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Geyer VF, Diez S. Horizontal Magnetic Tweezers to Directly Measure the Force-Velocity Relationship for Multiple Kinesin Motors. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2300558. [PMID: 37035988 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Transport of intracellular cargo along cytoskeletal filaments is often achieved by the concerted action of multiple motor molecules. While single-molecule studies have provided profound insight into the mechano-chemical principles and force generation of individual motors, studies on multi-motor systems are less advanced. Here, a horizontal magnetic-tweezers setup is applied, capable of producing up to 150 pN of horizontal force onto 2.8 µm superparamagnetic beads, to motor-propelled cytoskeletal filaments. It is found that kinesin-1 driven microtubules decorated with individual beads display frequent transitions in their gliding velocities which we attribute to dynamic changes in the number of engaged motors. Applying defined temporal force-ramps the force-velocity relationship is directly measured for multi-motor transport. It is found that the stall forces of individual motors are approximately additive and collective backward motion of the transport system under super-stall forces is observed. The magnetic-tweezers apparatus is expected to be readily applicable to a wide range of molecular and cellular motility assays.
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- Veikko F Geyer
- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 41, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 41, 01307, Dresden, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Technische Universität Dresden, Arnoldstraße 18, 01307, Dresden, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraße 108, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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Tsitkov S, Song Y, Rodriguez JB, Zhang Y, Hess H. Kinesin-Recruiting Microtubules Exhibit Collective Gliding Motion while Forming Motor Trails. ACS NANO 2020; 14:16547-16557. [PMID: 33054177 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Microtubules gliding on surfaces coated with kinesin motors are minimalist experimental systems for studying collective behavior. Collective behavior in these systems arises from interactions between filaments, for example, from steric interactions, depletion forces, or cross-links. To maximize the utilization of system components and the production of work, it is desirable to achieve mutualistic interactions leading to the congregations of both types of agents, that is, cytoskeletal filaments and molecular motors. To this end, we used a microtubule-kinesin system, where motors reversibly bind to the surface via an interaction between a hexahistidine (His6) tag on the motor and a Ni(II)-nitrilotriacetic acid (Ni-NTA) moiety on the surface. The surface density of binding sites for kinesin motors was increased relative to our earlier work, driving the motors from the solution to the surface. Characterization of the motor-surface interactions in the absence of microtubules yielded kinetic parameters consistent with previous data and revealed the capacity of the surface to support two-dimensional motor diffusion. The motor density gradually fell over 2 h, presumably due to the stripping of Ni(II) from the NTA moieties on the surface. Microtubules gliding on these reversibly bound motors were unable to cross each other and at high enough densities began to align and form long, dense bundles. The kinesin motors accumulated in trails surrounding the microtubule bundles and participated in microtubule transport.
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- Stanislav Tsitkov
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Reuther C, Mittasch M, Naganathan SR, Grill SW, Diez S. Highly-Efficient Guiding of Motile Microtubules on Non-Topographical Motor Patterns. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:5699-5705. [PMID: 28819981 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Molecular motors, highly efficient biological nanomachines, hold the potential to be employed for a wide range of nanotechnological applications. Toward this end, kinesin, dynein, or myosin motor proteins are commonly surface-immobilized within engineered environments in order to transport cargo attached to cytoskeletal filaments. Being able to flexibly control the direction of filament motion, and in particular on planar, non-topographical surfaces, has, however, remained challenging. Here, we demonstrate the applicability of a UV-laser-based ablation technique to programmably generate highly localized patterns of functional kinesin-1 motors with different shapes and sizes on PLL-g-PEG-coated polystyrene surfaces. Straight and curved motor tracks with widths of less than 500 nm could be generated in a highly reproducible manner and proved to reliably guide gliding microtubules. Though dependent on track curvature, the characteristic travel lengths of the microtubules on the tracks significantly exceeded earlier predictions. Moreover, we experimentally verified the performance of complex kinesin-1 patterns, recently designed by evolutionary algorithms for controlling the global directionality of microtubule motion on large-area substrates.
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- Cordula Reuther
- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden , 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics , 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden , 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics , 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics , 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics , 01307 Dresden, Germany
- BIOTEC, Technische Universität Dresden , 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden , 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics , 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Stoychev G, Reuther C, Diez S, Ionov L. Controlled Retention and Release of Biomolecular Transport Systems Using Shape-Changing Polymer Bilayers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:16106-16109. [PMID: 27882699 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201608299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 10/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Biomolecular transport systems based on cytoskeletal filaments and motor proteins have become promising tools for a wide range of nanotechnological applications. In this paper, we report control of such transport systems using substrates with switchable shape. We demonstrate this approach on the example of microtubules gliding on surfaces of self-folding polymer bilayers with adsorbed kinesin motors. The polymer bilayers are able to undergo reversible transitions between flat and tube-like shapes that allow the externally controlled retention and release of gliding microtubules. The demonstrated approach, based on surfaces with reconfigurable topography, opens broad perspectives to control biomolecular transport systems for bioanalytical and sensing applications, as well as for the construction of subcellular compartments in the field of synthetic biology.
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- Georgi Stoychev
- College of Engineering, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.,Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research e.V. Dresden, Hohe Str. 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE-Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden and Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE-Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden and Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- College of Engineering, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.,Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research e.V. Dresden, Hohe Str. 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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Stoychev G, Reuther C, Diez S, Ionov L. Controlled Retention and Release of Biomolecular Transport Systems Using Shape-Changing Polymer Bilayers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201608299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Georgi Stoychev
- College of Engineering, College of Family and Consumer Sciences; University of Georgia; Athens GA 30602 USA
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research e.V. Dresden; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- B CUBE-Center for Molecular Bioengineering; Technische Universität Dresden and Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics; 01307 Dresden Germany
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- B CUBE-Center for Molecular Bioengineering; Technische Universität Dresden and Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics; 01307 Dresden Germany
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- College of Engineering, College of Family and Consumer Sciences; University of Georgia; Athens GA 30602 USA
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research e.V. Dresden; Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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Palacci H, Idan O, Armstrong MJ, Agarwal A, Nitta T, Hess H. Velocity Fluctuations in Kinesin-1 Gliding Motility Assays Originate in Motor Attachment Geometry Variations. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:7943-7950. [PMID: 27414063 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Motor proteins such as myosin and kinesin play a major role in cellular cargo transport, muscle contraction, cell division, and engineered nanodevices. Quantifying the collective behavior of coupled motors is critical to our understanding of these systems. An excellent model system is the gliding motility assay, where hundreds of surface-adhered motors propel one cytoskeletal filament such as an actin filament or a microtubule. The filament motion can be observed using fluorescence microscopy, revealing fluctuations in gliding velocity. These velocity fluctuations have been previously quantified by a motional diffusion coefficient, which Sekimoto and Tawada explained as arising from the addition and removal of motors from the linear array of motors propelling the filament as it advances, assuming that different motors are not equally efficient in their force generation. A computational model of kinesin head diffusion and binding to the microtubule allowed us to quantify the heterogeneity of motor efficiency arising from the combination of anharmonic tail stiffness and varying attachment geometries assuming random motor locations on the surface and an absence of coordination between motors. Knowledge of the heterogeneity allows the calculation of the proportionality constant between the motional diffusion coefficient and the motor density. The calculated value (0.3) is within a standard error of our measurements of the motional diffusion coefficient on surfaces with varying motor densities calibrated by landing rate experiments. This allowed us to quantify the loss in efficiency of coupled molecular motors arising from heterogeneity in the attachment geometry.
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- Henri Palacci
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Pathology, University of Miami , Coral Gables, Florida 33146, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
- Department of Mathematical and Design Engineering, Gifu University , Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University , New York, New York 10027, United States
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Parallel computation with molecular-motor-propelled agents in nanofabricated networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:2591-6. [PMID: 26903637 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510825113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The combinatorial nature of many important mathematical problems, including nondeterministic-polynomial-time (NP)-complete problems, places a severe limitation on the problem size that can be solved with conventional, sequentially operating electronic computers. There have been significant efforts in conceiving parallel-computation approaches in the past, for example: DNA computation, quantum computation, and microfluidics-based computation. However, these approaches have not proven, so far, to be scalable and practical from a fabrication and operational perspective. Here, we report the foundations of an alternative parallel-computation system in which a given combinatorial problem is encoded into a graphical, modular network that is embedded in a nanofabricated planar device. Exploring the network in a parallel fashion using a large number of independent, molecular-motor-propelled agents then solves the mathematical problem. This approach uses orders of magnitude less energy than conventional computers, thus addressing issues related to power consumption and heat dissipation. We provide a proof-of-concept demonstration of such a device by solving, in a parallel fashion, the small instance {2, 5, 9} of the subset sum problem, which is a benchmark NP-complete problem. Finally, we discuss the technical advances necessary to make our system scalable with presently available technology.
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- Sundus Erbas-Cakmak
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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L. Nussbaumer
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Walter WJ, Machens I, Rafieian F, Diez S. The non-processive rice kinesin-14 OsKCH1 transports actin filaments along microtubules with two distinct velocities. NATURE PLANTS 2015; 1:15111. [PMID: 27250543 DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Microtubules and actin filaments function coordinately in many cellular processes(1-3). Although much of this coordination is mediated by proteins that statically bridge the two cytoskeletal networks(4-6), kinesin-14 motors with an actin binding calponin homology domain (KCHs) have been discovered as putatively dynamic crosslinkers in plants(7,8). OsKCH1, a KCH from rice, interacts with both microtubules and actin filaments in vivo and in vitro(9). However, it has remained unclear whether this interaction is dynamic or if actin binding reduces or even abolishes the motor's motility on microtubules(10,11). Here, we directly show in vitro that OsKCH1 is a non-processive, minus-end-directed motor that transports actin filaments along microtubules. Interestingly, we observe two distinct transport velocities dependent on the relative orientation of the actin filaments with respect to the microtubules. In addition, torsional compliance measurements on individual molecules reveal low flexibility in OsKCH1. We suggest that the orientation-dependent transport velocities emerge from OsKCH1's low torsional compliance combined with an inherently oriented binding to the actin filament. Together, our results imply a central role of OsKCH1 in the polar orientation of actin filaments along microtubules, and thus a contribution to the organization of the cytoskeletal architecture.
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- Wilhelm J Walter
- Molecular Plant Physiology, Biocentre Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, 22609 Hamburg, Germany
- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Biocentre Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, 22609 Hamburg, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Fujimoto K, Nagai M, Shintaku H, Kotera H, Yokokawa R. Dynamic formation of a microchannel array enabling kinesin-driven microtubule transport between separate compartments on a chip. LAB ON A CHIP 2015; 15:2055-2063. [PMID: 25805147 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc00148j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Microtubules driven by kinesin motors have been utilised as "molecular shuttles" in microfluidic environments with potential applications in autonomous nanoscale manipulations such as capturing, separating, and/or concentrating biomolecules. However, the conventional flow cell-based assay has difficulty in separating bound target molecules from free ones even with buffer flushing because molecular manipulations by molecular shuttles take place on a glass surface and molecular binding occurs stochastically; this makes it difficult to determine whether molecules are carried by molecular shuttles or by diffusion. To address this issue, we developed a microtubule-based transport system between two compartments connected by a single-micrometre-scale channel array that forms dynamically via pneumatic actuation of a polydimethylsiloxane membrane. The device comprises three layers-a control channel layer (top), a microfluidic channel layer (middle), and a channel array layer (bottom)-that enable selective injection of assay solutions into a target compartment and dynamic formation of the microchannel array. The pneumatic channel also serves as a nitrogen supply path to the assay area, which reduces photobleaching of fluorescently labelled microtubules and deactivation of kinesin by oxygen radicals. The channel array suppresses cross-contamination of molecules caused by diffusion or pressure-driven flow between compartments, facilitating unidirectional transport of molecular shuttles from one compartment to another. The method demonstrates, for the first time, efficient and unidirectional microtubule transport by eliminating diffusion of target molecules on a chip and thus may constitute one of the key aspects of motor-driven nanosystems.
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- Kazuya Fujimoto
- Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto-daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8540, Japan.
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Ziebert F, Mohrbach H, Kulić IM. Why microtubules run in circles: mechanical hysteresis of the tubulin lattice. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 114:148101. [PMID: 25910164 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.148101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The fate of every eukaryotic cell subtly relies on the exceptional mechanical properties of microtubules. Despite significant efforts, understanding their unusual mechanics remains elusive. One persistent, unresolved mystery is the formation of long-lived arcs and rings, e.g., in kinesin-driven gliding assays. To elucidate their physical origin we develop a model of the inner workings of the microtubule's lattice, based on recent experimental evidence for a conformational switch of the tubulin dimer. We show that the microtubule lattice itself coexists in discrete polymorphic states. Metastable curved states can be induced via a mechanical hysteresis involving torques and forces typical of few molecular motors acting in unison, in agreement with the observations.
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- Falko Ziebert
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Institut Charles Sadron UPR22-CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut Charles Sadron UPR22-CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
- Groupe BioPhysStat, LCP-A2MC, Université de Lorraine, 57078 Metz, France
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- Institut Charles Sadron UPR22-CNRS, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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Steuerwald D, Früh SM, Griss R, Lovchik RD, Vogel V. Nanoshuttles propelled by motor proteins sequentially assemble molecular cargo in a microfluidic device. LAB ON A CHIP 2014; 14:3729-3738. [PMID: 25008788 DOI: 10.1039/c4lc00385c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Nanoshuttles powered by the molecular motor kinesin have the potential to capture and concentrate rare molecules from solution as well as to transport, sort and assemble them in a high-throughput manner. One long-thought-of goal has been the realisation of a molecular assembly line with nanoshuttles as workhorses. To harness them for this purpose might allow the community to engineer novel materials and nanodevices. The central milestone towards this goal is to expose nanoshuttles to a series of different molecules or building blocks and load them sequentially to build hierarchical structures, macromolecules or materials. Here, we addressed this challenge by exploiting the synergy of two so far mostly complementary techniques, nanoshuttle-mediated active transport and pressure-driven passive transport, integrated into a single microfluidic device to demonstrate the realisation of a molecular assembly line. Multiple step protocols can thus be miniaturised to a highly parallelised and autonomous working lab-on-a-chip: in each reaction chamber, analytes or building blocks are captured from solution and are then transported by nanoshuttles across fluid flow boundaries in the next chamber. Cargo can thus be assembled, modified, analysed and eventually unloaded in a procedure that requires only one step by its operator.
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- Dirk Steuerwald
- Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Reuther C, Tucker R, Ionov L, Diez S. Programmable patterning of protein bioactivity by visible light. NANO LETTERS 2014; 14:4050-7. [PMID: 24911347 DOI: 10.1021/nl501521q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The simple and quick patterning of functional proteins on engineered surfaces affords an opportunity to fabricate protein microarrays in lab-on-chip systems. We report on the programmable patterning of proteins as well as the local activation of enzymes by visible light. We successfully generated functional protein patterns with different geometries in situ and demonstrated the specific patterning of multiple kinds of proteins side-by-side without the need for specific linker molecules or elaborate surface preparation.
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- Cordula Reuther
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics , 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Hoffmann C, Mazari E, Gosse C, Bonnemay L, Hostachy S, Gautier J, Gueroui Z. Magnetic control of protein spatial patterning to direct microtubule self-assembly. ACS NANO 2013; 7:9647-9654. [PMID: 24144301 DOI: 10.1021/nn4022873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Living systems offer attractive strategies to generate nanoscale structures because of their innate functional properties such as the dynamic assembly of ordered nanometer fibers, the generation of mechanical forces, or the directional transport mediated by molecular motors. The design of hybrid systems, capable of interfacing artificial building blocks with biomolecules, may be a key step toward the rational design of nanoscale devices and materials. Here, we have designed a bottom-up approach to organize cytoskeletal elements in space using the self-assembly properties of magnetic nanoparticles conjugated to signaling proteins involved in microtubule nucleation. We show that magnetic nanoparticles conjugated to signaling proteins involved in microtubule nucleation can control the positioning of microtubule assembly. Under a magnetic field, a self-organized pattern of biofunctionalized nanoparticles is formed and leads to the nucleation of a periodical network of microtubules in Xenopus laevis egg extract. Our method shows how bioactive nanoparticles can generate a biochemically active pattern upon magnetic actuation, which triggers the spatial organization of nonequilibrium biological structures.
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- Céline Hoffmann
- Department of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Supérieure , UMR 8640 CNRS-ENS-UPMC Pasteur, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
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The fabrication and electrical characterization of protein fibril-templated one-dimensional palladium nanostructures. Eur Polym J 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Schroeder V, Korten T, Linke H, Diez S, Maximov I. Dynamic guiding of motor-driven microtubules on electrically heated, smart polymer tracks. NANO LETTERS 2013; 13:3434-8. [PMID: 23750886 DOI: 10.1021/nl402004s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Biomolecular motor systems are attractive for future nanotechnological devices because they can replace nanofluidics by directed transport. However, the lack of methods to externally control motor-driven transport along complex paths limits their range of applications. Based on a thermo-responsive polymer, we developed a novel technique to guide microtubules propelled by kinesin-1 motors on a planar surface. Using electrically heated gold microstructures, the polymers were locally collapsed, creating dynamically switchable tracks that successfully guided microtubule movement.
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- Viktor Schroeder
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics , 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Rupp B, Nédélec F. Patterns of molecular motors that guide and sort filaments. LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:4903-4910. [PMID: 23038219 DOI: 10.1039/c2lc40250e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Molecular motors can be immobilized to transport filaments and loads that are attached to these filaments inside a nano-device. However, if motors are distributed uniformly over a flat surface, the motility is undirected, and the filaments move equally in all directions. For many applications it is important to control the direction in which the filaments move, and two strategies have been explored to achieve this: applying external forces and confining the filaments inside channels. In this article, we discuss a third strategy in which the topography of the sample remains flat, but the motors are distributed non-uniformly over the surface. Systems of filaments and patterned molecular motors were simulated using a stochastic engine that included Brownian motion and filament bending elasticity. Using an evolutionary algorithm, patterns were optimized for their capacity to precisely control the paths of the filaments. We identified patterns of motors that could either direct the filaments in a particular direction, or separate short and long filaments. These functionalities already exceed what has been achieved with confinement. The patterns are composed of one or two types of motors positioned in lines or along arcs and should be easy to manufacture. Finally, these patterns can be easily combined into larger designs, allowing one to precisely control the motion of microscopic objects inside a device.
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- Beat Rupp
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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Collier CP, Simpson ML. Micro/nanofabricated environments for synthetic biology. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2011; 22:516-26. [PMID: 21636262 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A better understanding of how confinement, crowding and reduced dimensionality modulate reactivity and reaction dynamics will aid in the rational and systematic discovery of functionality in complex biological systems. Artificial microfabricated and nanofabricated structures have helped elucidate the effects of nanoscale spatial confinement and segregation on biological behavior, particularly when integrated with microfluidics, through precise control in both space and time of diffusible signals and binding interactions. Examples of nanostructured interfaces for synthetic biology include the development of cell-like compartments for encapsulating biochemical reactions, nanostructured environments for fundamental studies of diffusion, molecular transport and biochemical reaction kinetics, and regulation of biomolecular interactions as functions of microfabricated and nanofabricated topological constraints.
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- C Patrick Collier
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
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Malcos JL, Hancock WO. Engineering tubulin: microtubule functionalization approaches for nanoscale device applications. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 90:1-10. [PMID: 21327409 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3140-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Revised: 01/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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With the emergences of engineered devices at microscale and nanoscale dimensions, there is a growing need for controlled actuation and transport at these length scales. The kinesin-microtubule system provides a highly evolved biological transport system well suited for these tasks. Accordingly, there is an ongoing effort to create hybrid nanodevices that integrate biological components with engineered materials for applications such as biological separations, nanoscale assembly, and sensing. Adopting microtubules for these applications generally requires covalent attachment of biotin, fluorophores, or other biomolecules to tubulin enable surface or cargo attachment, or visualization. This review summarizes different strategies for functionalizing microtubules for application-focused as well as basic biological research. These functionalization strategies must maintain the integrity of microtubule proteins so that they do not depolymerize and can be transported by kinesin motors, while adding utility such as the ability to reversibly bind cargo. The relevant biochemical and electrical properties of microtubules are discussed, as well as strategies for microtubule stabilization and long-term storage. Next, attachment strategies, such as antibodies and DNA hybridization that have proven useful to date, are discussed in the context of ongoing hybrid nanodevice research. The review concludes with a discussion of less explored opportunities, such as harnessing the utility of tubulin posttranslational modifications and the use of recombinant tubulin that may enable future progress in nanodevice development.
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- Jennelle L Malcos
- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 208 Muller Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Korten T, Nitzsche B, Gell C, Ruhnow F, Leduc C, Diez S. Fluorescence imaging of single Kinesin motors on immobilized microtubules. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 783:121-137. [PMID: 21909886 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-282-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Recent developments in optical microscopy and nanometer tracking have greatly improved our understanding of cytoskeletal motor proteins. Using fluorescence microscopy, dynamic interactions are now routinely observed in vitro on the level of single molecules mainly using a geometry, where fluorescently labeled motors move on surface-immobilized filaments. In this chapter, we review recent methods related to single-molecule kinesin motility assays. In particular, we aim to provide practical advice on: how to set up the assays, how to acquire high-precision data from fluorescently labeled kinesin motors and attached quantum dots, and how to analyze data by nanometer tracking.
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- Till Korten
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Schmidt C, Vogel V. Molecular shuttles powered by motor proteins: loading and unloading stations for nanocargo integrated into one device. LAB ON A CHIP 2010; 10:2195-2198. [PMID: 20661505 DOI: 10.1039/c005241h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A central challenge on the way to engineer novel materials and nanodevices comprising active transport by nanomotors is the integration of cargo loading and unloading stations on one chip. Exploiting DNA hybridization in zipping and shearing geometries, we demonstrate spatially distinct cargo pick-up and unload by "molecular shuttles" in an integrated device. With this approach, applications can be realized where motor-driven processes are needed to enable transport and active sorting of analytes and nanosystems, or the reconfiguration or self-repair of materials and devices.
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- Claudia Schmidt
- Laboratory for Biologically Oriented Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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Korten T, Månsson A, Diez S. Towards the application of cytoskeletal motor proteins in molecular detection and diagnostic devices. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2010; 21:477-88. [PMID: 20860918 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Revised: 04/30/2010] [Accepted: 05/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Over the past ten years, great advancements have been made towards using biomolecular motors for nanotechnological applications. In particular, devices using cytoskeletal motor proteins for molecular transport are maturing. First efforts towards designing such devices used motor proteins attached to micro-structured substrates for the directed transport of microtubules and actin filaments. Soon thereafter, the specific capture, transport and detection of target analytes like viruses were demonstrated. Recently, spatial guiding of the gliding filaments was added to increase the sensitivity of detection and allow parallelization. Whereas molecular motor powered devices have not yet demonstrated performance beyond the level of existing detection techniques, the potential is great: Replacing microfluidics with transport powered by molecular motors allows integration of the energy source (ATP) into the assay solution. This opens up the opportunity to design highly integrated, miniaturized, autonomous detection devices. Such devices, in turn, may allow fast and cheap on-site diagnosis of diseases and detection of environmental pathogens and toxins.
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- Till Korten
- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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Song W, Möhwald H, Li J. Movement of polymer microcarriers using a biomolecular motor. Biomaterials 2010; 31:1287-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2009] [Accepted: 10/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kocik E, Skowronek KJ, Kasprzak AA. Interactions between subunits in heterodimeric Ncd molecules. J Biol Chem 2010; 284:35735-45. [PMID: 19858211 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.024240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The nonprocessive minus-end-directed kinesin-14 Ncd is involved in the organization of the microtubule (MT) network during mitosis. Only one of the two motor domains is involved in the interaction with the MT. The other head is tethered to the bound one. Here we prepared, purified, and characterized mutated Ncd molecules carrying point mutations in one of the heads, thus producing heterodimeric motors. The mutations tested included substitutions in Switch I and II: R552A, E585A, and E585D; the decoupling mutant N600K; and a deletion in the motor domain in one of the subunits resulting in a single-headed molecule (NcN). These proteins were isolated by two sequential affinity chromatography steps, followed by measurements of their affinities to MT, enzymatic properties, and the velocity of the microtubule gliding test in vitro. A striking observation is a low affinity of the single-headed NcN for MT both without nucleotides and in the presence of 5'-adenylyl-beta,gamma-imidodiphosphate, implying that the tethered head has a profound effect on the structure of the Ncd-MT complex. Mutated homodimers had no MT-activated ATPase and no motility, whereas NcN had motility comparable with that of the wild type Ncd. Although the heterodimers had one fully active and one inactive head, the ATPase and motility of Ncd heterodimers varied dramatically, clearly demonstrating that interactions between motor domains exist in Ncd. We also show that the bulk property of dimeric proteins that interact with the filament with only one of its heads depends also on the distribution of the filament-interacting subunits.
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- Elzbieta Kocik
- Motor Proteins Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur Street, 02-093 Warsaw
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Gell C, Bormuth V, Brouhard GJ, Cohen DN, Diez S, Friel CT, Helenius J, Nitzsche B, Petzold H, Ribbe J, Schäffer E, Stear JH, Trushko A, Varga V, Widlund PO, Zanic M, Howard J. Microtubule Dynamics Reconstituted In Vitro and Imaged by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy. Methods Cell Biol 2010; 95:221-45. [DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(10)95013-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Carroll-Portillo A, Bachand M, Bachand GD. Directed attachment of antibodies to kinesin-powered molecular shuttles. Biotechnol Bioeng 2009; 104:1182-8. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.22501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Byun KE, Heo K, Shim S, Choi HJ, Hong S. Functionalization of silicon nanowires with actomyosin motor protein for bioinspired nanomechanical applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2009; 5:2659-2664. [PMID: 19771569 DOI: 10.1002/smll.200900964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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- Kyung-Eun Byun
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Bhagawati M, Ghosh S, Reichel A, Froehner K, Surrey T, Piehler J. Organization of Motor Proteins into Functional Micropatterns Fabricated by a Photoinduced Fenton Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200904576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Bhagawati M, Ghosh S, Reichel A, Froehner K, Surrey T, Piehler J. Organization of Motor Proteins into Functional Micropatterns Fabricated by a Photoinduced Fenton Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009; 48:9188-91. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Shikinaka K, Takaoka S, Kakugo A, Osada Y, Gong JP. ATP-fueled soft gel machine with well-oriented structure constructed using actin-myosin system. J Appl Polym Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/app.30821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Agarwal A, Hess H. Molecular Motors as Components of Future Medical Devices and Engineered Materials. J Nanotechnol Eng Med 2009. [DOI: 10.1115/1.3212823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A new frontier in the development of prosthetic devices is the design of nanoscale systems which replace, augment, or support individual cells. Similar to cells, such devices will require the ability to generate mechanical movement, either for transport or actuation. Here, the development of nanoscale transport systems, which integrate biomolecular motors, is reviewed. To date, close to 100 publications have explored the design of such “molecular shuttles” based on the integration of synthetic molecules, nano- and microparticles, and micropatterned structures with kinesin and myosin motors and their associated cytoskeletal filaments, microtubules, and actin filaments. Tremendous progress has been made in addressing the key challenges of guiding, loading, and controlling the shuttles, providing a foundation for the exploration of applications in medicine and engineering.
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- Ashutosh Agarwal
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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Noel JA, Teizer W, Hwang W. Surface manipulation of microtubules using self-assembled monolayers and electrophoresis. ACS NANO 2009; 3:1938-1946. [PMID: 19518095 DOI: 10.1021/nn900325m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We integrate microtubule (MT)-resistant self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with lithographically patterned electrodes to control MTs in a cell-free environment. Formed through a facile, one-step assembly method, the poly(ethylene glycol) trimethoxysilane SAM prevents MT adsorption on both silicon substrates and Au microstructures without casein. We characterize the SAM using ellipsometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy and compare it with other MT passivation techniques. The SAM retains its passivating ability when used as a substrate for electron beam lithography, a key feature that allows us to pattern microtubules on lithographically defined Au structures. Moreover, by combining the SAM-passivated Au microelectrodes and DC electrophoresis, we demonstrate reversible trapping of MTs as well as capture and alignment of individual MTs.
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Kim T, Cheng LJ, Kao MT, Hasselbrink EF, Guo L, Meyhöfer E. Biomolecular motor-driven molecular sorter. LAB ON A CHIP 2009; 9:1282-1285. [PMID: 19370249 DOI: 10.1039/b900753a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We have developed a novel, microfabricated, stand-alone microfluidic device that can efficiently sort and concentrate (bio-)analyte molecules by using kinesin motors and microtubules as a chemo-mechanical transduction machine. The device removes hundreds of targeted molecules per second from an analyte stream by translocating functionalized microtubules with kinesin across the stream and concentrating them at a horseshoe-shaped collector. Target biomolecule concentrations increase up to three orders of magnitude within one hour of operation.
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- Taesung Kim
- Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Vikhorev PG, Vikhoreva NN, Sundberg M, Balaz M, Albet-Torres N, Bunk R, Kvennefors A, Liljesson K, Nicholls IA, Nilsson L, Omling P, Tågerud S, Montelius L, Månsson A. Diffusion dynamics of motor-driven transport: gradient production and self-organization of surfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:13509-17. [PMID: 18989944 DOI: 10.1021/la8016112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The interaction between cytoskeletal filaments (e.g., actin filaments) and molecular motors (e.g., myosin) is the basis for many aspects of cell motility and organization of the cell interior. In the in vitro motility assay (IVMA), cytoskeletal filaments are observed while being propelled by molecular motors adsorbed to artificial surfaces (e.g., in studies of motor function). Here we integrate ideas that cytoskeletal filaments may be used as nanoscale templates in nanopatterning with a novel approach for the production of surface gradients of biomolecules and nanoscale topographical features. The production of such gradients is challenging but of increasing interest (e.g., in cell biology). First, we show that myosin-induced actin filament sliding in the IVMA can be approximately described as persistent random motion with a diffusion coefficient (D) given by a relationship analogous to the Einstein equation (D = kT/gamma). In this relationship, the thermal energy (kT) and the drag coefficient (gamma) are substituted by a parameter related to the free-energy transduction by actomyosin and the actomyosin dissociation rate constant, respectively. We then demonstrate how the persistent random motion of actin filaments can be exploited in conceptually novel methods for the production of actin filament density gradients of predictable shapes. Because of regularly spaced binding sites (e.g., lysines and cysteines) the actin filaments act as suitable nanoscale scaffolds for other biomolecules (tested for fibronectin) or nanoparticles. This forms the basis for secondary chemical and topographical gradients with implications for cell biological studies and biosensing.
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- Petr G Vikhorev
- School of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences, University of Kalmar, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden
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Nanoscale patterning of kinesin motor proteins and its role in guiding microtubule motility. Biomed Microdevices 2008; 11:313-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s10544-008-9237-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Goel A, Vogel V. Harnessing biological motors to engineer systems for nanoscale transport and assembly. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2008; 3:465-475. [PMID: 18685633 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Living systems use biological nanomotors to build life's essential molecules--such as DNA and proteins--as well as to transport cargo inside cells with both spatial and temporal precision. Each motor is highly specialized and carries out a distinct function within the cell. Some have even evolved sophisticated mechanisms to ensure quality control during nanomanufacturing processes, whether to correct errors in biosynthesis or to detect and permit the repair of damaged transport highways. In general, these nanomotors consume chemical energy in order to undergo a series of shape changes that let them interact sequentially with other molecules. Here we review some of the many tasks that biomotors perform and analyse their underlying design principles from an engineering perspective. We also discuss experiments and strategies to integrate biomotors into synthetic environments for applications such as sensing, transport and assembly.
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- Anita Goel
- Nanobiosym Labs, 200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4700, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
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Lorch DP, Lindemann CB, Hunt AJ. The motor activity of mammalian axonemal dynein studied in situ on doublet microtubules. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 65:487-94. [DOI: 10.1002/cm.20277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Behrens SS. Synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials mediated by protein assemblies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1039/b806551a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Interliggi KA, Zeile WL, Ciftan-Hens SA, McGuire GE, Purich DL, Dickinson RB. Guidance of actin filament elongation on filament-binding tracks. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2007; 23:11911-11916. [PMID: 17929952 DOI: 10.1021/la7016227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Biomolecular motors, which convert chemical energy into mechanical work in intracellular processes, have high potential in bionanotechnology in vitro as molecular shuttles or nanoscale actuators. In this context, guided elongation of actin filaments in vitro could be used to lay tracks for myosin motor-based shuttles or to direct nanoscale actuators based on actin filament end-tracking motors. To guide the direction of filament polymerization on surfaces, microcontact printing was used to create tracks of chemically modified myosin, which binds to, but cannot exert force on, filaments. These filament-binding tracks captured nascent filaments from solution and guided the direction of their subsequent elongation. The effect of track width and protein surface density on filament alignment and elongation rate was quantified. These results indicate that microcontact printing is a useful method for guiding actin filament polymerization in vitro for biomolecular motor-based applications.
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- Kimberly A Interliggi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Brunner C, Wahnes C, Vogel V. Cargo pick-up from engineered loading stations by kinesin driven molecular shuttles. LAB ON A CHIP 2007; 7:1263-71. [PMID: 17896009 DOI: 10.1039/b707301a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Exploiting biological motors ex vivo to transport and distribute cargo with high spatial control, as done by cells, requires that we learn how molecular shuttles (microtubules propelled by kinesins) can pick up cargo from defined surface regions (loading stations). The main challenge of building microfabricated cargo loading stations is to adjust the sum of non-covalent interactions such that the station stably holds on to the cargo under static conditions, but allows for transfer when a gliding microtubule collides with station-bound cargo and starts to pull on it. Successful pick-up of cargo could be observed using biotin-anti-biotin interactions and hybridized oligonucleotides. The effect of different tethering chemistries on the efficiency of cargo pick-up was tested.
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- Christian Brunner
- Laboratory for Biologically Oriented Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo
- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science and Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, and Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
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Myosin–actin and kinesin–microtubule linear protein motor systems and their application in hybrid nanodevices are reviewed. Research during the past several decades has provided a wealth of understanding about the fundamentals of protein motors that continues to be pursued. It has also laid the foundations for a new branch of investigation that considers the application of these motors as key functional elements in laboratory-on-a-chip and other micro/nanodevices. Current models of myosin and kinesin motors are introduced and the effects of motility assay parameters, including temperature, toxicity, and in particular, surface effects on motor protein operation, are discussed. These parameters set the boundaries for gliding and bead motility assays. The review describes recent developments in assay motility confinement and unidirectional control, using micro- and nano-fabricated structures, surface patterning, microfluidic flow, electromagnetic fields, and self-assembled actin filament/microtubule tracks. Current protein motor assays are primitive devices, and the developments in governing control can lead to promising applications such as sensing, nano-mechanical drivers, and biocomputation.
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