell (nl/cell)

2.1

3.5

17

Media flow

static

recirculation

static

Media change frequency

2 days

2 days

2 days