Here, we present a protocol to investigate the intracellular mechanical properties of isolated embryonic zebrafish cells in three-dimensional confinement with direct force measurement by an optical trap.
Català-Castro, F., Venturini, V., Ortiz-Vásquez, S., Ruprecht, V., Krieg, M. Direct Force Measurements of Subcellular Mechanics in Confinement using Optical Tweezers. J. Vis. Exp. (174), e62865, doi:10.3791/62865 (2021).