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Motion of nanobeads proximate to plasma membranes during single particle tracking

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Drag and torque on nanobeads translating within the pericellular layer while attached to glycolipids of the plasma membrane are calculated by a novel hydrodynamic model. The model considers a bead that translates proximate to a rigid planar interface that separates two distinct Brinkman media. The hydrodynamic resistance is calculated numerically by a modified boundary integral equation formulation, where the pertinent boundary conditions result in a hybrid system of Fredholm integrals of the first and second kinds. The hydrodynamic resistance on the translating bead is calculated for different combinations of the Brinkman screening lengths in the two layers, and for different viscosity ratios. Depending on the bead-membrane separation and on the hydrodynamic properties of both the plasma membrane and the pericellular layer, the drag on the bead may be affected by the properties of the plasma membrane. The Stokes-Einstein relation is applied for calculating the diffusivity of probes (colloidal gold nanobeads attached to glycolipids) in the plasma membrane. This approach provides an alternative way for the interpretation of in vitro observations during single particle tracking procedure, and predicts new properties of the plasma membrane structure.

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Broday, D.M. Motion of nanobeads proximate to plasma membranes during single particle tracking. Bull. Math. Biol. 64, 531–563 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1006/bulm.2002.0289

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