Lipid bilayer platforms for parallel ion channel recordings
Lipid bilayer platforms for parallel ion channel recordings
The ion flow through channel proteins embedded in a lipid bilayer membrane can be recorded as an electrical current, enabling biophysical characterization and pharmacological drug screening at a single-channel level. These measurements are challenging because the self-assembled bilayers are fragile and the currents are in the pA–nA range. This concise review introduces the bilayer recording methodology, with an emphasis on the requirements for full electrophysiology assays. The self-assembled lipid bilayer, formed in a ∼100 μm diameter aperture in between two aqueous chambers, is critical. Various approaches to increase the measurement throughput by scaling to aperture arrays are discussed in terms of current-amplifier technology, bilayer stability, ion channel incorporation, system functionality and obtained single-channel data. The various bilayer recording platforms all have advantages and limitations. Combining the strengths of the different platform architectures, for example, the use of shaped apertures, will be essential to realize and also automate parallel ion channel recordings.
bilayer array, ion channel, lipid bilayer, microsystem, nanopore
De Planque, Maurits
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30 March 2022
De Planque, Maurits
a1d33d13-f516-44fb-8d2c-c51d18bc21ba
De Planque, Maurits
(2022)
Lipid bilayer platforms for parallel ion channel recordings.
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 61 (SC), [SC0804].
(doi:10.35848/1347-4065/ac4f7a).
Abstract
The ion flow through channel proteins embedded in a lipid bilayer membrane can be recorded as an electrical current, enabling biophysical characterization and pharmacological drug screening at a single-channel level. These measurements are challenging because the self-assembled bilayers are fragile and the currents are in the pA–nA range. This concise review introduces the bilayer recording methodology, with an emphasis on the requirements for full electrophysiology assays. The self-assembled lipid bilayer, formed in a ∼100 μm diameter aperture in between two aqueous chambers, is critical. Various approaches to increase the measurement throughput by scaling to aperture arrays are discussed in terms of current-amplifier technology, bilayer stability, ion channel incorporation, system functionality and obtained single-channel data. The various bilayer recording platforms all have advantages and limitations. Combining the strengths of the different platform architectures, for example, the use of shaped apertures, will be essential to realize and also automate parallel ion channel recordings.
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Accepted/In Press date: 27 January 2022
Published date: 30 March 2022
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bilayer array, ion channel, lipid bilayer, microsystem, nanopore
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/456472
ISSN: 0021-4922
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