Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS
Volume 102, Issue 8, Pages 1779-1785Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33167
Keywords
magnetic nanorods; rotatory magnetic field; cytoplasm mechanics; Bingham fluid
Funding
- National Institutes of Health (Fogarty International Center) [R03TW008718]
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The mechanical response of the cytoplasm was investigated by the intracellular implantation of magnetic nanorods and exposure to low-frequency rotatory magnetic fields. Nanorods (Pt-Ni, similar to 200 nm diameter) fabricated by electrodeposition in templates of porous alumina with lengths of approximately 2 and 5 mu m were inserted into NIH/3T3 fibroblasts and manipulated with a rotational magnetic field. Nanorod rotation was observed only for torques greater than 3.0 x 10(-16) Nm, suggesting a Bingham-type behavior of the cytoplasm. Higher torques produced considerable deformation of the intracellular material. The cell nucleus and cell membrane were significantly deformed by nanorods actuated by 4.5 x 10(-15) Nm torques. Our results demonstrate that nanorods under magnetic fields are an effective tool to mechanically probe the intracellular environment. We envision that our findings may contribute to the noninvasive and direct mechanical characterization of the cytoplasm. (C) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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