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Kinetics of small molecule interactions with membrane proteins in single cells measured with mechanical amplification.

Yan Guan, Xiaonan Shan, Fenni Zhang, Shaopeng Wang, Hong-Yuan Chen, Nongjian Tao

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Article in Science advances, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yan GuanCenter for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. ; School of Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Xiaonan ShanCenter for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Fenni ZhangCenter for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. ; School of Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Shaopeng WangCenter for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Hong-Yuan ChenState Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
Nongjian TaoCenter for Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. ; School of Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. ; State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measuring small molecule interactions with membrane proteins in single cells is critical for understanding many cellular processes and for screening drugs. However, developing such a capability has been a difficult challenge. We show that molecular interactions with membrane proteins induce a mechanical deformation in the cellular membrane, and real-time monitoring of the deformation with subnanometer resolution allows quantitative analysis of small molecule-membrane protein interaction kinetics in single cells. This new strategy provides mechanical amplification of small binding signals, making it possible to detect small molecule interactions with membrane proteins. This capability, together with spatial resolution, also allows the study of the heterogeneous nature of cells by analyzing the interaction kinetics variability between different cells and between different regions of a single cell.

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kinetics measurementlabel-free detectionmechanical amplificationoptical imagingsingle cellsmall molecule–membrane protein interaction in situ measurement

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PMID26601298
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