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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 81, Issue 23, Pages 9674-9681Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac901796r
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- MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology), Japan [18101006, 21685008, 17066002]
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21685008, 17066002] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Gene-transfected single HeLa cells were characterized using a scanning electrochemical/optical microscope (SECM/OM) system with shear-force-based probe-sample distance regulation to simultaneously capture electrochemical, fluorescent, and topographic images. The outer and inner states of single living cells were obtained as electrochemical and fluorescent signals, respectively, by using an optical fiber-nanoelectrode probe. A focused ion beam (FIB) was used to mill the optical aperture and the ring electrode at the probe apex (the inner and outer radii of the ring electrode were 3 7 and 112 nm, respectively). To apply an appropriate shear force between the probe tip and the living cell surface, we optimized the amplitude of oscillation of the tuning fork to which the probe was attached. Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) were adopted to drastically increase the feedback speed of the tip-sample distance regulation, shorten the scanning time for imaging, and enhance the accuracy and quality of the living cell images. In employing these improvements, we simultaneously measured the cellular expression activity of both secreted alkaline phosphatase outside and GFP inside by using the SECM/OM with shear force distance regulation.
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