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Nakazawa K, Tsukamoto T, Iwata F. Scanning ion conductance microscope with a capacitance-compensated current source amplifier. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2023; 94:073705. [PMID: 37466407 DOI: 10.1063/5.0150948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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A high-speed imaging method for a scanning ion conductance microscope (SICM) based on a current source amplifier that compensates for unavoidable capacitance is proposed. The capacitance is generated on a side wall of a nanopipette in the principle of the SICM. The electrical response time is deteriorated due to the capacitance, and the probe overshoots the setpoint of the detection of the sample surface. A capacitance compensation circuit was installed in a feedback circuit of the current source amplifier. The proposed capacitance compensation method is useful because it can shorten the imaging time by only installing the compensation circuit in the ion current detection circuit of an existing SICM. The maximum approaching speeds with and without capacitance compensation were found to be 1050 and 450 µm/s, respectively. The approaching speed with capacitance compensation was 2.3 times faster than that without capacitance compensation. A topographic image of the test sample was successfully obtained at an approaching speed of 1050 µm/s. The images of microvillus dynamics of COS-7 cells were obtained at ∼23.4 s/frame as an application of the developed technology.
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- Kenta Nakazawa
- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan
- Graduate School of Medical Photonics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 432-8011, Japan
- Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 432-8011, Japan
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Wang XY, Lv J, Wu X, Hong Q, Qian RC. The Modification and Applications of Nanopipettes in Electrochemical Analysis. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202300100. [PMID: 37442793 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Nanopipette, which is fabricated by glasses and possesses a nanoscale pore in the tip, has been proven to be immensely useful in electrochemical analysis. Numerous nanopipette-based sensors have emerged with improved sensitivity, selectivity, ease of use, and miniaturization. In this minireview, we provide an overview of the recent developments of nanopipette-based electrochemical sensors based on different types of nanopipettes, including single-nanopipettes, self-referenced nanopipettes, dual-nanopipettes, and double-barrel nanopipettes. Several important modification materials for nanopipette functionalization are highlighted, such as conductive materials, macromolecular materials, and functional molecules. These materials can improve the sensing performance and targeting specificities of nanopipettes. We also discuss examples of related applications and the future development of nanopipette-based strategies.
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- Xiao-Yuan Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials &, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials &, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials &, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials &, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials &, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, P. R. China
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Dhoj C, Garcia A, Manasyan A, Benavides M, Abou Abbas D, Toscano C, Porter E, Wang Y. Scanning ion conductance microscopy reveals differential effect of PM 2.5 exposure on A549 lung epithelial and SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell membranes. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023; 415:4557-4567. [PMID: 37069445 PMCID: PMC10628941 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04690-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Numerous studies have linked a wide range of diseases including respiratory illnesses to harmful particulate matter (PM) emissions indoors and outdoors, such as incense PM and industrial PM. Because of their ability to penetrate the lower respiratory tract and the circulatory system, fine particles with diameters of 2.5 µm or less (PM2.5) are believed to be more hazardous than larger PMs. Despite the enormous number of studies focusing on the intracellular processes associated with PM2.5 exposure, there have been limited reports studying the biophysical properties of cell membranes, such as nanoscale morphological changes induced by PM2.5. Our study assesses the membrane topographical and structural effects of PM2.5 from incense PM2.5 exposure in real time on A549 lung carcinoma epithelial cells and SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells that had been fixed to preclude adaptive cell responses. The size distribution and mechanical properties of the PM2.5 sample were characterized with atomic force microscopy (AFM). Nanoscale morphological monitoring of the cell membranes utilizing scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) indicated statistically significant increasing membrane roughness at A549 cells at half an hour of exposure and visible damage at 4 h of exposure. In contrast, no significant increase in roughness was observed on SH-SY5Y cells after half an hour of PM2.5 exposure, although continued exposure to PM2.5 for up to 4 h affected an expansion of lesions already present before exposure commenced. These findings suggest that A549 cell membranes are more susceptible to structural damage by PM2.5 compared to SH-SY5Y cell membranes, corroborating more enhanced susceptibility of airway epithelial cells to exposure to PM2.5 than neuronal cells.
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- Christina Dhoj
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA.
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Meng Y, Chen F, Wu C, Krause S, Wang J, Zhang DW. Light-Addressable Electrochemical Sensors toward Spatially Resolved Biosensing and Imaging Applications. ACS Sens 2022; 7:1791-1807. [PMID: 35762514 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c00940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The light-addressable electrochemical sensor (LAES) is a recently emerged bioanalysis technique combining electrochemistry with the photoelectric effect in a semiconductor. In an LAES, a semiconductor substrate is illuminated locally to generate charge carriers in a well-defined area, thereby confining the electrochemical process to a target site. Benefiting from the unique light addressability, an LAES can not only detect multiple analytes in parallel within a single sensor plate but also act as a bio(chemical) imaging sensor to visualize the two-dimensional distribution of specific analytes. An LAES usually has three working modes: a potentiometric mode using light-addressable potentiometric sensors (LAPS) and an impedance mode using scanning photoinduced impedance microscopy (SPIM), while an amperometric mode refers to light-addressable electrochemistry (LAE) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensing. In this review, we describe the detection principles of each mode of LAESs and the concept of light addressability. In addition, we highlight the recent progress and advance of LAESs in spatial resolution, sensor system design, multiplexed detection, and bio(chemical) imaging applications. An outlook on current research challenges and future prospects is also presented.
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- Yao Meng
- Institute of Medical Engineering, Department of Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Institute of Medical Engineering, Department of Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Institute of Medical Engineering, Department of Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K
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- Institute of Medical Engineering, Department of Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China.,Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education of China, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- Institute of Medical Engineering, Department of Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China.,Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education of China, Xi'an, 710061, China
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) has emerged as a versatile tool for studies of interfaces in biology and materials science with notable utility in biophysical and electrochemical measurements. The heart of the SICM is a nanometer-scale electrolyte filled glass pipette that serves as a scanning probe. In the initial conception, manipulations of ion currents through the tip of the pipette and appropriate positioning hardware provided a route to recording micro- and nanoscopic mapping of the topography of surfaces. Subsequent advances in instrumentation, probe design, and methods significantly increased opportunities for SICM beyond recording topography. Hybridization of SICM with coincident characterization techniques such as optical microscopy and faradaic electrodes have brought SICM to the forefront as a tool for nanoscale chemical measurement for a wide range of applications. Modern approaches to SICM realize an important tool in analytical, bioanalytical, biophysical, and materials measurements, where significant opportunities remain for further exploration. In this review, we chronicle the development of SICM from the perspective of both the development of instrumentation and methods and the breadth of measurements performed.
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- Cheng Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Utagawa Y, Hiramoto K, Nashimoto Y, Ino K, Shiku H. In vitro electrochemical assays for vascular cells and organs. ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202100089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Yoshinobu Utagawa
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University Aoba‐ku Sendai Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University Aoba‐ku Sendai Japan
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- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences Tohoku University Aoba‐ku Sendai Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering Tohoku University Aoba‐ku Sendai Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Tohoku University Aoba‐ku Sendai Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Tohoku University Aoba‐ku Sendai Japan
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Iwata F, Shirasawa T, Mizutani Y, Ushiki T. Scanning ion-conductance microscopy with a double-barreled nanopipette for topographic imaging of charged chromosomes. Microscopy (Oxf) 2021; 70:423-435. [PMID: 33644794 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfab009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) is useful for imaging soft and fragile biological samples in liquids because it probes the samples' surface topography by detecting ion currents under non-contact and force-free conditions. SICM acquires the surface topographical height by detecting the ion current reduction that occurs when an electrolyte-filled glass nanopipette approaches the sample surface. However, most biological materials have electrically charged surfaces in liquid environments, which sometimes affect the behavior of the ion currents detected by SICM and, especially, make topography measurements difficult. For measuring such charged samples, we propose a novel imaging method that uses a double-barrel nanopipette as an SICM probe. The ion current between the two apertures of the nanopipette desensitizes the surface charge effect on imaging. In this study, metaphase chromosomes of Indian muntjac were imaged by this technique because, owing to their strongly negatively charged surfaces in phosphate-buffered saline, it is difficult to obtain the topography of the chromosomes by the conventional SICM with a single-aperture nanopipette. Using the proposed method with a double-barrel nanopipette, the surfaces of the chromosomes were successfully measured, without any surface charge confounder. Since the detailed imaging of sample topography can be performed in physiological liquid conditions regardless of the sample charge, it is expected to be used for analyzing the high-order structure of chromosomes in relation to their dynamic changes in the cell division.
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- Futoshi Iwata
- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan.,Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan
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- Office of Institutional Research, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0808, Japan.,Division of Microscopic Anatomy, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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- Division of Microscopic Anatomy, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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Klenerman D, Korchev Y, Novak P, Shevchuk A. Noncontact Nanoscale Imaging of Cells. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2021; 14:347-361. [PMID: 34314223 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-091420-120101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The reduction in ion current as a fine pipette approaches a cell surface allows the cell surface topography to be imaged, with nanoscale resolution, without contact with the delicate cell surface. A variety of different methods have been developed and refined to scan the topography of the dynamic cell surface at high resolution and speed. Measurement of cell topography can be complemented by performing local probing or mapping of the cell surface using the same pipette. This can be done by performing single-channel recording, applying force, delivering agonists, using pipettes fabricated to contain an electrochemical probe, or combining with fluorescence imaging. These methods in combination have great potential to image and map the surface of live cells at the nanoscale.
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- David Klenerman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom;
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- Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London Centre for Nanotechnology, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
- Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London Centre for Nanotechnology, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
- National University of Science and Technology (MISiS), Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London Centre for Nanotechnology, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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Choi MH, Jeong S, Wang Y, Cho SJ, Park SI, Ye X, Baker LA. Characterization of Ligand Adsorption at Individual Gold Nanocubes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:7701-7711. [PMID: 34143943 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) is a widely used surfactant that aids the aqueous synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles. However, the presence of residual CTAB on nanoparticle surfaces can significantly impact nanoparticle applications, such as catalysis and sensing, under hydrated conditions. As such, consideration of the presence and quantity of CTAB on nanoparticle surfaces under hydrated conditions is of significance. Herein, as part of an integrated material characterization framework, we demonstrate the feasibility of in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) to detect CTAB on the surface of Au nanocubes (Au NCs) under hydrated conditions, which enabled superior characterization compared to conventional spectroscopic methods. In situ force-distance (FD) spectroscopy and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) measurements support additional characterization of adsorbed CTAB, while correlative in situ AFM and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements were used to evaluate sequential steps of CTAB removal from Au NCs across hydrated and dehydrated environments, respectively. Notably, a substantial quantity of CTAB remained on the Au NC surface after methanol washing, which was detected in AFM measurements but was not detected in infrared spectroscopy measurements. Subsequent electrochemical cleaning was found to be critically important to remove CTAB from the Au NC surface. Correlative measurements were also performed on individual nanoparticles, which further validate the method described here as a powerful tool to determine the extent and degree of CTAB removal from nanoparticle surfaces. This AFM-based method is broadly applicable to characterize the presence and removal of ligands from nanomaterial surfaces under hydrated conditions.
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- Myung-Hoon Choi
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Park Systems Corporation, KANC 4F, Gwanggyo-ro 109, Suwon 16229, Korea
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- Park Systems Corporation, KANC 4F, Gwanggyo-ro 109, Suwon 16229, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Sun X, Zhang X, Ren X, Sun H, Wu L, Wang C, Ye X, York P, Gao Z, Jiang H, Zhang J, Yin X. Multiscale Co-reconstruction of Lung Architectures and Inhalable Materials Spatial Distribution. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:2003941. [PMID: 33898181 PMCID: PMC8061354 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202003941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The effective pulmonary deposition of inhaled particulate carriers loaded with drugs is a prerequisite for therapeutic effects of drug delivery via inhalation route. Revealing the sophisticated lung scaffold and intrapulmonary distribution of particles at three-dimensional (3D), in-situ, and single-particle level remains a fundamental and critical challenge for dry powder inhalation in pre-clinical research. Here, taking advantage of the micro optical sectioning tomography system, the high-precision cross-scale visualization of entire lung anatomy is obtained. Then, co-localized lung-wide datasets of both cyto-architectures and fluorescent particles are collected at full scale with the resolution down to individual particles. The precise spatial distribution pattern reveals the region-specific distribution and structure-associated deposition of the inhalable particles in lungs, which is undetected by previous methods. Overall, this research delivers comprehensive and high-resolution 3D detection of pulmonary drug delivery vectors and provides a novel strategy to evaluate materials distribution for drug delivery.
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- Xian Sun
- Center for MOST and Image Fusion AnalysisShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201210China
- Center for Drug Delivery SystemsShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201210China
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
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- School of PharmacyEast China University of Science and TechnologyShanghai200237China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor ResearchShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201203China
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- Center for Drug Delivery SystemsShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201210China
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- Center for Drug Delivery SystemsShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201210China
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- Center for Drug Delivery SystemsShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201210China
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- Center for Drug Delivery SystemsShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201210China
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- School of Information Science and TechnologyUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei230027China
- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical StudiesSchool of Life Science and TechnologyShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai200031China
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- School of PharmacyUniversity of BradfordBradfordBD71DPUK
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor ResearchShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201203China
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- School of PharmacyEast China University of Science and TechnologyShanghai200237China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor ResearchShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201203China
- School of Information Science and TechnologyUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei230027China
- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical StudiesSchool of Life Science and TechnologyShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai200031China
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- Center for Drug Delivery SystemsShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201210China
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049China
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Research and Evaluation of Pharmaceutical ExcipientsNational Institutes for Food and Drug ControlBeijing100050China
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- Center for MOST and Image Fusion AnalysisShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201210China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor ResearchShanghai Institute of Materia MedicaChinese Academy of SciencesShanghai201203China
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Bohovyk R, Fedoriuk M, Isaeva E, Shevchuk A, Palygin O, Staruschenko A. Scanning ion conductance microscopy of live human glomerulus. J Cell Mol Med 2021; 25:4216-4219. [PMID: 33745233 PMCID: PMC8093965 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Podocyte damage is a hallmark of glomerular diseases, such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, typically associated with marked albuminuria and progression of renal pathology. Podocyte structural abnormalities and loss are also linked to minimal change disease and more common diabetic kidney disease. Here we applied the first‐time scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) technique to assess the freshly isolated human glomerulus's topology. SICM provides a unique opportunity to evaluate glomerulus podocytes as well as other nephron structural segments with electron microscopy resolution but in live samples. Shown here is the application of the SICM method in the live human glomerulus, which provides proof of principle for future dynamic analysis of membrane morphology and various functional parameters in living cells.
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- Ruslan Bohovyk
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Cellular Membranology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Cellular Membranology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Department of Cellular Membranology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.,Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Voelkner C, Wendt M, Lange R, Ulbrich M, Gruening M, Staehlke S, Nebe B, Barke I, Speller S. The nanomorphology of cell surfaces of adhered osteoblasts. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 12:242-256. [PMID: 33777612 PMCID: PMC7961864 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.12.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The functionality of living cells is inherently linked to subunits with dimensions ranging from several micrometers down to the nanometer scale. The cell surface plays a particularly important role. Electric signaling, including information processing, takes place at the membrane, as well as adhesion and contact. For osteoblasts, adhesion and spreading are crucial processes with regard to bone implants. Here we present a comprehensive characterization of the 3D nanomorphology of living, as well as fixed, osteoblastic cells using scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM), which is a nanoprobing method that largely avoids mechanical perturbations. Dynamic ruffles are observed, manifesting themselves in characteristic membrane protrusions. They contribute to the overall surface corrugation, which we systematically study by introducing the relative 3D excess area as a function of the projected adhesion area. A clear anticorrelation between the two parameters is found upon analysis of ca. 40 different cells on glass and on amine-covered surfaces. At the rim of lamellipodia, characteristic edge heights between 100 and 300 nm are observed. Power spectral densities of membrane fluctuations show frequency-dependent decay exponents with absolute values greater than 2 on living osteoblasts. We discuss the capability of apical membrane features and fluctuation dynamics in aiding the assessment of adhesion and migration properties on a single-cell basis.
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- Christian Voelkner
- Department Science and Technology of Life, Light and Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department Science and Technology of Life, Light and Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department Science and Technology of Life, Light and Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department Science and Technology of Life, Light and Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee 69, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee 69, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Department Science and Technology of Life, Light and Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- Department of Cell Biology, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee 69, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Department Science and Technology of Life, Light and Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department Science and Technology of Life, Light and Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Analysis and improvement of positioning reliability and accuracy of theta pipette configuration for scanning ion conductance microscopy. Ultramicroscopy 2021; 224:113240. [PMID: 33689886 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2021.113240] [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: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) as an emerging non-contact scanning probe microscopy technique and featuring its strong in-situ detectability for soft and viscous samples, is increasingly used in biomedical and materials related studies. In SICM measurements, employing theta pipette as SICM probe to scan sample is an effective method to extend the applications of SICM for multi-parameter measurement. There are two crucial but still unclear issues that influence the reliability and accuracy of the usage of theta pipette in the SICM measurements, which are the safe feedback threshold and the horizontal measurement offset. In this work, aiming at the theta pipette configuration of SICM, we systematically investigated the two issues of the theta pipette by both finite element method (FEM) simulation and SICM experiments. The FEM analysis results show that the safe feedback threshold of the one side barrel of the theta pipette is above 99.5%, and the horizontal measurement offset is ~0.53 times of the inner radius of the probe tip. Based on this, we proposed an improved scanning method used by the theta pipette to solve the reliability and accuracy problems caused by the feedback threshold too close to the reference current (100%) and the measurement offset error at the tip radius level. Then through testing the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) samples with different embossed patterns with the improved method of SICM, we can conclude that the improved method can enhance the scanning reliability by adding the double barrels approaching process and increase the positioning accuracy by compensating an offset distance. The theoretical analysis and the improved scanning method in this work demonstrate more property and usage details of the theta pipette, and further improve the reliability and accuracy of the diversified multifunctional applications of the theta pipette for SICM to meet the increasingly complex and precise research needs.
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy of isolated metaphase chromosomes in a liquid environment. Chromosome Res 2021; 29:95-106. [PMID: 33694044 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-021-09659-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) uses a probing tip which scans over a sample surface for obtaining information on the sample surface characteristics. Among various types of SPM, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been widely applied to imaging of biological samples including chromosomes. Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) has been also introduced for visualizing the surface structure of biological samples because it can obtain "contact-free" topographic images in liquid conditions by detecting ion current flow through a pipette opening. However, we recently noticed that the consistent imaging of chromosomes is difficult by SICM. In this paper, the behaviors of the ion current on the sample surfaces were precisely investigated for obtaining SICM images of isolated muntjac metaphase chromosomes more consistently than at present. The present study revealed that application of positive potential to the pipette electrode was acceptable for obtaining the topographic image of chromosomes, while application of negative potential failed in imaging. The approach curves were then studied for analyzing the relationship between the ion current and the tip sample distance when the pipette is approaching chromosomes. The current-voltage (I-V) curve further provided us the accurate interpretation of the ion current behavior during chromosome imaging. These data were further compared with those for SICM imaging of HeLa cells. Our findings indicated that chromosomes are electrically charged and the net charge is strongly negative in normal Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline. We finally showed that the ion concentration of the bath electrolyte is important for imaging chromosomes by SICM.
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Rubfiaro AS, Tsegay PS, Lai Y, Cabello E, Shaver M, Hutcheson J, Liu Y, He J. Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy Study Reveals the Disruption of the Integrity of the Human Cell Membrane Structure by Oxidative DNA Damage. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:1632-1639. [PMID: 34430802 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Oxidative stress can damage organs, tissues, and cells through reactive oxygen species (ROS) by oxidizing DNA, proteins, and lipids, thereby resulting in diseases. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be elucidated. In this study, employing scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM), we explored the early responses of human embryonic kidney (HEK293H) cells to oxidative DNA damage induced by potassium chromate (K2CrO4). We found that the short term (1-2 h) exposure to a low concentration (10 μM) of K2CrO4 damaged the lipid membrane of HEK293H cells, resulting in structural defects and depolarization of the cell membrane and reducing cellular secretion activity shortly after the treatment. We further demonstrated that the K2CrO4 treatment decreased the expression of the cytoskeleton protein, β-actin, by inducing oxidative DNA damage in the exon 4 of the β-actin gene. These results suggest that K2CrO4 caused oxidative DNA damage in cytoskeleton genes such as β-actin and reduced their expression, thereby disrupting the organization of the cytoskeleton beneath the cell membrane and inducing cell membrane damages. Our study provides direct evidence that oxidative DNA damage disrupted human cell membrane integrity by deregulating cytoskeleton gene expression.
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- Alberto S Rubfiaro
- Physics Department, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Biochemistry Ph.D. Program, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Physics Department, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Biochemistry Ph.D. Program, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Physics Department and Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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Ino K, Ozawa F, Dang N, Hiramoto K, Hino S, Akasaka R, Nashimoto Y, Shiku H. Biofabrication Using Electrochemical Devices and Systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 4:e1900234. [DOI: 10.1002/adbi.201900234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 12/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Kosuke Ino
- Graduate School of Engineering Tohoku University 6‐6‐11 Aramaki‐aza Aoba Aoba‐ku Sendai 980–8579 Japan
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- Institute of Industrial Science The University of Tokyo 4‐6‐1 Komaba Meguro‐ku Tokyo 153–8505 Japan
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour les Matériaux et l'Environnement CNRS‐Université de Lorraine Villers‐lès‐Nancy 54600 France
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University 6‐6‐11 Aramaki‐aza Aoba Aoba‐ku Sendai 980–8579 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University 6‐6‐11 Aramaki‐aza Aoba Aoba‐ku Sendai 980–8579 Japan
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- School of Engineering Tohoku University 6‐6‐11 Aramaki‐aza Aoba Aoba‐ku Sendai 980–8579 Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Tohoku University 6‐6‐11 Aramaki‐aza Aoba Aoba‐ku Sendai 980–8579 Japan
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences Tohoku University 6‐3 Aramaki‐aza Aoba Aoba‐ku Sendai 980–8578 Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering Tohoku University 6‐6‐11 Aramaki‐aza Aoba Aoba‐ku Sendai 980–8579 Japan
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Takahashi Y, Zhou Y, Miyamoto T, Higashi H, Nakamichi N, Takeda Y, Kato Y, Korchev Y, Fukuma T. High-Speed SICM for the Visualization of Nanoscale Dynamic Structural Changes in Hippocampal Neurons. Anal Chem 2019; 92:2159-2167. [PMID: 31840491 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Dynamic reassembly of the cytoskeleton and structural changes represented by dendritic spines, cargo transport, and synapse formation are closely related to memory. However, the visualization of the nanoscale topography is challenging because of the diffraction limit of optical microscopy. Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) is an effective tool for visualizing the nanoscale topography changes of the cell surface without labeling. The temporal resolution of SICM is a critical issue of live-cell time-lapse imaging. Here, we developed a new scanning method, automation region of interest (AR)-mode SICM, to select the next imaging region by predicting the location of a cell, thus improving the scanning speed of time-lapse imaging. The newly developed algorithm reduced the scanning time by half. The time-lapse images provided not only novel information about nanoscale structural changes but also quantitative information on the dendritic spine and synaptic bouton volume changes and formation process of the neural network that are closely related to memory. Furthermore, translocation of plasmalemmal precursor vesicles (ppvs), for which fluorescent labeling has not been established, were also visualized along with the rearrangement of the cytoskeleton at the growth cone.
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- Yasufumi Takahashi
- WPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) , Kanazawa University , Kanazawa 920-1192 , Japan.,Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) , Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) , Saitama 332-0012 , Japan
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- WPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) , Kanazawa University , Kanazawa 920-1192 , Japan
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- Department Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , Kanazawa University , Kanazawa 920-1192 , Japan
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- Department Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , Kanazawa University , Kanazawa 920-1192 , Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences , Kanazawa University , Kanazawa 920-1192 , Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences , Kanazawa University , Kanazawa 920-1192 , Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences , Kanazawa University , Kanazawa 920-1192 , Japan
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- WPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) , Kanazawa University , Kanazawa 920-1192 , Japan.,Department of Medicine , Imperial College London , London W12 0NN , United Kingdom.,National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) , Leninskiy prospect 4 , Moscow 119049 , Russia
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- WPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) , Kanazawa University , Kanazawa 920-1192 , Japan
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Ushiki T. SS2-1 Scanning probe microscopy and its biomedical application – from the historical viewpoint. Microscopy (Oxf) 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfz066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Tatsuo Ushiki
- Division of Microscopic Anatomy, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Ushiki T. K-3 Scanning electron microscopy and scanning probe microscopy for visualizing the three-dimensional structure of cells and tissues. Microscopy (Oxf) 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfz041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Tatsuo Ushiki
- Division of Microscopic Anatomy, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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Ivanova R, Benton DCH, Munye MM, Rangseesorranan S, Hart SL, Moss GWJ. A Nanosensor Toolbox for Rapid, Label-Free Measurement of Airway Surface Liquid and Epithelial Cell Function. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:8731-8739. [PMID: 30648848 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b14122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Ciliated lung epithelial cells and the airway surface liquid (ASL) comprise one of the body's most important protective systems. This system is finely tuned, and perturbations to ASL rheology, ASL depth, ASL pH, the transepithelial potential, and the cilia beat frequency are all associated with disease pathology. Further, these apparently distinct properties interact with each other in a complex manner. For example, changes in ASL rheology can result from altered mucin secretion, changes in ASL pH, or changes in ASL depth. Thus, one of the great challenges in trying to understand airway pathology is that the properties of the ASL/epithelial cell system need to be assessed near-simultaneously and without perturbing the sample. Here, we show that nanosensor probes mounted on a scanning ion conductance microscope make this possible for the first time, without any need for labeling. We also demonstrate that ASL from senescence-retarded human bronchial epithelial cells retains its native properties. Our results demonstrate that by using a nanosensor approach, it is possible to pursue faster, more accurate, more coherent, and more informative studies of ASL and airway epithelia in health and disease.
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A concentration gradient driven imaging mechanism is described for scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM). Two different solution phases, one filling a double-barrel pipet and one in the bath, are used to afford probe control and imaging under nonstandard SICM conditions. Under these conditions, solutions with no added electrolyte can be utilized as the bath solution. Further, both positive and negative feedback modes are exhibited as the probe approaches the surface. We term this method biphasic-SICM (BP-SICM). Technical details of implementing BP-SICM and operational principles are described herein.
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- Myunghoon Choi
- Department of Chemistry , Indiana University , 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue , Bloomington , Indiana 47405 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Indiana University , 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue , Bloomington , Indiana 47405 , United States
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Advances and Perspectives in Chemical Imaging in Cellular Environments Using Electrochemical Methods. CHEMOSENSORS 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors6020024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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