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Leighton MP, Kreplak L, Rutenberg AD. Non-equilibrium growth and twist of cross-linked collagen fibrils. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:1415-1427. [PMID: 33325971 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01830a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The lysyl oxidase (LOX) enzyme that catalyses cross-link formation during the assembly of collagen fibrils in vivo is too large to diffuse within assembled fibrils, and so is incompatible with a fully equilibrium mechanism for fibril formation. We propose that enzymatic cross-links are formed at the fibril surface during the growth of collagen fibrils; as a consequence no significant reorientation of previously cross-linked collagen molecules occurs inside collagen fibrils during fibril growth in vivo. By imposing local equilibrium only at the fibril surface, we develop a coarse-grained quantitative model of in vivo fibril structure that incorporates a double-twist orientation of collagen molecules and a periodic D-band density modulation along the fibril axis. Radial growth is controlled by the concentration of available collagen molecules outside the fibril. In contrast with earlier equilibrium models of fibril structure, we find that all fibrils can exhibit a core-shell structure that is controlled only by the fibril radius. At small radii a core is developed with a linear double-twist structure as a function of radius. Within the core the double-twist structure is largely independent of the D-band. Within the shell at larger radii, the structure approaches a constant twist configuration that is strongly coupled with the D-band. We suggest a stable radius control mechanism that corneal fibrils can exploit near the edge of the linear core regime; while larger tendon fibrils use a cruder version of growth control that does not select a preferred radius.
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- Matthew P Leighton
- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.
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- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.
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- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.
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Malladi S, Miranda-Nieves D, Leng L, Grainger SJ, Tarabanis C, Nesmith AP, Kosaraju R, Haller CA, Parker KK, Chaikof EL, Günther A. Continuous Formation of Ultrathin, Strong Collagen Sheets with Tunable Anisotropy and Compaction. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:4236-4246. [PMID: 32685675 PMCID: PMC7362332 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The multiscale organization of protein-based fibrillar materials is a hallmark of many organs, but the recapitulation of hierarchal structures down to fibrillar scales, which is a requirement for withstanding physiological loading forces, has been challenging. We present a microfluidic strategy for the continuous, large-scale formation of strong, handleable, free-standing, multicentimeter-wide collagen sheets of unprecedented thinness through the application of hydrodynamic focusing with the simultaneous imposition of strain. Sheets as thin as 1.9 μm displayed tensile strengths of 0.5-2.7 MPa, Young's moduli of 3-36 MPa, and modulated the diffusion of molecules as a function of collagen nanoscale structure. Smooth muscle cells cultured on engineered sheets oriented in the direction of aligned collagen fibrils and generated coordinated vasomotor responses. The described biofabrication approach enables rapid formation of ultrathin collagen sheets that withstand physiologically relevant loads for applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, as well as in organ-on-chip and biohybrid devices.
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- Shashi Malladi
- Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S3G8, Canada
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- Division
of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department
of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Wyss
Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering of Harvard University, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S3G8, Canada
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- Department
of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Wyss
Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering of Harvard University, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department
of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Wyss
Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering of Harvard University, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Division
of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department
of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Wyss
Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering of Harvard University, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S3G8, Canada
- Institute
of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9, Canada
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Chakraborty S, Ozkan A, Rylander MN, Woodward WA, Vlachos P. Mixture theory modeling for characterizing solute transport in breast tumor tissues. J Biol Eng 2019; 13:46. [PMID: 31160921 PMCID: PMC6542036 DOI: 10.1186/s13036-019-0178-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Tumor numerical models have been used to quantify solute transport with a single capillary embedded in an infinite tumor expanse, but measurements from different mammalian tumors suggest that a tissue containing a single capillary with an infinite intercapillary distance assumption is not physiological. The present study aims to investigate the limits of the intercapillary distance within which nanoparticle transport resembles solute extravasation in a breast tumor model as a function of the solute size, the intercapillary separation, and the flow direction in microvessels. Methods Solute transport is modeled in a breast tumor for different vascular configurations using mixture theory. A comparison of a single capillary configuration (SBC) with two parallel cylindrical blood vessels (2 BC) and a lymph vessel parallel to a blood vessel (BC_LC) embedded in the tissue cylinder is performed for five solute molecular weights between 0.1 kDa and 70 kDa. The effects of counter flow (CN) versus co-current flow (CO) on the solute accumulation were also investigated and the scaling of solute accumulation-decay time and concentration was explored. Results We found that the presence of a second capillary reduces the extravascular concentration compared to a single capillary and this reduction is enhanced by the presence of a lymph vessel. Varying the intercapillary distance with respect to vessel diameter shows a deviation of 10-30% concentration for 2 BC and 45-60% concentration for BC_LC configuration compared to the reference SBC configuration. Finally, we introduce a non-dimensional time scale that captures the concentration as a function of the transport and geometric parameters. We find that the peak solute concentration in the tissue space occurs at a non-dimensional time, T peak ∗ = 0.027 ± 0.018, irrespective of the solute size, tissue architecture, and microvessel flow direction. Conclusions This work suggests that the knowledge of such a unique non-dimensional time would allow estimation of the time window at which solute concentration in tissue peaks. Hence this can aid in the design of future therapeutic efficacy studies as an example for triggering drug release or laser excitation in the case of photothermal therapies.
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- Sreyashi Chakraborty
- 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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- 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA.,3Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA.,4The Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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- 5Department of Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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- 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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Leonidakis KA, Bhattacharya P, Patterson J, Vos BE, Koenderink GH, Vermant J, Lambrechts D, Roeffaers M, Van Oosterwyck H. Fibrin structural and diffusional analysis suggests that fibers are permeable to solute transport. Acta Biomater 2017; 47:25-39. [PMID: 27717911 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fibrin hydrogels are promising carrier materials in tissue engineering. They are biocompatible and easy to prepare, they can bind growth factors and they can be prepared from a patient's own blood. While fibrin structure and mechanics have been extensively studied, not much is known about the relation between structure and diffusivity of solutes within the network. This is particularly relevant for solutes with a size similar to that of growth factors. A novel methodological approach has been used in this study to retrieve quantitative structural characteristics of fibrin hydrogels, by combining two complementary techniques, namely confocal fluorescence microscopy with a fiber extraction algorithm and turbidity measurements. Bulk rheological measurements were conducted to determine the impact of fibrin hydrogel structure on mechanical properties. From these measurements it can be concluded that variations in the fibrin hydrogel structure have a large impact on the rheological response of the hydrogels (up to two orders of magnitude difference in storage modulus) but only a moderate influence on the diffusivity of dextran solutes (up to 25% difference). By analyzing the diffusivity measurements by means of the Ogston diffusion model we further provide evidence that individual fibrin fibers can be semi-permeable to solute transport, depending on the average distance between individual protofibrils. This can be important for reducing mass transport limitations, for modulating fibrinolysis and for growth factor binding, which are all relevant for tissue engineering. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Fibrin is a natural biopolymer that has drawn much interest as a biomimetic carrier in tissue engineering applications. We hereby use a novel combined approach for the structural characterization of fibrin networks based on optical microscopy and light scattering methods that can also be applied to other fibrillar hydrogels, like collagen. Furthermore, our findings on the relation between solute transport and fibrin structural properties can lead to the optimized design of fibrin hydrogel constructs for controlled release applications. Finally, we provide new evidence for the fact that fibrin fibers may be permeable for solutes with a molecular weight comparable to that of growth factors. This finding may open new avenues for tailoring mass transport properties of fibrin carriers.
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- Kimon Alexandros Leonidakis
- Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Biological Soft Matter Group, FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Biological Soft Matter Group, FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Reif R, Karlsson J, Günther G, Beattie L, Wrangborg D, Hammad S, Begher-Tibbe B, Vartak A, Melega S, Kaye PM, Hengstler JG, Jirstrand M. Bile canalicular dynamics in hepatocyte sandwich cultures. Arch Toxicol 2015; 89:1861-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s00204-015-1575-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Limem S, Calvert P. Diffusion properties of inkjet printed ionic self-assembling polyelectrolyte hydrogels. J Mater Chem B 2015; 3:4569-4576. [PMID: 26417449 PMCID: PMC4582597 DOI: 10.1039/c5tb00503e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the present work, Crank's model was used to characterize solute transport in inkjet printed polyelectrolyte gels. The diffusion of a small charged molecule (fluorescein), various size linear uncharged molecules (dextrans), and a globular protein (albumin) in printed PSS-PDDA with near stoichiometric composition happened respectively at about 10-8, 10-9, and 10-10 cm2/sec. Polyelectrolyte complexes printed with non-stoichiometric ratios were found to be non-equilibrium structures consisting of three populations of polymer chains: fully complexed chains, chains in partial electrostatic interaction with the complex, and chains in excess having minimal interaction with the complex. This structure may be multiple phases. The applicability of hydrodynamic and free volume models to describe transport in printed polyelectrolyte gels was discussed.
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- Skander Limem
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA - USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM - USA. Tel: 575.835.5210;
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Role of Epidermal Growth Factor-Triggered PI3K/Akt Signaling in the Migration of Medulloblastoma-Derived Cells. Cell Mol Bioeng 2012; 5:502-413. [PMID: 24273611 DOI: 10.1007/s12195-012-0253-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common brain cancer diagnosed among children. The cellular pathways that regulate MB invasion in response to environmental cues remain incompletely understood. Herein, we examine the migratory response of human MB-derived Daoy cells to different concentration profiles of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) using a microfluidic system. Our findings provide the first quantitative evidence that EGF concentration gradients modulate the chemotaxis of MB-derived cells in a dose-dependent manner via the EGF receptor (EGF-R). Data illustrates that higher concentration gradients caused increased number of cells to migrate. In addition, our results show that EGF-induced receptor phosphorylation triggered the downstream activation of phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway, while its downstream activation was inhibited by Tarceva (an EGF-R inhibitor), and Wortmannin (a PI3K inhibitor). The treatment with inhibitors also severely reduced the number of MB-derived cells that migrated towards increasing EGF concentration gradients. Our results provide evidence to bolster the development of anti-migratory therapies as viable strategies to impede EGF-stimulated MB dispersal.
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Moeini M, Lee KB, Quinn TM. Temperature affects transport of polysaccharides and proteins in articular cartilage explants. J Biomech 2012; 45:1916-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2011] [Revised: 05/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chen YC, Han KB, Mizukami H, Wojcik A, Ostafin A. Fade and quench-resistant emission in calcium phosphate nanoreactors. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2010; 21:455701. [PMID: 20947938 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/45/455701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The fluorescence emission and photodegradation properties of fluorescein dye inside fluid-filled spherical nanoreactors ∼ 150 nm in diameter and surrounded by a few nanometres thick layer of calcium phosphate are considered in detail. Steady state, stopped flow, and laser pulsed fluorescence spectroscopies, absorption spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering and electron microscopy were used to characterize the materials as a function of encapsulated dye concentration, particle concentration, illumination time, and pH. Fluorescein tends to form stable J-aggregates inside the nanoreactors. The molecular collision rate constants between the dye aggregates and between the dyes and soluble quenchers are greatly reduced inside the nanoreactors and are responsible for the observed resistance to photodegradation and reduced emission quenching. A model for dye behaviour in nanoreactors is suggested. Nanoreactors can be concentrated to a high suspension concentration, yielding exceptionally strong luminescence affected only by inner filter effects absent particle-particle crosstalk. These and similar nanoreactors can be utilized as building blocks for three-dimensional photo-optical devices, and as versatile and resilient supramolecular chromophores or tracers in complex fluids, cells and microfluidic systems where high resolution visualization is needed.
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- Yen-Chi Chen
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Hagman J, Lorén N, Hermansson AM. Effect of Gelatin Gelation Kinetics on Probe Diffusion Determined by FRAP and Rheology. Biomacromolecules 2010; 11:3359-66. [DOI: 10.1021/bm1008487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Joel Hagman
- Department of Applied Surface Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Structure and Material Design, The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology, SIK, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Surface Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Structure and Material Design, The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology, SIK, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Surface Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, and Department of Structure and Material Design, The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology, SIK, Göteborg, Sweden
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Petit L, Barentin C, Colombani J, Ybert C, Bocquet L. Size dependence of tracer diffusion in a laponite colloidal gel. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:12048-12055. [PMID: 19764772 DOI: 10.1021/la901244v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Using a fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) technique, we present measurements of probe diffusion in a colloidal glass-a Laponite suspension. By varying the probe size over 2 orders of magnitude, as well as the concentration of the colloidal glass, we evidence and quantify the deviations of the probe diffusivity from the bulk Stokes-Einstein expectations. These experiments suggest that the probe diffusion in the dynamically arrested Laponite structure is mainly controlled by the ratio between the probe size and the typical clay platelets interdistance. Comparing with a simple hindered diffusion mechanism, the reduction of tracer diffusion is discussed in terms of the hydrodynamic interaction of the probe with the Laponite structure. Finally, these results can be interpreted in terms of a scale dependent viscosity of the colloidal glass.
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- Laure Petit
- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructures, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5586, Domaine Scientifique de la Doua, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Klauke N, Smith G, Cooper JM. Local Regional Stimulation of Single Isolated Ventricular Myocytes Using Microfluidics. Anal Chem 2009; 81:6390-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ac9008429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Norbert Klauke
- Department of Electronics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, and Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
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- Department of Electronics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, and Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
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- Department of Electronics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, and Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
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Fiandra L, Casartelli M, Cermenati G, Burlini N, Giordana B. The intestinal barrier in lepidopteran larvae: permeability of the peritrophic membrane and of the midgut epithelium to two biologically active peptides. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 55:10-18. [PMID: 18948109 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2008] [Revised: 09/12/2008] [Accepted: 09/16/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Endogenous peptide regulators of insect physiology and development are presently being considered as potential biopesticides, but their efficacy by oral delivery cannot be easily anticipated because of the limited information on how the insect gut barrier handles these kind of molecules. We investigated, in Bombyx mori larvae, the permeability properties of the two components of the intestinal barrier, the peritrophic membrane (PM) and the midgut epithelium, separately isolated and perfused in conventional Ussing chambers. The PM discriminated compounds of different dimensions but was easily crossed by two small peptides recently proposed as bioinsecticides, the neuropeptide proctolin and Aedes aegypti Trypsin Modulating Oostatic Factor (Aea-TMOF), although their flux values indicated that the permeability was highly affected by their steric conformation. To date, there is very little functional data available on how peptides cross the insect intestinal epithelium, but it has been speculated that peptides could reach the haemocoel through the paracellular pathway. We characterized the permeability properties of this route to a number of organic molecules, showing that B. mori septate junction was highly selective to both the dimension and the charge of the permeant compound. Confocal images of whole-mount midguts incubated with rhodamine(rh)-proctolin or fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-Aea-TMOF added to the mucosal side of the epithelium, revealed that rh-proctolin did not enter the cell and crossed the midgut only by the paracellular pathway, while FITC-Aea-TMOF did cross the cell apical membrane, permeating also through the transcellular route.
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- L Fiandra
- Department of Biology, University of Milan, Italy.
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The mineral in bone is located primarily within the collagen fibril, and during mineralization the fibril is formed first and then water within the fibril is replaced with mineral. The collagen fibril therefore provides the aqueous compartment in which mineral grows. Although knowledge of the size of molecules that can diffuse into the fibril to affect crystal growth is critical to understanding the mechanism of bone mineralization, there have been as yet no studies on the size exclusion properties of the collagen fibril. To determine the size exclusion characteristics of collagen, we developed a gel filtration-like procedure that uses columns containing collagen from tendon and bone. The elution volumes of test molecules show the volume within the packed column that is accessible to the test molecules, and therefore reveal the size exclusion characteristics of the collagen within the column. These experiments show that molecules smaller than a 6-kDa protein diffuse into all of the water within the collagen fibril, whereas molecules larger than a 40-kDa protein are excluded from this water. These studies provide an insight into the mechanism of bone mineralization. Molecules and apatite crystals smaller than a 6-kDa protein can diffuse into all water within the fibril and so can directly impact mineralization. Although molecules larger than a 40-kDa protein are excluded from the fibril, they can initiate mineralization by forming small apatite crystal nuclei that diffuse into the fibril, or can favor fibril mineralization by inhibiting apatite growth everywhere but within the fibril.
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- Damon Toroian
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0368, USA
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Lubkin SR, Wan X. Optimizing detection of tissue anisotropy by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. Bull Math Biol 2006; 68:1873-91. [PMID: 16855892 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9074-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2005] [Accepted: 11/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) has been widely used to measure fluid flow and diffusion in gels and tissues. It has not been widely used in detection of tissue anisotropy. This may be due to a lack of applicable theory, or due to inherent limitations of the method. We discuss theoretical aspects of the relationship between anisotropy of tissue structure and anisotropy of diffusion coefficients, with special regard to the size of the tracer molecule used. We derive a semi-mechanistic formula relating the fiber volume fraction and ratio of fiber and tracer molecule diameters to the expected anisotropy of the diffusion coefficients. This formula and others are tested on simulated random walks through random simulated and natural media. We determine bounds on the applicability of FRAP for detection of tissue anisotropy, and suggest minimum tracer sizes for detection of anisotropy in tissues of different composition (fiber volume fraction and fiber diameter). We find that it will be easier to detect anisotropy in monodisperse materials than in polydisperse materials. To detect mild anisotropy in a tissue, such as cartilage, which has a low fiber fraction would require a tracer molecule so large that it would be difficult to deliver to the tissue. We conclude that FRAP can be used to detect tissue anisotropy when the tracer molecule is sufficiently large relative to the fiber diameter, volume fraction, and degree of polydispersivity, and when the anisotropy is sufficiently pronounced.
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- S R Lubkin
- Biomathematics Program, Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8205, USA.
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PROSEUS TIMOTHYE, BOYER JOHNS. Periplasm turgor pressure controls wall deposition and assembly in growing Chara corallina cells. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2006; 98:93-105. [PMID: 16720633 PMCID: PMC2803550 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Revised: 01/26/2006] [Accepted: 03/24/2006] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS New wall deposition usually accompanies plant growth. External osmotica inhibit both processes but wall precursors continue to be synthesized, and exocytosis follows. Consequently, the osmotica appear to act outside of the plasma membrane. Because this implies an action of turgor pressure (P) on the periplasm by unknown mechanisms, the following study was undertaken to determine whether P could act in a way that altered wall deposition and assembly in the periplasm while the cells grow. METHODS Cells of Chara corallina were exposed to P slightly below normal by using a pressure probe while supplying inorganic carbon in light. After labelling, the walls were isolated and the amount of new wall was determined. Similar measurements were made after treatment with osmotica. Chlortetracycline-stimulated exocytosis was determined microscopically. Polysaccharide properties were determined by confocal microscopy and vapour pressure osmometry in an 'artificial periplasm' in isolated Chara cell walls, using labelled dextran as an analogue of hemicellulose, and polygalacturonate as pectin. KEY RESULTS Rapid growth and wall deposition occurred at normal P of 0.5 MPa but both processes decreased when P was lowered 0.1 MPa. Inorganic carbon uptake and exocytosis were unaffected. In the artificial periplasm, normal P caused high polysaccharide concentrations and rapid polysaccharide entry into the wall, and gel formation in the pectin. Lowering P decreased entry and gel formation. CONCLUSIONS This is the first indication that normal P of 0.5 MPa can concentrate periplasmic polysaccharides sufficiently to cause cross-linking and gel formation in pectins while simultaneously fostering the entry of large polysaccharides into small interstices in the existing wall. This P-action would thicken the primary wall and form a smooth transition between the new and old structure, suggesting a molecular mechanism of wall deposition and assembly while the wall extends.
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- College of Marine Studies and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958, USA
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PROSEUS TIMOTHYE, BOYER JOHNS. Turgor pressure moves polysaccharides into growing cell walls of Chara corallina. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2005; 95:967-79. [PMID: 15760911 PMCID: PMC4246760 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2004] [Revised: 10/04/2004] [Accepted: 01/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Plant growth involves pressure-driven cell enlargement generally accompanied by deposition of new cell wall. New polysaccharides are secreted by the plasma membrane but their subsequent entry into the wall is obscure. Therefore, polysaccharides and gold colloids of various sizes were presented to the inner wall face as though they were secreted by the plasma membrane. METHODS Primary cell walls were isolated from growing internodes of Chara corallina and one end was attached to a glass capillary. Solutions of dextran or suspensions of gold colloids were pushed into the lumen by oil in the capillary. The oil did not enter the wall, and the solution or suspension was pressed against the inner wall face, pressurized at various 'artificial' P (turgor pressure), and polymer or colloid movement through the wall was monitored. KEY RESULTS Interstices in the wall matrix had a diameter of about 4.6 nm measured at high P with gold colloids. Small solute (0.8 nm) readily moved through these interstices unaffected by P. Dextrans of 3.5 nm diameter moved faster at higher P while dextran of 9 nm scarcely entered unless high P was present. Dextran of 11 nm did not enter unless P was above a threshold, and dextran of 27 nm did not enter at P as high as 0.5 MPa. The walls filtered the dextrans, which became concentrated against the inner wall face, and most polymer movement occurred after P stabilized and bulk flow ended. CONCLUSIONS P created a steep gradient in concentration and mechanical force at the inner wall face that moved large polymers into small wall openings apparently by starting a polymer end or deforming the polymer mechanically at the inner wall face. This movement occurred at P generally accepted to extend the walls for growth.
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Brabec M, Schober D, Wagner E, Bayer N, Murphy RF, Blaas D, Fuchs R. Opening of size-selective pores in endosomes during human rhinovirus serotype 2 in vivo uncoating monitored by single-organelle flow analysis. J Virol 2005; 79:1008-16. [PMID: 15613329 PMCID: PMC538566 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.2.1008-1016.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The effect of virus uncoating on endosome integrity during the early steps in viral infection was investigated. Using fluid-phase uptake of 10- and 70-kDa dextrans labeled with a pH-dependent fluorophore (fluorescein isothiocyanate [FITC]) and a pH-independent fluorophore (cyanine 5 [Cy5]), we determined the pHs of labeled compartments in intact HeLa cells by fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis. Subsequently, the number and pH of fluorescent endosomes in cell homogenates were determined by single-organelle flow analysis. Cointernalization of adenovirus and 70-kDa FITC- and Cy5-labeled dextran (FITC/Cy5-dextran) led to virus-induced endosomal rupture, resulting in the release of the marker from the low-pH environment into the neutral cytosol. Consequently, in the presence of adenovirus, the number of fluorescent endosomes was reduced by 40% compared to that in the control. When human rhinovirus serotype 2 (HRV2) was cointernalized with 10-and 70-kDa FITC/Cy5-dextrans, the 10-kDa dextran was released, whereas the 70-kDa dextran remained within the endosomes, which also maintained their low pH. These data demonstrate that pores are generated in the membrane during HRV2 uncoating and RNA penetration into the cytosol without gross damage of the endosomes; 10-kDa dextran can access the cytosol through these pores. Whereas rhinovirus-mediated pore formation was prevented by the vacuolar ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin A1, adenovirus-mediated endosomal rupture also occurred in the presence of the inhibitor. This finding is in keeping with the low-pH requirement of HRV2 infection; for adenovirus, no pH dependence for endosomal escape was found with this drug.
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- Marianne Brabec
- Department of Pathophysiology, Center for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Staszyk C, Gasse H. A simple fluorescence labeling method to visualize the three-dimensional arrangement of collagen fibers in the equine periodontal ligament. Ann Anat 2004; 186:149-52. [PMID: 15125044 DOI: 10.1016/s0940-9602(04)80030-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In order to display the collagen-fiber arrangement in the equine periodontal ligament an inexpensive and easy staining procedure with fluorescein was applied to paraffin sections. After fluorescein labeling a section was suitable for successful examination with three special microscopical systems: a) fluorescence microscopy b) phase contrast microscopy and c) polarized light microscopy. Collagen fibers were clearly displayed as compact structures in the fluorescence microscope. This distinct feature of the fluorescent image generated an almost three-dimensional impression of the fiber arrangement. Phase contrast microscopy and polarized light microscopical investigations of the same section supplemented the findings with further structural details. This contributed to demonstration of the complex architecture of the PDL, i. e. the varying sizes of the fiber bundles, their specific spatial alignment, and the entheses to the dental cementum.
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- Carsten Staszyk
- Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-30173 Hannover, Germany.
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