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The effects of measurement parameters on the cancerous cell nucleus characterisation by atomic force microscopy in vitro

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Abstract Cancer is now responsible for the major leading cause of death worldwide. It is noteworthy that lung cancer has been recognised as the highest incidence (11.6%) and mortality (18.4%) for combined sexes among a variety of cancer diseases. Therefore, it is of great value to investigate the mechanical properties of lung cancerous cells for early diagnosis. This paper focus on the influence of measurement parameters on the measured central Young's moduli of single live A549 cell in vitro based on the force spectroscopy mode of atomic force microscopy (AFM). The effects of the measurement parameters on the measured central Young's moduli were analysed by fitting the force–depth curves utilising the Sneddon model. The results revealed that the Young's moduli of A549 cells increased with the larger indentation force, higher indentation speed, less retraction time, deeper Z length and lower purity percentage of serum. The Young's moduli of cells increased first and then decreased with the increasing dwell time. Hence, this research may have potential significance to provide reference for the standardised detection of a single cancerous cell in vitro using AFM methodologies.

A549 cellsAFMmechanical propertiesmorphologyYoung's moduli

Jiajing Zhu、Yanling Tian、Jin Yan、Jing Hu、Zuobin Wang、Xianping Liu

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School of Engineering,University of Warwick

Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Cross‐Scale Micro and Nano Manufacturing,Changchun

2022

Journal of Microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

EISCI
ISSN:0022-2720
年,卷(期):2022.287(1)
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