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ArticleMicromachines2020

A Novel Electroporation System for Living Cell Staining and Membrane Dynamics Interrogation.

Yuanjun Zhang, Zishen Yan, Xingyu Xia, Yuan Lin

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Article in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuanjun ZhangHKU-Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-SIRI), Guangdong 518057, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6983-7373
Zishen YanHKU-Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-SIRI), Guangdong 518057, China.
Xingyu XiaHKU-Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-SIRI), Guangdong 518057, China.
Yuan LinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3882-174X
University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 11872325Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee GRF/17257016, GRF/17210618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel electroporation system was developed to introduce transient membrane pores to cells in a spatially and temporally controlled manner, allowing us to achieve fast electrotransfection and live cell staining as well as to systematically interrogate the dynamics of the cell membrane. Specifically, using this platform, we showed that both reversible and irreversible electroporation could be induced in the cell population, with nano-sized membrane pores in the former case being able to self-reseal in ~10 min. In addition, green fluorescent protein(GFP)-vinculin plasmid and 543 phalloidin have been delivered successively into fibroblast cells, which enables us to monitor the distinct roles of vinculin and F-actin in cell adhesion and migration as well as their possible interplay during these processes. Compared to conventional bulk electroporation and staining methods, the new system offers advantages such as low-voltage operation, cellular level manipulation and testing, fast and adjustable transfection/staining and real-time monitoring; the new system therefore could be useful in different biophysical studies in the future.

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cell adhesionelectroporationelectrotransfectionlive cell stainingmembrane resealing

Identifiers

PMID32796554
PMCPMC7466103
OpenAlexW3048436512

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