Rheology of F-actin solutions determined from thermally driven tracer motion

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 917-928

  Mason, T G ^a   Gisler, T ^b   Kroy, K ^c   Frey, E ^d   Weitz, D A ^d  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DIFFUSING WAVE SPECTROSCOPY; F-ACTIN SOLUTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY STORAGE MODULUS; MICROSPHERES; POWER LAW SCALING;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0034216161     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.551113     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Amblard, F., A. C. Maggs, B. Yurke, A. N. Pargellis, and S. Leibler, "Subdiffusion and anomalous local viscoelasticity in actin networks," Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4470-4473 (1996).
2. Bird, R. B., R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager, Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids (Wiley, New York, 1977).
3. Evans, E., A. Leung, and D. Zhelev, "Synchrony of cell spreading and contraction force as phagocytes engulf large pathogens," J. Cell Biol. 122, 1295-1300 (1993).
4. Ferry, J. D., Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers (Wiley, New York, 1980).
5. Frey, E., K. Kroy, and J. Wilhelm, "Physics of solutions and networks of semiflexible macromolecules and the control of cell function," in The Wiley Polymer Networks Group Review Series, edited by B. T. Stokke (Wiley, New York, 1999), Vol. 2.
6. Gisler, T. and D. A. Weitz, "Scaling of the microrheology of semidilute F-actin solutions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1606-1609 (1999).
7. Gittes, F. and F. MacKintosh, "Dynamic shear modulus of a semiflexible polymer network," Phys. Rev. E 58, R1241-R1244 (1998).
8. Gittes, F., B. Schnurr, P. D. Olmsted, F. C. MacKintosh, and C. F. Schmidt, "Microscopic viscoelasticity: Shear moduli of soft materials determined from thermal fluctuations," Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3286-3289 (1997).
9. Helfrich, W. and W. Harbich, "Adhesion and cohesion of tubular vesicles," Chem. Scr. 25, 32-36 (1985).
10. Hinner, B., M. Tempel, E. Sackmann, K. Kroy, and E. Frey, "Entanglement, elasticity, and viscous relaxation of actin solutions," Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2614-2617 (1998).
11. Isambert, H. and A. C. Maggs, "Dynamics and rheology of actin solutions," Macromolecules 29, 1036-1040 (1996).
12. Janmey, P. A., S. Hvidt, J. Käs, D. Lerche, A. C. Maggs, E. Sackmann, M. Schliwa, and T. P. Stossel, "The mechanical properties of actin gels," J. Biol. Chem. 269, 32503-32513 (1994).
13. MacKintosh, F. C., J. Käs, and P. A. Janmey, "Elasticity of semiflexible biopolymer networks," Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4425-4428 (1995).
14. Mason, T. G. and D. A. Weitz, "Optical measurements of the linear viscoelastic moduli of complex fluids," Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1250-1253 (1995).
15. Mason, T. G., H. Gang, and D. A. Weitz, "Optical measurements of the linear viscoelastic moduli of complex fluids," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 14, 139-149 (1997).
16. Morse, D. C., "Viscoelasticity of concentrated isotropic solutions of semiflexible polymers: (1) Model and stress tensor," Macromolecules 31, 7030-7043 (1998a).
17. Morse, D. C., "Viscoelasticity of concentrated isotropic solutions of semiflexible polymers: (2) Linear response," Macromolecules 31, 7044-7067 (1998b).
18. Morse, D. C., "Viscoelasticity of tightly entangled solutions of semiflexible polymers," Phys. Rev. E 58, R1237-R1240 (1998c).
19. Odijk, T., "Theory of lyotropic liquid crystals," Macromolecules 19, 2313-2329 (1986).
20. Onsager, L., "The effects of shape on the interaction of colloidal particles," Ann. (N.Y.) Acad. Sci. 51, 627-659 (1949).
21. Palmer, A., J. Xu, S. C. Kuo, and D. Wirtz, "Diffusing wave spectroscopy microrheology of actin filament networks," Biophys. J. 76, 1063-1071 (1999).
22. Pollard, T. D. and J. A. Cooper, "Actin and actin-binding proteins. A critical evaluation of mechanisms and functions," Annu. Rev. Biochem. 55, 987-1035 (1986).
23. Press, W. H., S. A. Teukolsky, W. T. Vetterling, and B. P. Flannery, Numerical Recipies in C (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992).
24. Semenov, A. N., "Dynamics of concentrated solutions of rigid-chain polymers. Part 1. Brownian motion of persistent macromolecules in isotropic solution," J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1 86, 317-329 (1986).
25. Spudich, J. and S. Watt, "The regulation of rabbit skeletal muscle contraction," J. Biol. Chem. 246, 4866-4871 (1971).
26. Weitz, D. A. and D. J. Pine, "Diffusing wave spectroscopy," in Dynamic Light Scattering, edited by W. Brown (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1992).
27. Xu, J., The Mechanical and Physical Properties of Actin Filament Networks (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1997).
28. Xu, J., J. F. Casella, and T. D. Pollard, "Effect of capping protein, CapZ, on the length of actin filaments and mechanical properties of actin filament networks," Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 42, 73-81 (1999).
29. Xu, J., W. H. Schwarz, J. A. Käs, T. P. Stossel, P. A. Janmey, and T. D. Pollard, "Mechanical properties of actin filament networks depend on preparation, polymerization conditions, and storage of actin monomers," Biophys. J. 74, 2731-2740 (1998a).
30. Xu, J., V. Viasnoff, and D. Wirtz, "Compliance of actin filament networks measured by particle tracking microrheology and diffusing wave spectroscopy," Rheol. Acta 37, 387-398 (1998b).
31. Ziemann, F., J. Rädler, and E. Sackmann, "Local measurements of viscoelastic moduli of entangled actin networks using an oscillating bead micro-rheometer," Biophys. J. 66, 2210-2216 (1994).