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1 April 2013 Optical micromanipulation of active cells with minimal perturbations: direct and indirect pushing
Chenlu Wang, Sagar Chowdhury, Satyandra K. Gupta, Wolfgang Losert
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 18, Issue 4, 045001 (April 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.18.4.045001
Abstract
The challenge to wide application of optical tweezers in biological micromanipulation is the photodamage caused by high-intensity laser exposure to the manipulated living systems. While direct exposure to infrared lasers is less likely to kill cells, it can affect cell behavior and signaling. Pushing cells with optically trapped objects has been introduced as a less invasive alternative, but the technique includes some exposure of the biological object to parts of the optical tweezer beam. To keep the cells farther away from the laser, we introduce an indirect pushing-based technique for noninvasive manipulation of sensitive cells. We compare how cells respond to three manipulation approaches: direct manipulation, pushing, and indirect pushing. We find that indirect manipulation techniques lessen the impact of manipulation on cell behavior. Cell survival increases, as does the ability of cells to maintain shape and wiggle. Our experiments also demonstrate that indirect pushing allows cell–cell contacts to be formed in a controllable way, while retaining the ability of cells to change shape and move.
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Chenlu Wang, Sagar Chowdhury, Satyandra K. Gupta, and Wolfgang Losert "Optical micromanipulation of active cells with minimal perturbations: direct and indirect pushing," Journal of Biomedical Optics 18(4), 045001 (1 April 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.18.4.045001
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KEYWORDS
Optical tweezers
Optical micromanipulation
Shape analysis
Silica
Video
Glasses
Optical manipulation
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