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Zhang W, Stack AG, Chen Y. Interaction force measurement between E. coli cells and nanoparticles immobilized surfaces by using AFM. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2011; 82:316-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2010.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2010] [Revised: 09/02/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Vennapusa RR, Aguilar O, Mintong JMB, Helms G, Fritz J, Lahore MF. Biomass-Adsorbent Adhesion Forces as an Useful Indicator of Performance in Expanded Beds. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2010.507664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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TURNER R, THOMSON N, KIRKHAM J, DEVINE D. Improvement of the pore trapping method to immobilize vital coccoid bacteria for high-resolution AFM: a study ofStaphylococcus aureus. J Microsc 2010; 238:102-10. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03333.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Immobilizing live bacteria for AFM imaging of cellular processes. Ultramicroscopy 2009; 109:775-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2009.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2008] [Revised: 01/21/2009] [Accepted: 01/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Spyratou E, Mourelatou EA, Makropoulou M, Demetzos C. Atomic force microscopy: a tool to study the structure, dynamics and stability of liposomal drug delivery systems. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2009; 6:305-17. [PMID: 19327046 DOI: 10.1517/17425240902828312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Much work has been done during the past few decades to develop effective drug delivery systems (DDS), many of which are based on nanotechnology science. Liposomes are the most attractive lipid vesicles for drug delivery. The multifunctional properties of liposomes have a key role in modifying the bioavailability profile of a therapeutic agent. Different analytical techniques can be used to describe liposomes, not least applied scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) seems to be one of the most effectively applied SPM techniques. This review article outlines the applications of AFM in evaluating the physical characteristics and stability of liposomal DDSs. Other well-known microscopy techniques used in evaluating liposome physical characteristics are also mentioned, and the contribution of AFM to evaluating liposomal stability is discussed. Among the advantages of AFM in examining the physicochemical properties of liposomal DDSs is its ability to provide morphological and metrology information on liposome properties. AFM thus appears to be a promising tool in technological characterization of liposomal DDSs.
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- Ellas Spyratou
- National Technical University of Athens, School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Zografou Campus, Athens, 15780, Greece
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The atomic force microscope (AFM) is an important tool for studying biological samples due to its ability to image surfaces under liquids. The AFM operates by physical interaction of a cantilever tip with the molecules on the cell surface. Adhesion forces between the tip and cell surface molecules are detected as cantilever deflections. Thus, the cantilever tip can be used to image live cells with atomic resolution and to probe single molecular events in living cells under physiological conditions. Currently, this is the only technique available that directly provides structural, mechanical, and functional information at high resolution. This unit presents the basic AFM components, modes of operation, useful tips for sample preparation, and a short review of AFM applications in microbiology.
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- Andreea Trache
- Department of Systems Biology & Translational Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, USA
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Francius G, Lebeer S, Alsteens D, Wildling L, Gruber HJ, Hols P, De Keersmaecker S, Vanderleyden J, Dufrêne YF. Detection, localization, and conformational analysis of single polysaccharide molecules on live bacteria. ACS NANO 2008; 2:1921-1929. [PMID: 19206433 DOI: 10.1021/nn800341b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The nanoscale exploration of microbes using atomic force microscopy (AFM) is an exciting, rapidly evolving research field. Here, we show that single-molecule force spectroscopy is a valuable tool for the localization and conformational analysis of individual polysaccharides on live bacteria. We focus on the clinically important probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, demonstrating the power of AFM to reveal the coexistence of polysaccharide chains of different nature on the cell surface. Applicable to a wide variety of cells, this single molecule method offers exciting prospects for analyzing the heterogeneity and diversity of macromolecules constituting cell membranes and cell walls.
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- Grégory Francius
- Unite de Chimie des Interfaces, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2/18, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Méndez-Vilas A, Gallardo-Moreno A, Calzado-Montero R, González-Martín M. AFM probing in aqueous environment of Staphylococcus epidermidis cells naturally immobilised on glass: Physico-chemistry behind the successful immobilisation. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2008; 63:101-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2007.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2007] [Revised: 11/06/2007] [Accepted: 11/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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McNamee CE, Pyo N, Tanaka S, Kanda Y, Higashitani K. Imaging of a soft, weakly adsorbing, living cell with a colloid probe tapping atomic force microscope technique. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2006; 47:85-9. [PMID: 16406494 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2005.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2005] [Revised: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 11/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Here, we propose a new method to improve the atomic force microscopy (AFM) image resolution of soft samples, such as cells, in liquid. Attaching a colloid probe to a cantilever was seen improve the image resolution of a living cell in a physiological buffer solution, obtained by the normal tapping mode, when compared to an image obtained using a regular cantilever tip. This may be due to the averaging out of the cantilever tip swinging caused by the visco-elasticity of the cell. The resolution was best, when silica spheres with a 3.3 microm diameter were attached. Although larger spheres gave a resolution better than a bare cantilever tip, their resolution was less than that obtained for the 3.3 microm diameter silica colloid. This dependency of the image resolution on the colloid probe size may be a result of the increased macroscopic van der Waals attraction between the cell and probe, the decreased repulsive force dependence on the cantilever probe radius, and the decrease in resolution due to the increased probe size. The size of the colloid probe, which should be attached to the cantilever to give the best image resolution, would be the one that optimises the combined result of these facts.
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- Cathy E McNamee
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Ruozi B, Tosi G, Forni F, Fresta M, Vandelli MA. Atomic force microscopy and photon correlation spectroscopy: two techniques for rapid characterization of liposomes. Eur J Pharm Sci 2005; 25:81-9. [PMID: 15854804 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2005.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2004] [Revised: 12/23/2004] [Accepted: 01/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The direct evaluation of the heterogeneity of the particle population of nanometric drug delivery systems as liposomes is difficult to achieve owing to the dimension and the carrier characteristics. The influence of the lipidic ratio and composition on the physical stability of liposomes during their storage was investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS). Liposomes were made by a mixture of different lipids and obtained using distinct methods of preparation. AFM images, acquired immediately after the deposition of the sample on mica surface, clearly showed the spherical shape of the lipidic vesicles. In all the 7 months of the experiment, the average sizes of the different liposomes evaluated using the two techniques were comparable. According to PCS analysis, AFM images confirmed that almost all the diversified vesicular systems tended to form aggregates during their storage; this loss of stability was strengthened by the increase of polydispersity index value. The different behaviours observed were to ascribe to the lipidic composition more than the methods of liposome preparation. In conclusion, AFM technique owing to the relative simplicity cold be useful for the technological control of size distribution profile according to the preparative factors and moreover to the batch-to-batch reproducibility.
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- Barbara Ruozi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 183, 41100 Modena, Italy
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Vadillo-Rodríguez V, Busscher HJ, Norde W, De Vries J, Dijkstra RJB, Stokroos I, Van Der Mei HC. Comparison of atomic force microscopy interaction forces between bacteria and silicon nitride substrata for three commonly used immobilization methods. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:5441-6. [PMID: 15345431 PMCID: PMC520872 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.9.5441-5446.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful technique for mapping the surface morphology of biological specimens, including bacterial cells. Besides creating topographic images, AFM enables us to probe both physicochemical and mechanical properties of bacterial cell surfaces on a nanometer scale. For AFM, bacterial cells need to be firmly anchored to a substratum surface in order to withstand the friction forces from the silicon nitride tip. Different strategies for the immobilization of bacteria have been described in the literature. This paper compares AFM interaction forces obtained between Klebsiella terrigena and silicon nitride for three commonly used immobilization methods, i.e., mechanical trapping of bacteria in membrane filters, physical adsorption of negatively charged bacteria to a positively charged surface, and glutaraldehyde fixation of bacteria to the tip of the microscope. We have shown that different sample preparation techniques give rise to dissimilar interaction forces. Indeed, the physical adsorption of bacterial cells on modified substrata may promote structural rearrangements in bacterial cell surface structures, while glutaraldehyde treatment was shown to induce physicochemical and mechanical changes on bacterial cell surface properties. In general, mechanical trapping of single bacterial cells in filters appears to be the most reliable method for immobilization.
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- Virginia Vadillo-Rodríguez
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Micic M, Hu D, Suh YD, Newton G, Romine M, Lu HP. Correlated atomic force microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging of live bacterial cells. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2004; 34:205-12. [PMID: 15261059 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2003.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/30/2003] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We report on imaging living bacterial cells by using a correlated tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) and confocal fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). For optimal imaging of Gram-negative Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 cells, we explored different methods of bacterial sample preparation, such as spreading the cells on poly-L-lysine coated surfaces or agarose gel coated surfaces. We have found that the agarose gel containing 99% ammonium acetate buffer can provide sufficient local aqueous environment for single bacterial cells. Furthermore, the cell surface topography can be characterized by tapping-mode in-air AFM imaging for the single bacterial cells that are partially embedded. Using in-air rather than under-water AFM imaging of the living cells significantly enhanced the contrast and signal-to-noise ratio of the AFM images. Near-field AFM-tip-enhanced fluorescence lifetime imaging (AFM-FLIM) holds high promise on obtaining fluorescence images beyond optical diffraction limited spatial resolution. We have previously demonstrated near-field AFM-FLIM imaging of polymer beads beyond diffraction limited spatial resolution. Here, as the first step of applying AFM-FLIM on imaging bacterial living cells, we demonstrated a correlated and consecutive AFM topographic imaging, fluorescence intensity imaging, and FLIM imaging of living bacterial cells to characterize cell polarity.
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- Miodrag Micic
- Fundamental Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MSIN K8-88, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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Dufrêne YF. Recent progress in the application of atomic force microscopy imaging and force spectroscopy to microbiology. Curr Opin Microbiol 2003; 6:317-23. [PMID: 12831910 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5274(03)00058-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Atomic force microscopy imaging and force spectroscopy have recently opened a range of novel applications in microbiology. During the past two years, rapid advances have been made using atomic force microscopy to visualize the surface structure of two-dimensional bacterial protein crystals, biofilms and individual cells in physiological conditions. There has also been remarkable progress in using force spectroscopy to measure biomolecular interactions and physical properties of microbial surfaces. Specific highlights include the imaging and manipulation of membrane proteins at the subnanometer level, the observation of the surface of living cells at high resolution, the mapping of local properties such as surface charges, the measurement of elastic properties of cell-surface constituents and the probing of cellular interactions using functionalized probes.
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- Yves F Dufrêne
- Unité de chimie des interfaces, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2/18, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yves F Dufrêne
- Unité de Chimie des Interfaces, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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