Movie S6.

Time-lapse video showing RICM (Left), 4.7 pN tension signal (Middle, TIRF 561 nm), and soluble fibrinogen (Right, TIRF 488 nm) for a single platelet following addition of fluorescent fibrinogen (Alexa488-labeled). The fluorescence channels were recorded using dual-channel TIRF microscopy. Integrins on platelet membrane bind soluble fibrinogen and translocate the protein to the center of the cell body. Duration of the video was 10 min. (Scale bar: 2 μm.)

Platelet integrins exhibit anisotropic mechanosensing and harness piconewton forces to mediate platelet aggregation

Yun Zhang, Yongzhi Qiu, Aaron T. Blanchard, Yuan Chang, Josh M. Brockman, Victor Pui-Yan Ma, Wilbur A. Lam, and Khalid Salaita

PNAS. 2017. 115:325-330 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1710828115