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ArticleACS nano2023

A Programmable DNA Origami Nanospring That Reports Dynamics of Single Integrin Motion, Force Magnitude and Force Orientation in Living Cells.

Hitomi Matsubara, Hiroki Fukunaga, Takahiro Saito, Keigo Ikezaki, Mitsuhiro Iwaki

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Article in ACS nano, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Hitomi MatsubaraRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN, Suita, Osaka 5650874, Japan.ORCID 0009-0007-2475-4279
Hiroki FukunagaRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN, Suita, Osaka 5650874, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2612-0142
Takahiro SaitoGraduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan.
Keigo IkezakiDepartment of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1130033, Japan.
Mitsuhiro IwakiRIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN, Suita, Osaka 5650874, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8893-1103

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Abstract

Mechanical forces are critical for regulating many biological processes such as cell differentiation, proliferation, and death. Probing the continuously changing molecular force through integrin receptors provides insights into the molecular mechanism of rigidity sensing in cells; however, the force information is still limited. Here, we built a coil-shaped DNA origami (DNA nanospring, NS) as a force sensor that reports the dynamic motion of single integrins as well as the magnitude and orientation of the force through integrins in living cells. We monitored the extension with nanometer accuracy and the orientation of the NS linked with a single integrin by the shape of the fluorescence spots. We used acoustic force spectroscopy to estimate the force-extension curve of the NS and determined the force with an ∼10% force error at a broad detectable range from subpicoNewtons (pN) to ∼50 pN. We found single integrins tethered with the NS moved several tens of nanometers, and the contraction and relaxation speeds were load dependent at less than ∼20 pN but robust over ∼20 pN. Fluctuations of the traction force orientation were suppressed with increasing load. Our assay system is a potentially powerful tool for studying mechanosensing at the molecular level.

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IntegrinsMechanical PhenomenaDNADNAIntegrinscellular traction forceDNA origamiforce sensormechanobiologysingle molecules

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