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Pan J, Kmieciak T, Liu YT, Wildenradt M, Chen YS, Zhao Y. Quantifying molecular- to cellular-level forces in living cells. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D: APPLIED PHYSICS 2021; 54:483001. [PMID: 34866655 PMCID: PMC8635116 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac2170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mechanical cues have been suggested to play an important role in cell functions and cell fate determination, however, such physical quantities are challenging to directly measure in living cells with single molecule sensitivity and resolution. In this review, we focus on two main technologies that are promising in probing forces at the single molecule level. We review their theoretical fundamentals, recent technical advancements, and future directions, tailored specifically for interrogating mechanosensitive molecules in live cells.
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- Jason Pan
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
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- Department of Engineering Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
- Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 208 N. Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
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Topology Challenge for the Assessment of Living Cell Deposits with Shear Bulk Acoustic Biosensor. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10102079. [PMID: 33096764 PMCID: PMC7589984 DOI: 10.3390/nano10102079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Shear bulk acoustic type of resonant biosensors, such as the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), give access to label-free in-liquid analysis of surface interactions. The general understanding of the sensing principles was inherited from past developments in biofilms measurements and applied to cells while keeping the same basic assumptions. Thus, the biosensor readouts are still quite often described using 'mass' related terminology. This contribution aims to show that assessment of cell deposits with acoustic biosensors requires a deep understanding of the sensor transduction mechanism. More specifically, the cell deposits should be considered as a structured viscoelastic load and the sensor response depends on both material and topological parameters of the deposits. This shifts the paradigm of acoustic biosensor away from the classical mass loading perspective. As a proof of the concept, we recorded QCM frequency shifts caused by blood platelet deposits on a collagen surface under different rheological conditions and observed the final deposit shape with atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results vividly demonstrate that the frequency shift is highly impacted by the platelet topology on the bio-interface. We support our findings with numerical simulations of viscoelastic unstructured and structured loads in liquid. Both experimental and theoretical studies underline the complexity behind the frequency shift interpretation when acoustic biosensing is used with cell deposits.
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Subsurface imaging of rigid particles buried in a polymer matrix based on atomic force microscopy mechanical sensing. Ultramicroscopy 2019; 207:112832. [PMID: 31473533 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2019.112832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Several subsurface imaging methods based on atomic force microscopy (AFM) linear nanomechanical mapping, namely contact resonance (CR), bimodal and harmonic AFMs, are investigated and compared. Their respective subsurface detection capability is estimated and evaluated on a model specimen, which is prepared by embedding SiO2 microparticles in a PDMS elastomer. The measured CR frequency, bimodal and harmonic amplitudes are related to local mechanical properties by analyzing cantilever dynamics and further linked to subsurface depths of the particles by finite element analysis. The maximum detectable depths are obtained from the apparent particle diameters in subsurface image channels via employing a simple geometrical model. Under common experimental settings, results demonstrate that the depth limits reach up to about 812 nm, 212 nm and 127 nm for CR, bimodal and harmonic AFM modes, respectively. The depth sensitivity can be tuned and optimized by using either different cantilever eigenmodes in CR-AFM or spectroscopy analysis in bimodal and harmonic AFMs. The three imaging methods have their own suitable application situations. The comparisons can advance a further step into understanding the subsurface image contrast via AFM mechanical sensing.
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Shekhawat GS, Dudek SM, Dravid VP. Development of ultrasound bioprobe for biological imaging. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:e1701176. [PMID: 29075667 PMCID: PMC5656426 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We report the development of an ultrasound bioprobe for in vitro molecular imaging. In this method, the phase of the scattered ultrasound wave is mapped to provide in vitro and intracellular imaging with nanometer-scale resolution under physiological conditions. We demonstrated the technique by successfully imaging a magnetic core in silica core shells and the stiffness image of intracellular fibers in endothelial cells that were stimulated with thrombin. The findings demonstrate a significant advancement in high-resolution ultrasound imaging of biological systems with acoustics under physiological conditions. These will open up various applications in biomedical and molecular imaging with subsurface resolution down to the nanometer scale.
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- Gajendra S. Shekhawat
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Corresponding author.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Soliman M, Ding Y, Tetard L. Nanoscale subsurface imaging. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:173001. [PMID: 28140334 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa5b4a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The ability to probe structures and functional properties of complex systems at the nanoscale, both at their surface and in their volume, has drawn substantial attention in recent years. Besides detecting heterogeneities, cracks and defects below the surface, more advanced explorations of chemical or electrical properties are of great interest. In this article, we review some approaches developed to explore heterogeneities below the surface, including recent progress in the different aspects of metrology in optics, electron microscopy, and scanning probe microscopy. We discuss the principle and mechanisms of image formation associated with each technique, including data acquisition, data analysis and modeling for nanoscale structural and functional imaging. We highlight the advances based on atomic force microscopy (AFM). Our discussion first introduces methods providing structural information of the buried structures, such as position in the volume and geometry. Next we present how functional properties including conductivity, capacitance, and composition can be extracted from the modalities available to date and how they could eventually enable tomography reconstructions of systems such as overlay structures in transistors or living systems. Finally we propose a perspective regarding the outstanding challenges and needs to push the field forward.
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- M Soliman
- NanoScience Technology Center, 12424 Research Parkway, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, United States of America. Materials Science and Engineering, 12760 Pegasus Drive, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, United States of America
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Wang T, Ma C, Hu W, Chen Y, Chu J. Visualizing subsurface defects in graphite by acoustic atomic force microscopy. Microsc Res Tech 2016; 80:66-74. [DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Tian Wang
- Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation; University of Science and Technology of China; Hefei 230026 China
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- Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation; University of Science and Technology of China; Hefei 230026 China
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- Computational Research Division; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Berkeley California 94720, USA
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- Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation; University of Science and Technology of China; Hefei 230026 China
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- Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation; University of Science and Technology of China; Hefei 230026 China
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Vitry P, Bourillot E, Tétard L, Plassard C, Lacroute Y, Lesniewska E. Mode-synthesizing atomic force microscopy for volume characterization of mixed metal nanoparticles. J Microsc 2016; 263:307-11. [PMID: 27018572 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Revised: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and other techniques derived from AFM have revolutionized the understanding of materials and biology at the nanoscale, but mostly provide surface properties. The observation of subsurface nanoscale features and properties remains a great challenge in nanometrology. The operating principle of the mode-synthesizing AFM (MSAFM) is based on the interaction of two ultrasonic waves, one launched by the AFM probe fp , a second launched by the sample fs , and their resulting nonlinear frequency mixing. Recent developments highlighted the need for quantitative correlation between the role of the frequency actuation of the probe fp and the sample fs . Here we present the great potential of MSAFM for advanced volume characterization of metallic nanoparticles presenting a multilayered structure composed of a nickel core surrounded by a gold envelope.
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- P Vitry
- ICB UMR CNRS 6303, University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- ICB UMR CNRS 6303, University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Nanoscience Technology Center, Physics Department, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A
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- ICB UMR CNRS 6303, University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- ICB UMR CNRS 6303, University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- ICB UMR CNRS 6303, University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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Kilpatrick JI, Revenko I, Rodriguez BJ. Nanomechanics of Cells and Biomaterials Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy. Adv Healthc Mater 2015. [PMID: 26200464 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201500229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The behavior and mechanical properties of cells are strongly dependent on the biochemical and biomechanical properties of their microenvironment. Thus, understanding the mechanical properties of cells, extracellular matrices, and biomaterials is key to understanding cell function and to develop new materials with tailored mechanical properties for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as an indispensable technique for measuring the mechanical properties of biomaterials and cells with high spatial resolution and force sensitivity within physiologically relevant environments and timescales in the kPa to GPa elastic modulus range. The growing interest in this field of bionanomechanics has been accompanied by an expanding array of models to describe the complexity of indentation of hierarchical biological samples. Furthermore, the integration of AFM with optical microscopy techniques has further opened the door to a wide range of mechanotransduction studies. In recent years, new multidimensional and multiharmonic AFM approaches for mapping mechanical properties have been developed, which allow the rapid determination of, for example, cell elasticity. This Progress Report provides an introduction and practical guide to making AFM-based nanomechanical measurements of cells and surfaces for tissue engineering applications.
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- Jason I. Kilpatrick
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research; University College Dublin; Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland
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- Asylum Research an Oxford Instruments Company; 6310 Hollister Avenue Santa Barbara CA 93117 USA
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- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin; Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; School of Physics; University College Dublin; Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland
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