Abstract
The metabolic activity of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells was observed using a light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS). The dependency toward different glucose concentrations (17-200mM) follows a Michaelis-Menten kinetics trajectory with Km=32.8mM, and the obtained Km value in this experiment was compared with that found in literature. In addition, the pH shift induced by glucose metabolism of tumor cells transfected with the HPV-16 genome (C3 cells) was successfully observed. These results indicate the possibility to determine the tumor cells metabolism with a LAPS-based measurement device.(C) 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim