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Examples of cell-biology subjects that have been studied using atomic force microscopy

Petri P. Lehenkari, Guillaume T. Charras, Stephen A. Nesbitt and Mike A. Horton

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Table 1. Examples of cell-biology subjects that have been studied using atomic force microscopy (tab001mhu)
Subject studied Refs
Cell-surface morphology; cell volume 17, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69

Cytoskeleton and cytoskeletal elements

17, 19, 20, 23, 70, 71, 72
Cell migration and locomotion 50, 71, 73, 74, 75
Organelles and organelle movement 17, 23, 73, 76
Secretory structures 21, 23
Viral budding in infected cells 77, 78
Cell–matrix and cell–cell binding forces 28, 33, 42, 51
Receptor–ligand binding forces on cells 42

References cited in Table 1

17 Hoh, J.H. and Schoenenberger, C.A. (1994) Surface morphology and mechanical properties of MDCK monolayers by atomic force microscopy. J Cell Sci 107, 1105-1114, PubMed

19 Henderson, E., Haydon, P.G. and Sakaguchi, D.S. (1992) Actin filament dynamics in living glial cells imaged by atomic force microscopy. Science 257, 1944-1946, PubMed

20 Parpura, V., Haydon, P.G. and Henderson, E. (1993) Three-dimensional imaging of living neurons and glia with the atomic force microscope. J Cell Sci 104, 427-432, PubMed

21 Schneider, S.W. et al. (1997) Rapid aldosterone-induced cell volume increase of endothelial cells measured by the atomic force microscope. Cell Biol Int 21, 759-768, PubMed

23 Spudich, A. and Braunstein, D. (1995) Large secretory structures at the cell surface imaged with scanning force microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92, 6976-6980, PubMed

28 Thie, M. et al. (1998) Interactions between trophoblast and uterine epithelium: monitoring of adhesive forces. Hum Reprod 13, 3211-3219, PubMed

33 Bowen, W.R. et al. (1998) Direct Measurement of Interactions between Adsorbed Protein Layers Using an Atomic Force Microscope. J Colloid Interface Sci 197, 348-352

42 Lehenkari, P.P. and Horton, M.A. (1999) Single integrin molecule adhesion forces in intact cells measured by atomic force microscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 259, 645-650, PubMed

50 Domke, J. et al. (1999) Mapping the mechanical pulse of single cardiomyocytes with the atomic force microscope. Eur Biophys J 28, 179-186, PubMed

51 Sagvolden, G. et al. (1999) Cell adhesion force microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96, 471-476, PubMed

63 Barbee, K.A. (1995) Changes in surface topography in endothelial monolayers with time at confluence: influence on subcellular shear stress distribution due to flow. Biochem Cell Biol 73, 501-505, PubMed

64 Barbee, K.A. et al. (1995) Subcellular distribution of shear stress at the surface of flow-aligned and nonaligned endothelial monolayers. Am J Physiol 268, H1765-1772, PubMed

65 Beckmann, M., Kolb, H.A. and Lang, F. (1994) Atomic force microscopy of peritoneal macrophages after particle phagocytosis. J Membr Biol 140, 197-204, PubMed

66 Kasas, S. et al. (1997) Escherichia coli RNA polymerase activity observed using atomic force microscopy. Biochemistry 36, 461-468, PubMed

67 Oberleithner, H. et al. (1994) Imaging nuclear pores of aldosterone-sensitive kidney cells by atomic force microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91, 9784-9788, PubMed

68 Schwab, A. et al. (1995) Polarized ion transport during migration of transformed Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Pflugers Arch 430, 802-807, PubMed

69 Horber, J.K. et al. (1992) Investigation of living cells in the nanometer regime with the scanning force microscope. Scanning Microsc 6, 919-929; discussion 929-930, PubMed

70 Turner, D. et al. (1996) Kinesin movement on glutaraldehyde-fixed microtubules. Anal Biochem 242, 20-25, PubMed

71 Lal, R. et al. (1995) Imaging real-time neurite outgrowth and cytoskeletal reorganization with an atomic force microscope. Am J Physiol 269, C275-285, PubMed

72 Shroff, S.G., Saner, D.R. and Lal, R. (1995) Dynamic micromechanical properties of cultured rat atrial myocytes measured by atomic force microscopy. Am J Physiol 269, C286-292, PubMed

73 Fritz, M., Radmacher, M. and Gaub, H.E. (1994) Granula motion and membrane spreading during activation of human platelets imaged by atomic force microscopy. Biophys J 66, 1328-1334, PubMed

74 Oberleithner, H., Giebisch, G. and Geibel, J. (1993) Imaging the lamellipodium of migrating epithelial cells in vivo by atomic force microscopy. Pflugers Arch 425, 506-510, PubMed

75 Rotsch, C., Jacobson, K. and Radmacher, M. (1999) Dimensional and mechanical dynamics of active and stable edges in motile fibroblasts investigated by using atomic force microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96, 921-926, PubMed

76 Jena, B.P. et al. (1997) Gi regulation of secretory vesicle swelling examined by atomic force microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94, 13317-13322, PubMed

78 Ohnesorge, F.M. et al. (1997) AFM review study on pox viruses and living cells. Biophys J 73, 2183-2194, PubMed


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