Title
Applying combined optical tweezers and fluorescence microscopy technologies to manipulate cell adhesions for cell-to-cell interaction study.
Abstract
Cell-to-cell interactions are important for the regulation of various cell activities, such as proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. This paper presents an approach to studying cell-to-cell interactions at a single-cell level through manipulating cell adhesions with optical tweezers. Experiments are performed on leukemia cancer cells and stromal cells to demonstrate the feasibility of this method. After the adhesion properties of leukemia cells on stromal cells are characterized, fluorescence intensity is used as a label to study the Wnt signaling pathway of leukemia cells. The activities of the Wnt signaling pathway of K562 cells on M210B4 and HS5 cells are examined based on fluorescence analysis. The reliability of the fluorescence imaging is confirmed through comparison with traditional flow cytometry analysis. The proposed approach will offer new avenues to investigate otherwise inaccessible mechanisms in cell-to-cell interactions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/TBME.2013.2255287
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
m210b4 cell,cellular effects of radiation,cell activity regulation,cell-to-cell interaction,cell proliferation,traditional flow cytometry analysis,stromal cell,biomedical optical imaging,adhesion,radiation pressure,fluorescence,fluorescence imaging,k562 cell,single-cell level,cancer,optical microscopy,cell apoptosis,optical tweezers,fluorescence microscopy technology,wnt signaling pathway,leukemia cancer cell,cell adhesion manipulation,fluorescence intensity,cell-to-cell interaction study,cell differentiation,cell adhesions,hs5 cell
Wnt signaling pathway,K562 cells,Stromal cell,Fluorescence microscope,Cancer cell,Biology,Cell biology,Cell adhesion,Cell signaling,Cell–cell interaction
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
60
8
1558-2531
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.79
2
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xue Gou1152.07
Ho Chun Han290.79
Songyu Hu31339.27
Anskar Y H Leung490.79
Dong Sun596687.31