| Nanotopology of Cell Adhesion upon Variable-Angle Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy (VA-TIRFM). | |
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PMID: 23052337 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Surface topology, e.g. of cells growing on a substrate, is determined with nanometer precision by Variable-Angle Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy (VA-TIRFM). Cells are cultivated on transparent slides and incubated with a fluorescent marker homogeneously distributed in their plasma membrane. Illumination occurs by a parallel laser beam under variable angles of total internal reflection (TIR) with different penetration depths of the evanescent electromagnetic field. Recording of fluorescence images upon irradiation at about 10 different angles permits to calculate cell-substrate distances with a precision of a few nanometers. Differences of adhesion between various cell lines, e.g. cancer cells and less malignant cells, are thus determined. In addition, possible changes of cell adhesion upon chemical or photodynamic treatment can be examined. In comparison with other methods of super-resolution microscopy light exposure is kept very small, and no damage of living cells is expected to occur. |
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Michael Wagner; Petra Weber; Harald Baumann; Herbert Schneckenburger |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2012-10-02 |
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Title: Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE Volume: - ISSN: 1940-087X ISO Abbreviation: J Vis Exp Publication Date: 2012 |
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Created Date: 2012-10-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101313252 Medline TA: J Vis Exp Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: - Citation Subset: IM |
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Hochschule Aalen, Institut für Angewandte Forschung. |
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