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ArticleNature communications2020

Directed manipulation of membrane proteins by fluorescent magnetic nanoparticles.

Jia Hui Li, Paula Santos-Otte, Braedyn Au, Jakob Rentsch, Stephan Block, Helge Ewers

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jia Hui LiInstitut für Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Paula Santos-OtteInstitut für Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Braedyn AuInstitut für Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4951-6078
Jakob RentschInstitut für Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5728-7255
Stephan BlockInstitut für Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Helge EwersInstitut für Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195, Berlin, Germany. helge.ewers@fu-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3948-4332

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The plasma membrane is the interface through which cells interact with their environment. Membrane proteins are embedded in the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane and their function in this context is often linked to their specific location and dynamics within the membrane. However, few methods are available to manipulate membrane protein location at the single-molecule level. Here, we use fluorescent magnetic nanoparticles (FMNPs) to track membrane molecules and to control their movement. FMNPs allow single-particle tracking (SPT) at 10 nm and 5 ms spatiotemporal resolution, and using a magnetic needle, we pull membrane components laterally with femtonewton-range forces. In this way, we drag membrane proteins over the surface of living cells. Doing so, we detect barriers which we could localize to the submembrane actin cytoskeleton by super-resolution microscopy. We present here a versatile approach to probe membrane processes in live cells via the magnetic control of membrane protein motion.

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Magnetite NanoparticlesActin CytoskeletonAnimalsCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMagnetic FieldsMembrane LipidsMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescenceNanotechnologySingle Molecule ImagingGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMagnetite NanoparticlesMembrane LipidsMembrane Proteins

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PMID32848156
PMCPMC7450064

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