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Imaging large arrays of supported lipid bilayers with a macroscope

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Herein, the authors present fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and two-dimensional protein saturation data acquired from spatially addressed arrays of solid supported lipid bilayers (SLBs). The SLB arrays were imaged with an epifluorescence/total internal reflection macroscope. The macroscope allowed 1× imaging and had a relatively high numerical aperture (0.4). Such powerful light gathering and large field of view capabilities make it possible to simultaneously image dozens of addressed SLBs. Three experiments have been performed. First, a 9×7 array of supported lipid bilayer was fabricated and imaged in which each bilayer element was individually addressed. Second, a FRET assay was developed between Texas Red-DHPE (1,2-dihexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine) and NBD-PE (1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-n-(7-nitro-2-1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl)). The concentration of dye could be varied at each address and the value of the Förster radius (7.3±0.6 nm) was easily abstracted. Third, a ligand/receptor recognition assay was designed to show the two-dimensional number density of proteins which can be bound at saturation. It was found for the streptavidin/biotin pair that the protein saturated at the interface above 3 mol % biotin concentration. This corresponded to a two-dimensional footprint of 40 nm2 for the streptavidin molecule. These results clearly open the door to using individually addressed bilayers for obtaining large amounts of biophysical data at the supported bilayer/aqueous interface. Such abilities will be crucial to obtaining sufficient data for determining the interfacial mechanisms for a variety of membrane/ protein interactions.

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Castellana, E.T., Cremer, P.S. Imaging large arrays of supported lipid bilayers with a macroscope. Biointerphases 2, 57–63 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2732312

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