Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Publication Title
Journal of Biomedical Optics
Abstract
Cellular mechanosensation mechanisms have been implicated in a variety of disease states. Specifically in renal tubules, the primary cilium and associated mechanosensitive ion channels are hypothesized to play a role in water and salt homeostasis, with relevant disease states including polycystic kidney disease and hypertension. Previous experiments investigating ciliary-mediated cellular mechanosensation have used either fluid flow chambers or micropipetting to elicit a biological response. The interpretation of these experiments in terms of the "ciliary hypothesis" has been difficult due the spatially distributed nature of the mechanical disturbance-several competing hypotheses regarding possible roles of primary cilium, glycocalyx, microvilli, cell junctions, and actin cytoskeleton exist. I report initial data using optical tweezers to manipulate individual primary cilia in an attempt to elicit a mechanotransduction response-specifically, the release of intracellular calcium. The advantage of using laser tweezers over previous work is that the applied disturbance is highly localized. I find that stimulation of a primary cilium elicits a response, while stimulation of the apical surface membrane does not. These results lend support to the hypothesis that the primary cilium mediates transduction of mechanical strain into a biochemical response in renal epithelia. (C) 2010 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. [DOI: 10.1117/1.3316378]
Repository Citation
Resnick, Andrew, "Use of Optical Tweezers to Probe Epithelial Mechanosensation" (2010). Physics Faculty Publications. 39.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/39
Original Citation
Resnick, Andrew. "Use of Optical Tweezers to Probe Epithelial Mechanosensation." Journal of Biomedical Optics 15 (2010): 15005.
Article Number
15005
DOI
10.1117/1.3316378
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publisher's Statement
Copyright 2010 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. Available from publisher at http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.3316378.
Volume
15
Issue
1
