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Kekic M, Hanson KL, Perumal AS, Solana G, Rajendran K, Dash S, Nicolau DV, Dobroiu S, Dos Remedios CG, Nicolau DV. Biosensing using antibody-modulated motility of actin filaments on myosin-coated surfaces. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 246:115879. [PMID: 38056344 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Motor proteins, such as myosin and kinesin, are biological molecular motors involved in force generation and intracellular transport within living cells. The characteristics of molecular motors, i.e., their motility over long distances, their capacity of transporting cargoes, and their very efficient energy consumption, recommend them as potential operational elements of a new class of dynamic nano-devices, with potential applications in biosensing, analyte concentrators, and biocomputation. A possible design of a biosensor based on protein molecular motor comprises a surface with immobilized motors propelling cytoskeletal filaments, which are decorated with antibodies, presented as side-branches. Upon biomolecular recognition of these branches by secondary antibodies, the 'extensions' on the cytoskeletal filaments can achieve considerable lengths (longer than several diameters of the cytoskeletal filament carrier), thus geometrically impairing or halting motility. Because the filaments are several micrometers long, this sensing mechanism converts an event in the nanometer range, i.e., antibody-antigen sizes, into an event in the micrometer range: the visualization of the halting of motility of microns-long cytoskeletal filaments. Here we demonstrate the proof of concept of a sensing system comprising heavy-mero-myosin immobilized on surfaces propelling actin filaments decorated with actin antibodies, whose movement is halted upon the recognition with secondary anti-actin antibodies. Because antibodies to the actin-myosin system are involved in several rare diseases, the first possible application for such a device may be their prognosis and diagnosis. The results also provide insights into guidelines for designing highly sensitive and very fast biosensors powered by motor proteins.
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- Murat Kekic
- Muscle Research Unit, Department of Anatomy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- BioNanoEngineering Labs, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia
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- BioNanoEngineering Labs, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C3, Canada
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- BioNanoEngineering Labs, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia; Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Muscle Research Unit, Department of Anatomy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- BioNanoEngineering Labs, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia; Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C3, Canada.
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Zaferani M, Song R, Petry S, Stone HA. Building on-chip cytoskeletal circuits via branched microtubule networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2315992121. [PMID: 38232292 PMCID: PMC10823238 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2315992121] [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: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Controllable platforms to engineer robust cytoskeletal scaffolds have the potential to create novel on-chip nanotechnologies. Inspired by axons, we combined the branching microtubule (MT) nucleation pathway with microfabrication to develop "cytoskeletal circuits." This active matter platform allows control over the adaptive self-organization of uniformly polarized MT arrays via geometric features of microstructures designed within a microfluidic confinement. We build and characterize basic elements, including turns and divisions, as well as complex regulatory elements, such as biased division and MT diodes, to construct various MT architectures on a chip. Our platform could be used in diverse applications, ranging from efficient on-chip molecular transport to mechanical nano-actuators. Further, cytoskeletal circuits can serve as a tool to study how the physical environment contributes to MT architecture in living cells.
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- Meisam Zaferani
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544
- Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544
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Månsson A. The potential of myosin and actin in nanobiotechnology. J Cell Sci 2023; 136:292584. [PMID: 36861886 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.261025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Since the late 1990s, efforts have been made to utilize cytoskeletal filaments, propelled by molecular motors, for nanobiotechnological applications, for example, in biosensing and parallel computation. This work has led to in-depth insights into the advantages and challenges of such motor-based systems, and has yielded small-scale, proof-of-principle applications but, to date, no commercially viable devices. Additionally, these studies have also elucidated fundamental motor and filament properties, as well as providing other insights obtained from biophysical assays in which molecular motors and other proteins are immobilized on artificial surfaces. In this Perspective, I discuss the progress towards practically viable applications achieved so far using the myosin II-actin motor-filament system. I also highlight several fundamental pieces of insights derived from the studies. Finally, I consider what may be required to achieve real devices in the future or at least to allow future studies with a satisfactory cost-benefit ratio.
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- Alf Månsson
- Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Science, Linnaeus University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden
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Seifert A, Drechsler H, Japtok J, Korten T, Diez S, Hermann A. The ALS-Associated FUS (P525L) Variant Does Not Directly Interfere with Microtubule-Dependent Kinesin-1 Motility. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22052422. [PMID: 33670886 PMCID: PMC7957795 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Deficient intracellular transport is a common pathological hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Mutations in the fused-in-sarcoma (FUS) gene are one of the most common genetic causes for familial ALS. Motor neurons carrying a mutation in the nuclear localization sequence of FUS (P525L) show impaired axonal transport of several organelles, suggesting that mislocalized cytoplasmic FUS might directly interfere with the transport machinery. To test this hypothesis, we studied the effect of FUS on kinesin-1 motility in vitro. Using a modified microtubule gliding motility assay on surfaces coated with kinesin-1 motor proteins, we showed that neither recombinant wildtype and P525L FUS variants nor lysates from isogenic ALS-patient-specific iPSC-derived spinal motor neurons expressing those FUS variants significantly affected gliding velocities. We hence conclude that during ALS pathogenesis the initial negative effect of FUS (P525L) on axonal transport is an indirect nature and requires additional factors or mechanisms.
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- Anne Seifert
- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; (A.S.); (J.J.)
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 01307 Dresden, Germany
- B CUBE—Center for Molecular Bioengineering and Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; (H.D.); (T.K.)
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- B CUBE—Center for Molecular Bioengineering and Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; (H.D.); (T.K.)
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- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; (A.S.); (J.J.)
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- B CUBE—Center for Molecular Bioengineering and Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; (H.D.); (T.K.)
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- B CUBE—Center for Molecular Bioengineering and Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; (H.D.); (T.K.)
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
- Correspondence: (S.D.); (A.H.); Tel.: +49-(0)351-463-43010 (S.D.); +49-(0)381-494-9541 (A.H.)
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- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; (A.S.); (J.J.)
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 01307 Dresden, Germany
- Translational Neurodegeneration Section “Albrecht-Kossel”, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center, University of Rostock, 18147 Rostock, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Rostock/Greifswald, 18147 Rostock, Germany
- Center for Transdisciplinary Neurosciences Rostock (CTNR), University Medical Center, University of Rostock, 18147 Rostock, Germany
- Correspondence: (S.D.); (A.H.); Tel.: +49-(0)351-463-43010 (S.D.); +49-(0)381-494-9541 (A.H.)
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- Gadiel Saper
- 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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Korten T, Tavkin E, Scharrel L, Kushwaha VS, Diez S. An automated in vitro motility assay for high-throughput studies of molecular motors. LAB ON A CHIP 2018; 18:3196-3206. [PMID: 30204813 PMCID: PMC6180315 DOI: 10.1039/c8lc00547h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Molecular motors, essential to force-generation and cargo transport within cells, are invaluable tools for powering nanobiotechnological lab-on-a-chip devices. These devices are based on in vitro motility assays that reconstitute molecular transport with purified motor proteins, requiring a deep understanding of the biophysical properties of motor proteins and thorough optimization to enable motility under varying environmental conditions. Until now, these assays have been prepared manually, severely limiting throughput. To overcome this limitation, we developed an in vitro motility assay where sample preparation, imaging and data evaluation are fully automated, enabling the processing of a 384-well plate within less than three hours. We demonstrate the automated assay for the analysis of peptide inhibitors for kinesin-1 at a wide range of concentrations, revealing that the IAK domain responsible for kinesin-1 auto-inhibition is both necessary and sufficient to decrease the affinity of the motor protein for microtubules, an aspect that was hidden in previous experiments due to scarcity of data.
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- Till Korten
- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering
, Technische Universität Dresden
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering
, Technische Universität Dresden
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
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01307 Dresden
, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering
, Technische Universität Dresden
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01069 Dresden
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
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01307 Dresden
, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering
, Technische Universität Dresden
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
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01307 Dresden
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering
, Technische Universität Dresden
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
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Gong Y, Fan N, Yang X, Peng B, Jiang H. New advances in microfluidic flow cytometry. Electrophoresis 2018; 40:1212-1229. [PMID: 30242856 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201800298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In recent years, researchers are paying the increasing attention to the development of portable microfluidic diagnostic devices including microfluidic flow cytometry for the point-of-care testing. Microfluidic flow cytometry, where microfluidics and flow cytometry work together to realize novel functionalities on the microchip, provides a powerful tool for measuring the multiple characteristics of biological samples. The development of a portable, low-cost, and compact flow cytometer can benefit the health care in underserved areas such as Africa or Asia. In this article, we review recent advancements of microfluidics including sample pumping, focusing and sorting, novel detection approaches, and data analysis in the field of flow cytometry. The challenge of microfluidic flow cytometry is also examined briefly.
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- Yanli Gong
- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Turnaoglu H, Agildere AM, Kural Rahatli F, Yildirim Donmez F, Ocal R, Sezer T, Can U, Sezgin A, Aslamaci S. Evaluation of Neuroimaging Findings of Central Nervous System Complications in Heart Transplant Recipients. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2018; 18:814-822. [PMID: 29790456 DOI: 10.6002/ect.2018.0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVES In this study, we presented neuroradiologic findings and diagnoses of neurologic complications in a series of heart transplant recipients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review was conducted at Başkent University Hospital. We searched the hospital and radiology databases and identified 109 heart transplant recipients. Thirty-one of these recipients had neuroradiologic evaluations secondary to presentation of neurologic symptoms after heart transplant, with 18 patients evaluated with computed tomography and 22 patients evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (overlap of imaging-defined groups occurred in 9 recipients). Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies were retrieved from the Picture Archiving and Communication System, with each type of imaging retrospectively evaluated on consensus by 2 radiologists. RESULTS Radiopathologic findings related to symptoms were detected in 12 of the 31 study patients. The most common abnormality was posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (5 patients, 4.6%). The other abnormalities were ischemic stroke (3 patients, 2.8%), hemorrhagic stroke (1 patient, 0.9%), intracranial abscess (2 patients, 1.8%), and intracranial dissemination of sinusoidal fungal infection and related hemorrhagic infarct (1 patient, 0.9%). The other 19 heart transplant recipients who underwent computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging for neurologic complaints showed no neuroradiologic findings related to neurologic symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome and ischemic stroke were the most common neurologic complications in our heart transplant recipients. The other complications were hemorrhagic stroke, intracranial abscess, and intracranial dissemination of sinusoidal fungal infection. Neurologic complications are common in heart transplant recipients and should be identified promptly for early treatment. For the recognition of these complications, computed tomography should be performed for initial evaluation to rule out edema or hemorrhage. However, in the presence of serious neurologic symptoms that cannot be explained by computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging should be indicated.
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- Hale Turnaoglu
- From the Department of Radiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Kumar S, Mansson A. Covalent and non-covalent chemical engineering of actin for biotechnological applications. Biotechnol Adv 2017; 35:867-888. [PMID: 28830772 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The cytoskeletal filaments are self-assembled protein polymers with 8-25nm diameters and up to several tens of micrometres length. They have a range of pivotal roles in eukaryotic cells, including transportation of intracellular cargoes (primarily microtubules with dynein and kinesin motors) and cell motility (primarily actin and myosin) where muscle contraction is one example. For two decades, the cytoskeletal filaments and their associated motor systems have been explored for nanotechnological applications including miniaturized sensor systems and lab-on-a-chip devices. Several developments have also revolved around possible exploitation of the filaments alone without their motor partners. Efforts to use the cytoskeletal filaments for applications often require chemical or genetic engineering of the filaments such as specific conjugation with fluorophores, antibodies, oligonucleotides or various macromolecular complexes e.g. nanoparticles. Similar conjugation methods are also instrumental for a range of fundamental biophysical studies. Here we review methods for non-covalent and covalent chemical modifications of actin filaments with focus on critical advantages and challenges of different methods as well as critical steps in the conjugation procedures. We also review potential uses of the engineered actin filaments in nanotechnological applications and in some key fundamental studies of actin and myosin function. Finally, we consider possible future lines of investigation that may be addressed by applying chemical conjugation of actin in new ways.
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- Saroj Kumar
- Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University, Delhi 110042, India; Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden.
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Milani G, Lana T, Bresolin S, Aveic S, Pastò A, Frasson C, Te Kronnie G. Expression Profiling of Circulating Microvesicles Reveals Intercellular Transmission of Oncogenic Pathways. Mol Cancer Res 2017; 15:683-695. [PMID: 28202504 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-16-0307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Circulating microvesicles have been described as important players in cell-to-cell communication carrying biological information under normal or pathologic condition. Microvesicles released by cancer cells may incorporate diverse biomolecules (e.g., active lipids, proteins, and RNA), which can be delivered and internalized by recipient cells, potentially altering the gene expression of recipient cells and eventually impacting disease progression. Leukemia in vitro model systems were used to investigate microvesicles as vehicles of protein-coding messages. Several leukemic cells (K562, LAMA-87, TOM-1, REH, and SHI-1), each carrying a specific chromosomal translocation, were analyzed. In the leukemic cells, these chromosomal translocations are transcribed into oncogenic fusion transcripts and the transfer of these transcripts was monitored from leukemic cells to microvesicles for each of the cell lines. Microarray gene expression profiling was performed to compare transcriptomes of K562-derived microvesicles and parental K562 cells. The data show that oncogenic BCR-ABL1 transcripts and mRNAs related to basic functions of leukemic cells were included in microvesicles. Further analysis of microvesicles cargo revealed a remarkable enrichment of transcripts related to cell membrane activity, cell surface receptors, and extracellular communication when compared with parental K562 cells. Finally, coculturing of healthy mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) with K562-derived microvesicles displayed the transfer of the oncogenic message, and confirmed the increase of target cell proliferation as a function of microvesicle dosage.Implications: This study provides novel insight into tumor-derived microvesicles as carriers of oncogenic protein-coding messages that can potentially jeopardize cell-directed therapy, and spread to other compartments of the body. Mol Cancer Res; 15(6); 683-95. ©2017 AACR.
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- Gloria Milani
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza (IRP), Padova, Italy
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- Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza (IRP), Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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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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Hanson KL, Fulga F, Dobroiu S, Solana G, Kaspar O, Tokarova V, Nicolau DV. Polymer surface properties control the function of heavy meromyosin in dynamic nanodevices. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 93:305-314. [PMID: 27591903 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.08.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The actin-myosin system, responsible for muscle contraction, is also the force-generating element in dynamic nanodevices operating with surface-immobilized motor proteins. These devices require materials that are amenable to micro- and nano-fabrication, but also preserve the bioactivity of molecular motors. The complexity of the protein-surface systems is greatly amplified by those of the polymer-fluid interface; and of the structure and function of molecular motors, making the study of these interactions critical to the success of molecular motor-based nanodevices. We measured the density of the adsorbed motor protein (heavy meromyosin, HMM) using quartz crystal microbalance; and motor bioactivity with ATPase assay, on a set of model surfaces, i.e., nitrocellulose, polystyrene, poly(methyl methacrylate), and poly(butyl methacrylate), poly(tert-butyl methacrylate). A higher hydrophobicity of the adsorbing material translates in a higher total number of HMM molecules per unit area, but also in a lower uptake of water, and a lower ratio of active per total HMM molecules per unit area. We also measured the motility characteristics of actin filaments on the model surfaces, i.e., velocity, smoothness and deflection of movement, determined via in vitro motility assays. The filament velocities were found to be controlled by the relative number of active HMM per total motors, rather than their absolute surface density. The study allowed the formulation of the general engineering principles for the selection of polymeric materials for the manufacturing of dynamic nanodevices using protein molecular motors.
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- Kristi L Hanson
- Industrial Research Institute Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122 Australia
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L693GJ United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L693GJ United Kingdom
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- Industrial Research Institute Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122 Australia
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- Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A0C3 Canada
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- Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A0C3 Canada
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- Industrial Research Institute Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122 Australia; Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L693GJ United Kingdom; Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A0C3 Canada.
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Korten T, Chaudhuri S, Tavkin E, Braun M, Diez S. Kinesin-1 Expressed in Insect Cells Improves Microtubule in Vitro Gliding Performance, Long-Term Stability and Guiding Efficiency in Nanostructures. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2016; 15:62-9. [PMID: 26886999 DOI: 10.1109/tnb.2016.2520832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The cytoskeletal motor protein kinesin-1 has been successfully used for many nanotechnological applications. Most commonly, these applications use a gliding assay geometry where substrate-attached motor proteins propel microtubules along the surface. So far, this assay has only been shown to run undisturbed for up to 8 h. Longer run times cause problems like microtubule shrinkage, microtubules getting stuck and slowing down. This is particularly problematic in nanofabricated structures where the total number of microtubules is limited and detachment at the structure walls causes additional microtubule loss. We found that many of the observed problems are caused by the bacterial expression system, which has so far been used for nanotechnological applications of kinesin-1. We strive to enable the use of this motor system for more challenging nanotechnological applications where long-term stability and/or reliable guiding in nanostructures is required. Therefore, we established the expression and purification of kinesin-1 in insect cells which results in improved purity and--more importantly--long-term stability > 24 h and guiding efficiencies of > 90% in lithographically defined nanostructures.
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Kumar S, Milani G, Takatsuki H, Lana T, Persson M, Frasson C, te Kronnie G, Månsson A. Sensing protein antigen and microvesicle analytes using high-capacity biopolymer nano-carriers. Analyst 2015; 141:836-46. [PMID: 26617251 DOI: 10.1039/c5an02377g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Lab-on-a-chip systems with molecular motor driven transport of analytes attached to cytoskeletal filament shuttles (actin filaments, microtubules) circumvent challenges with nanoscale liquid transport. However, the filaments have limited cargo-carrying capacity and limitations either in transportation speed (microtubules) or control over motility direction (actin). To overcome these constraints we here report incorporation of covalently attached antibodies into self-propelled actin bundles (nanocarriers) formed by cross-linking antibody conjugated actin filaments via fascin, a natural actin-bundling protein. We demonstrate high maximum antigen binding activity and propulsion by surface adsorbed myosin motors. Analyte transport capacity is tested using both protein antigens and microvesicles, a novel class of diagnostic markers. Increased incubation concentration with protein antigen in the 0.1-100 nM range (1 min) reduces the fraction of motile bundles and their velocity but maximum transportation capacity of >1 antigen per nm of bundle length is feasible. At sub-nanomolar protein analyte concentration, motility is very well preserved opening for orders of magnitude improved limit of detection using motor driven concentration on nanoscale sensors. Microvesicle-complexing to monoclonal antibodies on the nanocarriers compromises motility but nanocarrier aggregation via microvesicles shows unique potential in label-free detection with the aggregates themselves as non-toxic reporter elements.
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- Saroj Kumar
- Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden.
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van Zalinge H, Ramsey LC, Aveyard J, Persson M, Mansson A, Nicolau DV. Surface-Controlled Properties of Myosin Studied by Electric Field Modulation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:8354-8361. [PMID: 26161584 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The efficiency of dynamic nanodevices using surface-immobilized protein molecular motors, which have been proposed for diagnostics, drug discovery, and biocomputation, critically depends on the ability to precisely control the motion of motor-propelled, individual cytoskeletal filaments transporting cargo to designated locations. The efficiency of these devices also critically depends on the proper function of the propelling motors, which is controlled by their interaction with the surfaces they are immobilized on. Here we use a microfluidic device to study how the motion of the motile elements, i.e., actin filaments propelled by heavy mero-myosin (HMM) motor fragments immobilized on various surfaces, is altered by the application of electrical loads generated by an external electric field with strengths ranging from 0 to 8 kVm(-1). Because the motility is intimately linked to the function of surface-immobilized motors, the study also showed how the adsorption properties of HMM on various surfaces, such as nitrocellulose (NC), trimethylclorosilane (TMCS), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) (PtBMA), and poly(butyl methacrylate) (PBMA), can be characterized using an external field. It was found that at an electric field of 5 kVm(-1) the force exerted on the filaments is sufficient to overcome the frictionlike resistive force of the inactive motors. It was also found that the effect of assisting electric fields on the relative increase in the sliding velocity was markedly higher for the TMCS-derivatized surface than for all other polymer-based surfaces. An explanation of this behavior, based on the molecular rigidity of the TMCS-on-glass surfaces as opposed to the flexibility of the polymer-based ones, is considered. To this end, the proposed microfluidic device could be used to select appropriate surfaces for future lab-on-a-chip applications as illustrated here for the almost ideal TMCS surface. Furthermore, the proposed methodology can be used to gain fundamental insights into the functioning of protein molecular motors, such as the force exerted by the motors under different operational conditions.
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- ‡Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus University, 39182 Kalmar, Sweden
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- ‡Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus University, 39182 Kalmar, Sweden
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- §Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 0C3 Quebec, Canada
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Florea L, Wagner K, Wagner P, Wallace GG, Benito-Lopez F, Officer DL, Diamond D. Photo-chemopropulsion--light-stimulated movement of microdroplets. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2014; 26:7339-7345. [PMID: 25236879 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201403007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The controlled movement of a chemical container by the light-activated expulsion of a chemical fuel, named here "photo-chemopropulsion", is an exciting new development in the array of mechanisms employed for controlling the movement of microvehicles, herein represented by lipid-based microdroplets. This "chemopropulsion" effect can be switched on and off, and is fully reversible.
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- Larisa Florea
- Insight Centre for Data Analytics, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin, 9, Ireland
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Ishigure Y, Nitta T. Understanding the guiding of kinesin/microtubule-based microtransporters in microfabricated tracks. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:12089-12096. [PMID: 25238638 DOI: 10.1021/la5021884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Microtransporters using cargo-laden microtubules propelled by kinesin motors are attractive for numerous applications in nanotechnology. To improve the efficiency of transport, the movement of microtubules must be guided by microfabricated tracks. However, the mechanisms of the guiding methods used are not fully understood. Here, using computer simulation, we systematically studied the guiding of such microtransporters by three different types of guiding methods: a chemical boundary, a physical barrier, and their combination. The simulation reproduced the probabilities of guiding previously observed experimentally for the three methods. Moreover, the simulation provided further insight into the mechanisms of guiding, which overturn previous assumptions and models.
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- Yuki Ishigure
- Department of Mathematical Design and Engineering and ‡Applied Physics Course, Gifu University , Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Zhou Z, Li T, Huang H, Chen Y, Liu F, Huang C, Li N. A dual amplification strategy for DNA detection combining bio-barcode assay and metal-enhanced fluorescence modality. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:13373-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc05554c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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ten Siethoff L, Lard M, Generosi J, Andersson H, Linke H, Månsson A. Molecular motor propelled filaments reveal light-guiding in nanowire arrays for enhanced biosensing. NANO LETTERS 2014; 14:737-42. [PMID: 24367994 PMCID: PMC3924849 DOI: 10.1021/nl404032k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Semiconductor nanowire arrays offer significant potential for biosensing applications with optical read-out due to their high surface area and due to the unique optical properties of one-dimensional materials. A challenge for optical read-out of analyte-binding to the nanowires is the need to efficiently collect and detect light from a three-dimensional volume. Here we show that light from fluorophores attached along several μm long vertical Al2O3 coated gallium phosphide nanowires couples into the wires, is guided along them and emitted at the tip. This enables effective collection of light emitted by fluorescent analytes located at different focal planes along the nanowire. We unequivocally demonstrate the light-guiding effect using a novel method whereby the changes in emitted fluorescence intensity are observed when fluorescent cytoskeletal filaments are propelled by molecular motors along the wires. The findings are discussed in relation to nanobiosensor developments, other nanotechnological applications, and fundamental studies of motor function.
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- Lasse ten Siethoff
- Department
of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus
University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden
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- Nanometer
Structure Consortium (nmC@LU) and Solid State Physics Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Nanometer
Structure Consortium (nmC@LU) and Solid State Physics Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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S. Andersson
- Department
of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus
University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden
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- Nanometer
Structure Consortium (nmC@LU) and Solid State Physics Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus
University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden
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Culbertson CT, Mickleburgh TG, Stewart-James SA, Sellens KA, Pressnall M. Micro total analysis systems: fundamental advances and biological applications. Anal Chem 2014; 86:95-118. [PMID: 24274655 PMCID: PMC3951881 DOI: 10.1021/ac403688g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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Tarhan MC, Orazov Y, Yokokawa R, Karsten SL, Fujita H. Biosensing MAPs as "roadblocks": kinesin-based functional analysis of tau protein isoforms and mutants using suspended microtubules (sMTs). LAB ON A CHIP 2013; 13:3217-3224. [PMID: 23778963 DOI: 10.1039/c3lc50151e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The concept of a reconstructed microtubule kinesin-based transport system was originally introduced for studies of underlying biophysical mechanisms of intracellular transport and its potential applications in bioengineering at micro- and nanoscale levels. However, several technically challenging shortcomings prohibit its use in practical applications. One of them is the propensity of microtubules to bind various protein molecules creating "roadblocks" for kinesin molecule movement and subsequently preventing efficient delivery of the molecular cargo. The interruption in kinesin movement strictly depends on the specific type of "roadblock", i.e. the microtubule associated protein (MAP). Therefore, we propose to use the "roadblock" effect as a molecular sensor that may be used for functional characterization of particular MAPs with respect to their role in MT-based transport and associated pathologies, such as neurodegeneration. Here, we applied a kinesin-based assay using a suspended MT design (sMT assay) to functionally characterize known MAP tau protein isoforms and common mutations found in familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The proposed sMT assay is compatible with an on-chip format and may be used for the routine characterization of MT associated molecules applicable to diagnostics and translational research.
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- Mehmet C Tarhan
- Center for International Research on Micronano Mechatronics, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan.
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Magnetic capture from blood rescues molecular motor function in diagnostic nanodevices. J Nanobiotechnology 2013; 11:14. [PMID: 23638952 PMCID: PMC3660291 DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-11-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Introduction of effective point-of-care devices for use in medical diagnostics is part of strategies to combat accelerating health-care costs. Molecular motor driven nanodevices have unique potentials in this regard due to unprecedented level of miniaturization and independence of external pumps. However motor function has been found to be inhibited by body fluids. RESULTS We report here that a unique procedure, combining separation steps that rely on antibody-antigen interactions, magnetic forces applied to magnetic nanoparticles (MPs) and the specificity of the actomyosin bond, can circumvent the deleterious effects of body fluids (e.g. blood serum). The procedure encompasses the following steps: (i) capture of analyte molecules from serum by MP-antibody conjugates, (ii) pelleting of MP-antibody-analyte complexes, using a magnetic field, followed by exchange of serum for optimized biological buffer, (iii) mixing of MP-antibody-analyte complexes with actin filaments conjugated with same polyclonal antibodies as the magnetic nanoparticles. This causes complex formation: MP-antibody-analyte-antibody-actin, and magnetic separation is used to enrich the complexes. Finally (iv) the complexes are introduced into a nanodevice for specific binding via actin filaments to surface adsorbed molecular motors (heavy meromyosin). The number of actin filaments bound to the motors in the latter step was significantly increased above the control value if protein analyte (50-60 nM) was present in serum (in step i) suggesting appreciable formation and enrichment of the MP-antibody-analyte-antibody-actin complexes. Furthermore, addition of ATP demonstrated maintained heavy meromyosin driven propulsion of actin filaments showing that the serum induced inhibition was alleviated. Detailed analysis of the procedure i-iv, using fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy identified main targets for future optimization. CONCLUSION The results demonstrate a promising approach for capturing analytes from serum for subsequent motor driven separation/detection. Indeed, the observed increase in actin filament number, in itself, signals the presence of analyte at clinically relevant nM concentration without the need for further motor driven concentration. Our analysis suggests that exchange of polyclonal for monoclonal antibodies would be a critical improvement, opening for a first clinically useful molecular motor driven lab-on-a-chip device.
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Lard M, Ten Siethoff L, Kumar S, Persson M, Te Kronnie G, Linke H, Månsson A. Ultrafast molecular motor driven nanoseparation and biosensing. Biosens Bioelectron 2013; 48:145-52. [PMID: 23672875 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.03.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Portable biosensor systems would benefit from reduced dependency on external power supplies as well as from further miniaturization and increased detection rate. Systems built around self-propelled biological molecular motors and cytoskeletal filaments hold significant promise in these regards as they are built from nanoscale components that enable nanoseparation independent of fluidic pumping. Previously reported microtubule-kinesin based devices are slow, however, compared to several existing biosensor systems. Here we demonstrate that this speed limitation can be overcome by using the faster actomyosin motor system. Moreover, due to lower flexural rigidity of the actin filaments, smaller features can be achieved compared to microtubule-based systems, enabling further miniaturization. Using a device designed through optimization by Monte Carlo simulations, we demonstrate extensive myosin driven enrichment of actin filaments on a detector area of less than 10 μm², with a concentration half-time of approximately 40 s. We also show accumulation of model analyte (streptavidin at nanomolar concentration in nanoliter effective volume) detecting increased fluorescence intensity within seconds after initiation of motor-driven transportation from capture regions. We discuss further optimizations of the system and incorporation into a complete biosensing workflow.
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- Mercy Lard
- The Nanometer Structure Consortium (nmC@LU), Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Translational actomyosin research: fundamental insights and applications hand in hand. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2012; 33:219-33. [PMID: 22638606 PMCID: PMC3413815 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-012-9298-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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This review describes the development towards actomyosin based nanodevices taking a starting point in pioneering studies in the 1990s based on conventional in vitro motility assays. References are given to parallel developments using the kinesin–microtubule motor system. The early developments focused on achieving cargo-transportation using actin filaments as cargo-loaded shuttles propelled by surface-adsorbed heavy meromyosin along micro- and nanofabricated channels. These efforts prompted extensive studies of surface–motor interactions contributing with new insights of general relevance in surface and colloid chemistry. As a result of these early efforts, a range of complex devices have now emerged, spanning applications in medical diagnostics, biocomputation and formation of complex nanostructures by self-organization. In addition to giving a comprehensive account of the developments towards real-world applications an important goal of the present review is to demonstrate important connections between the applied studies and fundamental biophysical studies of actomyosin and muscle function. Thus the manipulation of the motor proteins towards applications has resulted in new insights into methodological aspects of the in vitro motiliy assay. Other developments have advanced the understanding of the dynamic materials properties of actin filaments.
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