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 language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Single molecule analysis |
| Subtitle of host publication | Methods and protocols |
| Editors | Iddo Heller, David Dulin, Erwin J.G. Peterman |
| Publisher | Humana Press Inc |
| Pages | 467-477 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Edition | 3rd |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781071633779 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781071633762, 9781071633793 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | Methods in Molecular Biology |
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| Volume | 2694 |
| 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