The present application relates to the field of
biomedical engineering, and particularly relates to a pump-free intestinal
chip system capable of measuring transmembrane resistance value and a measuring method thereof.The
system comprises transmembrane resistance measuring electrodes, an intestinal
chip and a swing-type
shaker; the intestinal
chip is composed of a plurality of chip units arranged in parallel, and each chip unit comprises, from top to bottom, a culture layer, a
porous membrane and a
perfusion layer; the culture layer is provided with a first end hole, an intermediate hole and a second end hole in sequence, both end holes are communicated with the cavity of the
perfusion layer to form a fluid channel, the intermediate hole is used for culturing cells, and the intermediate hole separates the culture layer and the
perfusion layer and exchanges materials through the
porous membrane; the swing-type
shaker is used for providing periodic
gravity flow to simulate
intestinal peristalsis; the transmembrane resistance measuring electrodes are connected with a resistance meter, and the transmembrane resistance value is obtained through current-
voltage measurement.The present application has better
simulation of intestinal barrier characteristics, can measure the transmembrane resistance value of the intestinal chip, and is convenient to operate and short in time consumption.