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Ell M, Bui MT, Kigili S, Zeck G, Prado-López S. Assessment of chemotherapeutic effects on cancer cells using adhesion noise spectroscopy. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1385730. [PMID: 38803844 PMCID: PMC11128629 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1385730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
Abstract
With cancer as one of the leading causes of death worldwide, there is a need for the development of accurate, cost-effective, easy-to-use, and fast drug-testing assays. While the NCI 60 cell-line screening as the gold standard is based on a colorimetric assay, monitoring cells electrically constitutes a label-free and non-invasive tool to assess the cytotoxic effects of a chemotherapeutic treatment on cancer cells. For decades, impedance-based cellular assays extensively investigated various cell characteristics affected by drug treatment but lack spatiotemporal resolution. With progress in microelectrode fabrication, high-density Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)-based microelectrode arrays (MEAs) with subcellular resolution and time-continuous recording capability emerged as a potent alternative. In this article, we present a new cell adhesion noise (CAN)-based electrical imaging technique to expand CMOS MEA cell-biology applications: CAN spectroscopy enables drug screening quantification with single-cell spatial resolution. The chemotherapeutic agent 5-Fluorouracil exerts a cytotoxic effect on colorectal cancer (CRC) cells hampering cell proliferation and lowering cell viability. For proof-of-concept, we found sufficient accuracy and reproducibility for CAN spectroscopy compared to a commercially available standard colorimetric biological assay. This label-free, non-invasive, and fast electrical imaging technique complements standardized cancer screening methods with significant advances over established impedance-based approaches.
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- Maximilian Ell
- Institute of Biomedical Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biomedical Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Solid State Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biomedical Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Solid State Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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Matsuzaki T, Terutsuki D, Sato S, Ikarashi K, Sato K, Mitsuno H, Okumura R, Yoshimura Y, Usami S, Mori Y, Fujii M, Takemi S, Nakabayashi S, Yoshikawa HY, Kanzaki R. Low Surface Potential with Glycoconjugates Determines Insect Cell Adhesion at Room Temperature. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:9494-9500. [PMID: 36201238 PMCID: PMC9575668 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Cell-coupled field-effect transistor (FET) biosensors have attracted considerable attention because of their high sensitivity to biomolecules. The use of insect cells (Sf21) as a core sensor element is advantageous due to their stable adhesion to sensors at room temperature. Although visualization of the insect cell-substrate interface leads to logical amplification of signals, the spatiotemporal processes at the interfaces have not yet been elucidated. We quantitatively monitored the adhesion dynamics of Sf21 using interference reflection microscopy (IRM). Specific adhesion signatures with ring-like patches along the cellular periphery were detected. A combination of zeta potential measurements and lectin staining identified specific glycoconjugates with low electrostatic potentials. The ring-like structures were disrupted after cholesterol depletion, suggesting a raft domain along the cell periphery. Our results indicate dynamic and asymmetric cell adhesion is due to low electrostatic repulsion with fluidic sugar rafts. We envision the logical design of cell-sensor interfaces with an electrical model that accounts for actual adhesion interfaces.
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- Takahisa Matsuzaki
- Center
for Future Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department
of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Division
of Strategic Research and Development, Saitama
University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-Ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
- Department
of Finemechanics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-01 Aramaki-aza Aoba, Aoba-Ku, Sendai, 980-8579 Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-Ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-Ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka
University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan
- Course
of Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Department of Engineering,
Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan
- Department
of Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan
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Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan
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Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Department
of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- WPI
Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka
University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Integrated
Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open
and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Division
of Electrical, Electronic and Info communications Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Division
of Electrical, Electronic and Info communications Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-Ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Area
of Regulatory Biology, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of
Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-Ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Division
of Strategic Research and Development, Saitama
University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-Ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
- Department
of Chemistry, Saitama University, Shimo-Okubo 255, Sakura-Ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department
of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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Mierke CT. Viscoelasticity Acts as a Marker for Tumor Extracellular Matrix Characteristics. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:785138. [PMID: 34950661 PMCID: PMC8691700 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.785138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Biological materials such as extracellular matrix scaffolds, cancer cells, and tissues are often assumed to respond elastically for simplicity; the viscoelastic response is quite commonly ignored. Extracellular matrix mechanics including the viscoelasticity has turned out to be a key feature of cellular behavior and the entire shape and function of healthy and diseased tissues, such as cancer. The interference of cells with their local microenvironment and the interaction among different cell types relies both on the mechanical phenotype of each involved element. However, there is still not yet clearly understood how viscoelasticity alters the functional phenotype of the tumor extracellular matrix environment. Especially the biophysical technologies are still under ongoing improvement and further development. In addition, the effect of matrix mechanics in the progression of cancer is the subject of discussion. Hence, the topic of this review is especially attractive to collect the existing endeavors to characterize the viscoelastic features of tumor extracellular matrices and to briefly highlight the present frontiers in cancer progression and escape of cancers from therapy. Finally, this review article illustrates the importance of the tumor extracellular matrix mechano-phenotype, including the phenomenon viscoelasticity in identifying, characterizing, and treating specific cancer types.
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- Claudia Tanja Mierke
- Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, Peter Debye Institute of Soft Matter Physics, Biological Physics Division, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Zhang P, Zhou X, Wang R, Jiang J, Wan Z, Wang S. Label-Free Imaging of Nanoscale Displacements and Free-Energy Profiles of Focal Adhesions with Plasmonic Scattering Microscopy. ACS Sens 2021; 6:4244-4254. [PMID: 34711049 PMCID: PMC8638434 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c01938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cell adhesion plays a critical role in cell communication, cell migration, cell proliferation, and integration of medical implants with tissues. Focal adhesions physically link the cell cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix, but it remains challenging to image single focal adhesions directly. Here, we show that plasmonic scattering microscopy (PSM) can directly image the single focal adhesions in a label-free, real-time, and non-invasive manner with sub-micrometer spatial resolution. PSM is developed based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) microscopy, and the evanescent illumination makes it immune to the interference of intracellular structures. Unlike the conventional SPR microscopy, PSM can provide a high signal-to-noise ratio and sub-micrometer spatial resolution for imaging the analytes with size down to a single-molecule level, thus allowing both the super-resolution lateral localization for measuring the nanoscale displacement and precise tracking of vertical distances between the analyte centroid and the sensor surface for analysis of free-energy profiles. PSM imaging of the RBL-2H3 cell with temporal resolution down to microseconds shows that the focal adhesions have random diffusion behaviors in addition to their directional movements during the antibody-mediated activation process. The free-energy mapping also shows a similar movement tendency, indicating that the cell may change its morphology upon varying the binding conditions of adhesive structures. PSM provides insights into the individual focal adhesion activities and can also serve as a promising tool for investigating the cell/surface interactions, such as cell capture and detection and tissue adhesive materials screening.
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- Pengfei Zhang
- Biodesign Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
- School of Electrical, Energy and Computer Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
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Sharon A, Shmoel N, Erez H, Jankowski MM, Friedmann Y, Spira ME. Ultrastructural Analysis of Neuroimplant-Parenchyma Interfaces Uncover Remarkable Neuroregeneration Along-With Barriers That Limit the Implant Electrophysiological Functions. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:764448. [PMID: 34880722 PMCID: PMC8645653 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.764448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Despite increasing use of in vivo multielectrode array (MEA) implants for basic research and medical applications, the critical structural interfaces formed between the implants and the brain parenchyma, remain elusive. Prevailing view assumes that formation of multicellular inflammatory encapsulating-scar around the implants [the foreign body response (FBR)] degrades the implant electrophysiological functions. Using gold mushroom shaped microelectrodes (gMμEs) based perforated polyimide MEA platforms (PPMPs) that in contrast to standard probes can be thin sectioned along with the interfacing parenchyma; we examined here for the first time the interfaces formed between brains parenchyma and implanted 3D vertical microelectrode platforms at the ultrastructural level. Our study demonstrates remarkable regenerative processes including neuritogenesis, axon myelination, synapse formation and capillaries regrowth in contact and around the implant. In parallel, we document that individual microglia adhere tightly and engulf the gMμEs. Modeling of the formed microglia-electrode junctions suggest that this configuration suffice to account for the low and deteriorating recording qualities of in vivo MEA implants. These observations help define the anticipated hurdles to adapting the advantageous 3D in vitro vertical-electrode technologies to in vivo settings, and suggest that improving the recording qualities and durability of planar or 3D in vivo electrode implants will require developing approaches to eliminate the insulating microglia junctions.
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- Aviv Sharon
- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Harvey M. Kruger Family Center for Nanoscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Bio-Imaging Unit, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Harvey M. Kruger Family Center for Nanoscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Huang SH, Shmoel N, Jankowski MM, Erez H, Sharon A, Abu-Salah W, Nelken I, Weiss A, Spira ME. Immunohistological and Ultrastructural Study of the Inflammatory Response to Perforated Polyimide Cortical Implants: Mechanisms Underlying Deterioration of Electrophysiological Recording Quality. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:926. [PMID: 32982683 PMCID: PMC7489236 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The deterioration of field potential (FP) recording quality and yield by in vivo multielectrode arrays (MEA) within days to weeks of implantation severely limits progress in basic and applied brain research. The prevailing hypothesis is that implantation of MEA platforms initiate and perpetuate inflammatory processes which culminate in the formation of scar tissue (the foreign body response, FBR) around the implant. The FBR leads to progressive degradation of the recording qualities by displacing neurons away from the electrode surfaces, increasing the resistance between neurons (current source) and the sensing pads and by reducing the neurons’ excitable membrane properties and functional synaptic connectivity through the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Meticulous attempts to causally relate the cellular composition, cell density, and electrical properties of the FBR have failed to unequivocally correlate the deterioration of recording quality with the histological severity of the FBR. Based on confocal and electron microscope analysis of thin sections of polyimide based MEA implants along with the surrounding brain tissue at different points in time after implantation, we propose that abrupt FP amplitude attenuation occurs at the implant/brain-parenchyma junction as a result of high seal resistance insulation formed by adhering microglia to the implant surfaces. In contrast to the prevailing hypothesis, that FP decrease occurs across the encapsulating scar of the implanted MEA, this mechanism potentially explains why no correlations have been found between the dimensions and density of the FBR and the recording quality. Recognizing that the seal resistance formed by adhering-microglia to the implant constitutes a downstream element undermining extracellular FP recordings, suggests that approaches to mitigate the formation of the insulating glial could lead to improved recording quality and yield.
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- Shun-Ho Huang
- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Harvey M. Kruger Family Center for Nanoscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Harvey M. Kruger Family Center for Nanoscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Charles E. Smith Family and Prof. Joel Elkes Laboratory for Collaborative Research in Psychobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.,The Harvey M. Kruger Family Center for Nanoscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Three-Dimensional Observations of an Aperiodic Oscillatory Gliding Behavior in Myxococcus xanthus Using Confocal Interference Reflection Microscopy. mSphere 2020; 5:5/1/e00846-19. [PMID: 31996414 PMCID: PMC6992375 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00846-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
3D imaging of live bacteria with optical microscopy techniques is a challenge due to the small size of bacterial cells, meaning that previous studies have been limited to observing motility behavior in 2D. We introduce the application of confocal multiwavelength interference reflection microscopy to bacteria, which enables visualization of 3D motility behaviors in a single 2D image. Using the model organism Myxococcus xanthus, we identified novel motility behaviors that are not explained by current motility models, where gliding bacteria exhibit aperiodic changes in their adhesion to an underlying solid surface. We concluded that the 3D behavior was not linked to canonical motility mechanisms and that IRM could be applied to study a range of microbiological specimens with minimal adaptation to a commercial microscope. The deltaproteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus is a model for bacterial motility and has provided unprecedented insights into bacterial swarming behaviors. Fluorescence microscopy techniques have been invaluable in defining the mechanisms that are involved in gliding motility, but these have almost entirely been limited to two-dimensional (2D) studies, and there is currently no understanding of gliding motility in a three-dimensional (3D) context. We present here the first use of confocal interference reflection microscopy (IRM) to study gliding bacteria, revealing aperiodic oscillatory behavior with changes in the position of the basal membrane relative to the substrate on the order of 90 nm in vitro. First, we use a model planoconvex lens specimen to show how topological information can be obtained from the wavelength-dependent interference pattern in IRM. We then use IRM to observe gliding M. xanthus bacteria and show that cells undergo previously unobserved changes in their adhesion profile as they glide. We compare the wild type with mutants that have reduced motility, which also exhibit the same changes in the adhesion profile during gliding. We find that the general gliding behavior is independent of the proton motive force-generating complex AglRQS and suggest that the novel behavior that we present here may be a result of recoil and force transmission along the length of the cell body following firing of the type IV pili. IMPORTANCE 3D imaging of live bacteria with optical microscopy techniques is a challenge due to the small size of bacterial cells, meaning that previous studies have been limited to observing motility behavior in 2D. We introduce the application of confocal multiwavelength interference reflection microscopy to bacteria, which enables visualization of 3D motility behaviors in a single 2D image. Using the model organism Myxococcus xanthus, we identified novel motility behaviors that are not explained by current motility models, where gliding bacteria exhibit aperiodic changes in their adhesion to an underlying solid surface. We concluded that the 3D behavior was not linked to canonical motility mechanisms and that IRM could be applied to study a range of microbiological specimens with minimal adaptation to a commercial microscope.
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Fluorescence Interference Contrast-enabled structures improve the microarrays performance. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 123:251-259. [PMID: 30224286 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 08/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Continuous improvements of the fluorescence-based sensitivity and specificity, required for high throughput screening, diagnostics, and molecular biology studies, are usually addressed by better readout systems, or better reporting elements. However, while Fluorescence Interference Contrast (FLIC), which modulates the fluorescence by materials-based parameters, has been used for decades to measure biomolecular interactions at nanometer-precision, e.g., for the study of molecular motors and membrane processes, it has been seldom used for high throughput or diagnostic microdevices. Moreover, the amplification of both the fluorescence signal, modulated by vertically-nano-calibrated structures, and the signal/background, modulated by laterally-micro-calibrated structures, has not been explored. To address this synergy, structures comprising optically transparent silicon oxide, tens of micrometers-wide and with thicknesses in the low hundreds of nanometers, which are able to promote the formation of standing waves if patterned on a reflective material, have been designed, fabricated and tested, for the use in DNA- and protein arrays. The light emitted by a fluorophore placed on top of the structures and reflected by a bottom mirror surface, e.g., silicon, platinum, is physically constrained to a region defined lithographically, both vertically and laterally, i.e., micro-pillars and -wells, resulting in an accurate identification and quantification of fluorescence. The signal/noise ratio on micro-/nano-structured substrates is comparable to that measured on planar substrates, but the physical confinement of the microarray spots results in a considerable increase of the intra-feature uniformity.
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Kreysing E, Hassani H, Hampe N, Offenhäusser A. Nanometer-Resolved Mapping of Cell-Substrate Distances of Contracting Cardiomyocytes Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy. ACS NANO 2018; 12:8934-8942. [PMID: 30180539 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
It has been shown that quantitative measurements of the cell-substrate distance of steady cells are possible with scanning surface plasmon resonance microscopy setups in combination with an angle resolved analysis. However, the accuracy of the determined cell-substrate distances as well as the capabilities for the investigation of cell dynamics remained limited due to the assumption of a homogeneous refractive index of the cytosol. Strong spatial or temporal deviations between the local refractive index and the average value can result in errors in the calculated cell-substrate distance of around 100 nm, while the average accuracy was determined to 37 nm. Here, we present a combination of acquisition and analysis techniques that enables the measurement of the cell-substrate distance of contractile cells as well as the study of intracellular processes through changes in the refractive index at the diffraction limit. By decoupling the measurement of the cell-substrate distance and the refractive index of the cytoplasm, we could increase the accuracy of the distance measurement on average by a factor of 25 reaching 1.5 nm under ideal conditions. We show a temporal and spatial mapping of changes in the refractive index and the cell-substrate distance which strongly correlate with the action potentials and reconstruct the three-dimensional profile of the basal cell membrane and its dynamics, while we reached an actual measurement accuracy of 2.3 nm.
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Borejdo J, Gryczynski Z, Fudala R, Joshi CR, Borgmann K, Ghorpade A, Gryczynski I. Surface plasmon-assisted microscope. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2018; 23:1-4. [PMID: 29935016 PMCID: PMC8357319 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.23.6.060502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Total internal reflection microscopy (TIRF) has been a powerful tool in biological research. The most valuable feature of the method has been the ability to image 100- to 200-nm-thick layer of cell features adjacent to a coverslip, such as membrane lipids, membrane receptors, and structures proximal-to-basal membranes. Here, we demonstrate an alternative method of imaging thin-layer proximal-to-basal membranes by placing a sample on a high refractive index coverslip covered by a thin layer of gold. The sample is illuminated using the Kretschmann method (i.e., from the top to an aqueous medium). Fluorophores that are close to the metal surface induce surface plasmons in the metal film. Fluorescence from fluorophores near the metal surface couple with surface plasmons allowing them to penetrate the metal surface and emerge at a surface plasmon coupled emission angle. The thickness of the detection layer is further reduced in comparison with TIRF by metal quenching of fluorophores at a close proximity (below 10 nm) to a surface. Fluorescence is collected by a high NA objective and imaged by EMCCD or converted to a signal by avalanche photodiode fed by a single-mode optical fiber inserted in the conjugate image plane of the objective. The system avoids complications of through-the-objective TIRF associated with shared excitation and emission light path, has thin collection thickness, produces excellent background rejection, and is an effective method to study molecular motion.
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- Julian Borejdo
- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- University of North Texas, Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- Texas Christian University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- University of North Texas, Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- University of North Texas, Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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Stubbe M, Gimsa J. Furthering the state of knowledge on the electric properties of hemi-ellipsoidal single cells and cell patches on electrodes. Biosens Bioelectron 2018; 105:166-172. [PMID: 29412941 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The impedance of electrodes with adherent biological cells correlates with cell viability and proliferation. To model this correlation, we exploited the idea that the introduction of a highly conductive layer into the equatorial equipotential slice of a system with an oriented, freely suspended, single ellipsoidal cell may split the system into mirror-symmetrical halves without changing the field distribution. Each half possesses half of the system's impedance and contains a hemiellipsoidal cell attached to the conductive layer, which can be considered a bottom electrode. For a hemiellipsoidal adherent cell model (ACM) with standard electrical properties for the external and cellular media, the assumption of a bottom membrane and a subcellular cleft in the 100 nm range, as found in adherent cells, changed the potential distribution over a one-% range up to frequencies of 1 MHz. For simplicity, potential distributions for slices of spheroidal objects can be numerically calculated in 2D. The 2D distributions can be converted into three dimensions using simplified equations for the influential radii of spheroids. After the ACM approach was expanded to adherent cell patch models (APMs), the feasibility of our model modifications was tested using two criteria: the constancy of the equipotential plane touching the poles of ACMs or APMs and a comparison of the impedance, which could be numerically calculated from the overall current between the bottom electrode and a plane-parallel counter-electrode, with the impedance of the suspension obtained from Maxwell-Wagner's mixing equation applied to hemiellipsoidal cells.
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- Marco Stubbe
- University of Rostock, Department of Biophysics, Gertrudenstr. 11a, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Department of Biophysics, Gertrudenstr. 11a, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
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Tinning PW, Scrimgeour R, McConnell G. Widefield standing wave microscopy of red blood cell membrane morphology with high temporal resolution. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 9:1745-1761. [PMID: 29675316 PMCID: PMC5905920 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.001745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We report the first demonstration of widefield standing wave (SW) microscopy of fluorescently labelled red blood cells at high speeds that allow for the rapid imaging of membrane deformations. Using existing and custom MATLAB functions, we also present a method to generate 2D and 3D reconstructions of the SW data for improved visualization of the cell. We compare our technique with standard widefield epifluorescence imaging and show that the SW technique not only reveals more topographical information about the specimen but does so without increasing toxicity or the rate of photobleaching and could make this a powerful technique for the diagnosis or study of red blood cell morphology and biomechanical characteristics.
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- Peter W Tinning
- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 ONG, UK
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 ONG, UK
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 ONG, UK
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Terutsuki D, Mitsuno H, Sakurai T, Okamoto Y, Tixier-Mita A, Toshiyoshi H, Mita Y, Kanzaki R. Increasing cell-device adherence using cultured insect cells for receptor-based biosensors. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2018; 5:172366. [PMID: 29657822 PMCID: PMC5882746 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.172366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Field-effect transistor (FET)-based biosensors have a wide range of applications, and a bio-FET odorant sensor, based on insect (Sf21) cells expressing insect odorant receptors (ORs) with sensitivity and selectivity, has emerged. To fully realize the practical application of bio-FET odorant sensors, knowledge of the cell-device interface for efficient signal transfer, and a reliable and low-cost measurement system using the commercial complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) foundry process, will be indispensable. However, the interfaces between Sf21 cells and sensor devices are largely unknown, and electrode materials used in the commercial CMOS foundry process are generally limited to aluminium, which is reportedly toxic to cells. In this study, we investigated Sf21 cell-device interfaces by developing cross-sectional specimens. Calcium imaging of Sf21 cells expressing insect ORs was used to verify the functions of Sf21 cells as odorant sensor elements on the electrode materials. We found that the cell-device interface was approximately 10 nm wide on average, suggesting that the adhesion mechanism of Sf21 cells may differ from that of other cells. These results will help to construct accurate signal detection from expressed insect ORs using FETs.
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- Daigo Terutsuki
- Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Abi Ghanem M, Dehoux T, Liu L, Le Saux G, Plawinski L, Durrieu MC, Audoin B. Opto-acoustic microscopy reveals adhesion mechanics of single cells. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:014901. [PMID: 29390675 DOI: 10.1063/1.5019807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Laser-generated GHz-ultrasonic-based technologies have shown the ability to image single cell adhesion and stiffness simultaneously. Using this new modality, we here demonstrate quantitative indicators to investigate contact mechanics and adhesion processes of the cell. We cultured human cells on a rigid substrate, and we used an inverted pulsed opto-acoustic microscope to generate acoustic pulses containing frequencies up to 100 GHz in the substrate. We map the reflection of the acoustic pulses at the cell-substrate interface to obtain images of the acoustic impedance of the cell, Zc, as well as of the stiffness of the interface, K, with 1 μm lateral resolution. Our results show that the standard deviation ΔZc reveals differences between different cell types arising from the multiplicity of local conformations within the nucleus. From the distribution of K-values within the nuclear region, we extract a mean interfacial stiffness, Km, that quantifies the average contact force in areas of the cell displaying weak bonding. By analogy with classical contact mechanics, we also define the ratio of the real to nominal contact areas, Sr/St. We show that Km can be interpreted as a quantitative indicator of passive contact at metal-cell interfaces, while Sr/St is sensitive to active adhesive processes in the nuclear region. The ability to separate the contributions of passive and active adhesion processes should allow gaining insight into cell-substrate interactions, with important applications in tissue engineering.
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- University Bordeaux, CNRS, UMR 5295, I2M, F-33400 Talence, France
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- University Bordeaux, CNRS, UMR 5295, I2M, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nanoobjects (UMR 5248 CBMN)-CNRS-University Bordeaux-Bordeaux INP, Pessac, France
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nanoobjects (UMR 5248 CBMN)-CNRS-University Bordeaux-Bordeaux INP, Pessac, France
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nanoobjects (UMR 5248 CBMN)-CNRS-University Bordeaux-Bordeaux INP, Pessac, France
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- University Bordeaux, CNRS, UMR 5295, I2M, F-33400 Talence, France
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Seyock S, Maybeck V, Scorsone E, Rousseau L, Hébert C, Lissorgues G, Bergonzo P, Offenhäusser A. Interfacing neurons on carbon nanotubes covered with diamond. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra20207a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Investigation of the interface and needed adhesion surface for neuronal cells on carbon nanotubes covered with diamond.
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- Silke Seyock
- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-8/PGI-8)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52428 Jülich
- Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-8/PGI-8)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52428 Jülich
- Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-8/PGI-8)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52428 Jülich
- Germany
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Sallouh M, Jarocki M, Sallouh O, Degen P, Faissner A, Weberskirch R. The Synergistic Effect of Cationic Moieties and GRGDSF-Peptides in Hydrogels on Neural Stem Cell Behavior. Macromol Biosci 2016; 17. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201600178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Revised: 08/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Muhammad Sallouh
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Otto-Hahn Str. 6, TU Dortmund 44227 Dortmund Germany
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- Department of Cell Morphology and Molecular Neurobiology; Ruhr-University Bochum; 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Otto-Hahn Str. 6, TU Dortmund 44227 Dortmund Germany
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- Dortmunder Elektronenspeicherringanlage (DELTA); Maria-Goeppert-Meyer Str. 2, TU Dortmund 44227 Dortmund Germany
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- Department of Cell Morphology and Molecular Neurobiology; Ruhr-University Bochum; 44801 Bochum Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Otto-Hahn Str. 6, TU Dortmund 44227 Dortmund Germany
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Reiss B, Wegener J. Impedance analysis of different cell monolayers grown on gold-film electrodes. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2016; 2015:7079-82. [PMID: 26737923 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2015.7320023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Impedance analysis of mammalian cells grown on planar film electrodes provides a label-free, non-invasive and unbiased observation of cell-based assays addressing the biological response to drugs, toxins or stressors in general. Whereas the time course of the measured impedance at one particular frequency has been used a lot for quantitative monitoring, in-depth analysis of the frequency-dependent impedance spectra is rarely performed. This study summarizes and validates the existing model for spectral analysis by applying it to eight different cell types from different mammalian tissues. Model parameters correctly predict the functional and/or structural properties of the individual cells under study.
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Zhou J, Ma G, Chen Y, Fang D, Jiang D, Chen HY. Electrochemiluminescence imaging for parallel single-cell analysis of active membrane cholesterol. Anal Chem 2015. [PMID: 26213787 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Luminol electrochemiluminescence (ECL) imaging was developed for the parallel measurement of active membrane cholesterol at single living cells, thus establishing a novel electrochemical detection technique for single cells with high analysis throughput and low detection limit. In our strategy, the luminescence generated from luminol and hydrogen peroxide upon the potential was recorded in one image so that hydrogen peroxide at the surface of multiple cells could be simultaneously analyzed. Compared with the classic microelectrode array for the parallel single-cell analysis, the plat electrode only was needed in our ECL imaging, avoiding the complexity of electrode fabrication. The optimized ECL imaging system showed that hydrogen peroxide as low as 10 μM was visible and the efflux of hydrogen peroxide from cells could be determined. Coupled with the reaction between active membrane cholesterol and cholesterol oxidase to generate hydrogen peroxide, active membrane cholesterol at cells on the electrode was analyzed at single-cell level. The luminescence intensity was correlated with the amount of active membrane cholesterol, validating our system for single-cell cholesterol analysis. The relative high standard deviation on the luminescence suggested high cellular heterogeneities on hydrogen peroxide efflux and active membrane cholesterol, which exhibited the significance of single-cell analysis. This success in ECL imaging for single-cell analysis opens a new field in the parallel measurement of surface molecules at single cells.
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- Junyu Zhou
- †School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, 210000, China
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- ‡Key State Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210093, China
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- †School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, 210000, China
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- †School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu, 210000, China
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- ‡Key State Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210093, China
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- ‡Key State Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210093, China
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Dehoux T, Abi Ghanem M, Zouani OF, Ducousso M, Chigarev N, Rossignol C, Tsapis N, Durrieu MC, Audoin B. Probing single-cell mechanics with picosecond ultrasonics. ULTRASONICS 2015; 56:160-71. [PMID: 25172112 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Revised: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The mechanical properties of cells play a key role in several fundamental biological processes, such as migration, proliferation, differentiation and tissue morphogenesis. The complexity of the inner cell composition and the intricate meshwork formed by transmembrane cell-substrate interactions demands a non-invasive technique to probe cell mechanics and cell adhesion at a subcell scale. In this paper we review the use of laser-generated GHz acoustic waves--a technique called picosecond ultrasonics (PU)--to probe the mechanical properties of single cells. We first describe applications to vegetal cells and biomimetic systems. We show how these systems can be used as simple models to understand more complex animal cells. We then present an opto-acoustic bio-transducer designed for in vivo measurements in physiological conditions. We illustrate the use of this transducer through the simultaneous probing of the density and compressibility of Allium cepa cells. Finally, we demonstrate that this technique can quantify animal-cell adhesion on metallic surfaces by analyzing the acoustic pulses reflected off the cell-metal interface. This innovative approach allows investigating quantitatively cell mechanics without fluorescent labels or mechanical contact to the cell.
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- Thomas Dehoux
- Univ. Bordeaux, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR CNRS 5248, F-33607 Pessac, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ Paris-Sud, UMR CNRS 8612, Physicochimie-Pharmacotechnie-Biopharmacie, Faculté de Pharmacie, F-92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France.
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Abi Ghanem M, Dehoux T, Zouani OF, Gadalla A, Durrieu MC, Audoin B. Remote opto-acoustic probing of single-cell adhesion on metallic surfaces. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2014; 7:453-459. [PMID: 24132947 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201300098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The reflection of picosecond ultrasonic pulses from a cell-substrate interface is used to probe cell-biomaterial adhesion with a subcell resolution. We culture monocytes on top of a thin biocompatible Ti metal film, supported by a transparent sapphire substrate. Low-energy femtosecond pump laser pulses are focused at the bottom of the Ti film to a micron spot. The subsequent ultrafast thermal expansion launches a longitudinal acoustic pulse in Ti, with a broad spectrum extending up to 100 GHz. We measure the acoustic echoes reflected from the Ti-cell interface through the transient optical reflectance changes. The time-frequency analysis of the reflected acoustic pulses gives access to a map of the cell acoustic impedance Zc and to a map of the film-cell interfacial stiffness K simultaneously. Variations in Zc across the cell are attributed to rigidity and density fluctuations within the cell, whereas variations in K are related to interfacial intermolecular forces and to the nano-architecture of the transmembrane bonds.
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- Maroun Abi Ghanem
- Univ. Bordeaux, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, I2M, UMR 5295, F-33400 Talence, France
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Klein K, Rommel CE, Hirschfeld-Warneken VC, Spatz JP. Cell membrane topology analysis by RICM enables marker-free adhesion strength quantification. Biointerphases 2013; 8:28. [DOI: 10.1186/1559-4106-8-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Spira ME, Hai A. Multi-electrode array technologies for neuroscience and cardiology. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2013; 8:83-94. [PMID: 23380931 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 534] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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At present, the prime methodology for studying neuronal circuit-connectivity, physiology and pathology under in vitro or in vivo conditions is by using substrate-integrated microelectrode arrays. Although this methodology permits simultaneous, cell-non-invasive, long-term recordings of extracellular field potentials generated by action potentials, it is 'blind' to subthreshold synaptic potentials generated by single cells. On the other hand, intracellular recordings of the full electrophysiological repertoire (subthreshold synaptic potentials, membrane oscillations and action potentials) are, at present, obtained only by sharp or patch microelectrodes. These, however, are limited to single cells at a time and for short durations. Recently a number of laboratories began to merge the advantages of extracellular microelectrode arrays and intracellular microelectrodes. This Review describes the novel approaches, identifying their strengths and limitations from the point of view of the end users--with the intention to help steer the bioengineering efforts towards the needs of brain-circuit research.
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- Micha E Spira
- The Alexander Silberman Life Sciences Institute, and the Harvey M. Kruger Family Center for Nanoscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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Halperin A, Kröger M. Thermoresponsive cell culture substrates based on PNIPAM brushes functionalized with adhesion peptides: theoretical considerations of mechanism and design. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:16623-16637. [PMID: 23121235 DOI: 10.1021/la303443t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Thermoresponsive tissue culture substrates based on PNIPAM brushes are used to harvest confluent cell sheets for tissue engineering. The prospect of clinical use imposes the utilization of culture medium free of bovine serum, thus suggesting conjugation with adhesion peptides containing the RGD minimal recognition sequence. The optimum position of the RGD along the chain should ensure both cell adhesion at 37 °C and cell detachment at T(L) below the lower critical solution temperature of PNIPAM. Design guidelines are formulated from considerations of brush confinement by the cells: (i) Cell adhesion at 37 °C is controlled by the RGDs accessible without brush compression. (ii) Cell detachment at T(L) is driven by a disjoining force due to confinement of the swollen brush by cells retaining integrin-RGD bonds formed at 37 °C. These suggest placing the RGDs at the grafting surface or its vicinity. Randomly placed RGDs do not enable efficient detachment because a large fraction of the integrin-RGD bonds are not sufficiently tensioned at T(L), in line with experimental observations (Ebara, M.; Yamato, M.; Aoyagi, T.; Kikuchi, A.; Sakai, K.; Okano, T. Immobilization of celladhesive peptides to temperature-responsive surfaces facilitates both serum-free cell adhesion and noninvasive cell harvest. Tissue Eng. 2004, 10, 1125-1135). The theory framework enables analysis of culture media based on polymer brushes conjugated with adhesion peptides in general.
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- Avraham Halperin
- University of Grenoble 1/CNRS, LIPhy UMR 5588, BP 87, 38041 Grenoble, France.
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Wang W, Wang S, Liu Q, Wu J, Tao N. Mapping single-cell-substrate interactions by surface plasmon resonance microscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:13373-9. [PMID: 22920036 PMCID: PMC3660850 DOI: 10.1021/la301712h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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We report the imaging of the cell-substrate adhesion of a single cell with subcellular spatial resolution. Osmotic pressure was introduced to provide a controllable mechanical stimulation to the cell attached to a substrate, and high-resolution surface plasmon resonance microscopy was used to map the response of the cell, from which local cell-substrate adhesion was determined. In addition to high spatial resolution, the approach is noninvasive and fast and allows for the continuous mapping of cell-substrate interactions and single-cell movements.
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- Wei Wang
- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA
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- Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA
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- Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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Theoretical considerations on mechanisms of harvesting cells cultured on thermoresponsive polymer brushes. Biomaterials 2012; 33:4975-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.03.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 03/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Relationship between Cell Compatibility and Elastic Modulus of Silicone Rubber/Organoclay Nanobiocomposites. Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod 2012. [DOI: 10.5812/jjnpp.4067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sadat Hosseini M, Tazzoli-Shadpour M, Amjadi I, Haghighipour N, Shokrgozar MA, Ghafourian Boroujerdnia M. Relationship Between Cell Compatibility and Elastic Modulus of Silicone Rubber/Organoclay Nanobiocomposites. Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod 2012. [DOI: 10.17795/jjnpp-4067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Chiu LD, Su L, Reichelt S, Amos WB. Use of a white light supercontinuum laser for confocal interference-reflection microscopy. J Microsc 2012; 246:153-9. [PMID: 22432542 PMCID: PMC3708109 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Shortly after its development, the white light supercontinuum laser was applied to confocal scanning microscopy as a more versatile substitute for the multiple monochromatic lasers normally used for the excitation of fluorescence. This light source is now available coupled to commercial confocal fluorescence microscopes. We have evaluated a supercontinuum laser as a source for a different purpose: confocal interferometric imaging of living cells and artificial models by interference reflection. We used light in the range 460-700 nm where this source provides a reasonably flat spectrum, and obtained images free from fringe artefacts caused by the longer coherence length of conventional lasers. We have also obtained images of cytoskeletal detail that is difficult to see with a monochromatic laser.
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- L-D Chiu
- Light Microscopy Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, U.K
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Hosseini MS, Tazzoli-Shadpour M, Amjadi I, Haghighipour N, Shokrgozar MA, Ghafourian Boroujerdnia M. Relationship between cell compatibility and elastic modulus of silicone rubber/organoclay nanobiocomposites. Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod 2012; 7:65-70. [PMID: 24624157 PMCID: PMC3941853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2012] [Revised: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 04/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Substrates in medical science are hydrophilic polymers undergoing volume expansion when exposed to culture medium that influenced on cell attachment. Although crosslinking by chemical agents could reduce water uptake and promote mechanical properties, these networks would release crosslinking agents. In order to overcome this weakness, silicone rubber is used and reinforced by nanoclay. OBJECTIVES Attempts have been made to prepare nanocomposites based on medical grade HTV silicone rubber (SR) and organo-modified montmorillonite (OMMT) nanoclay with varying amounts of clay compositions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Incorporation of nanocilica platelets into SR matrix was carried out via melt mixing process taking advantage of a Brabender internal mixer. The tensile elastic modulus of nanocomposites was measured by performing tensile tests on the samples. Produced polydimetylsiloxane (PDMS) composites with different flexibilities and crosslink densities were employed as substrates to investigate biocompatibility, cell compaction, and differential behaviors. RESULTS The results presented here revealed successful nanocomposite formation with SR and OMMT, resulting in strong PDMS-based materials. The results showed that viability, proliferation, and spreading of cells are governed by elastic modulus and stiffness of samples. Furthermore, adipose derived stem cells (ADSCs) cultured on PDMS and corresponding nanocomposites could retain differentiation potential of osteocytes in response to soluble factors, indicating that inclusion of OMMT would not prevent osteogenic differentiation. Moreover, better spread out and proliferation of cells was observed in nanocomposite samples. CONCLUSIONS Considering cell behavior and mechanical properties of nanobiocomposites it could be concluded that silicone rubber substrate filled by nanoclay are a good choice for further experiments in tissue engineering and medical regeneration due to its cell compatibility and differentiation capacity.
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- Motahare Sadat Hosseini
- Biomedical Group, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering (Center of Excellence), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IR Iran,Polymer Group, Faculty of Polymer Engineering and Color Technology (Center of Excellence), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Biomedical Group, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering (Center of Excellence), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Biomedical Group, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering (Center of Excellence), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Nanotechnology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran,Immunology Department, Medical College, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science, Ahvaz, IR Iran,Corresponding author: Mehri Ghafourian Boroujerdnia, Immunology Department, Medical College and Nanotechnology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran. Tel.: +98-9161184882, Fax: +98-6113738208,
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Atılgan E, Ovryn B. Reflectivity and topography of cells grown on glass-coverslips measured with phase-shifted laser feedback interference microscopy. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 2:2417-2437. [PMID: 21833378 PMCID: PMC3149539 DOI: 10.1364/boe.2.002417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2011] [Revised: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 07/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In spite of the advantages associated with the molecular specificity of fluorescence imaging, there is still a significant need to augment these approaches with label-free imaging. Therefore, we have implemented a form of interference microscopy based upon phase-shifted, laser-feedback interferometry and developed an algorithm that can be used to separate the contribution of the elastically scattered light by sub-cellular structures from the reflection at the coverslip-buffer interface. The method offers an opportunity to probe protein aggregation, index of refraction variations and structure. We measure the topography and reflection from calibration spheres and from stress fibers and adhesions in both fixed and motile cells. Unlike the data acquired with reflection interference contrast microscopy, where the reflection from adhesions can appear dark, our approach demonstrates that these regions have high reflectivity. The data acquired from fixed and live cells show the presence of a dense actin layer located ≈ 100 nm above the coverslip interface. Finally, the measured dynamics of filopodia and the lamella in a live cell supports retrograde flow as the dominate mechanism responsible for filopodia retraction.
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- Erdinç Atılgan
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York,
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York,
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Thein M, Asphahani F, Cheng A, Buckmaster R, Zhang M, Xu J. Response characteristics of single-cell impedance sensors employed with surface-modified microelectrodes. Biosens Bioelectron 2010; 25:1963-9. [PMID: 20176469 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2010.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Revised: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The underlying sensing mechanism of single-cell-based integrated microelectrode array (IMA) biosensors was investigated via experimental and modeling studies. IMA chips were microfabricated and single-cell-level manipulation was achieved through surface chemistry modification of IMA chips. Individual fibroblast cells (NIH3T3) were immobilized on either lysine-arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (KRGD) short peptide-modified or fibronectin extracellular-cell-adhesion-molecule-modified microelectrodes to record the impedance variations of cell-electrode heterostructure over a frequency range of 1-10 kHz. By fitting experimental data to an application-specific single-cell-level equivalent circuit model, important sensing parameters, including specific cell membrane capacity, cell membrane resistivity, and averaged cell-to-substrate separation, were determined. It was demonstrated that biofunctionalization of planar microelectrode surface by covalently linking short peptides or fibronectin molecules could achieve strong or tight cell adhesion (with an estimated averaged cell-to-substrate separation distance of 11-16 nm), which, in turn, improves the transduced electrical signal from IMA chips. Analyses on frequency-dependent characteristics of single-cell-covered microelectrode impedance and of IMA sensor circuitry response have revealed an addressable frequency band wherein electrical properties of single cells can be distinctively determined and monitored for cellular biosensing applications. The presented work addresses some major limitations in single-cell-based biosensing schemes, i.e., the manipulation of a single cell, the transduction of weak biological signals, and the implementation of a proper model for data analysis, and demonstrates the potential of IMA devices as single-cell biosensors.
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- Myo Thein
- The Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Hai A, Dormann A, Shappir J, Yitzchaik S, Bartic C, Borghs G, Langedijk JPM, Spira ME. Spine-shaped gold protrusions improve the adherence and electrical coupling of neurons with the surface of micro-electronic devices. J R Soc Interface 2009; 6:1153-65. [PMID: 19474080 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Interfacing neurons with micro- and nano-electronic devices has been a subject of intense study over the last decade. One of the major problems in assembling efficient neuro-electronic hybrid systems is the weak electrical coupling between the components. This is mainly attributed to the fundamental property of living cells to form and maintain an extracellular cleft between the plasma membrane and any substrate to which they adhere. This cleft shunts the current generated by propagating action potentials and thus reduces the signal-to-noise ratio. Reducing the cleft thickness, and thereby increasing the seal resistance formed between the neurons and the sensing surface, is thus a challenge and could improve the electrical coupling coefficient. Using electron microscopic analysis and field potential recordings, we examined here the use of gold micro-structures that mimic dendritic spines in their shape and dimensions to improve the adhesion and electrical coupling between neurons and micro-electronic devices. We found that neurons cultured on a gold-spine matrix, functionalized by a cysteine-terminated peptide with a number of RGD repeats, readily engulf the spines, forming tight apposition. The recorded field potentials of cultured Aplysia neurons are significantly larger using gold-spine electrodes in comparison with flat electrodes.
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- Aviad Hai
- Department of Neurobiology, The Life Sciences Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Imaging membrane dynamics is an important goal, motivated by the abundance of biochemical and biophysical events that are orchestrated at, or by, cellular membranes. The short length scales, fast timescales, and environmental requirements of membrane phenomena present challenges to imaging experiments. Several technical advances offer means to overcome these challenges, and we describe here three powerful techniques applicable to membrane imaging: total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, fluorescence interference contrast (FLIC) microscopy, and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). For each, we discuss the physics underpinning the approach, its practical implementation, and recent examples highlighting its achievements in exploring the membrane environment.
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- Jay T Groves
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Calander N, Muthu P, Gryczynski Z, Gryczynski I, Borejdo J. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy in a reverse Kretchmann surface plasmon assisted microscope. OPTICS EXPRESS 2008; 16:13381-13390. [PMID: 18711576 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.013381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) demands a high rate of photon detection per molecule, low background, and large fluctuations of fluorescence associated with translational motion. The new approach presented here, Surface Plasmon Assisted Microscope (SPAM), meets these requirements by drastically limiting the observation volume. In this method, the observational layer is made so thin that fluctuations are mostly due to the axial motion of molecules. This is conveniently realized by placing a sample on a thin metal film and illuminating it with a laser beam through an aqueous medium. The excited fluorophores close to the surface couple (via near-field interactions) to surface plasmons in the metal. Propagated surface plasmons decouple on opposite side of the metal film as a far-field radiation and emit in directional manner. Fluorescence is collected with a high Numerical Aperture objective. A confocal aperture inserted in its conjugate image plane reduces lateral dimensions of the detection volume to a diffraction limit. The thickness of the detection layer is reduced further by metal quenching of excited fluorophores at a close proximity (about 30 nm) to the surface. We used a suspension of fluorescent microspheres to show that FCS-SPAM is an efficient method to measure molecular diffusion.
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- N Calander
- Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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Wrobel G, Höller M, Ingebrandt S, Dieluweit S, Sommerhage F, Bochem HP, Offenhäusser A. Transmission electron microscopy study of the cell-sensor interface. J R Soc Interface 2008; 5:213-22. [PMID: 17609177 PMCID: PMC2705973 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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An emerging number of micro- and nanoelectronics-based biosensors have been developed for non-invasive recordings of physiological cellular activity. The interface between the biological system and the electronic devices strongly influences the signal transfer between these systems. Little is known about the nanoscopic structure of the cell-sensor interface that is essential for a detailed interpretation of the recordings. Therefore, we analysed the interface between the sensor surface and attached cells using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The maximum possible resolution of our TEM study, however, was restricted by the quality of the interface preparation. Therefore, we complemented our studies with imaging ellipsometry. We cultured HEK293 cells on substrates, which had been precoated with different types of proteins. We found that contact geometry between attached cell membrane and substrate was dependent on the type of protein coating used. In the presence of polylysine, the average distance of the membrane-substrate interface was in the range of 35-40 nm. However, the cell membrane was highly protruded in the presence of other proteins like fibronectin, laminin or concanavalin-A. The presented method allows the nanoscopic characterization of the cell-sensor interface.
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- Author and address for correspondence: Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems (IBN-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany ()
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Greve F, Frerker S, Bittermann AG, Burkhardt C, Hierlemann A, Hall H. Molecular design and characterization of the neuron-microelectrode array interface. Biomaterials 2007; 28:5246-58. [PMID: 17826828 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2007] [Accepted: 08/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Electrophysiological activities of neuronal networks can be recorded on microelectrode arrays (MEAs). This technique requires tight coupling between MEA-surfaces and cells. Therefore, this study investigated the interface between DRG neurons and MEA-surface materials after adsorption of neurite promoting proteins: laminin-111, fibronectin, L1Ig6 and poly-l-lysine. Moreover, substrate-induced effects on neuronal networks with time were analyzed. The thickness of adsorbed protein layers was found between approximately 1 nm for poly-l-lysine and approximately 80 nm for laminin-111 on platinum, gold and silicon nitride. The neuron-to-substrate interface was characterized by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and SEM after in situ focused-ion-beam milling demonstrating that the ventral cell membrane adhered inhomogeneously to laminin-111 or L1Ig6 surfaces. Tight areas of 20-30 nm and distant areas <1 microm alternated and even tightest areas did not correlate with the physical thickness of the protein layers. This study illustrates the difficulties to predict cell-to-material interfaces that contribute substantially to the success of in vitro or in vivo systems. Moreover, focused ion beam (FIB)/SEM is explored as a new technique to analyze such interfaces.
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- Frauke Greve
- Physics Electronics Laboratory, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Cohen M, Kam Z, Addadi L, Geiger B. Dynamic study of the transition from hyaluronan- to integrin-mediated adhesion in chondrocytes. EMBO J 2006; 25:302-11. [PMID: 16407968 PMCID: PMC1383524 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Membrane-bound hyaluronan mediates the initial adhesive interactions between many cell types and external surfaces. In RCJ-P chondrocytes, such early contacts are mediated through a thick hyaluronidase-sensitive coat. The early adhesion is followed by integrin-mediated interactions and the formation of stable focal adhesions. During this process, the distance between the cell membrane and the surface is reduced from micrometers to few tens of nanometers. The transition from hyaluronan- to integrin-mediated adhesion was studied on glass surfaces by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. Hyaluronan-mediated adhesion precedes focal adhesions formation by 2-10 min. After these initial interactions, the pericellular hyaluronan remains sequestered into discrete pockets between the cell and the surface, which are a few hundreds nanometers thick and a few micrometers wide, and are flanked by focal adhesions. The hyaluronan coat facilitates the nucleation of small paxillin-rich contacts, which later mature into focal adhesions. These dynamic studies demonstrate that pericellular hyaluronan mediates initial cell-surface adhesion, and regulates the formation of focal adhesions.
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- Miriam Cohen
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. Tel.: +972 8 934 3910 or 4069; Fax: +972 8 946 5607; E-mail:
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Ajo-Franklin CM, Ganesan PV, Boxer SG. Variable incidence angle fluorescence interference contrast microscopy for z-imaging single objects. Biophys J 2005; 89:2759-69. [PMID: 16085775 PMCID: PMC1366776 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.066738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Surface-generated structured illumination microscopies interrogate the position of fluorescently labeled objects near surfaces with nanometer resolution along the z axis. However, these techniques are either experimentally cumbersome or applicable to a limited set of experimental systems. We present a new type of surface-generated structured illumination fluorescence microscopy, variable incidence angle fluorescence interference contrast microscopy (VIA-FLIC), in which the fluorescent sample is assembled above a reflective Si surface and the incidence angle of excitation light is varied by placing annular photomasks with different radii in the aperture diaphragm plane of the microscope. The variation in incidence angle alters the interference pattern of excitation light, and hence the intensity of detected fluorescence. Quantitative VIA-FLIC is tested by using a set of fluorophore-containing supported membranes separated from the Si surface by SiO2 layers of variable thicknesses. The resulting fluorescence intensity versus incidence angle curves depends on the separation from the Si surface and when fit with an appropriate model yield precise SiO2 thicknesses that are accurate with respect to the known SiO2 thicknesses. Since only a simple modification to a standard epifluorescence microscope is required, VIA-FLIC offers a versatile method to produce z-reconstructions with high resolution for a wide range of biological systems.
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Suzuki K, Masuhara H. Groove-spanning behavior of lipid membranes on microfabricated silicon substrates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005; 21:6487-94. [PMID: 15982057 DOI: 10.1021/la050157a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We report on a spreading behavior of phospholipid membranes that arise from a lump of phospholipid (a lipid source) on topographically patterned substrates immersed in an aqueous solution. Microgrooves with well-defined shapes were prepared on Si111 surfaces by anisotropic etching in an alkaline solution. A spreading front that consists of membrane lobes and a single lipid bilayer was observed on the patterned silicon substrates by utilizing fluorescence interference contrast (FLIC) microscopy. FLIC images indicate that the membrane lobes span the microgrooves, while the underlying single lipid bilayer spread along the surface of the microgrooves. In fact, fluorescent polystyrene nanoparticles could be encapsulated in the microgrooves that were completely covered with the membrane lobes. The groove-spanning behavior of membrane lobes is discussed in terms of a balance between adhesion and bending energies of lipid bilayers.
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- Kenji Suzuki
- Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Nguyen DD, Huang X, Greve DW, Domach MM. Fibroblast growth and H-7 protein kinase inhibitor response monitored in microimpedance sensor arrays. Biotechnol Bioeng 2005; 87:138-44. [PMID: 15236242 DOI: 10.1002/bit.20070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Functional genomic studies and drug candidate testing both require high throughput, parallel experimentation strategies to screen for variable cellular behaviors. In this article we describe the use of an impedance sensing electrode array that is capable of sensing cell "presence" as well as the extent of cell (focal) attachment to the substrate. The signals provided by mouse fibroblasts on a sensing structure containing four different sized electrodes are reported. In the absence of cells, each electrode's impedance was found to depend as expected on electrode size and frequency. The impedance increased by several-fold when fibroblasts attached and spread out over time. More notably, the sensors also detected the cellular response to the protein kinase C inhibitor, H-7. H-7 inhibits actomyosin contractility; thereafter, the loss of focal adhesion complexes occurs. The sensors, in turn, detected an impedance decrease after H-7 addition and an increase in impedance after H-7 removal.
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- Duc D Nguyen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Suzuki K, Masuhara H. Growth of giant membrane lobes mechanically driven by wetting fronts of phospholipid membranes at water-solid interfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005; 21:537-544. [PMID: 15641821 DOI: 10.1021/la040027m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report on the growth of giant membrane lobes that is mechanically driven by wetting fronts of phospholipid membranes at water-solid interfaces and a strategy to control the two-dimensional structure of the membrane lobes on a solid surface. The growth of giant membrane lobes was observed on a single-lipid bilayer which spread from a lump of phospholipid deposited on a silica-glass substrate or an oxidized silicon wafer in aqueous solutions of NaCl, KCl, MgCl2, or CaCl2 at relatively high salt concentrations. Most of the membrane lobes were very flat unilamellar tubes elongating from the lump of phospholipid, and their length reached 1 mm in 5 h. Experimental findings clearly indicate that the membrane lobes are adherent to the surface of the single-lipid bilayer and are mechanically elongated from the lump of phospholipid by the sliding motion of the single-lipid bilayer. We could control the two-dimensional structure of the membrane lobes on the substrate by controlling the spreading direction of the single-lipid bilayer using Pt micropatterns that were deposited on the smooth surface of the oxidized silicon wafer.
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- Kenji Suzuki
- Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Negreiros EMA, Leão ACM, Santiago MF, Mendez-Otero R. Localization of ganglioside 9-O-acetyl GD3 in point contacts of neuronal growth cones. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2003; 57:31-7. [PMID: 12973826 DOI: 10.1002/neu.10248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Gangliosides are a large group of sialylated glycosphingolipids widely expressed in mammalian tissues. We have shown previously that the expression of 9-O-acetyl GD3 is highly correlated with periods of neurite outgrowth in the developing nervous system, and that the advance of dorsal root ganglia growth cones on laminin was halted in presence of an antibody specific for 9-O-acetyl GD3. In this work, we examined by immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy whether this ganglioside is localized in point contacts in neuronal growth cones. We identified point contacts by immunoreactions with proteins, such as vinculin and beta1 integrin, known to be associated with these structures in growth cones. Our observations indicate that 9-O-acetyl GD3 is specifically associated with vinculin and beta1 integrin in point contacts of growth cones, suggesting a possible role for this particular ganglioside in the modulation of these contacts during neurite outgrowth.
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- Erika M A Negreiros
- Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, RJ, Brazil
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- Igor Weber
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, HR-10000 Zabreb, Croatia
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The effect of electrostatics on the contact mechanics of adherent phospholipid vesicles. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0927-7765(02)00040-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ballestrem C, Hinz B, Imhof BA, Wehrle-Haller B. Marching at the front and dragging behind: differential alphaVbeta3-integrin turnover regulates focal adhesion behavior. J Cell Biol 2001; 155:1319-32. [PMID: 11756480 PMCID: PMC2199321 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200107107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Integrins are cell-substrate adhesion molecules that provide the essential link between the actin cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix during cell migration. We have analyzed alphaVbeta3-integrin dynamics in migrating cells using a green fluorescent protein-tagged beta3-integrin chain. At the cell front, adhesion sites containing alphaVbeta3-integrin remain stationary, whereas at the rear of the cell they slide inward. The integrin fluorescence intensity within these different focal adhesions, and hence the relative integrin density, is directly related to their mobility. Integrin density is as much as threefold higher in sliding compared with stationary focal adhesions. High intracellular tension under the control of RhoA induced the formation of high-density contacts. Low-density adhesion sites were induced by Rac1 and low intracellular tension. Photobleaching experiments demonstrated a slow turnover of beta3-integrins in low-density contacts, which may account for their stationary nature. In contrast, the fast beta3-integrin turnover observed in high-density contacts suggests that their apparent sliding may be caused by a polarized renewal of focal contacts. Therefore, differential acto-myosin-dependent integrin turnover and focal adhesion densities may explain the mechanical and behavioral differences between cell adhesion sites formed at the front, and those that move in the retracting rear of migrating cells.
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- C Ballestrem
- Department of Pathology, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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