Enhanced optical manipulation of cells using anti-reflection coated microparticles
Abstract
We demonstrate the use of anti-reflection (AR) coated microparticles for the enhanced optical manipulation of cells. Specifically, we incubate both CHO-K1 and HL60 cell lines with AR coated titania microparticles and subsequently performed drag force measurements using optical trapping. Direct comparisons were performed between native, polystyrene microparticle and AR microparticle tagged cells. The optical trapping efficiency was recorded by measuring the Q value in a drag force experiment. CHO-K1 cells incubated with AR microparticles show an increase in the Q value of nearly 220% versus native cells. With the inclusion of AR microparticles, cell velocities exceeding 50um/s were recorded for only 33mW of laser trapping power. Cell viability was confirmed with fluorescent dyes and cells expressing a fluorescent ubiquitination-based cell cycle protein (FUCCI) which verified no disruption to the cell cycle in the presence of AR microparticles.
Citation
Craig , D , McDonald , A , Mazilu , M , Rendall , H A , Gunn-Moore , F J & Dholakia , K 2015 , ' Enhanced optical manipulation of cells using anti-reflection coated microparticles ' , ACS Photonics , vol. 2 , no. 10 , pp. 1403-1409 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00178
Publication
ACS Photonics
Status
Peer reviewed
Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright © 2015 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Photonics, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00178
Description
The authors thank the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under grants EP/J01771X/1 and EP/M000869/1, the University of St Andrews, the BRAINS 600th anniversary appeal and Dr. Killick for funding.Collections
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