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Single-Cell Elasticity Measurement with an Optically Actuated Microrobot
A cell elasticity measurement method is introduced that uses polymer microtools actuated by holographic optical tweezers. The microtools were prepared with two-photon polymerization. Their shape enables the approach of the cells in any lateral direction. In the presented case, endothelial cells grow...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7570390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32972024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi11090882 |
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author | Grexa, István Fekete, Tamás Molnár, Judit Molnár, Kinga Vizsnyiczai, Gaszton Ormos, Pál Kelemen, Lóránd |
author_facet | Grexa, István Fekete, Tamás Molnár, Judit Molnár, Kinga Vizsnyiczai, Gaszton Ormos, Pál Kelemen, Lóránd |
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description | A cell elasticity measurement method is introduced that uses polymer microtools actuated by holographic optical tweezers. The microtools were prepared with two-photon polymerization. Their shape enables the approach of the cells in any lateral direction. In the presented case, endothelial cells grown on vertical polymer walls were probed by the tools in a lateral direction. The use of specially shaped microtools prevents the target cells from photodamage that may arise during optical trapping. The position of the tools was recorded simply with video microscopy and analyzed with image processing methods. We critically compare the resulting Young’s modulus values to those in the literature obtained by other methods. The application of optical tweezers extends the force range available for cell indentations measurements down to the fN regime. Our approach demonstrates a feasible alternative to the usual vertical indentation experiments. |
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spelling | pubmed-75703902020-10-28 Single-Cell Elasticity Measurement with an Optically Actuated Microrobot Grexa, István Fekete, Tamás Molnár, Judit Molnár, Kinga Vizsnyiczai, Gaszton Ormos, Pál Kelemen, Lóránd Micromachines (Basel) Article A cell elasticity measurement method is introduced that uses polymer microtools actuated by holographic optical tweezers. The microtools were prepared with two-photon polymerization. Their shape enables the approach of the cells in any lateral direction. In the presented case, endothelial cells grown on vertical polymer walls were probed by the tools in a lateral direction. The use of specially shaped microtools prevents the target cells from photodamage that may arise during optical trapping. The position of the tools was recorded simply with video microscopy and analyzed with image processing methods. We critically compare the resulting Young’s modulus values to those in the literature obtained by other methods. The application of optical tweezers extends the force range available for cell indentations measurements down to the fN regime. Our approach demonstrates a feasible alternative to the usual vertical indentation experiments. MDPI 2020-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7570390/ /pubmed/32972024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi11090882 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Grexa, István Fekete, Tamás Molnár, Judit Molnár, Kinga Vizsnyiczai, Gaszton Ormos, Pál Kelemen, Lóránd Single-Cell Elasticity Measurement with an Optically Actuated Microrobot |
title | Single-Cell Elasticity Measurement with an Optically Actuated Microrobot |
title_full | Single-Cell Elasticity Measurement with an Optically Actuated Microrobot |
title_fullStr | Single-Cell Elasticity Measurement with an Optically Actuated Microrobot |
title_full_unstemmed | Single-Cell Elasticity Measurement with an Optically Actuated Microrobot |
title_short | Single-Cell Elasticity Measurement with an Optically Actuated Microrobot |
title_sort | single-cell elasticity measurement with an optically actuated microrobot |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7570390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32972024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi11090882 |
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