摘要Biophysical restrictions regulate protein diffusion, nucleus deformation, and cell migration, which are all universal and important processes for cells to perform their biological functions. However, current technologies addressing these multi-scale questions are extremely limited. Herein, through two-photon polymerization (TPP), we present the precise, low-cost, and multiscale microstructures (micro-fences) as a versatile investigating platform. With nanometer-scale printing resolu-tion and multiscale scanning capacity, TPP is capable of generating micro-fences with sizes of 0.5–1000 μm. These micro-fences are utilized as biophysical restrictions to determine the fluidity of supported lipid bilayers (SLB), to investigate the restricted diffusion of Src family kinase protein Lck on SLB, and also to reveal the mechanical bending of cell nucleus and T cell climbing ability. Taken together, the proposed versatile and low-cost micro-fences have great potential in probing the restricted dynamics of molecules, organelles, and cells to understand the basics of physical biology.
作者单位Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital and Department of Cell Biology,Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310058,China;School of Mechanical Engineering,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310027,China[1]State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics,School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering,Southeast University,Nanjing 210096,China[2]Center for Stretchable Electronics and Nano Sensors,College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering,Shenzhen University,Shenzhen 518060,China[3]Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital and Department of Biochemistry,Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310058,China[4]Department of Cardiology of the Second Affiliated Hospital and Department of Cell Biology,Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310058,China[5]
This work was financially supported by theNational Basic Research Program of Chinathe National Natural Science Foundation of Chinathe National Key Research and Development Program of Chinaand the China Postdoctoral Science FoundationAuthors also appreciated the Medicine-Engineering Cross Fund program in Zhejiang University