Lamina assay

Control of nuclear membrane rupture

4DCELL DEVICE

Cell confiner

READ-OUTS

Nuclear membrane rupture, nuclear blebs, lamina regulation

STANDARD CULTURE LIMITATION

Repeated rounds of nuclear envelope (NE) rupture and repair have been observed in laminopathy. However, it is an enormous difficulty to reproduce and accurately control such mechanism, while keeping the ability to image and track the cells.

LAMINA ASSAY BENEFITS

Using 4Dcell confiner you can precisely and dynamically control the confinement parameter in cultured cells and acquire high-resolution images.

EXAMPLES

Cell confiner [1] 

confined cells

Quantification of nucelus height U2OS GFP-LmnB1 cells [2] 

Height of cells is smaller when cells are confined

Quantification of chromatin hernia formed during 24-h time-lapse imaging [2] 

Confinement causes a significant increase in chromatin hernia frequency