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US20140287403A1
US20140287403A1 US14/350,451 US201214350451A US2014287403A1 US 20140287403 A1 US20140287403 A1 US 20140287403A1 US 201214350451 A US201214350451 A US 201214350451A US 2014287403 A1 US2014287403 A1 US 2014287403A1
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  • the present invention relates to the analysis at a very low scale of objects having a size ranging from Angstroms to micrometers. It particularly but not exclusively relates to the detection of the movement or the inner dynamics of said objects.
  • the present invention concerns a motion detector as defined in the claims.
  • the detector comprises a flexible support adapted to hold at least one object (for instance an object having a movement or an intrinsic dynamics), a sensor for measuring the displacement said support and processing means for differentiating the movement of said support from the one induced by the said object.
  • object for instance an object having a movement or an intrinsic dynamics
  • processing means for differentiating the movement of said support from the one induced by the said object.
  • the invention also concerns a method for analysing small sized specimens, ranging typically from Angstroms to micrometers.
  • the method according to the invention can be used in any kind of environment, vacuum, air, liquid or physiological medium.
  • fluctuation encompasses any type of motion, in particular the vibration and the deflection.
  • the invention may be particularly useful for detecting the movement or intrinsic dynamics (or absence of them) of objects such as proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, glucides, viruses, bacteria or cells in presence or absence of external or internal stimuli.
  • the induced displacement of the said support may occur by the movement of the object, by the thermal fluctuations induced by the object, by changes in the interaction between the object and the flexible support, by the internal dynamics of the object or by any physical, chemical or biological phenomenon generated by the object and provoking the fluctuations of the said support.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a first setup according to the invention for sensing movement at the nanoscale.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates another setup according to the invention for sensing movement at the nanoscale.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a theoretical molecular structure of human TopoII and a setup according to the invention for observing TopoII drug interactions.
  • FIG. 4 represents an analysis (deflection and variance) of the interaction of human Topoisomerase II with ATP and aclarubicin (ACLAR).
  • FIG. 5 represents an analysis (deflection and variance) of the interaction of human Topoisomerase II with different concentrations of ATP.
  • FIG. 6 represents an analysis (deflection and variance) of the interaction of human TopoII with supercoiled DNA.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates another setup according to invention for observing bacteria viability following exposure to chemical and/or physical stimuli.
  • FIG. 8 represents an analysis (deflection and variance) of the resistance of E. coli to antibiotics.
  • FIG. 9 represents a dose dependent analysis (variance values) with a detector according to the invention.
  • FIG. 10 represents an analysis (deflection and variance) of the exposure of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria to ampicillin.
  • FIG. 1 represents a first embodiment of the invention with a motion detector comprising a cantilever 1 , a laser beam 2 , a minor 3 and two or four segments photodiodes 4 .
  • FIG. 2 represents a similar assembly but where the cantilever is replaced by an optical fibre 5 and where the laser beam 2 is collimated in the fibre 5 and is collected towards its free end.
  • One or several movable objects ( 6 - 9 )—see also FIGS. 3 , 6 and 7 —to be investigated are positioned on a microsized flexible support 1 , 5 .
  • the fluctuations of the support 1 are recorded as a function of time.
  • the method offers the advantage to monitor the evolution of the dynamics of the object(s), for instance as exposed to chemical or physical modifications of the environment.
  • the system may be advantageously made of one or several fluctuating supports, an analysis chamber in which the supports are introduced and a transduction system that detects and records the support movements.
  • the support 1 , 5 may be a cantilever 1 , such as those used in atomic force microscopy (AFM) (see FIGS. 1 , 3 , 6 and 7 ), an optical fibre 5 , a piezoelectric system (not illustrated), a membrane or any microdevice capable of fluctuating. It has to be optimized to allow the attachment of the object on its surface by any means, for instance using chemical, biological or physical methods.
  • AFM atomic force microscopy
  • the objects 6 - 9 can range from single molecules to complex specimens such as nanodevices, proteins, DNA, viruses, bacteria, single cells or complex multicellular systems.
  • the analysis chamber preferably comprises a single or multiple inlets, a space containing the sensor and the object and one or several outlets, in order to permit exposure of the object(s) to different environmental conditions.
  • the transduction system e.g. the photodetector 4 , detects the fluctuations of the objects 6 - 9 through the support 1 , 5 fluctuations. It can be based on, but not limited to, optical reflection, optical interference, piezo electric, electric, magnetic, capacitive or tunneling detection systems. As examples similar systems are typically employed in AFM microscopy, microbalances or accelerometers.
  • the data collected by the transduction system may be advantageously analysed by a dedicated electronics optimized to highlight the dynamical component of the signal, by performing any kind of manipulation capable to evidence the variation in the object dynamics.
  • the fluctuating detector is first processed in a way to promote the attachment of the objects 6 - 9 .
  • the support 1 , 5 is exposed to the objects 6 - 9 .
  • This procedure can be carried on in or outside an analysis chamber.
  • different working conditions are produced in the analysis chamber by modifying the chemical or physical environment around the specimen.
  • the conformational changes of the specimen or its motions, during all the described steps, induce fluctuations that are translated in measurable (electric) signals by the sensor and are recorded by the dedicated electronics.
  • the data are finally analysed by dedicated algorithms to highlight the insurgence or modification of the specimen's movements.
  • Topoisomerase II (TopoII— FIG. 3 ) and its interaction with anticancerous drugs.
  • TopoII is an essential enzyme that interacts with DNA to simplify its topology and permits the transcription to occur safely.
  • TopoII is also the preferred target of numerous anticancerous drugs such as aclarubicin. This drug binds to TopoII, freezes its conformation and inhibits its action ( 15 ).
  • TopoII was adsorbed onto both sides of a cantilever. It was than introduced in the analysis chamber of an AFM and its laser beam was collimated on the apex of the cantilever. The reflection of the laser beam, sent to a split photo-detector, allowed detecting the fluctuations of the cantilever as depicted in FIG. 1 and, more in detail, FIG. 3 .
  • the experiment consisted in injecting successively an ATP depleted buffer, an ATP enriched solution and an aclarubicin+ATP rich media in the analysis chamber and by recording the resulting fluctuations of the cantilever.
  • This experiment was performed using an APTES-coated AFM cantilever.
  • the different buffers injected during experiment are: buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl2 and 0.5 mM dithiothreitol), 0.02 mM ATP and 0.02 mM ATP plus 100 ⁇ M aclarubicin.
  • the top panel shows the cantilever deflection data, while the bottom evidences the differences of the cantilever fluctuation in terms of variance.
  • TopoII molecules by ATP were dependent on its concentration, as shown in FIG. 5 .
  • the media used in this experiment are: buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl 2 and 0.5 mM dithiothreitol), 0.02 mM ATP, 0.2 mM ATP, 2 mM ATP and again buffer.
  • the top panel shows the cantilever deflection data, while the bottom one evidences the differences of the cantilever fluctuation in terms of variance.
  • TopoII interacts with DNA to simplify its topology.
  • TopoII-supercoiled DNA complexes on both sides of an AFM cantilever, as depicted in FIG. 6 .
  • the experiment was performed using an APTES-coated AFM cantilever.
  • the different media injected during experiment are: buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl 2 and 0.5 mM dithiothreitol), 0.02 mM AMPPNP (an ATP analogue) and 0.02 mM ATP.
  • Panel A shows the cantilever deflection data.
  • Panel B depicts the experimental set-up to follow TopoII-DNA interactions. a) DNA molecule, b) TopoII, c) AFM cantilever, d) laser beam.
  • Panel C evidences the differences in terms of the variance.
  • the presented method is sensitive enough to detect external as well as internal motion of bacteria and can be used to assess the action of antibacterial agents.
  • This experiment shows the capability to explore the sensibility of bacteria to antibiotics with a very high temporal resolution ranging between seconds and minutes.
  • Motile bacteria Escherichia coli
  • resistant to kanamycin but sensitive to ampicillin were adsorbed to both sides of a cantilever.
  • the bacteria were successively exposed to both antibiotics to determine the impact on the bacterial motion/viability (see FIG. 7 ).
  • the cantilever was introduced in the analysis chamber and exposed to a solution containing bacteria that eventually attached to its surface. The system was then exposed to: 1) nutriment depleted buffer, 2) nutriment solution (Lysogeny broth (LB)), 3) kanamycin-enriched LB solution 4) LB solution 5) ampicillin-enriched LB solution and, finally, 6) LB solution.
  • LB Lysogeny broth
  • step 2 It appeared that the bacterial motion increased during step 2), diminished when exposed to kanamycin at step 3), increased again in the presence of nutriment at step 4) dramatically decreased in the presence of ampicillin at step 5) and remained at the same value despite the presence of the nutrient solution at step 6).
  • FIG. 8 depicts the evolution of the cantilever fluctuations and of its STD during the different phases of the experiment.
  • the experiment was performed using an APTES-coated AFM cantilever.
  • the different phases of the experiment are depicted: PBS, bacteria in PBS, bacteria in LB, exposure to kanamycin, washing with LB, exposure to ampicillin, washing with LB.
  • the top panel shows the cantilever deflection data, while the bottom one evidences the differences in terms of the variance.
  • the present invention provides a device and a method that detect motion of nano to micrometer sized systems with a high spatial and temporal resolution.
  • the method can be used to (but is not limited to) monitoring conformational changes of single molecules, biochemical reactions, drug-target interactions as well as internal and external motions of cells and bacteria. Due to its high sensitivity to movement, it can be used as a detector of life presence in extreme environments (e.g. extra-terrestrial environments).
  • the procedure improves the existing technology ( 16 - 24 ) by evidencing easily and quantitatively even the slightest fluctuation of the motion detector and can be utilized in any kind of environment, especially in physiological medium.
  • the achievable fluctuation and temporal resolution permits to predict its potential application to a vast number of fields, such as (but not limited to) cellular and molecular biology, bacteriology, microbiology, drug development, high-speed pharmaceutical evaluation, or molecule conformational monitoring.
  • fields such as (but not limited to) cellular and molecular biology, bacteriology, microbiology, drug development, high-speed pharmaceutical evaluation, or molecule conformational monitoring.
  • this technique to slow growing bacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
  • the operating principle is extremely simple and the required materials are standard and completely reusable (electronics, microfluidics, mechanics), a device based on such invention has very low manufacturing and maintenance costs.
  • it can be easily parallelized by combining several sensors in order to improve measurement throughput and reliability.

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