Actomyosin motility on nanostructured surfaces
(2003) In Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 301(3). p.783-788- Abstract
- We have here, for the first time, used nanofabrication techniques to reproduce aspects of the ordered actomyosin arrangement in a muscle cell. The adsorption of functional heavy meromyosin (HMM) to five different resist polymers was first assessed. One group of resists (MRL-6000.1XP and ZEP-520) consistently exhibited high quality motility of actin filaments after incubation with HMM. A second group (PMMA-200, PMMA-950, and MRI-9030) generally gave low quality of motility with only few smoothly moving filaments. Based on these findings electron beam lithography was applied to a bi-layer resist system with PMMA-950 on top of MRL-6000.1XP. Grooves (100-200 nm wide) in the PMMA layer were created to expose the MRL-6000.1XP surface for... (More)
- We have here, for the first time, used nanofabrication techniques to reproduce aspects of the ordered actomyosin arrangement in a muscle cell. The adsorption of functional heavy meromyosin (HMM) to five different resist polymers was first assessed. One group of resists (MRL-6000.1XP and ZEP-520) consistently exhibited high quality motility of actin filaments after incubation with HMM. A second group (PMMA-200, PMMA-950, and MRI-9030) generally gave low quality of motility with only few smoothly moving filaments. Based on these findings electron beam lithography was applied to a bi-layer resist system with PMMA-950 on top of MRL-6000.1XP. Grooves (100-200 nm wide) in the PMMA layer were created to expose the MRL-6000.1XP surface for adsorption of HMM and guidance of actin filament motility. This guidance was quite efficient allowing no U-turns of the filaments and approximately 20 times higher density of moving filaments in the grooves than on the surrounding PMMA. (Less)
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- Bunk, Richard LU ; Klinth, J ; Montelius, Lars LU ; Nicholls, IA ; Omling, Pär LU ; Tagerud, S and Mansson, A
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- 2003
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- beam lithography, electron, nanotechnology, resist polymer, motility assay, actin, myosin, atomic force microscope
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- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
- volume
- 301
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 783 - 788
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- pmid:12565849
- wos:000181143800025
- scopus:0037436227
- ISSN
- 1090-2104
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00027-5
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 85b4439c-e610-428e-a310-8667b954b428 (old id 317965)
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