This work was supported by an NSF/ARRA award (IOS 0920357) and an award from the NIH (5R21MH098463).

1. خلية إعداد (اليوم -2 إلى 0) <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> انقسام خلايا HEK293 1: 5 باستخدام 0.05٪ التربسين-EDTA الحل واحتضان وسائل الإعلام في النمو عند 37 درجة مئوية مع 5٪ CO 2 حتى 60-80٪ متموجة (2 - 3 أيام). لكل حالة، وخلايا الثقافة في 2 × 100 ملم الأطباق. </li></ol> 2. ترنسفكأيشن الخلية (يوم 1) <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> بالنقل خلايا HEK293 مع ترميز البلازميد FC-الانصهار باستخدام كاشف ترنسفكأيشن مثل Lipofectamine. كما يمكن استخدام طرق بديلة تؤدي إلى الكفاءة ترنسفكأيشن مماثلة. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> العودة الخلايا المصابة بالعدوى بالنقل إلى الحاضنة لمدة 24 ساعة. </li></ol> 3. خلية الانتشار (اليوم 2) <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> وسائط النمو سخن دون مصل بقري جنيني (-FBS) إلى 37 درجة مئوية. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> شطف الأطباق 2X مع 10 مل نمو وسائل الإعلام -FBS، والعودة الأطباق إلى الحاضنة 37 درجة مئوية لمدة 1 ساعة. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> شطف الأطباق الثقافات واحد المزيد من الوقت مع 10 مل نمو وسائل الإعلام -FBS، أي ما مجموعه 3 يغسل. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> Incuباتي الخلايا HEK293 transfected عند 37 درجة مئوية لمدة 48 ساعة أخرى دون FBS قبل جمع سائل الإعلام. </li></ol> 4. الخرزة تجميع (اليوم 4) <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> لجمع وسائل الاعلام من الأطباق الثقافة، ونقل وسائل الاعلام من كل زوج من الأطباق إلى 50 مل أنابيب مخروطية وتدور في 500 x ج لمدة 5 دقائق لتكوير الحطام الخلوي. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> فلتر وسائل الاعلام من 50 مل أنبوب مخروطي إلى تصفية الطرد المركزي باستخدام حقنة 30 مل و 0.45 ميكرون فلتر حقنة. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> تدور مرشحات الطرد المركزي في 4000 x ج و 4 درجات مئوية حتى حجم سائل الإعلام والثقافة المركزة حوالي 500 ميكرولتر (حوالي 15 دقيقة). كرر حتى تمت إضافة كافة وسائل الإعلام والثقافة، وتتركز. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> إضافة 1.5 ميكرولتر من بروتين G حبات مغناطيسية إلى 1 مل من الجليد الباردة الاحتياطي ملزم في أنبوب microcentrifuge 1.5 مل لكل عينة، ومكان على المغناطيس وإزالة العازلة. على الفور إضافة وسائل الإعلام الثقافة المركزة للبروتين G حبات المغناطيسي. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> تدوير أنابيب في 4 درجة مئوية لمدة 2 ساعة. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> ررأنابيب الآس على المغناطيس وإزالة وسائل الإعلام. تغسل حبات بسرعة مرتين مع الجليد الباردة 1 مل الاحتياطي ملزم، وresuspend ثم الخرز في 300 ميكرولتر الاحتياطي ملزم. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> سبليت معلق حبات في 2 أنابيب، 150 ميكرولتر إلى كل أنبوب، ثم قم بإضافة 1.5 ميكرولتر من 200 مم CaCl 2 أو 200 ملي EDTA ل &quot;الكالسيوم&quot; والشروط &quot;لا الكالسيوم&quot;، على التوالي. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> نقل 100 ميكرولتر من كل حالة إلى الاكتئاب الشريحة بشكل جيد وجمع الميكروسكوب باستخدام مجهر الضوء المرسل (الشكل 2). جمع الصور من 5 حقول نظر لكل تجربة في كل نقطة زمنية المطلوب. </li></ol> تحليل البيانات 5. <ol style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> باستخدام يماغيج، أو يعادل برنامج تحليل الصور، وفتح واحدة من مجموعات البيانات باستخدام صورة خمس استيراد / صورة تسلسل ... من القائمة المنسدلة ملف. سيتم فتح هذه باعتبارها كومة الصورة. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> في الصور / ... خصائص مربع الحوار، تغيير طوحدات بركه إلى بكسل ووضع العرض بكسل والارتفاع إلى 1.0 بكسل. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> تحويل الصور إلى ثنائي باستخدام ضبط / عتبة ... الأمر في القائمة المنسدلة صورة. تعيين عتبة لتشمل بكسل التي تساهم في حبة الخرز أو المجاميع، ولكن تستبعد الخلفية والجسيمات الصغيرة. تنطبق على جميع الصور في المكدس. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> في مربع الحوار القياسات مجموعة، حدد المربعات منطقة والمكدس الموقع. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> تشغيل تحليل الجسيمات ... في تحليل القائمة المنسدلة. هذا سوف إنشاء قائمة من الجسيمات التي تم تحديدها، بما في ذلك حجمها (منطقة) والصورة التي تم تحديدها. </li><li style=";text-align:right;direction:rtl"> كرر هذه العملية التي تجربة وحالة تجريبية. </li></ol>

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التصاق الخلية هو سمة أساسية من سمات الحياة متعددة الخلايا وبوساطة مجموعة واسعة من بروتينات سطح الخلية. من هذه، وفهم الخصائص التفصيلية لاصقة سوى نسبة صغيرة نسبيا. هنا، التي وصفناها بروتوكول بسيطة وسريعة للتحقيق في قدرة لاصقة مقتصر على المطابق من ectodomains يفرز تنصهر علا...

التصاق خلية خلية ضروري لتطوير وسلامة الكائنات متعددة الخلايا وبوساطة مجموعة متنوعة من جزيئات سطح الخلية. وقد تم تحديد العديد من هذه جزيئات الالتصاق ويتميز، رغم أن الكثيرين لا يزال يتعين اكتشافها. وتستخدم عدة طرق لتحقيق خصائص خلية التصاق جزيئات (الحدب)، بما في ذلك الخلايا فرز فحوصات، فحوصات تجميع خلية 1-8 والأساليب الفيزيائية الحيوية، مثل مجهر القوة الذرية والسطحية قوة التحليل الطيفي 9-12. تعقيد حتى مبسطة في أنظمة المختبر باستخدام خطوط الخلايا يجعل من الصعب تحديد خصائص لاصقة من المفترض CAM. عادة، يعتبر جزيء وCAM إذا كان يدفع تجميع الخلايا عندما transfected في خط خلية غير لاصقة. ومع ذلك، فمن الواضح أن هذا ليس دليل مباشر على النشاط اصقة. على سبيل المثال، وتسهيل إيصال سطح الخلية أو استقرارسوف CAM يؤدي أيضا إلى زيادة تجميع خلية 1،13. وعلاوة على ذلك، قد تفشل CAM صحيح للتوسط تجميع خلية إذا كان خط الخلية تفتقر العوامل المشتركة الأخرى المطلوبة للتسليم سطح الخلية أو الاستقرار. لتجنب هذه العوامل المعقدة، والمزيد من المقايسات المباشرة يمكن استخدامها التي تستند على فكرة أن التفاعلات لاصقة يجب أن تكون خاصية البيوكيميائية الجوهرية المجال خارج الخلية. بينما الخرز المستخدمة في البداية لوصف NG-CAM 2، وقد تم تمديد هذه المقايسات من أجل التحقيق بوساطة كادهيرين التصاق 12،14،15. باستخدام الانصهار من C-كادهيرين اندماج ectodomain-FC، أظهر مختبر Gumbiner أن يكرر كادهيرين متعددة تساهم في التفاعلات مقتصر على المطابق 14. عن طريق مقارنة المقايسات حبة التجميع، E-كادهيرين وN-كادهيرين التصاق كما تم يتميز 12،15، وكذلك عدد من protocadherins 1،15-18 والإسوية Dscam من ذبابة الفاكهة <em&gt; 19. نحن هنا وصف مقايسة بسيطة نسبيا وسريع لوصف النشاط لاصقة من يفرز، ectodomains الموسومة حاتمة من الحدب مقتصر على المطابق المفترضة (الشكل 1). وقد استخدمنا هذا الاختبار في المقام الأول إلى تميز أعضاء الفصيلة كادهيرين.

<table><tbody><tr><td>pFc-N1 plasmid</td><td>Addgene</td><td>&lt;span style=&quot;color:red;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To be submitted&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>HEK293 cells</td><td>American Type Culture Collection</td><td>CRL-1573</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>DMEM</td><td>Mediatech - Corning</td><td>10-013-CV</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)</td><td>Sigma</td><td>F2442</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>100x Pen-Strep (10,000 U/ml)</td><td>Life Technologies</td><td>15140-122</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>0.05% Trypsin-EDTA</td><td>Life Technologies</td><td>25300054</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lipofectamine 2000</td><td>Life Technologies</td><td>11668030</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dynabeads &amp;ndash; Protein G</td><td>Life Technologies</td><td>10003D</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bovine Serum Albumin</td><td>Sigma</td><td>A3294</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Depression slides</td><td>Electron Microscopy Sciences</td><td>71878-06</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Amicon Ultra-15 Centrifugal Filter Unit with Ultracel-10 membrane</td><td>Millipore</td><td>UFC901024</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>0.45 mm syringe filter</td><td>Sarstedt</td><td>83.1826</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dynamag-2 Magnet</td><td>Life Technologies</td><td>12321D</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fiji (ImageJ) Image Analysis Software</td><td>&lt;a href=&quot;http://fiji.sc/Fiji&quot;&gt;http://fiji.sc/Fiji&lt;/a&gt;</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Table of Buffers/Solutions</td></tr><tr><td>Growth Media</td><td>DMEM + 10% FBS + Pen-Strep</td><td>Filter sterilize and store at 4 &amp;deg;C.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Growth Media &amp;ndash;FBS</td><td>DMEM + Pen-Strep</td><td>Filter sterilize and store at 4 &amp;deg;C.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Binding Buffer</td><td>50 mM Tris, pH 7.4, 100 mM NaCl, 10 mM KCl, 0.2% BSA</td><td>Vortex until dissolved, keep on ice.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

bead aggregation assays for the characterization of putative cell adhesion molecules

التصاق خلية خلية هو الأساسي في الحياة متعددة الخلايا وبوساطة مجموعة متنوعة من بروتينات سطح الخلية. ومع ذلك، يتم مفهومة التفاعلات لاصقة لكثير من هذه البروتينات. هنا نقدم طريقة بسيطة وسريعة لوصف خصائص لاصقة من المفترضة مقتصر على المطابق جزيئات التصاق الخلية. و transfected خلايا HEK293 مثقف مع بلازميد الحمض النووي ترميز يفرز،، حاتمة الموسومة ectodomain من بروتين سطح الخلية. باستخدام الخرز بين functionalized محددة للعلامة حاتمة، يتم التقاط القابلة للذوبان، انصهار بروتين يفرز من مستنبت. ويمكن بعد ذلك حبات المغلفة استخدامها مباشرة في حبة المقايسات التجميع أو في حبة الفلورسنت فرز فحوصات لاختبار التصاق مقتصر على المطابق. إذا رغبت، الطفرات يمكن بعد ذلك أن تستخدم لتوضيح الأحماض الأمينية المحددة أو المجالات المطلوبة للالتصاق. هذا الاختبار يتطلب سوى كميات صغيرة من البروتين المعبر عنها، لا يتطلب إنتاج خطوط الخلايا مستقرة، ويمكن عكاmplished في 4 أيام.

<html> وتقدم تجربة سبيل المثال في الشكل 2، مما يدل تعتمد على الكالسيوم حبة تجميع من قبل ectodomain من N-كادهيرين تنصهر لجنة التيسير (NcadEC-FC). في غياب الكالسيوم، والخرز تظهر نزعة ضئيلة أو معدومة لتجميع وليس هناك زيادة في الحجم الكلي مع الزمن (الشكل 1A، C). في وجود ا...

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Bead Aggregation Assays for the Characterization of Putative Cell Adhesion Molecules

Here we present a simple, rapid method for characterizing the intrinsic adhesive properties of putative cell adhesion molecules. The secreted, epitope-tagged ectodomain of a cell adhesion molecule is captured from the culture medium on small, uniform functionalized beads. These beads can then be used immediately in simple bead aggregation assays.

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10.5K Views.  Ohio State University. Here we present a simple, rapid method for characterizing the intrinsic adhesive properties of putative cell adhesion molecules. The secreted, epitope-tagged ectodomain of a cell adhesion molecule is captured from the culture medium on small, uniform functionalized beads. These beads can then be used immediately in simple bead aggregation assays.

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Characterization of Cell Membrane Extensions and Studying Their Roles in Cancer Cell Adhesion Dynamics

The cell membrane&#39;s extension repertoire modulates various malignant behaviors of cancer cells, including their adhesive and migratory potentials. The ability to accurately classify and quantify cell extensions and measure the effect on a cell&#39;s adhesive capacity is critical to determining how cell-signaling events impact cancer cell behavior and aggressiveness. Here, we describe the in vitro design and use of a cell extension quantification method in conjunction with an adhesion capacity assay in an established in vitro model for adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). Specifically, we test the effects of DKK3, a putative tumor suppressor and a pro-differentiation factor, on the membrane extension phenotype of the ACC cell line, SW-13. We propose these assays to provide relatively simple, reliable, and easily interpretable metrics to measures these characteristics under various experimental conditions.

This study demonstrates the utility and ease of quantitative cell membrane extension measurement and its correlation to adhesive capacity of cells. As a representative example, we show here that Dickkopf-related protein 3 (DKK3) promotes increased lobopodia formation and cell adhesiveness in adrenocortical carcinoma cells in vitro.

وصف ملحقات غشاء الخلية ودراسة أدوارهم في ديناميات التصاق خلايا السرطان

The cell membrane&#39;s extension repertoire modulates various malignant behaviors of cancer cells, including their adhesive and migratory potentials. The ...

Cancer Research

Adhesion Frequency Assay for In Situ Kinetics Analysis of Cross-Junctional Molecular Interactions at the Cell-Cell Interface

The micropipette adhesion assay was developed in 1998 to measure two-dimensional (2D) receptor-ligand binding kinetics1. The assay uses a human red blood cell (RBC) as adhesion sensor and presenting cell for one of the interacting molecules. It employs micromanipulation to bring the RBC into contact with another cell that expresses the other interacting molecule with precisely controlled area and time to enable bond formation. The adhesion event is detected as RBC elongation upon pulling the two cells apart. By controlling the density of the ligands immobilized on the RBC surface, the probability of adhesion is kept in mid-range between 0 and 1. The adhesion probability is estimated from the frequency of adhesion events in a sequence of repeated contact cycles between the two cells for a given contact time. Varying the contact time generates a binding curve. Fitting a probabilistic model for receptor-ligand reaction kinetics1 to the binding curve returns the 2D affinity and off-rate.
The assay has been validated using interactions of Fc&gamma; receptors with IgG Fc1-6, selectins with glycoconjugate ligands6-9, integrins with ligands10-13, homotypical cadherin binding14, T cell receptor and coreceptor with peptide-major histocompatibility complexes15-19.
The method has been used to quantify regulations of 2D kinetics by biophysical factors, such as the membrane microtopology5, membrane anchor2, molecular orientation and length6, carrier stiffness9, curvature20, and impingement force20, as well as biochemical factors, such as modulators of the cytoskeleton and membrane microenvironment where the interacting molecules reside and the surface organization of these molecules15,17,19.
The method has also been used to study the concurrent binding of dual receptor-ligand species3,4, and trimolecular interactions19 using a modified model21.
The major advantage of the method is that it allows study of receptors in their native membrane environment. The results could be very different from those obtained using purified receptors17. It also allows study of the receptor-ligand interactions in a sub-second timescale with temporal resolution well beyond the typical biochemical methods.
To illustrate the micropipette adhesion frequency method, we show kinetics measurement of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) functionalized on RBCs binding to integrin &alpha;L&beta;2 on neutrophils with dimeric E-selectin in the solution to activate &alpha;L&beta;2.

Adhesion Frequency Assay for In Situ Kinetics Analysis of Cross-Junctional Molecular Interactions at the Cell-Cell Interface

An adhesion frequency assay for measuring receptor-ligand interaction kinetics when both molecules are anchored on the surfaces of the interacting cells is described. This mechanically-based assay is exemplified using a micropipette-pressurized human red blood cell as adhesion sensor and integrin &alpha;L&beta;2 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 as interacting receptors and ligands.

التصاق الفحص عن التردد في الموقع تحليل حركية عبر صلي التفاعلات الجزيئية في خلية واجهة سيل

The micropipette adhesion assay was developed in 1998 to measure two-dimensional (2D) receptor-ligand binding kinetics1. The assay uses a human red blood ...

Biomimetic Materials to Characterize Bacteria-host Interactions

Bacterial attachment to host cells is one of the earliest events during bacterial colonization of host tissues and thus a key step during infection. The biochemical and functional characterization of adhesins mediating these initial bacteria-host interactions is often compromised by the presence of other bacterial factors, such as cell wall components or secreted molecules, which interfere with the analysis. This protocol describes the production and use of biomimetic materials, consisting of pure recombinant adhesins chemically coupled to commercially available, functionalized polystyrene beads, which have been used successfully to dissect the biochemical and functional interactions between individual bacterial adhesins and host cell receptors. Protocols for different coupling chemistries, allowing directional immobilization of recombinant adhesins on polymer scaffolds, and for assessment of the coupling efficiency of the resulting &#8220;bacteriomimetic&#8221; materials are also discussed. We further describe how these materials can be used as a tool to inhibit pathogen mediated cytotoxicity and discuss scope, limitations and further applications of this approach in studying bacterial - host interactions.

Bacterial attachment to host cells is a key step during host colonization and infection. This protocol describes the generation of polymer-coupled recombinant adhesins as biomimetic materials which allow analysis of the contribution of individual adhesins to these processes, independent of other bacterial factors.

المواد الجزيئية الحيوية لوصف التفاعلات البكتيريا في استضافة

Bacterial attachment to host cells is one of the earliest events during bacterial colonization of host tissues and thus a key step during infection. The ...

Immunology and Infection

Assay of Adhesion Under Shear Stress for the Study of T Lymphocyte-Adhesion Molecule Interactions

Overall, T cell adhesion is a critical component of function, contributing to the distinct processes of cellular recruitment to sites of inflammation and interaction with antigen presenting cells (APC) in the formation of immunological synapses. These two contexts of T cell adhesion differ in that T cell-APC interactions can be considered static, while T cell-blood vessel interactions are challenged by the shear stress generated by circulation itself. T cell-APC interactions are classified as static in that the two cellular partners are static relative to each other. Usually, this interaction occurs within the lymph nodes. As a T cell interacts with the blood vessel wall, the cells arrest and must resist the generated shear stress.1,2 These differences highlight the need to better understand static adhesion and adhesion under flow conditions as two distinct regulatory processes. The regulation of T cell adhesion can be most succinctly described as controlling the affinity state of integrin molecules expressed on the cell surface, and thereby regulating the interaction of integrins with the adhesion molecule ligands expressed on the surface of the interacting cell. Our current understanding of the regulation of integrin affinity states comes from often simplistic in vitro model systems. The assay of adhesion using flow conditions described here allows for the visualization and accurate quantification of T cell-epithelial cell interactions in real time following a stimulus. An adhesion under flow assay can be applied to studies of adhesion signaling within T cells following treatment with inhibitory or stimulatory substances. Additionally, this assay can be expanded beyond T cell signaling to any adhesive leukocyte population and any integrin-adhesion molecule pair.

This flow adhesion assay provides a simple, high impact model of T cell-epithelial cell interactions. A syringe pump is used to generate shear stress, and confocal microscopy captures images for quantification. The goal of these studies is to effectively quantify T cell adhesion using flow conditions.

فحص من التصاق تحت إجهاد القص لدراسة تي اللمفاويات-التصاق جزيء التفاعلات

Overall, T cell adhesion is a critical component of function, contributing to the distinct processes of cellular recruitment to sites of inflammation and ...

Dynamic Adhesion Assay for the Functional Analysis of Anti-adhesion Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Gut homing of immune cells is important for the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Integrin-dependent cell adhesion to addressins is a crucial step in this process and therapeutic strategies interfering with adhesion have been successfully established. The anti-&#945;4&#946;7 integrin antibody, vedolizumab, is used for the clinical treatment of Crohn&#39;s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) and further compounds are likely to follow.
The details of the adhesion procedure and the action mechanisms of anti-integrin antibodies are still unclear in many regards due to the limited available techniques for the functional research in this field.
Here, we present a dynamic adhesion assay for the functional analysis of human cell adhesion under flow conditions and the impact of anti-integrin therapies in the context of IBD. It is based on the perfusion of primary human cells through addressin-coated ultrathin glass capillaries with real-time microscopic analysis. The assay offers a variety of opportunities for refinements and modifications and holds potentials for mechanistic discoveries and translational applications.

Dynamic adhesion of immune cells to the vessel wall is a prerequisite for gut homing. Here, we present a protocol for a functional in vitro assay for the impact analysis of anti-integrin antibodies, chemokines or other factors on the dynamic cell adhesion of human cells using addressin-coated capillaries.

والرزن التصاق الديناميكي للتحليل الوظيفي من العلاجات المضادة الالتصاق في مرض التهاب الأمعاء

Gut homing of immune cells is important for the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Integrin-dependent cell adhesion to addressins is a ...

Measuring Transcellular Interactions through Protein Aggregation in a Heterologous Cell System

Protein interactions at cellular interfaces dictate a multitude of biological outcomes ranging from tissue development and cancer progression to synapse formation and maintenance. Many of these fundamental interactions occur in trans and are typically induced by heterophilic or homophilic interactions between cells expressing membrane anchored binding pairs. Elucidating how disease relevant mutations disrupt these fundamental protein interactions can provide insight into a myriad of cell biology fields. Many protein-protein interaction assays do not typically disambiguate between cis and trans interactions, which potentially leads to an overestimation of the extent of binding that is occurring in vivo and involve labor intensive purification of protein and/or specialized monitoring equipment. Here, we present an optimized simple protocol that allows for the observation and quantification of only trans interactions without the need for lengthy protein purifications or specialized equipment. The HEK cell aggregation assay involves the mixing of two independent populations of HEK cells, each expressing membrane-bound cognate ligands. After a short incubation period, samples are imaged and the resulting aggregates are quantified.

Here, we present an optimized protocol to rapidly and semiquantitatively measure ligand-receptor interactions in trans in a heterologous cell system using fluorescence microscopy.

قياس التفاعلات عبر الخلية من خلال تجميع البروتين في نظام الخلايا heterologous

Protein interactions at cellular interfaces dictate a multitude of biological outcomes ranging from tissue development and cancer progression to synapse ...

Neuroscience

Quantitation of Endothelial Cell Adhesiveness In Vitro

One of the cardinal processes of inflammation is the infiltration of immune cells from the lumen of the blood vessel to the surrounding tissue. This occurs when endothelial cells, which line blood vessels, become adhesive to circulating immune cells such as monocytes. In vitro measurement of this adhesiveness has until now been done by quantifying the total number of monocytes that adhere to an endothelial layer either as a direct count or by indirect measurement of the fluorescence of adherent monocytes. While such measurements do indicate the average adhesiveness of the endothelial cell population, they are confounded by a number of factors, such as cell number, and do not reveal the proportion of endothelial cells that are actually adhesive. Here we describe and demonstrate a method which allows the enumeration of adhesive cells within a tested population of endothelial monolayer. Endothelial cells are grown on glass coverslips and following desired treatment are challenged with monocytes (that may be fluorescently labeled). After incubation, a rinsing procedure, involving multiple rounds of immersion and draining, the cells are fixed. Adhesive endothelial cells, which are surrounded by monocytes are readily identified and enumerated, giving an adhesion index that reveals the actual proportion of endothelial cells within the population that are adhesive.

Quantitation of Endothelial Cell Adhesiveness In Vitro

We report an in vitro method that allows the quantitation of the actual number of adhesive cells within an endothelial cell monolayer.

الكميات من البطانية الإلتصاق الخليوي<em&gt; في المختبر</em

One of the cardinal processes of inflammation is the infiltration of immune cells from the lumen of the blood vessel to the surrounding tissue. This ...

Biology

Analyzing Cell Surface Adhesion Remodeling in Response to Mechanical Tension Using Magnetic Beads

Mechanosensitive cell surface adhesion complexes allow cells to sense the mechanical properties of their surroundings. Recent studies have identified both force-sensing molecules at adhesion sites, and force-dependent transcription factors that regulate lineage-specific gene expression and drive phenotypic outputs. However, the signaling networks converting mechanical tension into biochemical pathways have remained elusive. To explore the signaling pathways engaged upon mechanical tension applied to cell surface receptor, superparamagnetic microbeads can be used. Here we present a protocol for using magnetic beads to apply forces to cell surface adhesion proteins. Using this approach, it is possible to investigate not only force-dependent cytoplasmic signaling pathways by various biochemical approaches, but also adhesion remodeling by magnetic isolation of adhesion complexes attached to the ligand-coated beads. This protocol includes the preparation of ligand-coated superparamagnetic beads, and the application of define tensile forces followed by biochemical analyses. Additionally, we provide a representative sample of data demonstrating that tension applied to integrin-based adhesion triggers adhesion remodeling and alters protein tyrosine phosphorylation.

Cell surface adhesions are central in mechanotransduction, as they transmit mechanical tension and initiate the signaling pathways involved in tissue homeostasis and development. Here, we present a protocol for dissecting the biochemical pathways that are activated in response to tension, using ligand-coated magnetic microbeads and force application to adhesion receptors.

تحليل الخلايا السطحية التصاق إعادة عرض في الاستجابة للتوتر الميكانيكية باستخدام الخرز المغناطيسي

Mechanosensitive cell surface adhesion complexes allow cells to sense the mechanical properties of their surroundings. Recent studies have identified both ...

Quantification of Cell-Substrate Adhesion Area and Cell Shape Distributions in MCF7 Cell Monolayers

The methods presented here quantify some parameters of confluent adherent cell monolayers from multiple appropriately stained confocal images: adhesion to the substrate as a function of the number and size of focal adhesions, and cell shape, characterized by the cell shape index and other shape descriptors. Focal adhesions were visualized by paxillin staining and cell-cell borders were marked by junction plakoglobin and actin. The methods for cell culture and staining were standard; images represent single focal planes; image analysis was performed using publicly available image processing software. The presented protocols are used to quantify the number and size of focal adhesions and the differences in cell shape distribution in the monolayers, but they can be repurposed for the quantification of the size and shape of any other distinct cellular structure that can be stained (e.g., mitochondria or nuclei). Assessing these parameters is important in the characterization of the dynamic forces in adherent cell layer, including cell adhesion and actomyosin contractility that affects cell shape.

The article describes quantification of 1) the size and number of focal adhesions and 2) cell shape index and its distribution from confocal images of the confluent monolayers of MCF7 cells.

القياس الكمي لمنطقة التصاق الخلايا الركازة وتوزيعات شكل الخلية في الطبقات الأحادية الخلية MCF7

The methods presented here quantify some parameters of confluent adherent cell monolayers from multiple appropriately stained confocal images: adhesion to ...

Imaging Molecular Adhesion in Cell Rolling by Adhesion Footprint Assay

Rolling adhesion, facilitated by selectin-mediated interactions, is a highly dynamic, passive motility in recruiting leukocytes to the site of inflammation. This phenomenon occurs in postcapillary venules, where blood flow pushes leukocytes in a rolling motion on the endothelial cells. Stable rolling requires a delicate balance between adhesion bond formation and their mechanically-driven dissociation, allowing the cell to remain attached to the surface while rolling in the direction of flow. Unlike other adhesion processes occurring in relatively static environments, rolling adhesion is highly dynamic as the rolling cells travel over thousands of microns at tens of microns per second. Consequently, conventional mechanobiology methods such as traction force microscopy are unsuitable for measuring the individual adhesion events and the associated molecular forces due to the short timescale and high sensitivity required. Here, we describe our latest implementation of the adhesion footprint assay to image the P-selectin: PSGL-1 interactions in rolling adhesion at the molecular level. This method utilizes irreversible DNA-based tension gauge tethers to produce a permanent history of molecular adhesion events in the form of fluorescence tracks. These tracks can be imaged in two ways: (1) stitching together thousands of diffraction-limited images to produce a large field of view, enabling the extraction of adhesion footprint of each rolling cell over thousands of microns in length, (2) performing DNA-PAINT to reconstruct super-resolution images of the fluorescence tracks within a small field of view. In this study, the adhesion footprint assay was used to study HL-60 cells rolling at different shear stresses. In doing so, we were able to image the spatial distribution of the P-selectin: PSGL-1 interaction and gain insight into their molecular forces through fluorescence intensity. Thus, this method provides the groundwork for the quantitative investigation of the various cell-surface interactions involved in rolling adhesion at the molecular level.

This protocol presents the experimental procedures to perform the adhesion footprint assay to image the adhesion events during fast cell rolling adhesion.

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