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  • Title: Directed movement of chromosome arms and fragments in mitotic newt lung cells using optical scissors and optical tweezers.
    Author: Liang H, Wright WH, Rieder CL, Salmon ED, Profeta G, Andrews J, Liu Y, Sonek GJ, Berns MW.
    Journal: Exp Cell Res; 1994 Jul; 213(1):308-12. PubMed ID: 8020604.
    Abstract:
    A pulsed-laser microbeam at 532 nm wavelength (optical scissors) and a laser-induced optical trap at 1064 nm wavelength (optical tweezers) have been successively combined to dissect and manipulate chromosomes in live newt lung epithelial cells. These preliminary experimental results demonstrated that chromosome fragments dissected by laser microbeam surgery, regardless of their size, could be easily pulled or rotated by optical forces when positioned at the periphery of the mitotic spindle. In addition, chromosome arms which were not subjected to laser microsurgery also could be moved with the optical tweezers at the spindle periphery. In our previous study on rat kangaroo kidney cells (PTK2), this degree of facilty in manipulating chromosome movement was not possible, most likely due to the close proximity of the intermediate filament "cage" to the spindle. It is concluded herein that optical scissors and tweezers can be used in combination to study the interaction of chromosomes with the mitotic spindle in cells where the peripheral regions of the spindle are unobstructed by intermediate filaments. This can be performed on newt cells, where the diameter of the cage can be substantially larger than the diameter of the spindle.
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