Optical tweezers in biomedical research – progress and techniques DOI Open Access
Dharm Singh Yadav, Tudor Savopol

Journal of Medicine and Life, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(11), P. 978 - 993

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Optical tweezers, which leverage the forces exerted by radiation pressure, have emerged as a pivotal technique for precisely manipulating and analyzing microscopic particles. Since Arthur Ashkin's ground-breaking work in 1970s subsequent development of single-beam optical trap 1986, capabilities tweezers expanded significantly, enabling intricate manipulation biological specimens at micro- nanoscale. This review elucidates foundational principles trapping their extensive applications biomedical sciences. The biomedicine are vast, ranging from investigation cellular mechanical properties, such cell stretching, membrane elasticity, stiffness, to single-molecule studies encompassing DNA protein mechanics, protein-DNA interactions, molecular motor functions, pathogen-host interactions. Advancement this field includes integration with holography, fluorescence microscopy, microfluidics, enhancements force sensitivity positional accuracy. These tools profoundly impacted study drug discovery processes, disease diagnostics, providing unparalleled insights into biophysical mechanisms underlying health pathology.

Language: Английский

Topoisomerase-modulated genome-wide DNA supercoiling domains colocalize with nuclear compartments and regulate human gene expression DOI
Qian Yao, Linying Zhu, Zhen Shi

et al.

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 16, 2024

Language: Английский

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7

AAV Genome Topology Decides ITR Secondary Structure DOI Open Access
Patrick Wilmott, Leszek Lisowski

BioEssays, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 5, 2025

Intra-strand base pairing is possible when double-stranded DNA contains inverted repeats, but vanishingly improbable without so-called negative superhelicity. This superhelicity itself conditional upon whether the molecule can retain torsional stress-a question of "topology." principle has been uncontroversial to biophysicists since 1980s proven challenging for outsiders grasp and retain. For those in AAV research, this constitutes a decades-long missed connection. one multitude viruses bearing secondary-structure-forming elements on their termini. Its "inverted terminal repeats" (ITRs) self-anneal into relatively large hammerhead structures both ends dynamically structured genome are central numerous host interactions that drive viral lifecycle. A standalone article such as therefore warranted promote an understanding these ideas research community highlight significance basic biology virus its vector gene delivery system.

Language: Английский

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Application of a bivalent “click” approach to target tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1) DOI Creative Commons
Xue Zhi Zhao, Wenjie Wang, Md Rasel Al Mahmud

et al.

RSC Medicinal Chemistry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Application of copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) “click” reactions assemble bivalent proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) constituents targeting tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1).

Language: Английский

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0

Topological epigenetics: The biophysics of DNA supercoiling and its relation to transcription and genome instability DOI Creative Commons
Nick Gilbert, Davide Marenduzzo

Current Opinion in Cell Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 92, P. 102448 - 102448

Published: Dec. 12, 2024

Language: Английский

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2

A convenient single-cell newly synthesized transcriptome assay reveals gene expression dynamics during early-stage T-cell activation DOI Open Access
Jun Lyu, Xiaoyan Xu, Chongyi Chen

et al.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 23, 2024

Abstract Sequencing newly synthesized transcriptome alongside regular in single cells enables the study of gene expression temporal dynamics during rapid chromatin and regulation processes. However, existing assays to profile single-cell require in-house technical expertise achieve high cellular throughput, limiting their widespread application. Here, we developed NOTE-seq, a method that simultaneously profiles transcriptomes cells. NOTE-seq integrates 4-thiouridine labeling RNA, thiol-alkylation-based chemical conversion, streamlined workflow on 10X Genomics platform, offering throughput is accessible convenient for biology laboratories without specialized expertise. Using characterized early-stage T-cell activation Jurkat naïve T cells, identified transcription factors regulons, discovered Fli-1 as master factor upon stimulation. Interestingly, chemotherapeutic topoisomerase inhibitor affects level indicating potential complications immune system.

Language: Английский

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1

Optical tweezers in biomedical research – progress and techniques DOI Open Access
Dharm Singh Yadav, Tudor Savopol

Journal of Medicine and Life, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(11), P. 978 - 993

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Optical tweezers, which leverage the forces exerted by radiation pressure, have emerged as a pivotal technique for precisely manipulating and analyzing microscopic particles. Since Arthur Ashkin's ground-breaking work in 1970s subsequent development of single-beam optical trap 1986, capabilities tweezers expanded significantly, enabling intricate manipulation biological specimens at micro- nanoscale. This review elucidates foundational principles trapping their extensive applications biomedical sciences. The biomedicine are vast, ranging from investigation cellular mechanical properties, such cell stretching, membrane elasticity, stiffness, to single-molecule studies encompassing DNA protein mechanics, protein-DNA interactions, molecular motor functions, pathogen-host interactions. Advancement this field includes integration with holography, fluorescence microscopy, microfluidics, enhancements force sensitivity positional accuracy. These tools profoundly impacted study drug discovery processes, disease diagnostics, providing unparalleled insights into biophysical mechanisms underlying health pathology.

Language: Английский

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0