微型膜片鉗-時(shí)間分辨的低電流檢測儀
作者: Kevin Peng 發(fā)布于: 2016-08-23 17:11 點(diǎn)擊:次
從單個(gè)細胞來(lái)看, 生命物質(zhì)的特征之一是細胞被一層膜所包圍。我們已經(jīng)知道, 活細胞的結構比較復雜, 其中膜結構實(shí)際上涉及到細胞活性的各個(gè)水平。例如, 在真核細胞中, 膜充滿(mǎn)了細胞, 出現在線(xiàn)粒體, 高爾基體和細胞核等。這些細胞膜起到把細胞質(zhì)分開(kāi)并為生命過(guò)程的發(fā)展提洪骨架的作用。盡管細胞膜有內外之分, 但一般認為它們是互相連通的。人們常把蛋白質(zhì)或核酸等看作基本“ 生命” 實(shí)體, 但從更多的證據來(lái)這些細胞要素在某些類(lèi)型的膜把它們從周?chē)h(huán)境中分離開(kāi)以前是不會(huì )發(fā)生更多轉化作用的。由于許多生理和生物化學(xué)作用不是發(fā)生在大量細胞質(zhì)內, 而是發(fā)生在各種細胞膜中, 因此生物膜便成為生物化學(xué)和生物物理學(xué)所研究的核心問(wèn)題之一，這個(gè)時(shí)候我們就需要膜片鉗。
:膜片鉗技術(shù)是在電壓鉗技術(shù)的基礎上發(fā)展起來(lái)的, 來(lái)反映細胞膜上離子通道活動(dòng)的一項技術(shù)。它對通過(guò)離子通道的離子電流進(jìn)行記錄, 目前已發(fā)展出多種記錄模式, 廣泛應用于神經(jīng)科學(xué)、藥理學(xué)、細胞生物學(xué)、生理學(xué)和分子生物學(xué)等學(xué)科領(lǐng)域。
膜片鉗技術(shù)(patch-clamptechnique)是在電壓鉗技術(shù)的基礎上發(fā)展起來(lái)的, 采用記錄流過(guò)離子通道的離子電流, 來(lái)反映細胞膜上單一的(或多個(gè)的)離子通道分子活動(dòng)的技術(shù)。該技術(shù)可將一尖端經(jīng)加熱拋光的玻璃微電極管吸附只有幾平方微米的細胞膜, 在玻璃電極尖端邊緣與細胞膜之間形成高阻封接, 因而可通過(guò)微電極直接對膜片(細胞膜小區域)進(jìn)行電壓鉗制,而無(wú)需使用其它微電極(如圖)。1976年, 德國生理學(xué)家Neher和Sakmann[ 2] 首先利用此技術(shù)研究肌肉細胞膜上的乙酰膽堿受體通道, 記錄出了量值在皮安級(10-12 A)的微弱電流。
基于元素的設計定制芯片(ASIC)使用標準和低成本的CMOS工藝。多年的經(jīng)驗在微電子設計應用于若設備給團隊一個(gè)獨特的元素,在非常低振幅的信號讀出獨占優(yōu)勢。元素微芯片可以測量微微安培電流(10 - 12)與帶寬高達數百千赫范圍內由于深知識達到單元素和多通道信號采集非常低振幅信號,低功率管理技術(shù)、模擬數字轉換和數字數據精化。
公司開(kāi)發(fā)了單通道和四通道兩種微電流放大器，廣泛應用于電化學(xué)，生物物理，細胞檢測，生物光子學(xué)，生理學(xué)，納米電極，納米通道 等領(lǐng)域，被業(yè)界認可，被很多膜片鉗的檢測系統廠(chǎng)家采用，具有價(jià)格便宜，體積小，便于構建等優(yōu)點(diǎn)，可適用于廣大科研用戶(hù)和OEM客戶(hù)。
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