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ArticleNanoscale research letters2014

The influence of aminophylline on the nanostructure and nanomechanics of T lymphocytes: an AFM study.

Xun Huang, Jiexiang He, Mingxian Liu, Changren Zhou

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Article in Nanoscale research letters, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xun HuangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China ; Engineering Research Center of Artificial Organs and Materials, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Jiexiang HeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China ; Engineering Research Center of Artificial Organs and Materials, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Mingxian LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China ; Engineering Research Center of Artificial Organs and Materials, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Changren ZhouDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China ; Engineering Research Center of Artificial Organs and Materials, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although much progress has been made in the illustration of the mechanism of aminophylline (AM) treating asthma, there is no data about its effect on the nanostructure and nanomechanics of T lymphocytes. Here, we presented atomic force spectroscopy (AFM)-based investigations at the nanoscale level to address the above fundamental biophysical questions. As increasing AM treatment time, T lymphocytes' volume nearly double increased and then decreased. The changes of nanostructural features of the cell membrane, i.e., mean height of particles, root-mean-square roughness (Rq), crack and fragment appearance, increased with AM treatment time. T lymphocytes were completely destroyed with 96-h treatment, and they existed in the form of small fragments. Analysis of force-distance curves showed that the adhesion force of cell surface decreased significantly with the increase of AM treatment time, while the cell stiffness increased firstly and then decreased. These changes were closely correlated to the characteristics and process of cell oncosis. In total, these quantitative and qualitative changes of T lymphocytes' structure and nanomechanical properties suggested that AM could induce T lymphocyte oncosis to exert anti-inflammatory effects for treating asthma. These findings provide new insights into the T lymphocyte oncosis and the anti-inflammatory mechanism and immune regulation actions of AM.

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AminophyllineAtomic force microscopyNanomechanicsNanostructureT lymphocytes

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