Monomolecular control transverse magnetic forceps device
Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of single molecule manipulation magnetic tweezers, belongs to single molecule manipulation and detection range.
Background technology
Monomolecular instrument of many researchs and technology appearred in past 10 years, for example, and light tweezer, magnetic tweezer, atomic force microscope, glass microtubule or the like.The development of small power measuring technique makes the elastic property of studying nucleic acid molecules on single molecules level and the structural change that external force causes become possibility.At present, these technology are applied to research and interactional enzyme of DNA and albumen, for example archaeal dna polymerase, RNA polymerase, topoisomerase etc. more and more.Simultaneously, this technology also can be used for studying the molecular motor of a series of DNA of acting on.
In all these equipment, dna molecular or other big molecule one end are connected in the surface, and the other end connects a force transducer.This force transducer is the bead or the cantilever of micron dimension often.The displacement of bead or cantilever can be used to calculate the stressed size of unimolecule.Different experimental facilitiess provides the different dynamometry scope and the time scale of measurement.In addition, except that stretching molecule, can reach the purpose of control magnetic ball rotation by the rotation of rotating magnetic field direction or control glass microtubule, thereby rotate big molecule.
1992, people such as Smith washed away by flow force and magnetic attraction paramagnetism bead is controlled single biomacromolecule, and studied its character.Though the method can be observed monomolecular fluorescence, extremely complicated to the measurement of single molecular length, and also error is also very big.1996, people's utility models such as Strick vertical magnetic tweezer operating control, measure monomolecular length by optical sensor, but, can't observe unimolecule with fluorescent method because monomolecular prolonging direction is parallel to the optical axis of micro objective.As shown in Figure 1.
The utility model content
Problem at above-mentioned existence, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of monomolecular control transverse magnetic forceps device, the molecule that feasible quilt is handled moves in the focal plane of micro objective, can simplify unimolecule measurement of length problem, and can use fluorescent method simultaneously and observe unimolecule.
For achieving the above object, a kind of monomolecular control transverse magnetic forceps device of the utility model comprises: microscopic imaging device, magnetic tweezers, sample cell and central monitor, described magnetic tweezers comprises magnetic tweezer and magnetic tweezer controller, the magnetic tweezer is positioned horizontally in the side of described sample cell, and by described magnetic tweezer controller control; Described sample cell is a transparent closed container, and there is the opening for the solution turnover at two ends, and an end of single biomolecule is connected on the interior sidewall away from described magnetic tweezer of this transparent vessel, and the other end connects a paramagnetism magnetic ball, and this magnetic ball is by described magnetic tweezer control; Described microscopic imaging device is arranged on the top or the bottom of sample cell, but microscopic imaging device and the relative translation of sample cell along continuous straight runs, to seek biologic single molecular and to obtain the image of biologic single molecular length direction; Described microscopic imaging device is transferred to described central monitor with the image information of obtaining and carries out data processing.
Further, described imaging device comprises light source, object lens and CCD (charge-coupled image sensor), and the described sample cell of light illumination also shows and record, described object lens and the relative translation in the horizontal direction of described sample cell at described central monitor by object lens and CCD.
Further, described magnetic tweezer is that the end is the cylinder-shaped magnetic material of taper, or the two block length strip magnetic materials that separated by the non-magnetic sheet, or U magnet.
Further, described magnetic material is permanent magnet or electromagnet.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are:
(1) can research and analyse biologic single molecular, comprise enzyme that biomolecule is relevant and protein etc.;
(2) can manipulate and measure monomolecular elongation and rotation directly;
(3) can carry out fluorescence analysis to unimolecule.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the prior art synoptic diagram;
Fig. 2 is the utility model monomolecular control transverse magnetic forceps device synoptic diagram;
Fig. 3 is the utility model partial structurtes synoptic diagram (comprising sample cell);
Fig. 4 is (a) and (b) be respectively the structural representation of U type magnetic tweezer and cylindrical magnetic tweezer.
Fig. 5 is the stretching photo of single DNA;
Fig. 6 is the stress strain curve of single DNA;
Fig. 7 is the curve of the length of single DNA with the DNA rotation change.
Embodiment
As shown in Figure 2, microscopic imaging device 1, magnetic tweezers 2, central monitor 3 and sample cell 4, micro-magnetic tweezers 2 comprise magnetic tweezer 5 and magnetic tweezer controller 6, and magnetic tweezer 5 is horizontally set on the side of sample cell 4, and by 6 controls of magnetic tweezer controller.Magnetic tweezer controller 6 can be stepper motor, also can be that other can drive magnetic tweezer 5 in mechanism that X, Y, Z direction move and rotate; As shown in Figure 3, sample cell 4 is a transparent closed container, and there is the opening 15,16 for the solution turnover at two ends.This sample cell 4 is placed on the sample stage 9.The end of single biomacromolecule is connected on the interior sidewall away from magnetic tweezer 5 of this transparent vessel, and the other end connects a paramagnetism magnetic ball, and this magnetic ball is by 5 controls of magnetic tweezer; Microscopic imaging device 1 is arranged on the top or the bottom of sample cell 4, and sample cell 4 and imaging device 1 relative motion in the horizontal direction are to seek biomacromolecule and to obtain the image information of its length direction; Imaging device 1 is transferred to central monitor 3 with the image information of obtaining and carries out data processing, and this central monitor 3 comprises a display 7 and main frame 8, after 8 pairs of images of main frame are handled, is shown by display 7, and can control magnetic tweezer controller 6.Wherein, imaging device 1 comprises light source 10, object lens 11 and CCD12, and light source 11 illumination sample cells 4 also show and records object lens 11 and sample cell 4 relative translation in the horizontal direction by object lens 11 and CCD12 at central monitor 3; Magnetic tweezer 5 be the end be the vertebra shape cylinder-shaped magnetic material (also can be as shown in Figure 4, two block length strip magnetic material or the U magnets that separated by the non-magnetic sheet.The purpose of this design is the rotary freedom of restriction magnetic ball, thereby can rotate the magnetic ball).Magnetic tweezer 5 is designed to the cylinder-shaped magnetic material that the end is the vertebra shape, can stretch to unimolecule, and the shape that is designed to as shown in Figure 4 just can be rotated and stretching experiment unimolecule.Stressed size of magnetic ball and magnetic field gradient and magnet and bead distance dependent.Put on the magnetic ball in order to obtain enough big power, guarantee that magnet front end gradient is enough big, the magnet front end will be made taper, will guarantee that simultaneously magnetic field gradient is similar in the position of magnetic ball and has only a direction, thereby makes biomacromolecule only stressed on single direction.The magnetic ball is stressed to be given by the following formula:
In the formula, m is a magnetic moment,
B is a magnetic field intensity.
But above-mentioned metering system also is not easy and accurately, and in general to be subjected to force measurement be that Brownian movement by the magnetic ball provides to unimolecule, and formula is as follows:
In the formula, k
BBe Boltzmann constant,
T is an absolute temperature,
<Z〉be monomolecular average length,
<(δ x)
2It is the variance of magnetic ball x direction.
In our equipment,<Z〉and<(δ x)
2Can directly measure by image.
This device can be implemented in and observe monomolecular elongation in the imaging device focal plane of lens, can measure for example variation of DNA length of biomacromolecule more quickly and accurately, simultaneously owing to there are a plurality of unimolecules to be connected to sample cell side edge, can carry out a plurality of monomolecular measurements simultaneously at every turn, improve conventional efficient.Utilize this device, carry out the stress strain curve of dna single molecule, shown in Fig. 5,6, experiment value and theoretical curve (worm-like-chain model) have well and meet.Simultaneously, utilize this device that DNA has been carried out rotary manipulation because the double-spiral structure of DNA, find along with DNA by increase around self axle rotating cycle, the length of DNA is shortening gradually, as shown in Figure 7.