| 项目编号: | 1454544
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| 项目名称: | CAREER: Investigate 3D Extracellular Potential Distribution at Single Cell Level |
| 作者: | Jin He
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| 承担单位: | Florida International University
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| 批准年: | 2014
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| 开始日期: | 2015-08-01
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| 结束日期: | 2020-07-31
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| 资助金额: | USD500234
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| 资助来源: | US-NSF
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| 项目类别: | Standard Grant
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| 国家: | US
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 特色学科分类: | Engineering - Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
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| 英文关键词: | living cell
; single cell level
; cell
; single molecule
; bioelectric signal
; extracellular potential mapping
; cell behavior
; single cell analysis
; essential cell activity
; individual non-excitable cell
; single cell
; 1454544hecommon cell
; sicm
; long-lasting extracellular potential microdomain
; career proposal
; cell surface
; important cellular activity
; fine structure
; potential distribution
; complicated spatial distribution
; steady extracellular potential microdomain
; extracellular extracellular potential microdomain
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| 英文摘要: | 1454544
He
Common cells in the human body generate electrical voltage and as a result electrical current. Such signals represent biological activity and function such as growth and differentiation. Although scientists have measured such signals in a general way, this research project attempts to measure in different parts of a cell surface and such measurement is believed to enable us to better characterize cell behavior and function.
Bioelectric signals are ubiquitous in biological systems and are very important for many biological activities. In applications, they can be used as physical biomarkers for diagnostic purposes or can be modulated for therapeutic purposes such as cancer cure or wound healing. Membrane potential, the voltage across the plasma membrane of cells, is a key bioelectrical signal for important cellular activities, such as proliferation, migration and differentiation. Recent studies have revealed that the membrane potential of cells has far more complicated spatial distributions even at single cell level. The role of these fine structures is still not clear and needs to be explored. One hypothesis is that these potential fine structures contain important information to guide essential cell activities and behaviors. This project will develop advanced scientific instruments using nanotechnology and study these fine potential structures at single molecule and single cell level. This research will help to decode the biological meaning of these fine structures and enable us to develop unprecedented diagnostic and therapeutic methods for public health.
The research objective of this CAREER proposal is to investigate long-lasting extracellular potential microdomains of individual living cells with high spatial and temporal resolution using multifunctional scanning ionic conductance microscopy (SICM) techniques. The PI's long term goal is to understand bioelectricity at single cell and single molecule level using innovative nanopipette and SICM based integrated techniques that can achieve single molecule and single cell analysis and imaging under physiological conditions. Bioelectric signals are ubiquitous and play very important roles in biological systems. Steady extracellular potential microdomains around individual non-excitable cell have recently been revealed and they may carry instructive information in signaling pathways. To understand this newly discovered phenomenon, it is very important to quantitatively map the potential distributions around the periphery of one or a cluster of living cells with high spatial resolution in an extended time period. Conical-shaped glass or quartz nanopipettes have attracted increased attentions in recent years. They can be directly used as nanopores for single molecule biosensing. In addition, it can be used as sharp probes for an emerging scanning probe microscopy technique, SICM, to reveal the morphology of living cells with a high spatial resolution. To achieve the research objective, systematic approach will be used and three highly interrelated research tasks are planned: 1. Develop multifunctional SICM techniques for extracellular potential mapping. 2. Characterize the system using model samples in well-controlled environment. 3. Investigate extracellular extracellular potential microdomains of living cells with submicron resolution. These techniques are potentially transformative for bioelectricity studies at single cell level and can also be applied to a wide variety of areas, including biosensing, drug delivery and screening and cytotoxicity. The research outcomes will significantly impact the fundamental understanding of the complex bioelectric signaling networks and will result new types of biosensors and therapeutic methods for cancer, wound healing and developmental diseases. |
| 资源类型: | 项目
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/93762
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候减缓与适应
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Jin He. CAREER: Investigate 3D Extracellular Potential Distribution at Single Cell Level. 2014-01-01.
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