We describe a technique for concurrently measuring force-regulated single receptor-ligand binding kinetics and real-time imaging of calcium signaling in a single T lymphocyte.
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| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Phosphate Monobasic Monohydrate (NaH2PO4 • H2O) | Sigma-Aldrich | S9638 | Phosphate buffer preparation |
| Anhy. Sodium Phosphate Dibasic (Na2HPO4) | Sigma-Aldrich | S7907 | Phosphate buffer preparation |
| Sodium Carbonate (Na2CO3) | Sigma-Aldrich | S2127 | Carbonate/bicarbonate buffer preparation |
| Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3) | Sigma-Aldrich | S5761 | Carbonate/bicarbonate buffer preparation |
| Sodium chloride (NaCl) | Sigma-Aldrich | S7653 | N2-5% buffer preparation |
| Potassium chloride (KCl) | Sigma-Aldrich | P9541 | N2-5% buffer preparation |
| Potassium phosphate monobasic (KH2PO4) | Sigma-Aldrich | P5655 | N2-5% buffer preparation |
| Sucrose | Sigma-Aldrich | S0389 | N2-5% buffer preparation |
| MAL-PEG3500-NHS | JenKem | A5002-1 | Bead functionalization |
| Biotin-PEG3500-NHS | JenKem | A5026-1 | RBC biotinylation |
| Nystatin | Sigma-Aldrich | N6261 | RBC osmolarity adjustment |
| Ammonium Hydroxide (NH4OH) | Sigma-Aldrich | A-6899 | Glass bead silanization |
| Methanol | BDH | 67-56-1 | Glass bead silanization |
| 30% Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) | J. T. Barker | Jan-86 | Glass bead silanization |
| Acetic Acid (Glacial) | Sigma-Aldrich | ARK2183 | Glass bead silanization |
| 3-Mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS) | Uct Specialties, llc | 4420-74-0 | Glass bead functionalization |
| Borosilicate Glass beads | Distrilab Particle Technology | 9002 | Glass bead functionalization |
| Streptavidin−Maleimide | Sigma-Aldrich | S9415 | Glass bead functionalization |
| BSA | Sigma-Aldrich | A0336 | Ligand functionalizing |
| Fura2-AM | Life Technologies | F-1201 | Intracellular calcium fluorescence dye loading |
| Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) | Sigma-Aldrich | D2650 | Intracellular calcium fluorescence dye loading |
| Quantibrite PE Beads | BD Biosciences | 340495 | Density quantification |
| Flow Cytometer | BD Biosciences | BD LSR II | Density quantification |
| Capillary Tube 0.7-1.0 mm x 30 inches | Kimble Chase | 46485-1 | Micropipette making |
| Flaming/Brown Micropipette Puller | sutter instrument | P-97 | Micropipette making |
| Pipette microforce | Narishige | MF-900 | Micropipette making |
| Mineral Oil | Fisher Scientific | BP2629-1 | Chamber assembly |
| Microscope Cover Glass | Fisher Scientific | 12-544-G | Chamber assembly |
| Micro-injector | World Precision Instruments | MF34G-5 | Chamber assembly |
| 1 ml syringe | BD | 309602 | chamber assembly |
| Micropipette holder | Narishige | HI-7 | Chamber assembly |
| Home-designed mechanical parts and adaptors fabrications using CNC machining. | Biophysics Instrument | All parts are customized according to the CAD designs. | BFP system |
| Microscope (TiE inverted) | Nikon | MEA53100 | BFP system |
| Objective CFI Plan Fluor 40x (NA 0.75, WD 0.72 mm, Spg) | Nikon | MRH00401 | BFP system |
| Camera, GE680, 640 x 480, GigE, 1/3" CCD, mono | Graftek Imaging | 02-2020C | BFP system |
| Prosilica GC1290 - ICX445, 1/3", C-Mount, 1280 x 960, Mono., CCD, 12 Bit ADC | Graftek Imaging | 02-2185A | BFP system |
| Manual submicron probehead with high resolution remote control | Karl Suss | PH400 | BFP system |
| Anti-vibration table (5’ x 3’) | TMC | 77049089 | BFP system |
| 3D manual translational stage | Newport | 462-XYZ-M | |
| SolidWorks 3D CAD software | SOLIDWORKS Corp. | Version 2012 SP5 | BFP system |
| LabVIEW software | National Instruments | Version 2009 | BFP system, BFP program |
| 3D piezo translational stage | Physik Instrumente | M-105.3P | BFP system |
| Linear piezo accuator | Physik Instrumente | P-753.1CD | BFP system |
| Micromanager software | Version 1.4 | fBFP system, fluorescence imaging program | |
| Dual Cam (DC-2) | Photometrics | 77054724 | fBFP system |
| Dual Cam emission filter (T565LPXR) | Photometrics | 77054725 | fBFP system |
| Fluorescence Camera | Hamamatsu | ORCA-R2 C10600-10B | fBFP system |
| Plastic paraffin film (Parafilm) | Bemis Company, Inc | PM996 | bottle sealing |
| Carbonate/bicarbonate buffer (pH 8.5) | 8.4 g/L sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), 10.6 g/L sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) | ||
| Phosphate buffer (pH 6.5-6.8) | 27.6 g/L NaPhosphate monobasic (NaH2PO4 • H2O), 28.4 g/L Anhy. NaPhosphate dibasic (Na2HPO4) | ||
| N2-5% buffer (pH 7.2) | 20.77 g/L potassium chloride (KCl), 2.38 g/L sodium chloride (NaCl), 0.13 g/L potassium phosphate monobasic (KH2PO4), 0.71 g/L anhy. sodium phosphate dibasic (Na2HPO4), 9.70 g/L sucrose |
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