这项工作是由韩国科学技术院资助的K-谷RED＆B通过韩国国家研究基金会项目于2014年和基础科学研究计划（NRF- 2012R1A6A3A040395，NRF-2013R1A1A2057708，NRF- 2012R1A1A1011023）的支持。

注意:请参阅材料安全数据表（MSDS）使用丙酮，氯仿之前，这是致癌物质。 1.准备磷脂单层膜在平水 - 气界面<ol><li>磷脂单层的形成<ol><li>的磷脂溶液的制备<ol><li>清洗4毫升，使用丙酮，乙醇和去离子水的至少三次的聚四氟乙烯包覆帽小瓶，并彻底吹氮气到小瓶除掉的水。 </li><li>溶解1毫克磷脂（例如，dioleoylphosphatidylcholine，DOPC），以1毫升氯仿中的小瓶，得到1mg / ml的浓度的影响。在通风橱中的安全执行此过程。使用更低或更高的磷脂溶液浓度如果必要的。 </li><li>添加染料标记的磷脂（例如，若丹明约82mol，若丹明DPPE）小于1摩尔％的磷脂SOLU的化，为了可视化磷脂单层用荧光显微镜。在通风橱中的安全执行此过程。 </li><li>包住小瓶用聚四氟乙烯胶带，以防止溶剂蒸发，并将样品在冰箱中储存于-20℃。 </li></ol></li><li>磷脂沉积到空气 - 水界面<ol><li>清洁培养皿（55毫米直径和12毫米高）用乙醇和去离子水的至少三次。 </li><li>填培养皿，用10毫升去离子水，以形成气 - 水界面。 </li><li>传播用微注射器的磷脂溶液的几微升到一个干净的界面，以实现所需的表面压力，并等待至少30分钟，使溶剂蒸发完全，做实验之前。 注意:朗缪尔槽可以用来代替培养皿如果表面压力的精确控制是必要的。 </li></ol></li></ol></li><li>苏rface压力测量<ol><li>测量磷脂单层用威廉米悬片张力的表面上的压力。等待至少30分钟，以获得滤纸润湿不够的，如果滤纸用作威廉米悬片。详细的协议是在库恩等人可用 。20。 </li><li>调整磷脂精确地控制表面压力的沉积量。加入4微升DOPC溶液（1毫克/毫升）的上30.25厘米2 -area界面如果面压力的约5达因/厘米是必需的。 注意:如果滤纸没有完全润湿，表面压力显着地在实验的最初30分钟，由于滤纸的重量变化而变化。 </li></ol></li><li>最小化该单层的对流流动的<ol><li>使用包含3毫米油藏两个薄频道的锥形装置中，连接到培养皿的一大段，以抑制的对流单层，其可干扰形态学成像和表面压力的测量。 </li><li>确保以匹配锥形装置的内部和外部之间的水位，以确保磷脂到空气 - 水界面磷脂沉积之前自由移动在整个区域。 </li></ol></li></ol> 2.准备磷脂单层膜在液滴的曲面<ol><li>使用微量拉马逐渐变细的玻璃毛细管的过程<ol><li>放置一个玻璃毛细管（外径1mm时，ID0.78毫米，长100mm），在微量拉马的持针器。 </li><li>设计一个程序用于拉动，毛细管具有适当的参数值（热:斜坡，拉:60，威赛:70，延迟:70及压力200）和拉毛细管具有根据制造商的协议的设计的程序。 注意:毛细管结束与微米直径几需要形成一个100微米液滴由申请颖以〜10kPa的压力。如果毛细管的前端太小，高得多的压力，&gt; 600千帕，需取得液滴，而这是难以控制液滴的大小与一个过大的毛细管前端。 </li></ol></li><li>磷脂吸收到液滴表面 注意:为了形成磷脂单层在液滴的弯曲界面，没有染料的磷脂溶液标记磷脂是用来获得的强度相反，向平坦单层，制备由步骤（1）此外，这两个过程2.2.1和2.2 .2允许在这里。如果在液滴表面的表面压力的精确控制是必要的，程序2.2.2强烈推荐。然而，如果不是，过程2.2.1，这是一种比步骤2.2.2更简单的方法，是有用的。 <ol><li>涂覆磷脂过程在前端<ol><li>清洁用丙酮，乙醇和去离子水的至少三次玻片。 </li><li> PL王牌在清洁的载玻片锥形毛细管，和倾斜毛细管以促进接触载玻片与前端。 </li><li>降的磷脂溶液（1mg / ml）的几个液滴的涂敷是用玻璃注射器附着于载玻片的毛细管的顶端，并等待至少30分钟后，完全蒸除溶剂。 注意:强烈建议过程2.2.1.3期间粘附毛细管在载玻片的末端，因为前端的周边太小只有通过毛细管力来保持磷脂在前端的液滴。 </li></ol></li><li>的囊泡溶液的制备<ol><li>清洁的小瓶，并从药瓶中除去水，如在过程1.1.1.1引入。 </li><li>通过施加氮气轻轻擦干一个2毫升体积的磷脂溶液（1毫克/毫升），并变干的小瓶1小时在室温下，以消除任何剩余的溶剂。在通风橱中的安全执行此过程。 </li><li>添加2毫升去离子水到小瓶含干燥的脂类，并孵育在烘箱小瓶在60℃下1小时。 </li><li>摇动小瓶几次，和超声（HF-频率:最多40千赫，功率:370瓦）30分钟，得到囊泡。 </li><li>执行挤压和冻融过程，以获得单分散单层囊泡。用于制备囊泡的详细协议在Mayer等人21进行说明。 注意:液滴界面的表面压力通过形成包含单分散单层囊泡液滴的后调整的等待时间精确地控制。使用悬滴法22，有必要根据时间来测量表面压力的变化，做实验之前。 </li></ol></li></ol></li><li>液滴的形成，它包含一个磷脂单层在弯曲表面<ol><li>在锥形毛细管填充用10微升去离子水从再修改的Ë2.2.1。另外，使用10微升的囊泡解决方案从程序2.2.2。 </li><li>毛细管连接到一个自动微喷射器，以提供压力，以形成液滴。 </li><li>安装，其连接到微注射器显微以精确地控制毛细管的位置的毛细血管。 </li><li>准备一个明场显微镜（显微镜1，物镜:10X NA 0.3）成像毛细管的侧面用CCD相机。显微镜1从而使得能够观察沿z轴微滴的精确位置，并估计液滴的大小。 </li><li>前端移动到一个位置，前端的横向视图由显微镜1采用显微良好可视化，并应用一个可变压力（约100百帕斯卡）与毛细管的前端，直到适当的尺寸（约100液滴的微米直径）形成。 注:建议自动微量进样器和微操作是使用研发，如果很好地控制液滴的液滴尺寸和位置是必要的。另外，也可以使用手动的。 </li></ol></li></ol> 3.成像荧光恢复滴合并后注:本协议的基本原则是相同的了FRAP技术，除了降合并过程。在A.洛佩斯等人 15和D·阿克塞尔罗德等人 16 FRAP提供的详细协议和相关理论。 <ol><li>监测和控制的液滴的位置<ol><li>准备一个倒置显微镜设置（显微镜2，物镜:10X NA 0.3，管镜头:焦距长17厘米），使两者在荧光显微镜与罗丹明DPPEs（激发波长560纳米，583纳米发射）适当的过滤器设置和明亮的视野显微镜。在这里使用的CCD照相机的可视化液滴的顶视图用荧光显微镜米颂歌和明亮的视野显微镜模式。 </li><li>动涂有磷脂到一个平面空气 - 水界面沿z轴的液滴，但不合并液滴的是，使用显微。用显微镜1形象化液滴的侧视图。 </li><li>定位液滴在平坦单层的顶视图的中心，使用显微。使用显微镜2的明视场显微镜模式可视化的平坦单层顶视图。 </li></ol></li><li>合并液滴到扁平空气 - 水界面<ol><li>进一步将液滴朝平口，直到滴合并到接口，使用显微。如果合并过程被成功完成后，具有圆形形状，其是由白色背景包围的暗区，是利用显微镜2的荧光观察模式。 </li><li>记录系列，根据时间的荧光图像的合并液滴之后，使用微指令的荧光模式应付2.使用速度更快的帧速率比这里单层的扩散时间尺度。在DOPC单层，它需要几分钟扩散到200微米暗区完全。 </li></ol></li></ol> 4.确定由图像分析的扩散系数注意:为了从一系列图像确定扩散系数，对图像分析定制程序如下所述构建。这一计划的详细源代码在朱庇特网站上提供。 <ol><li>检测感兴趣的圆形区域的<ol><li>检测感兴趣区域的中心的<ol><li>获得一系列在一个恢复过程，其中包含一个圆形暗区和一个白色背景已记录的荧光图像，并设置系列作为参考图像的第一图像。此处，R D是暗区中的参考图像的半径。 </li><li>回旋参考图像与白圈谁本身强度均匀的整个区域。使用命名为&#39;CONV2&#39;为卷积所示的定制的程序行124下面的源代码嵌入功能中，白色圆的半径比R D所略小。 </li><li>找到的位置，指示在卷积计算的最小值，并将此位置的参考图像中的感兴趣区域的中心。 </li></ol></li><li>确定感兴趣的区域的半径<ol><li>卷积参照图像用白色圆圈包含的中心位置，由一个过程4.1和均匀的强度超过整个区域来确定。此处，R S为白色圆的半径。使用迭代如"关于&#39;或&#39;，而&#39;与圆的方程式，使白色圆圈中所示的定制程序线102至109的源代码。 </li><li>卷积参考图像与另一白圈具有略微较大的半径（5％-10％），R L，比R 5。使用相同的方法与过程4.1.2.1使圆中所示的定制程序线113至120的源代码。 </li><li>获得的4.1.2.1和4.1.2.2两个卷积计算之间的差值。 </li><li>重复从R 5 = R D / 2至R S = 2R D中的上述程序，由与像素电平增加的R 5和R L两者。使包含从程序4.1.2.1全部源代码4.1.2.3重复迭代。 </li><li>求R S的半径，表示在两个卷积计算之间的值的最大差异。使用命名为"最大"找到半径嵌入函数指示在值最大差值，如图定制程序行148的源代码，以149.此R 5因此指示暗区中的参考图像中的半径。 </li></ol></LI&gt; </ol></li><li>分数强度的计算<ol><li>置，它包含一个中心位置和半径，由程序4.1作为感兴趣区域确定的圆周。 </li><li>根据时间计算感兴趣区域的平均强度的一系列荧光图像。卷积每个帧与所述感兴趣区域与由感兴趣区域的面积除以它来计算平均强度。细节是在定制的方案，这是在朱庇特网站上提供的源代码可用。 </li><li>计算分数强度，定义为下面的公式，其中F（t）是平均强度在圈内是感兴趣的区域，根据时间， 的 F i是在圈内的初始强度，和F o为强度一个白色背景。 F（T）=（F（T） - 的 F i）/（FØ - 的 F i）（公式1）。 </li></ol></li><li>装修的Fractional强度FRAP理论<ol><li>适合的小数强度与下面的方程，其中τ是一个特征扩散时间和I 0，I 1被修正的贝塞尔函数，使用拟合程序，并获得τ <img alt="公式（2）" src="/files/ftp_upload/53376/53376eq2.jpg" /> （式2）。 </li><li>获取基于该关系，τ扩散系数= 2/4 D，其中 D为扩散系数，a是暗区的半径。 注意:在装配过程中，也可以沿时间轴移的小数强度分布时恢复过程已经开始，记录的图像之前。 </li></ol></li></ol>

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FRAM共享了很多与FRAP基本原则，尤其是用于测量荧光恢复漂白特定区域之后，但FRAM采用合并液滴到平面界面，以形成漂白区，而不是施加强光的处理。因此，该合并过程是在FRAM最重要的步骤，特别是，在深色染色在合并液滴后的平坦单层的形状决定的扩散率测量的精确度。具体而言，基于当前的方法中，我们只设置一个半径为R的圆作为感兴趣的区域来计算深色染色的平均强度，在过程4中所示的，如果有一个过分偏离圆形形状，这会扰乱的扩散系数的精确测量。因此，有必要获得一个圆形暗部，但是，非圆形状偶尔由于几个原因而形成的。首先，如果有存在于宠物一对流里盘，暗区域的形状变成沿流动方向拉长。正如在步骤1.3中，一个锥形装置有助于抑制对流流动，而这种伸长会被最小化。其次，如果毛细管的前端期间合并过程触摸平界面，暗区域形成有各种形状，因为毛细管端中断合并过程。通过获得的液滴是仅挂在毛细管的最末端，这一中断可以被防止。特别是，疏水化处理的毛细管有助于液滴坐在毛细管的最末端。因此，上面的故障排除方法和修改，使我们能够更精确地测量扩散性能。 因此，这口井troubleshot过程允许FRAM超过FRAP有几个显著优势。首先，FRAM需要简单的设备相比，FRAP。为FRAM，就足够了使用简单的荧光万分之一应付代替昂贵的共焦显微镜的高功率激光器，其波长必须与染料的吸收光谱相匹配。此外，有必要使用附加装置来调整大小到漂白区，在FRAP，而FRAM通过调节液滴的大小，或在液滴表面上的表面压力控制区域的大小容易。第二，有可能在FRAM使用各种种类的染料。 FRAP仅使用染料分子，其漂白工艺比扩散过程快得多。如果在漂白过程中发生的染料的扩散，这是很难准确地估计扩散性。 FRAM的，但是，并不需要一种用于漂白染料和这从而使得能够使用各种类型的荧光成像染料的。此外，FRAP需要额外的高功率激光器和滤波器设定来改变染料种类，而仅需要更换过滤器集在FRAM。最后，中，由于单层在液滴表面和平面接口可以独立形成，从而能够相互扩散的研究或通过合并A型单层到B型单层两个不同的脂质单层之间的混合，而FRAP只测量单层的自扩散。 尽管有这些优点，合并的液滴在一个平面空气 - 水界面的过程可以潜在地限制此技术由于以下几个问题，可能是令人关注的，如两个单层之间的面压力不匹配，合并过程的时间尺度，并增加了平坦单层合并液滴后的表面压力。这些问题，但是，不影响扩散测量显著的原因如下。第一，即使在两个不同的单分子膜的表面压力有很大的不同，一个均衡过程是在恢复过程中非常早的阶段完成。例如，如果吨他表面单层在液滴表面的压力比上述单层在平坦空气 - 水界面的更高，暗区扩大，直到表面压力达到平衡。由于这个过程是在10毫秒完成时，表面压力将它影响扩散过程显著之前进行平衡。其次，如果合并过程的时间尺度是足够快，它并不限制扩散测量的。幸运的是，一个典型的合并过程也在10毫秒完成。最后，即使多个合并液滴到平面接口不增加，因为槽的表面积的表面压力的远远大于液滴的表面面积大。根据槽和液滴，在协议中所述的尺寸，每一分子的面积通过合并的液滴增加小于0.015％。因此，表面压力由于每分子面积的变化的增加小于0.1％，这是negligiblË因为它比在表面压力的典型误差小得多，如通过威廉米悬片张力测量。 总之，我们引入了一个新方法，通过合并液滴单层至平坦界面来测量磷脂单层的横向扩散性。这种技术需要相对简单的设备，并还允许使用各种各样的染料物种。的FRAM因此可能适用于任何表面活性剂，包括磷脂，嵌段共聚物，蛋白质和纳米颗粒甚至在一个流体 - 流体界面扩散测量。此外，我们预计，FRAM提供一个研究相互扩散或两种不同的表面活性剂之间的混合新的途径。

<html>磷脂是细胞膜的主要成分和细胞器的膜，以及这些膜的层的流动性经常通过改变膜蛋白1的活性影响细胞功能- 3。例如，膜&#160;脂质稳态通过调节膜的流动性，这是由膜蛋白检测实现的，并且流动性的异常水平引起严重的疾病，如脂肪肝和胆汁淤积4。此外，磷脂单层在空气 - 肺泡流体界面的流动性在其功能具有重要意义。高流动性的肺表面活性物质的磷脂单层有利于吸入过程中扩散层，而低流动性使呼气5,6期间留在肺泡内的层。它估计磷脂层的流动性，以了解他们的角色是重要的。 _content"&gt;甲直接测量流动性的是粘度，和磷脂层的粘度已通过使用微米大小的胶体7，磁性针8,9，和磁性微按钮6,10,11测量。然而，这些技术被限制为相对刚性的薄膜，并且不能测量低粘性的薄膜。对于这种情况，扩散性将是一个替代量化磷脂层的流动性。几十年来，各种技术来测量磷脂层的扩散性能已经开发，如荧光猝灭法12，脉冲场梯度NMR 13，和荧光相关光谱（FCS）14，其中一个最有代表性的方法是荧光漂白恢复（FRAP）15,16后，由于测量过程和相关的简单性理论，一些研究磷脂层的扩散性能使用的FRAP已经执行<suP&gt; 17 - 19。然而，FRAP通常需要昂贵的共聚焦显微镜的设置用高功率激光。 在这里，我们提出了一个新的技术合并（FRAM）之后测量磷脂单层，称为荧光恢复的横向扩散。 FRAP和FRAM之间的关键区别在于，漂白步骤被替换为滴聚结。合并涉及的非荧光单层到荧光标记的平坦单层液滴留下一个圆形的黑色污渍上一个明亮的平板单层，从而建立与漂白工序相同的初始状态。然后，我们观察荧光恢复在深色染色用时间来衡量的横向扩散。由滴聚结这个新的"漂白"步骤提供显著优势FRAP:FRAM只需要一个荧光显微镜，而不是昂贵的共焦显微镜用高功率激光所必需的FRAP。一世加氮，FRAM具有广泛选择的荧光染料的，因为它不涉及漂白过程。最后，将两个不同的单层，液滴单层和平坦单层，可以独立地准备，从而允许相互扩散被测定，而FRAP仅测量单层的自扩散。 FRAM提供了多种从非常粘稠的材料扩散测量的近无粘性材料。原则上，FRAM可以测量10 6微米2 /秒，这与现有技术的最大扩散，当扩散出现在整个区域100微米100微米的时间期间用于拖放聚结过程（约10毫秒）。此外，慢扩散过程可以容易地测量，除非单层是固体。 FRAM可以只要适当荧光标记的分子可用于任何种类的表面活性材料。

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			<td height="22" style="height:22px;width:216px;">Acetone</td>
			<td style="width:269px;">OCI corporation</td>
			<td style="width:251px;">Acetone 3.8L Extra Pure</td>
			<td style="width:552px;">Purity: &#8805; 99.5%, Please consult material safety data sheets (MSDS) before use.</td>
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			<td height="22" style="height:22px;">Ethanol</td>
			<td>OCI corporation</td>
			<td>Ethanol 3.8L Extra Pure</td>
			<td>Purity: &#8805; 94%, Please consult material safety data sheets (MSDS) before use.</td>
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			<td height="22" style="height:22px;">Deionized water/Water purify system</td>
			<td>Millipore</td>
			<td>Milli-Q liocel</td>
			<td>&#62;18.2 M&#937;&#903;cm</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine, DOPC</td>
			<td>Avanti Polar Lipids</td>
			<td>850375C</td>
			<td>Please consult material safety data sheets (MSDS) before use. Chloroform is carcinogenic.</td>
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			<td>LiChrosolv</td>
			<td>Chloroform ultrapure (A3633)</td>
			<td>Purity: &#8805; 99.8%, Please consult material safety data sheets (MSDS) before use. Carcinogenic</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Rhodamine DPPE</td>
			<td>Avanti Polar Lipids</td>
			<td>810158C, 810158P</td>
			<td>Avoid direct light exposure to prevent photobleaching</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Wilhelmy plate tensiometer</td>
			<td>R&#38;K ultrathin organic film technology</td>
			<td>Wilhelmy tensiometer</td>
			<td>http://www.rieglerkirstein.de/index.htm</td>
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			<td>Sutter instrument</td>
			<td>P-1000</td>
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			<td>Micromanipulator 5171</td>
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			<td>Objective lens: Olympus, Tube lens: Thorlabs</td>
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			<td>Objective lens: 10x NA 0.3, tube lens: focal length 17 cm</td>
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			<td>Jai</td>
			<td>CV 950 camera</td>
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			<td>Andor</td>
			<td>iXon3 EMCCD</td>
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			<td>Chroma technology</td>
			<td>Catalog Set 49004: ET545, T565, ET605</td>
			<td>Prepare suitable for dye molecules</td>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Sonicator</td>
			<td>DAIHAN Scientific</td>
			<td>Wiseclean WUC-D06H</td>
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fluorescence recovery after merging a droplet to measure the two-dimensional diffusion of a phospholipid monolayer

We introduce a new method to measure the lateral diffusivity of a surfactant monolayer at the fluid-fluid interface, called fluorescence recovery after merging (FRAM). FRAM adopts the same principles as the fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) technique, especially for measuring fluorescence recovery after bleaching a specific area, but FRAM uses a drop coalescence instead of photobleaching dye molecules to induce a chemical potential gradient of dye molecules. Our technique has several advantages over FRAP: it only requires a fluorescence microscope rather than a confocal microscope equipped with high power lasers; it is essentially free from the selection of fluorescence dyes; and it has far more freedom to define the measured diffusion area. Furthermore, FRAM potentially provides a route for studying the mixing or inter-diffusion of two different surfactants, when the monolayers at a surface of droplet and at a flat air/water interface are prepared with different species, independently.

随时间的恢复过程中合并涂覆有DOPC单层液滴到平整DOPC单层后获得的一系列荧光图像，如在图1中列出的DOPC单层在扁平空气-水界面中掺入低量的此若丹明DPPE，并因此使得能够可视化了明亮的色彩和新添加到平坦界面的暗部背景。还有，观察到在固定的表面压力为23达因/厘米一个恢复过程。根据时间分数强度的变化甲拟合方程1的示于图2。此配合的R 2值为0.999，并且该配合还甚至在较低或较高的表面压力效果很好。从该配合得到的DOPC单层的扩散系数为27.54微米2 /秒，在表面压力为23达因/厘米。 为了进一步验证了FRAM的，溶解氧的扩散系数PC和dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine（DPPC）单层根据表面压力测量。 如图3，FRAM捕获DPPC单层扩散系数的迅速下降在〜9达因/厘米的表面压力的，其中的LC（液体冷凝） - LE（液体膨胀）相变发生10，和的值扩散系数也同意很好地与先前由Peters等19测量。此外，与表面压力的扩散系数的指数衰减中观察到DOPC单层，这种倾向是由Caruso等人的 12测量的 1几乎相同。 <img alt="图1" src="/files/ftp_upload/53376/53376fig1.jpg" /> 图1（A）的FRAM的示意图（合并后的荧光恢复）技术。作为唇的id单层涂布液滴合并到扁平空气 - 水界面，而不荧光的脂质单层脂质标记被插入平面型脂质单层。 （B）的荧光显微镜图像与时间DOPC单层的恢复过程中，在表面压力为23达因/厘米（比例尺= 100微米）。在DOPC单层的暗区是由在几分钟内扩散过程完全恢复。 <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/53376/53376fig1large.jpg" target="_blank">请点击此处查看该图的放大版本。</a> <img alt="图2" src="/files/ftp_upload/53376/53376fig2.jpg" /> 图2.分数强度与时间。黑色圆圈和灰色虚线表示从图像分析（程序4.1和4.2）和等式1的拟合获得的小数强度随时间的分数强度的值，在程序4.3所示，分别为。 <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/53376/53376fig2large.jpg" target="_blank">请点击此处查看该图的放大版本。</a> <img alt="图3" src="/files/ftp_upload/53376/53376fig3.jpg" /> DOPC（三角形）和DPPC（空方）单层的表面压力的函数图3.扩散系数。与亮灰色颜色，并与暗灰色的线表示先前报道Peters等的扩散系数的值。和Caruso等人，分别。这个数字已经被修改郑某等人。23。从。郑某等人的Langmuir，30（48），14369-14374授权转载。版权所有2014年美国化学学会。 <a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/53376/53376fig3large.jpg" target="_blank">请她</a>E要查看该图的放大版本。

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Creating Two-Dimensional Patterned Substrates for Protein and Cell Confinement

Microcontact printing provides a rapid, highly reproducible method for the creation of well-defined patterned substrates.1 While microcontact printing can be employed to directly print a large number of molecules, including proteins,2 DNA,3 and silanes,4 the formation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) from long chain alkane thiols on gold provides a simple way to confine proteins and cells to specific patterns containing adhesive and resistant regions. This confinement can be used to control cell morphology and is useful for examining a variety of questions in protein and cell biology. Here, we describe a general method for the creation of well-defined protein patterns for cellular studies.5 This process involves three steps: the production of a patterned master using photolithography, the creation of a PDMS stamp, and microcontact printing of a gold-coated substrate. Once patterned, these cell culture substrates are capable of confining proteins and/or cells (primary cells or cell lines) to the pattern.
The use of self-assembled monolayer chemistry allows for precise control over the patterned protein/cell adhesive regions and non-adhesive regions; this cannot be achieved using direct protein stamping. Hexadecanethiol, the long chain alkane thiol used in the microcontact printing step, produces a hydrophobic surface that readily adsorbs protein from solution. The glycol-terminated thiol, used for backfilling the non-printed regions of the substrate, creates a monolayer that is resistant to protein adsorption and therefore cell growth.6 These thiol monomers produce highly structured monolayers that precisely define regions of the substrate that can support protein adsorption and cell growth. As a result, these substrates are useful for a wide variety of applications from the study of intercellular behavior7 to the creation of microelectronics.8
While other types of monolayer chemistry have been used for cell culture studies, including work from our group using trichlorosilanes to create patterns directly on glass substrates,9 patterned monolayers formed from alkane thiols on gold are straight-forward to prepare. Moreover, the monomers used for monolayer preparation are commercially available, stable, and do not require storage or handling under inert atmosphere. Patterned substrates prepared from alkane thiols can also be recycled and reused several times, maintaining cell confinement.10

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) formed from long chain alkane thiols on gold provide well-defined substrates for the formation of protein patterns and cell confinement. Microcontact printing of hexadecanethiol using a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp followed by backfilling with a glycol-terminated alkane thiol monomer produces a pattern where protein and cells adsorb only to the stamped hexadecanethiol region.

蛋白质和细胞坐月子创建二维图案衬底

Microcontact printing provides a rapid, highly reproducible method for the creation of well-defined patterned substrates.1  While microcontact printing ...

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生物工程

Design of a Cyclic Pressure Bioreactor for the Ex Vivo Study of Aortic Heart Valves

The aortic valve, located between the left ventricle and the aorta, allows for unidirectional blood flow, preventing backflow into the ventricle. Aortic valve leaflets are composed of interstitial cells suspended within an extracellular matrix (ECM) and are lined with an endothelial cell monolayer. The valve withstands a harsh, dynamic environment and is constantly exposed to shear, flexion, tension, and compression. Research has shown calcific lesions in diseased valves occur in areas of high mechanical stress as a result of endothelial disruption or interstitial matrix damage1-3. Hence, it is not surprising that epidemiological studies have shown high blood pressure to be a leading risk factor in the onset of aortic valve disease4. 
The only treatment option currently available for valve disease is surgical replacement of the diseased valve with a bioprosthetic or mechanical valve5. Improved understanding of valve biology in response to physical stresses would help elucidate the mechanisms of valve pathogenesis. In turn, this could help in the development of non-invasive therapies such as pharmaceutical intervention or prevention. Several bioreactors have been previously developed to study the mechanobiology of native or engineered heart valves6-9. Pulsatile bioreactors have also been developed to study a range of tissues including cartilage10, bone11 and bladder12. The aim of this work was to develop a cyclic pressure system that could be used to elucidate the biological response of aortic valve leaflets to increased pressure loads. 
The system consisted of an acrylic chamber in which to place samples and produce cyclic pressure, viton diaphragm solenoid valves to control the timing of the pressure cycle, and a computer to control electrical devices. The pressure was monitored using a pressure transducer, and the signal was conditioned using a load cell conditioner. A LabVIEW program regulated the pressure using an analog device to pump compressed air into the system at the appropriate rate. The system mimicked the dynamic transvalvular pressure levels associated with the aortic valve; a saw tooth wave produced a gradual increase in pressure, typical of the transvalvular pressure gradient that is present across the valve during diastole, followed by a sharp pressure drop depicting valve opening in systole. The LabVIEW program allowed users to control the magnitude and frequency of cyclic pressure. The system was able to subject tissue samples to physiological and pathological pressure conditions. This device can be used to increase our understanding of how heart valves respond to changes in the local mechanical environment.

Design of a Cyclic Pressure Bioreactor for the Ex Vivo Study of Aortic Heart Valves

A cyclic pressure bioreactor capable of subjecting heart valve tissue to physiological and pathological pressure conditions has been designed. A LabVIEW program allows users to control pressure magnitude, amplitude and frequency. This device can be used to study the mechanobiology of heart valve tissue or isolated cells.

循环压力为生物反应器的设计体外主动脉心脏瓣膜的研究

The aortic valve, located between the left ventricle and the aorta, allows for unidirectional blood flow, preventing backflow into the ventricle. Aortic ...

Fluorescence detection methods for microfluidic droplet platforms

The development of microfluidic platforms for performing chemistry and biology has in large part been driven by a range of potential benefits that accompany system miniaturisation. Advantages include the ability to efficiently process nano- to femoto- liter volumes of sample, facile integration of functional components, an intrinsic predisposition towards large-scale multiplexing, enhanced analytical throughput, improved control and reduced instrumental footprints.1
In recent years much interest has focussed on the development of droplet-based (or segmented flow) microfluidic systems and their potential as platforms in high-throughput experimentation.2-4 Here water-in-oil emulsions are made to spontaneously form in microfluidic channels as a result of capillary instabilities between the two immiscible phases. Importantly, microdroplets of precisely defined volumes and compositions can be generated at frequencies of several kHz. Furthermore, by encapsulating reagents of interest within isolated compartments separated by a continuous immiscible phase, both sample cross-talk and dispersion (diffusion- and Taylor-based) can be eliminated, which leads to minimal cross-contamination and the ability to time analytical processes with great accuracy. Additionally, since there is no contact between the contents of the droplets and the channel walls (which are wetted by the continuous phase) absorption and loss of reagents on the channel walls is prevented.
Once droplets of this kind have been generated and processed, it is necessary to extract the required analytical information. In this respect the detection method of choice should be rapid, provide high-sensitivity and low limits of detection, be applicable to a range of molecular species, be non-destructive and be able to be integrated with microfluidic devices in a facile manner. To address this need we have developed a suite of experimental tools and protocols that enable the extraction of large amounts of photophysical information from small-volume environments, and are applicable to the analysis of a wide range of physical, chemical and biological parameters. Herein two examples of these methods are presented and applied to the detection of single cells and the mapping of mixing processes inside picoliter-volume droplets. We report the entire experimental process including microfluidic chip fabrication, the optical setup and the process of droplet generation and detection.

Droplet-based microfluidic platforms are promising candidates for high throughput experimentation since they are able to generate picoliter, self-compartmentalized vessels inexpensively at kHz rates. Through integration with fast, sensitive and high resolution fluorescence spectroscopic methods, the large amounts of information generated within these systems can be efficiently extracted, harnessed and utilized.

荧光检测方法，为微流体液滴平台

The development of microfluidic platforms for performing chemistry and biology has in large part been driven by a range of potential benefits that ...

Synthesis, Assembly, and Characterization of Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoparticle Films for Protein Monolayer Electrochemistry

Colloidal gold nanoparticles protected with alkanethiolate ligands called monolayer protected gold clusters (MPCs) are synthesized and subsequently incorporated into film assemblies that serve as adsorption platforms for protein monolayer electrochemistry (PME). PME is utilized as the model system for studying electrochemical properties of redox proteins by confining them to an adsorption platform at a modified electrode, which also serves as a redox partner for electron transfer (ET) reactions. Studies have shown that gold nanoparticle film assemblies of this nature provide for a more homogeneous protein adsorption environment and promote ET without distance dependence compared to the more traditional systems modified with alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAM).1-3 In this paper, MPCs functionalized with hexanethiolate ligands are synthesized using a modified Brust reaction4 and characterized with ultraviolet visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and proton (1H) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). MPC films are assembled on SAM modified gold electrode interfaces by using a "dip cycle" method of alternating MPC layers and dithiol linking molecules. Film growth at gold electrode is tracked electrochemically by measuring changes to the double layer charging current of the system. Analogous films assembled on silane modified glass slides allow for optical monitoring of film growth and cross-sectional TEM analysis provides an estimated film thickness. During film assembly, manipulation of the MPC ligand protection as well as the interparticle linkage mechanism allow for networked films, that are readily adaptable, to interface with redox protein having different adsorption mechanism. For example, Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin (AZ) can be adsorbed hydrophobically to dithiol-linked films of hexanethiolate MPCs and cytochrome c (cyt c) can be immobilized electrostatically at a carboxylic acid modified MPC interfacial layer. In this report, we focus on the film protocol for the AZ system exclusively. Investigations involving the adsorption of proteins on MPC modified synthetic platforms could further the understanding of interactions between biomolecules and man-made materials, and consequently aid the development of biosensor schemes, ET modeling systems, and synthetic biocompatible materials.5-8

Alkanethiolate stabilized gold colloids known as monolayer protected clusters (MPCs) are synthesized, characterized, and assembled into thin films as an adsorption interface for protein monolayer electrochemistry of simple redox protein like Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin (AZ) and cytochrome c (cyt c).

单层的合成，装配和表征蛋白质单分子膜的电化学保护的金纳米粒子薄膜

Colloidal gold nanoparticles protected with alkanethiolate ligands called monolayer protected gold clusters (MPCs) are synthesized and subsequently ...

3D Orbital Tracking in a Modified Two-photon Microscope: An Application to the Tracking of Intracellular Vesicles

The objective of this video protocol is to discuss how to perform and analyze a three-dimensional fluorescent orbital particle tracking experiment using a modified two-photon microscope1. As opposed to conventional approaches (raster scan or wide field based on a stack of frames), the 3D orbital tracking allows to localize and follow with a high spatial (10 nm accuracy) and temporal resolution (50 Hz frequency response) the 3D displacement of a moving fluorescent particle on length-scales of hundreds of microns2. The method is based on a feedback algorithm that controls the hardware of a two-photon laser scanning microscope in order to perform a circular orbit around the object to be tracked: the feedback mechanism will maintain the fluorescent object in the center by controlling the displacement of the scanning beam3-5. To demonstrate the advantages of this technique, we followed a fast moving organelle, the lysosome, within a living cell6,7. Cells were plated according to standard protocols, and stained using a commercially lysosome dye. We discuss briefly the hardware configuration and in more detail the control software, to perform a 3D orbital tracking experiment inside living cells. We discuss in detail the parameters required in order to control the scanning microscope and enable the motion of the beam in a closed orbit around the particle. We conclude by demonstrating how this method can be effectively used to track the fast motion of a labeled lysosome along microtubules in 3D within a live cell. Lysosomes can move with speeds in the range of 0.4-0.5 &#181;m/sec, typically displaying a directed motion along the microtubule network8.

In this video protocol we track - at high speed and in three dimensions - fluorescently labeled lysosomes within living cells, using the orbital tracking method in a modified two-photon microscope.

3d轨道跟踪的改进双光子显微镜之应用:细胞内的囊泡的跟踪

The objective of this video protocol is to discuss how to perform and analyze a three-dimensional fluorescent orbital particle tracking experiment using a ...

From Fast Fluorescence Imaging to Molecular Diffusion Law on Live Cell Membranes in a Commercial Microscope

It has become increasingly evident that the spatial distribution and the motion of membrane components like lipids and proteins are key factors in the regulation of many cellular functions. However, due to the fast dynamics and the tiny structures involved, a very high spatio-temporal resolution is required to catch the real behavior of molecules. Here we present the experimental protocol for studying the dynamics of fluorescently-labeled plasma-membrane proteins and lipids in live cells with high spatiotemporal resolution. Notably, this approach doesn&#8217;t need to track each molecule, but it calculates population behavior using all molecules in a given region of the membrane. The starting point is a fast imaging of a given region on the membrane. Afterwards, a complete spatio-temporal autocorrelation function is calculated correlating acquired images at increasing time delays, for example each 2, 3, n repetitions. It is possible to demonstrate that the width of the peak of the spatial autocorrelation function increases at increasing time delay as a function of particle movement due to diffusion. Therefore, fitting of the series of autocorrelation functions enables to extract the actual protein mean square displacement from imaging (iMSD), here presented in the form of apparent diffusivity vs average displacement. This yields a quantitative view of the average dynamics of single molecules with nanometer accuracy. By using a GFP-tagged variant of the Transferrin Receptor (TfR) and an ATTO488 labeled 1-palmitoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (PPE) it is possible to observe the spatiotemporal regulation of protein and lipid diffusion on &#181;m-sized membrane regions in the micro-to-milli-second time range.

Spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of plasma membrane proteins and lipids is a hot topic in biology. Here this issue is addressed by a spatio-temporal image fluctuation analysis that provides conceptually the same physical quantities of single particle tracking, but it uses small molecular labels and standard microscopy setups.

从快速荧光成像在分子扩散法对活细胞的膜在商业显微镜

It has become increasingly evident that the spatial distribution and the motion of membrane components like lipids and proteins are key factors in the ...

An In Vitro Enzymatic Assay to Measure Transcription Inhibition by Gallium(III) and H3 5,10,15-tris(pentafluorophenyl)corroles

Chemotherapy often involves broad-spectrum cytotoxic agents with many side effects and limited targeting. Corroles are a class of tetrapyrrolic macrocycles that exhibit differential cytostatic and cytotoxic properties in specific cell lines, depending on the identities of the chelated metal and functional groups. The unique behavior of functionalized corroles towards specific cell lines introduces the possibility of targeted chemotherapy.
Many anticancer drugs are evaluated by their ability to inhibit RNA transcription. Here we present a step-by-step protocol for RNA transcription in the presence of known and potential inhibitors. The evaluation of the RNA products of the transcription reaction by gel electrophoresis and UV-Vis spectroscopy provides information on inhibitive properties of potential anticancer drug candidates and, with modifications to the assay, more about their mechanism of action.
Little is known about the molecular mechanism of action of corrole cytotoxicity. In this experiment, we consider two corrole compounds: gallium(III) 5,10,15-(tris)pentafluorophenylcorrole (Ga(tpfc)) and freebase analogue 5,10,15-(tris)pentafluorophenylcorrole (tpfc). An RNA transcription assay was used to examine the inhibitive properties of the corroles. Five transcription reactions were prepared: DNA treated with Actinomycin D, triptolide, Ga(tpfc), tpfc at a [complex]:[template DNA base] ratio of 0.01, respectively, and an untreated control.
The transcription reactions were analyzed after 4 hr using agarose gel electrophoresis and UV-Vis spectroscopy. There is clear inhibition by Ga(tpfc), Actinomycin D, and triptolide.
This RNA transcription assay can be modified to provide more mechanistic detail by varying the concentrations of the anticancer complex, DNA, or polymerase enzyme, or by incubating the DNA or polymerase with the complexes prior to RNA transcription; these modifications would differentiate between an inhibition mechanism involving the DNA or the enzyme. Adding the complex after RNA transcription can be used to test whether the complexes degrade or hydrolyze the RNA. This assay can also be used to study additional anticancer candidates.

An In Vitro Enzymatic Assay to Measure Transcription Inhibition by GalliumIII and H3 5,10,15-trispentafluorophenylcorroles

Gallium(III) 5,10,15-(tris)pentafluorophenylcorrole and its freebase analogue exhibit low micromolar cell cytotoxicity. This manuscript describes an RNA transcription reaction, imaging RNA with an ethidium bromide-stained gel, and quantifying RNA with UV-Vis spectroscopy, in order to assess transcription inhibition by corroles and demonstrates a straightforward method of evaluating anticancer candidate properties.

一个<em&gt;在体外</em&gt;酶测定来测量转录抑制作用镓（Ⅲ）和H<sub&gt; 3</sub&gt; -5,10,15-三（五氟苯基）corroles

Chemotherapy often involves broad-spectrum cytotoxic agents with many side effects and limited targeting. Corroles are a class of tetrapyrrolic ...

Planar Gradient Diffusion System to Investigate Chemotaxis in a 3D Collagen Matrix

The importance of cell migration can be seen through the development of human life. When cells migrate, they generate forces and transfer these forces to their surrounding area, leading to cell movement and migration. In order to understand the mechanisms that can alter and/or affect cell migration, one can study these forces. In theory, understanding the fundamental mechanisms and forces underlying cell migration holds the promise of effective approaches for treating diseases and promoting cellular transplantation. Unfortunately, modern chemotaxis chambers that have been developed are usually restricted to two dimensions (2D) and have complex diffusion gradients that make the experiment difficult to interpret. To this end, we have developed, and describe in this paper, a direct-viewing chamber for chemotaxis studies, which allows one to overcome modern chemotaxis chamber obstacles able to measure cell forces and specific concentration within the chamber in a 3D environment to study cell 3D migration. More compelling, this approach allows one to successfully model diffusion through 3D collagen matrices and calculate the coefficient of diffusion of a chemoattractant through multiple different concentrations of collagen, while keeping the system simple and user friendly for traction force microscopy (TFM) and digital volume correlation (DVC) analysis.

Cell migration is an important part of human development and life. In order to understand the mechanisms that can alter cell migration, we present a planar gradient diffusion system to investigate chemotaxis in a 3D collagen matrix, which allows one to overcome modern diffusion chamber limitations of existing assays.

平面梯度扩散系统的调查趋化三维胶原基质

The importance of cell migration can be seen through the development of human life. When cells migrate, they generate forces and transfer these forces to ...

Multicolor Fluorescence Detection for Droplet Microfluidics Using Optical Fibers

Fluorescence assays are the most common readouts used in droplet microfluidics due to their bright signals and fast time response. Applications such as multiplex assays, enzyme evolution, and molecular biology enhanced cell sorting require the detection of two or more colors of fluorescence. Standard multicolor detection systems that couple free space lasers to epifluorescence microscopes are bulky, expensive, and difficult to maintain. In this paper, we describe a scheme to perform multicolor detection by exciting discrete regions of a microfluidic channel with lasers coupled to optical fibers. Emitted light is collected by an optical fiber coupled to a single photodetector. Because the excitation occurs at different spatial locations, the identity of emitted light can be encoded as a temporal shift, eliminating the need for more complicated light filtering schemes. The system has been used to detect droplet populations containing four unique combinations of dyes and to detect sub-nanomolar concentrations of fluorescein.

Multicolor fluorescence detection in droplet microfluidics typically involves bulky and complex epifluorescence microscope-based detection systems. Here we describe a compact and modular multicolor detection scheme that utilizes an array of optical fibers to temporally encode multicolor data collected by a single photodetector.

使用多色荧光检测液滴微流控光纤

Fluorescence assays are the most common readouts used in droplet microfluidics due to their bright signals and fast time response. Applications such as ...

Merging Ion Concentration Polarization between Juxtaposed Ion Exchange Membranes to Block the Propagation of the Polarization Zone

The ion concentration polarization (ICP) phenomenon is one of the most prevailing methods to preconcentrate low-abundance biological samples. The ICP induces a noninvasive region for charged biomolecules (i.e., the ion depletion zone), and targets can be preconcentrated on this region boundary. Despite the high preconcentration performances with ICP, it is difficult to find the operating conditions of non-propagating ion depletion zones. To overcome this narrow operating window, we recently developed a new platform for spatiotemporally fixed preconcentration. Unlike preceding methods that only use ion depletion, this platform also uses the opposite polarity of the ICP (i.e., ion enrichment) to stop the propagation of the ion depletion zone. By confronting the enrichment zone with the depletion zone, the two zones merge together and stop. In this paper, we describe a detailed experimental protocol to build this spatiotemporally defined ICP platform and characterize the preconcentration dynamics of the new platform by comparing them with those of the conventional device. Qualitative ion concentration profiles and current-time responses successfully capture the different dynamics between the merged ICP and the stand-alone ICP. In contrast to the conventional one that can fix the preconcentration location at only ~5 V, the new platform can produce a target-condensed plug at a specific location in the broad ranges of operating conditions: voltage (0.5-100 V), ionic strength (1-100 mM), and pH (3.7-10.3).

The protocol for a novel ion concentration polarization (ICP) platform that can stop the propagation of the ICP zone, regardless of the operating conditions is described. This unique ability of the platform lies in the use of merging ion depletion and enrichment, which are two polarities of the ICP phenomenon.

并列的合并离子交换膜之间的离子浓差极化，以块极化区的传播

The ion concentration polarization (ICP) phenomenon is one of the most prevailing methods to preconcentrate low-abundance biological samples. The ICP ...