{"id":1493,"date":"2019-09-18T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T09:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nanoworld.com\/blog\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:59:25","slug":"simultaneous-quantification-of-the-interplay-between-molecular-turnover-and-cell-mechanics-by-afm-frap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nanoworld.com\/blog\/simultaneous-quantification-of-the-interplay-between-molecular-turnover-and-cell-mechanics-by-afm-frap\/","title":{"rendered":"Simultaneous Quantification of the Interplay Between Molecular Turnover and Cell Mechanics by AFM\u2013FRAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Quantifying the adaptive mechanical behavior of living cells is essential for the understanding of their inner working and function.* <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  In their article \u201cSimultaneous Quantification of the Interplay Between Molecular Turnover and Cell Mechanics by AFM\u2013FRAP\u201d Mark Skamrahl, Huw Colin\u2010York, Liliana Barbieri and Marco Fritzsche use a combination of atomic force microscopy and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching is introduced which offers simultaneous quantification and direct correlation of molecule kinetics and mechanics in living cells.* <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  Simultaneous quantification of the relationship between molecule kinetics and cell mechanics may thus open up unprecedented insights into adaptive mechanobiological mechanisms of cells.* <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> For the AFM nanoindentation tests described in their publication the authors used NanoWorld <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nanoworld.com\/array-of-2-tipless-cantilevers-arrow-tl2-afm-tip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Arrow-TL2 (opens in a new tab)\">Arrow-TL2<\/a> tipless cantilevers that were functionalized with a polystyrene bead with 5 \u00b5m radius.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/18104537\/Figure-1a-from-Simultaneous-Quantification-of-the-Interplay-Between-Molecular-Turnover-and-Cell-Mechanics-by-AFM%E2%80%93FRAP-by-Mark-Skamrahl-et-al_opt.jpg\" alt=\" Figure 1 a from \u201cSimultaneous Quantification of the Interplay Between Molecular Turnover and Cell Mechanics by AFM\u2013FRAP\u201d by M. Skamrahl et al.: \n Establishment and calibration of the optomechanical AFM\u2013FRAP platform. a) Schematic of the AFM\u2013FRAP setup illustrating the experimental power of simultaneous quantification of molecule kinetics and cell mechanics \" class=\"wp-image-1498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/18104537\/Figure-1a-from-Simultaneous-Quantification-of-the-Interplay-Between-Molecular-Turnover-and-Cell-Mechanics-by-AFM%E2%80%93FRAP-by-Mark-Skamrahl-et-al_opt.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/18104537\/Figure-1a-from-Simultaneous-Quantification-of-the-Interplay-Between-Molecular-Turnover-and-Cell-Mechanics-by-AFM%E2%80%93FRAP-by-Mark-Skamrahl-et-al_opt-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/18104537\/Figure-1a-from-Simultaneous-Quantification-of-the-Interplay-Between-Molecular-Turnover-and-Cell-Mechanics-by-AFM%E2%80%93FRAP-by-Mark-Skamrahl-et-al_opt-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/18104537\/Figure-1a-from-Simultaneous-Quantification-of-the-Interplay-Between-Molecular-Turnover-and-Cell-Mechanics-by-AFM%E2%80%93FRAP-by-Mark-Skamrahl-et-al_opt-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/18104537\/Figure-1a-from-Simultaneous-Quantification-of-the-Interplay-Between-Molecular-Turnover-and-Cell-Mechanics-by-AFM%E2%80%93FRAP-by-Mark-Skamrahl-et-al_opt-800x519.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption> Figure 1 a from \u201cSimultaneous Quantification of the Interplay Between Molecular Turnover and Cell Mechanics by AFM\u2013FRAP\u201d by M. Skamrahl et al.: <br> Establishment and calibration of the optomechanical AFM\u2013FRAP platform. a) Schematic of the AFM\u2013FRAP setup illustrating the experimental power of simultaneous quantification of molecule kinetics and cell mechanics <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> *Mark Skamrahl, Huw Colin\u2010York, Liliana Barbieri, Marco Fritzsche<br><strong>Simultaneous Quantification of the Interplay Between Molecular Turnover and Cell Mechanics by AFM\u2013FRAP<\/strong><br> Small 2019, 1902202<br> DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/smll.201902202 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Please follow this external link to the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/smll.201902202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/smll.201902202  (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/smll.201902202 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpen\nAccess: The article \u00ab Simultaneous Quantification of the Interplay\nBetween Molecular Turnover and Cell Mechanics by AFM\u2013FRAP \u00bb by Mark Skamrahl,\nHuw Colin\u2010York, Liliana Barbieri\nand\nMarco Fritzsche is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0\nInternational License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and\nreproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to\nthe original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons\nlicense, and indicate if changes were made. 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