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Actomyosin motility on nanostructured surfaces

Bunk, Richard LU ; Klinth, J ; Montelius, Lars LU ; Nicholls, IA ; Omling, Pär LU ; Tagerud, S and Mansson, A (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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beam lithography, electron, nanotechnology, resist polymer, motility assay, actin, myosin, atomic force microscope
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
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301
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3
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783 - 788
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Elsevier
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  • pmid:12565849
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1090-2104
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10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00027-5
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English
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  author       = {{Bunk, Richard and Klinth, J and Montelius, Lars and Nicholls, IA and Omling, Pär and Tagerud, S and Mansson, A}},
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  keywords     = {{beam lithography; electron; nanotechnology; resist polymer; motility assay; actin; myosin; atomic force microscope}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{783--788}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications}},
  title        = {{Actomyosin motility on nanostructured surfaces}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00027-5}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00027-5}},
  volume       = {{301}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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