Single-Cell Measurements Using Acoustic Force Spectroscopy (AFS)

Kees Karel H. Taris, Douwe Kamsma, Gijs J.L. Wuite*

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Abstract

Single-molecule force spectroscopy is a powerful tool to investigate the forces and motions related to interactions of biological molecules. Acoustic force spectroscopy (AFS) is a developed measurement tool to study single molecules or cells making use of acoustic standing waves. AFS permits high experimental throughput because many individual molecules can be manipulated and tracked in parallel. Moreover, a wide range of forces can be applied as well as a force loading rate with range of six orders of magnitude. At the same time, AFS stands out because of its simplicity and the compactness of the experimental setup. Even though the AFS setup is simple, it can still be challenging to perform high-quality measurements. Here we describe, in detail, how to setup, perform, and analyze an AFS measurement to determine cell adhesion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSingle molecule analysis
Subtitle of host publicationMethods and protocols
EditorsIddo Heller, David Dulin, Erwin J.G. Peterman
PublisherHumana Press Inc
Pages467-477
Number of pages11
Edition3rd
ISBN (Electronic)9781071633779
ISBN (Print)9781071633762, 9781071633793
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2694
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank P. Bouti (Sanquin Amsterdam) for the cells and R. Sorkin for collaborating and discussing results. We acknowledge support by NWO (Natuurkunde—Projectruimte 2017-I, 680-91-102) (GJLW).

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.

Funding

We thank P. Bouti (Sanquin Amsterdam) for the cells and R. Sorkin for collaborating and discussing results. We acknowledge support by NWO (Natuurkunde—Projectruimte 2017-I, 680-91-102) (GJLW).

Keywords

  • Acoustic force spectroscopy (AFS)
  • Cell adhesion
  • Molecular biophysics
  • Multiplexed single-molecule method

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