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Lorenz VN, Schön MP, Seitz CS. The c-Rel subunit of NF-κB is a crucial regulator of phenotype and motility of HaCaT keratinocytes. Arch Dermatol Res 2015; 307:523-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00403-015-1562-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Barroso-González J, García-Expósito L, Puigdomènech I, de Armas-Rillo L, Machado JD, Blanco J, Valenzuela-Fernández A. Viral infection. Commun Integr Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.4161/cib.16716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Tóvári J, Futosi K, Bartal A, Tátrai E, Gacs A, Kenessey I, Paku S. Boyden chamber-based method for characterizing the distribution of adhesions and cytoskeletal structure in HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells. Cell Adh Migr 2014; 8:509-16. [PMID: 25482525 DOI: 10.4161/cam.28734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A 2D model was previously presented that describes the gliding motility of human fibrosarcoma cells. The model was based on the observation that adhesions are present only on the outer rim of the leading lamella of the semicircular cell. The present model describes the organization of adhesions and the cytoskeleton of migrating HT1080 fibrosarcoma and LX2 hepatic stellate cells in three dimensions. The migration assays were performed in a modified Boyden chamber using fibronectin, Matrigel, or collagen I as chemoattractants. The distribution of the adhesions was analyzed by confocal laser scanning microscope, and following decoration with heavy meromyosin, the organization of actin filaments was analyzed by electron microscopy. Double labeling was performed to study the relationship of the actin and vimentin filament network in the moving cells. Vinculin containing adhesions were observed only at the front of the cell in the form of a ring while passing through a filter pore of the Boyden chamber. Actin filaments were present only below the plasma membrane, except the very tip of the leading lamella. Vimentin intermediate filaments were localized around the cell nucleus behind the actin filament-rich lamella. This paper describes a model of the organization of adhesions and the cytoskeleton of migrating cells in the Boyden chamber. The model is based on the observation that adhesions are present only at the leading edge of the cell. The results extend the earlier 2D model of cell locomotion into 3D.
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- József Tóvári
- a Department of Experimental Pharmacology; National Institute of Oncology ; Budapest , Hungary
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Zamparelli A, Zini N, Cattini L, Spaletta G, Dallatana D, Bassi E, Barbaro F, Iafisco M, Mosca S, Parrilli A, Fini M, Giardino R, Sandri M, Sprio S, Tampieri A, Maraldi NM, Toni R. Growth on poly(L-lactic acid) porous scaffold preserves CD73 and CD90 immunophenotype markers of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 2014; 25:2421-2436. [PMID: 24997163 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-014-5259-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Few data are available on the effect of biomaterials on surface antigens of mammalian bone marrow-derived, adult mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). Since poly(L-lactic acid) or PLLA is largely used in tissue engineering of human bones, and we are developing a reverse engineering program to prototype with biomaterials the vascular architecture of bones for their bioartificial reconstruction, both in humans and animal models, we have studied the effect of porous, flat and smooth PLLA scaffolds on the immunophenotype of in vitro grown, rat MSCs in the absence of any coating, co-polymeric enrichment, and differentiation stimuli. Similar to controls on plastic, we show that our PLLA scaffold does not modify the distribution of some surface markers in rat MSCs. In particular, the maintained expression of CD73 and CD90 on two different subpopulations (small and large cells) is consistent with their adhesion to the PLLA scaffold through specialized appendages, and to their prominent content in actin. In addition, our PLLA scaffold favours retention of the intermediate filament desmin, believed a putative marker of undifferentiated state. Finally, it preserves all rat MSCs morphotypes, and allows for their survival, adhesion to the substrate, and replication. Remarkably, a subpopulation of rat MSCs grown on our PLLA scaffold exhibited formation of membrane protrusions of uncertain significance, although in a size range and morphology compatible with either motility blebs or shedding vesicles. In summary, our PLLA scaffold has no detrimental effect on a number of features of rat MSCs, primarily the expression of CD73 and CD90.
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- Alessandra Zamparelli
- Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences (S.Bi.Bi.T) - Laboratory of Regenerative Morphology and Bioartificial Structures/S.Bi.Bi.T. Museum - Section of Human Anatomy, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Rodero MP, Licata F, Poupel L, Hamon P, Khosrotehrani K, Combadiere C, Boissonnas A. In vivo imaging reveals a pioneer wave of monocyte recruitment into mouse skin wounds. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108212. [PMID: 25272047 PMCID: PMC4182700 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system are essential for the correct healing of adult skin wounds, but their specific functions remain ill-defined. The absence of granulation tissue immediately after skin injury makes it challenging to study the role of mononuclear phagocytes at the initiation of this inflammatory stage. To study their recruitment and migratory behavior within the wound bed, we developed a new model for real-time in vivo imaging of the wound, using transgenic mice that express green and cyan fluorescent proteins and specifically target monocytes. Within hours after the scalp injury, monocytes invaded the wound bed. The complete abrogation of this infiltration in monocyte-deficient CCR2−/− mice argues for the involvement of classical monocytes in this process. Monocyte infiltration unexpectedly occurred as early as neutrophil recruitment did and resulted from active release from the bloodstream toward the matrix through microhemorrhages rather than transendothelial migration. Monocytes randomly scouted around the wound bed, progressively slowed down, and stopped. Our approach identified and characterized a rapid and earlier than expected wave of monocyte infiltration and provides a novel framework for investigating the role of these cells during early stages of wound healing.
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- Mathieu P. Rodero
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CR7, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI), 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- INSERM, U1135, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- CNRS, ERL, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (AB); (MPR)
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CR7, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI), 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- INSERM, U1135, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- CNRS, ERL, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CR7, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI), 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- INSERM, U1135, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- CNRS, ERL, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CR7, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI), 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- INSERM, U1135, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- CNRS, ERL, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
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- The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- The University of Queensland, UQ Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CR7, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI), 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- INSERM, U1135, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- CNRS, ERL, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CR7, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI), 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- INSERM, U1135, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- CNRS, ERL, CIMI, 91 Bd de l’hôpital, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (AB); (MPR)
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Schweitzer Y, Lieber AD, Keren K, Kozlov MM. Theoretical analysis of membrane tension in moving cells. Biophys J 2014; 106:84-92. [PMID: 24411240 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Revised: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Lateral tension in cell plasma membranes plays an essential role in regulation of a number of membrane-related intracellular processes and cell motion. Understanding the physical factors generating the lateral tension and quantitative determination of the tension distribution along the cell membrane is an emerging topic of cell biophysics. Although experimental data are accumulating on membrane tension values in several cell types, the tension distribution along the membranes of moving cells remains largely unexplored. Here we suggest and analyze a theoretical model predicting the tension distribution along the membrane of a cell crawling on a flat substrate. We consider the tension to be generated by the force of actin network polymerization against the membrane at the cell leading edge. The three major factors determining the tension distribution are the membrane interaction with anchors connecting the actin network to the lipid bilayer, the membrane interaction with cell adhesions, and the force developing at the rear boundary due to the detachment of the remaining cell adhesion from the substrate in the course of cell crawling. Our model recovers the experimentally measured values of the tension in fish keratocytes and their dependence on the number of adhesions. The model predicts, quantitatively, the tension distribution between the leading and rear membrane edges as a function of the area fractions of the anchors and the adhesions.
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- Yonatan Schweitzer
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Network Biology Research Laboratories, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Tanimoto H, Sano M. A simple force-motion relation for migrating cells revealed by multipole analysis of traction stress. Biophys J 2014; 106:16-25. [PMID: 24411233 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2013] [Revised: 09/24/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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For biophysical understanding of cell motility, the relationship between mechanical force and cell migration must be uncovered, but it remains elusive. Since cells migrate at small scale in dissipative circumstances, the inertia force is negligible and all forces should cancel out. This implies that one must quantify the spatial pattern of the force instead of just the summation to elucidate the force-motion relation. Here, we introduced multipole analysis to quantify the traction stress dynamics of migrating cells. We measured the traction stress of Dictyostelium discoideum cells and investigated the lowest two moments, the force dipole and quadrupole moments, which reflect rotational and front-rear asymmetries of the stress field. We derived a simple force-motion relation in which cells migrate along the force dipole axis with a direction determined by the force quadrupole. Furthermore, as a complementary approach, we also investigated fine structures in the stress field that show front-rear asymmetric kinetics consistent with the multipole analysis. The tight force-motion relation enables us to predict cell migration only from the traction stress patterns.
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Braunsmann C, Seifert J, Rheinlaender J, Schäffer TE. High-speed force mapping on living cells with a small cantilever atomic force microscope. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2014; 85:073703. [PMID: 25085142 DOI: 10.1063/1.4885464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The imaging speed of the wide-spread force mapping mode for quantitative mechanical measurements on soft samples in liquid with the atomic force microscope (AFM) is limited by the bandwidth of the z-scanner and viscous drag forces on the cantilever. Here, we applied high-speed, large scan-range atomic force microscopy and small cantilevers to increase the speed of force mapping by ≈10-100 times. This allowed resolving dynamic processes on living mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Cytoskeleton reorganization during cell locomotion, growth of individual cytoskeleton fibers, cell blebbing, and the formation of endocytic pits in the cell membrane were observed. Increasing the force curve rate from 2 to 300 Hz increased the measured apparent Young's modulus of the cells by about 10 times, which facilitated force mapping measurements at high speed.
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- Christoph Braunsmann
- Institute of Applied Physics and LISA+, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics and LISA+, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics and LISA+, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics and LISA+, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Gabella C, Bertseva E, Bottier C, Piacentini N, Bornert A, Jeney S, Forró L, Sbalzarini IF, Meister JJ, Verkhovsky AB. Contact angle at the leading edge controls cell protrusion rate. Curr Biol 2014; 24:1126-32. [PMID: 24794299 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Plasma membrane tension and the pressure generated by actin polymerization are two antagonistic forces believed to define the protrusion rate at the leading edge of migrating cells [1-5]. Quantitatively, resistance to actin protrusion is a product of membrane tension and mean local curvature (Laplace's law); thus, it depends on the local geometry of the membrane interface. However, the role of the geometry of the leading edge in protrusion control has not been yet investigated. Here, we manipulate both the cell shape and substrate topography in the model system of persistently migrating fish epidermal keratocytes. We find that the protrusion rate does not correlate with membrane tension, but, instead, strongly correlates with cell roundness, and that the leading edge of the cell exhibits pinning on substrate ridges-a phenomenon characteristic of spreading of liquid drops. These results indicate that the leading edge could be considered a triple interface between the substrate, membrane, and extracellular medium and that the contact angle between the membrane and the substrate determines the load on actin polymerization and, therefore, the protrusion rate. Our findings thus illuminate a novel relationship between the 3D shape of the cell and its dynamics, which may have implications for cell migration in 3D environments.
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- Chiara Gabella
- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Laboratory of Physics of Complex Matter, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physics of Complex Matter, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physics of Complex Matter, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- MOSAIC Group, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Huber P, Bouillot S, Elsen S, Attrée I. Sequential inactivation of Rho GTPases and Lim kinase by Pseudomonas aeruginosa toxins ExoS and ExoT leads to endothelial monolayer breakdown. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:1927-41. [PMID: 23974244 PMCID: PMC11113219 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1451-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Revised: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major human opportunistic pathogen and one of the most important causal agents of bacteremia. For non-blood-borne infection, bacterial dissemination requires the crossing of the vascular endothelium, the main barrier between blood and the surrounding tissues. Here, we investigated the effects of P. aeruginosa type 3 secretion effectors, namely ExoS, ExoT, and ExoY, on regulators of actin cytoskeleton dynamics in primary endothelial cells. ExoS and ExoT similarly affected the Lim kinase-cofilin pathway, thereby promoting actin filament severing. Cofilin activation was also observed in a mouse model of P. aeruginosa-induced acute pneumonia. Rho, Rac, and Cdc42 GTPases were sequentially inactivated, leading to inhibition of membrane ruffling, filopodia, and stress fiber collapse, and focal adhesion disruption. At the end of the process, ExoS and ExoT produced a dramatic retraction in all primary endothelial cell types tested and thus a rupture of the endothelial monolayer. ExoY alone had no effect in this context. Cell retraction could be counteracted by overexpression of actin cytoskeleton regulators. In addition, our data suggest that moesin is neither a direct exotoxin target nor an important player in this process. We conclude that any action leading to inhibition of actin filament breakdown will improve the barrier function of the endothelium during P. aeruginosa infection.
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- P Huber
- INSERM, U1036, Biology of Cancer and Infection, Grenoble, France,
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TANIUCHI KEISUKE, FURIHATA MUTSUO, IWASAKI SHINJI, TANAKA KENJIRO, SHIMIZU TAKAHIRO, SAITO MOTOAKI, SAIBARA TOSHIJI. RUVBL1 directly binds actin filaments and induces formation of cell protrusions to promote pancreatic cancer cell invasion. Int J Oncol 2014; 44:1945-54. [DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2014.2380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Burnette DT, Shao L, Ott C, Pasapera AM, Fischer RS, Baird MA, Der Loughian C, Delanoe-Ayari H, Paszek MJ, Davidson MW, Betzig E, Lippincott-Schwartz J. A contractile and counterbalancing adhesion system controls the 3D shape of crawling cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 205:83-96. [PMID: 24711500 PMCID: PMC3987145 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201311104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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How adherent and contractile systems coordinate to promote cell shape changes is unclear. Here, we define a counterbalanced adhesion/contraction model for cell shape control. Live-cell microscopy data showed a crucial role for a contractile meshwork at the top of the cell, which is composed of actin arcs and myosin IIA filaments. The contractile actin meshwork is organized like muscle sarcomeres, with repeating myosin II filaments separated by the actin bundling protein α-actinin, and is mechanically coupled to noncontractile dorsal actin fibers that run from top to bottom in the cell. When the meshwork contracts, it pulls the dorsal fibers away from the substrate. This pulling force is counterbalanced by the dorsal fibers' attachment to focal adhesions, causing the fibers to bend downward and flattening the cell. This model is likely to be relevant for understanding how cells configure themselves to complex surfaces, protrude into tight spaces, and generate three-dimensional forces on the growth substrate under both healthy and diseased conditions.
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- Dylan T Burnette
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and 2 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Singh AV, Mehta KK, Worley K, Dordick JS, Kane RS, Wan LQ. Carbon nanotube-induced loss of multicellular chirality on micropatterned substrate is mediated by oxidative stress. ACS NANO 2014; 8:2196-2205. [PMID: 24559311 DOI: 10.1021/nn405253d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are receiving much attention in medicine, electronics, consumer products, and next-generation nanocomposites because of their unique nanoscale properties. However, little is known about the toxicity and oxidative stress related anomalies of CNTs on complex multicellular behavior. This includes cell chirality, a newly discovered cellular property important for embryonic morphogenesis and demonstrated by directional migration and biased alignment on micropatterned surfaces. In this study, we report the influence of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) on multicellular chirality. The incubation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (hUVECs) and mouse myoblasts (C2C12) with CNTs at different doses and time points stimulates reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and intra- and extracellular oxidative stress (OS). The OS-mediated noxious microenvironment influences vital subcellular organelles (e.g., mitochondria and centrosomes), cytoskeletal elements (microtubules), and vinculin rich focal adhesions. The disorientated nuclear-centrosome (NC) axis and centriole disintegration lead to a decreased migration rate and loss of directional alignment on micropatterned surfaces. These findings suggest that CNT-mediated OS leads to loss of multicellular chirality. Furthermore, the in vitro microscale system presented here to measure cell chirality can be extended as a prototype for testing toxicity of other nanomaterials.
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- Ajay V Singh
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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Phospho-NHE3 forms membrane patches and interacts with beta-actin to sense and maintain constant direction during cell migration. Exp Cell Res 2014; 324:13-29. [PMID: 24657527 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The Na(+)/H(+) exchanger NHE3 colocalizes with beta-actin at the leading edge of directionally migrating cells. Using human osteosarcoma cells (SaOS-2), rat osteoblasts (calvaria), and human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells, we identified a novel role for NHE3 via beta-actin in anode and cathode directed motility, during electrotaxis. NHE3 knockdown by RNAi revealed that NHE3 expression is required to achieve constant directionality and polarity in migrating cells. Phosphorylated NHE3 (pNHE3) and beta-actin complex formation was impaired by the NHE3 inhibitor S3226 (IC50 0.02µM). Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) revealed that the molecular interactions between NHE3 and beta-actin in membrane protrusions increased 1.7-fold in the presence of a directional cue and decreased 3.3-fold in the presence of cytochalasin D. Data from flow cytometric analysis showed that membrane potential of cells (Vmem) decreases in directionally migrating, NHE3-deficient osteoblasts and osteosarcoma cells whereas only Vmem of wild type osteoblasts is affected during directional migration. These findings suggest that pNHE3 has a mechanical function via beta-actin that is dependent on its physiological activity and Vmem. Furthermore, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3) levels increase while PIP2 remains stable when cells have persistent directionality. Both PI3 kinase (PI3K) and Akt expression levels change proportionally to NHE3 levels. Interestingly, however, the content of pNHE3 level does not change when PI3K/Akt is inhibited. Therefore, we conclude that NHE3 can act as a direction sensor for cells and that NHE3 phosphorylation in persistent directional cell migration does not involve PI3K/Akt during electrotaxis.
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Löber J, Ziebert F, Aranson IS. Modeling crawling cell movement on soft engineered substrates. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:1365-1373. [PMID: 24651116 DOI: 10.1039/c3sm51597d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Self-propelled motion, emerging spontaneously or in response to external cues, is a hallmark of living organisms. Systems of self-propelled synthetic particles are also relevant for multiple applications, from targeted drug delivery to the design of self-healing materials. Self-propulsion relies on the force transfer to the surrounding. While self-propelled swimming in the bulk of liquids is fairly well characterized, many open questions remain in our understanding of self-propelled motion along substrates, such as in the case of crawling cells or related biomimetic objects. How is the force transfer organized and how does it interplay with the deformability of the moving object and the substrate? How do the spatially dependent traction distribution and adhesion dynamics give rise to complex cell behavior? How can we engineer a specific cell response on synthetic compliant substrates? Here we generalize our recently developed model for a crawling cell by incorporating locally resolved traction forces and substrate deformations. The model captures the generic structure of the traction force distribution and faithfully reproduces experimental observations, like the response of a cell on a gradient in substrate elasticity (durotaxis). It also exhibits complex modes of cell movement such as "bipedal" motion. Our work may guide experiments on cell traction force microscopy and substrate-based cell sorting and can be helpful for the design of biomimetic "crawlers" and active and reconfigurable self-healing materials.
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- Jakob Löber
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Plasticity in the macromolecular-scale causal networks of cell migration. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90593. [PMID: 24587399 PMCID: PMC3938764 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Heterogeneous and dynamic single cell migration behaviours arise from a complex multi-scale signalling network comprising both molecular components and macromolecular modules, among which cell-matrix adhesions and F-actin directly mediate migration. To date, the global wiring architecture characterizing this network remains poorly defined. It is also unclear whether such a wiring pattern may be stable and generalizable to different conditions, or plastic and context dependent. Here, synchronous imaging-based quantification of migration system organization, represented by 87 morphological and dynamic macromolecular module features, and migration system behaviour, i.e., migration speed, facilitated Granger causality analysis. We thereby leveraged natural cellular heterogeneity to begin mapping the directionally specific causal wiring between organizational and behavioural features of the cell migration system. This represents an important advance on commonly used correlative analyses that do not resolve causal directionality. We identified organizational features such as adhesion stability and adhesion F-actin content that, as anticipated, causally influenced cell migration speed. Strikingly, we also found that cell speed can exert causal influence over organizational features, including cell shape and adhesion complex location, thus revealing causality in directions contradictory to previous expectations. Importantly, by comparing unperturbed and signalling-modulated cells, we provide proof-of-principle that causal interaction patterns are in fact plastic and context dependent, rather than stable and generalizable.
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Analytical solutions of actin-retrograde-flow in a circular stationary cell: a mechanical point of view. Bull Math Biol 2014; 76:744-60. [PMID: 24557939 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-014-9941-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The network of actin filaments in the lamellipodium (LP) of stationary and migrating cells flows in a retrograde direction, from the membrane periphery toward the cell nucleus. We have theoretically studied this phenomenon in the circular stationary (fully spread) cells. Adopting a continuum view on the LP actin network, new closed-form solutions are provided for the actin-retrograde-flow (ARF) in a polar coordinate system. Due to discrepancy in the mechanical models of the actin network in the ARF regime, solutions are provided for both assumptions of solid and fluid behavior. Other involved phenomena, including polymerizing machine at the membrane periphery, cytosol drag, adhesion friction, and membrane tension, are also discussed to provide an overall quantitative view on this problem.
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Li M, Liu L, Xi N, Wang Y, Xiao X, Zhang W. Nanoscale imaging and mechanical analysis of Fc receptor-mediated macrophage phagocytosis against cancer cells. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:1609-1621. [PMID: 24495237 DOI: 10.1021/la4042524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Fc receptor-mediated macrophage phagocytosis against cancer cells is an important mechanism in the immune therapy of cancers. Traditional research about macrophage phagocytosis was based on optical microscopy, which cannot reveal detailed information because of the 200-nm-resolution limit. Quantitatively investigating the macrophage phagocytosis at micro- and nanoscale levels is still scarce. The advent of atomic force microscopy (AFM) offers an excellent analytical instrument for quantitatively investigating the biological processes at single-cell and single-molecule levels under native conditions. In this work, we combined AFM and fluorescence microscopy to visualize and quantify the detailed changes in cell morphology and mechanical properties during the process of Fc receptor-mediated macrophage phagocytosis against cancer cells. Lymphoma cells were discernible by fluorescence staining. Then, the dynamic process of phagocytosis was observed by time-lapse optical microscopy. Next, AFM was applied to investigate the detailed cellular behaviors during macrophage phagocytosis under the guidance of fluorescence recognition. AFM imaging revealed the distinct features in cellular ultramicrostructures for the different steps of macrophage phagocytosis. AFM cell mechanical property measurements indicated that the binding of cancer cells to macrophages could make macrophages become stiffer. The experimental results provide novel insights in understanding the Fc-receptor-mediated macrophage phagocytosis.
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- Mi Li
- State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenyang 110016, China
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Xu X, Lu Y, Zhang G, Chen L, Tian D, Shen X, Yang Y, Dong F. Bisphenol A promotes dendritic morphogenesis of hippocampal neurons through estrogen receptor-mediated ERK1/2 signal pathway. CHEMOSPHERE 2014; 96:129-137. [PMID: 24231043 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.09.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Bisphenol A (BPA), an environmental endocrine disruptor, has attracted increasing attention to its adverse effects on brain developmental process. The previous study indicated that BPA rapidly increased motility and density of dendritic filopodia and enhanced the phosphorylation of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunit NR2B in cultured hippocampal neurons within 30min. The purpose of the present study was further to investigate the effects of BPA for 24h on dendritic morphogenesis and the underlying mechanisms. After cultured for 5d in vitro, the hippocampal neurons from 24h-old rat were infected by AdV-EGFP to indicate time-lapse imaging of living neurons. The results demonstrated that the exposure of the cultured hippocampal neurons to BPA (10, 100nM) or 17β-estradiol (17β-E2, 10nM) for 24h significantly promoted dendritic development, as evidenced by the increased total length of dendrite and the enhanced motility and density of dendritic filopodia. However, these changes were suppressed by an ERs antagonist, ICI182,780, a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801, and a mitogen-activated ERK1/2-activating kinase (MEK1/2) inhibitor, U0126. Meanwhile, the increased F-actin (filamentous actin) induced by BPA (100nM) was also completely eliminated by these blockers. Furthermore, the result of western blot analyses showed that, the exposure of the cultures to BPA or 17β-E2 for 24h promoted the expression of Rac1/Cdc42 but inhibited that of RhoA, suggesting Rac1 (Ras related C3 botulinum toxinsubstrate 1)/Cdc42 (cell divisioncycle 42) and RhoA (Ras homologous A), the Rho family of small GTPases, were involved in BPA- or 17β-E2-induced changes in the dendritic morphogenesis of neurons. These BPA- or 17β-E2-induced effects were completely blocked by ICI182,780, and were partially suppressed by U0126. These results reveal that, similar to 17β-E2, BPA exerts its effects on dendritic morphogenesis by eliciting both nuclear actions and extranuclear-initiated actions that are integrated to influence the development of dendrite in hippocampal neurons.
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- Xiaohong Xu
- Chemistry and Life Sciences College, Zhejiang Normal University, China.
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Sailem H, Bousgouni V, Cooper S, Bakal C. Cross-talk between Rho and Rac GTPases drives deterministic exploration of cellular shape space and morphological heterogeneity. Open Biol 2014; 4:130132. [PMID: 24451547 PMCID: PMC3909273 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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One goal of cell biology is to understand how cells adopt different shapes in response to varying environmental and cellular conditions. Achieving a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between cell shape and environment requires a systems-level understanding of the signalling networks that respond to external cues and regulate the cytoskeleton. Classical biochemical and genetic approaches have identified thousands of individual components that contribute to cell shape, but it remains difficult to predict how cell shape is generated by the activity of these components using bottom-up approaches because of the complex nature of their interactions in space and time. Here, we describe the regulation of cellular shape by signalling systems using a top-down approach. We first exploit the shape diversity generated by systematic RNAi screening and comprehensively define the shape space a migratory cell explores. We suggest a simple Boolean model involving the activation of Rac and Rho GTPases in two compartments to explain the basis for all cell shapes in the dataset. Critically, we also generate a probabilistic graphical model to show how cells explore this space in a deterministic, rather than a stochastic, fashion. We validate the predictions made by our model using live-cell imaging. Our work explains how cross-talk between Rho and Rac can generate different cell shapes, and thus morphological heterogeneity, in genetically identical populations.
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- Heba Sailem
- Chester Beatty Laboratories, Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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Multiscale modeling of cell shape from the actin cytoskeleton. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2014; 123:143-67. [PMID: 24560144 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-397897-4.00002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The actin cytoskeleton is a dynamic structure that constantly undergoes complex reorganization events during many cellular processes. Mathematical models and simulations are powerful tools that can provide insight into the physical mechanisms underlying these processes and make predictions that can be experimentally tested. Representation of the interactions of the actin filaments with the plasma membrane and the movement of the plasma membrane for computation remains a challenge. Here, we provide an overview of the different modeling approaches used to study cytoskeletal dynamics and highlight the differential geometry approach that we have used to implement the interactions between the plasma membrane and the cytoskeleton. Using cell spreading as an example, we demonstrate how this approach is able to successfully capture in simulations, experimentally observed behavior. We provide a perspective on how the differential geometry approach can be used for other biological processes.
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Ogden A, Rida PCG, Aneja R. Heading off with the herd: how cancer cells might maneuver supernumerary centrosomes for directional migration. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2013; 32:269-87. [PMID: 23114845 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-012-9413-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The complicity of centrosomes in carcinogenesis is unmistakable. Mounting evidence clearly implicates a robust correlation between centrosome amplification (CA) and malignant transformation in diverse tissue types. Furthermore, CA has been suggested as a marker of cancer aggressiveness, in particular the invasive phenotype, in breast and prostate cancers. One means by which CA promotes malignancy is through induction of transient spindle multipolarity during mitosis, which predisposes the cell to karyotypic changes arising from low-grade chromosome mis-segregation. It is well recognized that during cell migration in interphase, centrosome-mediated nucleation of a radial microtubule array is crucial for establishing a polarized Golgi apparatus, without which directionality is precluded. The question of how cancer cells maneuver their supernumerary centrosomes to achieve directionality during cell migration is virtually uncharted territory. Given that CA is a hallmark of cancers and has been correlated with cancer aggressiveness, malignant cells are presumably competent in managing their centrosome surfeit during directional migration, although the cellular logistics of this process remain unexplored. Another key angle worth pondering is whether an overabundance of centrosomes confers some advantage on cancer cells in terms of their migratory and invasive capabilities. Recent studies have uncovered a remarkable strategy that cancer cells employ to deal with the problem of excess centrosomes and ensure bipolar mitoses, viz., centrosome clustering. This review aims to change the narrative by exploring how an increased centrosome complement may, via aneuploidy-independent modulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton, enhance directional migration and invasion of malignant cells. We postulate that CA imbues cancer cells with cytoskeletal advantages that enhance cell polarization, Golgi-dependent vesicular trafficking, stromal invasion, and other aspects of metastatic progression. We also propose that centrosome declustering may represent a novel, cancer cell-specific antimetastatic strategy, as cancer cells may rely on centrosome clustering during migration as they do in mitosis. Elucidation of these details offers an exciting avenue for future research, as does investigating how CA may promote metastasis through enhanced directional migration.
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- Angela Ogden
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Gupta P, Gauthier NC, Cheng-Han Y, Zuanning Y, Pontes B, Ohmstede M, Martin R, Knölker HJ, Döbereiner HG, Krendel M, Sheetz M. Myosin 1E localizes to actin polymerization sites in lamellipodia, affecting actin dynamics and adhesion formation. Biol Open 2013; 2:1288-99. [PMID: 24337113 PMCID: PMC3863413 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20135827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Because the actin network in active lamellipodia is continuously assembling at the edge, moving inward and disassembling, there is a question as to how actin-binding proteins and other components are transported to the leading edge and how nascent adhesions are stabilized. Active transport could play a significant role in these functions but the components involved are unknown. We show here that Myosin 1E (a long tailed Myosin 1 isoform) rapidly moves to the tips of active lamellipodia and to actin-rich early adhesions, unlike Myosin 1G, 1B or 1C (short tailed isoforms). Myosin 1E co-localizes with CARMIL, FHOD1, Arp3 and β3-integrin in those early adhesions. But these structures precede stable paxillin-rich adhesions. Myosin 1E movement depends upon actin-binding domains and the presence of an SH3 oligomerization domain. Overexpression of a Myosin 1E deletion mutant without the extreme C-terminal interacting (SH3) domain (Myosin 1EΔSH3) increases edge fluctuations and decreases stable adhesion lifetimes. In contrast, overexpression of Myosin 1E full tail domain (TH1+TH2+TH3/SH3) decreases edge fluctuation. In Myosin 1E knockdown cells, and more prominently in cells treated with Myosin 1 inhibitor, cell-matrix adhesions are also short-lived and fail to mature. We suggest that, by moving to actin polymerization sites and early adhesion sites in active lamellipodia, Myosin 1E might play important roles in transporting not only important polymerizing proteins but also proteins involved in adhesion stabilization.
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- Prabuddha Gupta
- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117411
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Luo W, Yu CH, Lieu ZZ, Allard J, Mogilner A, Sheetz MP, Bershadsky AD. Analysis of the local organization and dynamics of cellular actin networks. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 202:1057-73. [PMID: 24081490 PMCID: PMC3787384 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201210123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Live cell imaging, high-resolution microscopy, and computational modeling show that dynamic formin-filamin-actin asters self-organize into an actomyosin contractile network that may maintain mechanical coherence of cytoplasm. A ctin filaments, with the aid of multiple accessory proteins, self-assemble into a variety of network patterns. We studied the organization and dynamics of the actin network in nonadhesive regions of cells bridging fibronectin-coated adhesive strips. The network was formed by actin nodes associated with and linked by myosin II and containing the formin disheveled-associated activator of morphogenesis 1 (DAAM1) and the cross-linker filamin A (FlnA). After Latrunculin A (LatA) addition, actin nodes appeared to be more prominent and demonstrated drift-diffusion motion. Superresolution microscopy revealed that, in untreated cells, DAAM1 formed patches with a similar spatial arrangement to the actin nodes. Node movement (diffusion coefficient and velocity) in LatA-treated cells was dependent on the level and activity of myosin IIA, DAAM1, and FlnA. Based on our results, we developed a computational model of the dynamic formin-filamin-actin asters that can self-organize into a contractile actomyosin network. We suggest that such networks are critical for connecting distant parts of the cell to maintain the mechanical coherence of the cytoplasm.
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- Weiwei Luo
- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117411, Republic of Singapore
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Rangamani P, Lipshtat A, Azeloglu EU, Calizo RC, Hu M, Ghassemi S, Hone J, Scarlata S, Neves SR, Iyengar R. Decoding information in cell shape. Cell 2013; 154:1356-69. [PMID: 24034255 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Shape is an indicator of cell health. But how is the information in shape decoded? We hypothesize that decoding occurs by modulation of signaling through changes in plasma membrane curvature. Using analytical approaches and numerical simulations, we studied how elongation of cell shape affects plasma membrane signaling. Mathematical analyses reveal transient accumulation of activated receptors at regions of higher curvature with increasing cell eccentricity. This distribution of activated receptors is periodic, following the Mathieu function, and it arises from local imbalance between reaction and diffusion of soluble ligands and receptors in the plane of the membrane. Numerical simulations show that transient microdomains of activated receptors amplify signals to downstream protein kinases. For growth factor receptor pathways, increasing cell eccentricity elevates the levels of activated cytoplasmic Src and nuclear MAPK1,2. These predictions were experimentally validated by changing cellular eccentricity, showing that shape is a locus of retrievable information storage in cells.
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- Padmini Rangamani
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics and Systems Biology Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Gyger M, Stange R, Kießling TR, Fritsch A, Kostelnik KB, Beck-Sickinger AG, Zink M, Käs JA. Active contractions in single suspended epithelial cells. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2013; 43:11-23. [PMID: 24196420 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-013-0935-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Investigations of active contractions in tissue cells to date have been focused on cells that exert forces via adhesion sites to substrates or to other cells. In this study we show that also suspended epithelial cells exhibit contractility, revealing that contractions can occur independently of focal adhesions. We employ the Optical Stretcher to measure adhesion-independent mechanical properties of an epithelial cell line transfected with a heat-sensitive cation channel. During stretching the heat transferred to the ion channel causes a pronounced Ca(2+) influx through the plasma membrane that can be blocked by adequate drugs. This way the contractile forces in suspended cells are shown to be partially triggered by Ca(2+) signaling. A phenomenological mathematical model is presented, incorporating a term accounting for the active stress exerted by the cell, which is both necessary and sufficient to describe the observed increase in strain when the Ca(2+) influx is blocked. The median and the shape of the strain distributions depend on the activity of the cells. Hence, it is unlikely that they can be described by a simple Gaussian or log normal distribution, but depend on specific cellular properties such as active contractions. Our results underline the importance of considering activity when measuring cellular mechanical properties even in the absence of measurable contractions. Thus, the presented method to quantify active contractions of suspended cells offers new perspectives for a better understanding of cellular force generation with possible implications for medical diagnosis and therapy.
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- Markus Gyger
- Abteilung für Physik der weichen Materie, Institut für Experimentelle Physik I, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany,
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Adler Y, Givli S. Closing the loop: lamellipodia dynamics from the perspective of front propagation. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2013; 88:042708. [PMID: 24229214 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.88.042708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Revised: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We develop a simple physical model that captures the large-scale lamellipodia dynamics in crawling cells and explains the observed spectrum of fish keratocytes behavior. The main ingredients in this description are the geometrical evolution of the lamellipodium leading edge, the dynamic remodeling of the actin network, and the interconnection between them. We deviate from existing theoretical works and consider the lamellipodium leading edge as a propagating front. The agreement of our model with experimental works suggests that the large-scale morphological and migration features exhibited by keratocyte cells are a direct consequence of the closed feedback loop between the shape of the leading edge and the density of the actin network.
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- Yair Adler
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Atomic force microscopy imaging of live mammalian cells. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2013; 56:811-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s11427-013-4532-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Li M, Liu L, Xi N, Wang Y, Xiao X, Zhang W. Imaging and measuring the biophysical properties of Fc gamma receptors on single macrophages using atomic force microscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 438:709-14. [PMID: 23916706 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.07.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2013] [Accepted: 07/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Fc gamma receptors (FcγR), widely expressed on effector cells (e.g., NK cells, macrophages), play an important role in clinical cancer immunotherapy. The binding of FcγRs to the Fc portions of antibodies that are attached to the target cells can activate the antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) killing mechanism which leads to the lysis of target cells. In this work, we used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to observe the cellular ultra-structures and measure the biophysical properties (affinity and distribution) of FcγRs on single macrophages in aqueous environments. AFM imaging was used to obtain the topographies of macrophages, revealing the nanoscale cellular fine structures. For molecular interaction recognition, antibody molecules were attached onto AFM tips via a heterobifunctional polyethylene glycol (PEG) crosslinker. With AFM single-molecule force spectroscopy, the binding affinities of FcγRs were quantitatively measured on single macrophages. Adhesion force mapping method was used to localize the FcγRs, revealing the nanoscale distribution of FcγRs on local areas of macrophages. The experimental results can improve our understanding of FcγRs on macrophages; the established approach will facilitate further research on physiological activities involved in antibody-based immunotherapy.
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- Mi Li
- State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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Mechanical forces and feedbacks in cell motility. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2013; 25:550-7. [PMID: 23860439 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 06/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cell movement is driven by a self-organized assembly of numerous actin polymers and accessory proteins surrounded by a flexible membrane. While the identity of the molecular components involved is largely known, we are still far from understanding how this enormous ensemble of molecules self-organizes into a dynamic motile cell. A great deal of work in the field has focused on the role of biochemical signaling in establishing and maintaining cellular organization. More recently, mechanical forces and feedbacks have emerged as equally important contributors to the large-scale organization of motile cells. Here we review recent progress in the field, focusing on processes related to the actin cytoskeleton and its interplay with the cell membrane.
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Yin Z, Sadok A, Sailem H, McCarthy A, Xia X, Li F, Garcia MA, Evans L, Barr AR, Perrimon N, Marshall CJ, Wong STC, Bakal C. A screen for morphological complexity identifies regulators of switch-like transitions between discrete cell shapes. Nat Cell Biol 2013; 15:860-71. [PMID: 23748611 PMCID: PMC3712499 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The way in which cells adopt different morphologies is not fully understood. Cell shape could be a continuous variable or restricted to a set of discrete forms. We developed quantitative methods to describe cell shape and show that Drosophila haemocytes in culture are a heterogeneous mixture of five discrete morphologies. In an RNAi screen of genes affecting the morphological complexity of heterogeneous cell populations, we found that most genes regulate the transition between discrete shapes rather than generating new morphologies. In particular, we identified a subset of genes, including the tumour suppressor PTEN, that decrease the heterogeneity of the population, leading to populations enriched in rounded or elongated forms. We show that these genes have a highly conserved function as regulators of cell shape in both mouse and human metastatic melanoma cells.
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- Zheng Yin
- NCI Center for Modeling Cancer Development, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, 6670 Bertner Avenue, R6 South, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Tsugiyama H, Okimura C, Mizuno T, Iwadate Y. Electroporation of adherent cells with low sample volumes on a microscope stage. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 216:3591-8. [PMID: 23788710 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.089870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The labeling of specific molecules and their artificial control in living cells are powerful techniques for investigating intracellular molecular dynamics. To use these techniques, molecular compounds (hereinafter described simply as 'samples') need to be loaded into cells. Electroporation techniques are exploited to load membrane-impermeant samples into cells. Here, we developed a new electroporator with four special characteristics. (1) Electric pulses are applied to the adherent cells directly, without removing them from the substratum. (2) Samples can be loaded into the adherent cells while observing them on the stage of an inverted microscope. (3) Only 2 μl of sample solution is sufficient. (4) The device is very easy to use, as the cuvette, which is connected to the tip of a commercially available auto-pipette, is manipulated by hand. Using our device, we loaded a fluorescent probe of actin filaments, Alexa Fluor 546 phalloidin, into migrating keratocytes. The level of this probe in the cells could be easily adjusted by changing its concentration in the electroporation medium. Samples could be loaded into keratocytes, neutrophil-like HL-60 cells and Dictyostelium cells on a coverslip, and keratocytes on an elastic silicone substratum. The new device should be useful for a wide range of adherent cells and allow electroporation for cells on various types of the substrata.
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- Harunobu Tsugiyama
- Department of Functional Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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Ziebert F, Aranson IS. Effects of adhesion dynamics and substrate compliance on the shape and motility of crawling cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64511. [PMID: 23741334 PMCID: PMC3669322 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Computational modeling of eukaryotic cells moving on substrates is an extraordinarily complex task: many physical processes, such as actin polymerization, action of motors, formation of adhesive contacts concomitant with both substrate deformation and recruitment of actin etc., as well as regulatory pathways are intertwined. Moreover, highly nontrivial cell responses emerge when the substrate becomes deformable and/or heterogeneous. Here we extended a computational model for motile cell fragments, based on an earlier developed phase field approach, to account for explicit dynamics of adhesion site formation, as well as for substrate compliance via an effective elastic spring. Our model displays steady motion vs. stick-slip transitions with concomitant shape oscillations as a function of the actin protrusion rate, the substrate stiffness, and the rates of adhesion. Implementing a step in the substrate's elastic modulus, as well as periodic patterned surfaces exemplified by alternating stripes of high and low adhesiveness, we were able to reproduce the correct motility modes and shape phenomenology found experimentally. We also predict the following nontrivial behavior: the direction of motion of cells can switch from parallel to perpendicular to the stripes as a function of both the adhesion strength and the width ratio of adhesive to non-adhesive stripes.
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- Falko Ziebert
- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
- Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, United States of America
- Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Roncoroni L, Elli L, Bardella MT, Perrucci G, Ciulla M, Lombardo V, Tomba C, Conte D, Doneda L. Extracellular matrix proteins and displacement of cultured fibroblasts from duodenal biopsies in celiac patients and controls. J Transl Med 2013; 11:91. [PMID: 23566365 PMCID: PMC3637115 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2013] [Accepted: 03/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Celiac disease (CD) is mainly characterised by villous atrophy and mucosal architectural rearrangement. The fibroblasts (FBs) are the most abundant mesenchymal cell type in the intestinal mucosa and are responsible for both the architectural arrangement of the villi and the formation of the extracellular matrix (ECM). This study aimed at the evaluation of both the intracellular distribution of different proteins involved in ECM and FBs characterisation, and the cellular displacement of primary FBs obtained from duodenal endoscopic biopsies of healthy subjects and celiac patients. METHODS Primary healthy and celiac duodenal FBs were evaluated by means of immuno-fluorescence assay for collagen type I and IV, fibronectin, actin, alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin (alpha-SMA), Fibroblast Surface Protein (FSP) and transglutaminase type 2 (TG2). The geometric indexes of the fluorescence signals were investigated by image analysis software (Image J, NIH). Both morphology and kinetic were evaluated during a 72 hours time course movie. TG2 medium activity was evaluated by means of ELISA. RESULTS All the cells examined were immunopositive for FSP, alpha-SMA, actin, collagen I, collagen IV and TG2. CD cells showed a signet collagen-I and collagen-IV pattern, as compared to the controls being characterised by a spindle geometry. Moreover, the collagen signals in CD FBs showed a significantly higher circularity index (major orthogonal diameter ratio) than the controls (p<0.0001), whereas the perimeter and area ratio were significantly lower (p<0.0001). The TG2 signal had a decreased area (p<0.05), but a two-fold increased medium activity. The time course highlighted a reduction of the displacement of CD FBs. CONCLUSIONS The isolated primary CD FBs showed a different collagen and TG2 pattern of distribution associated with a different cellular displacement. The reasons for such CD cell peculiar characteristics are yet unknown but they might represent a factor in the progression of the intestinal damage.
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Peschetola V, Laurent VM, Duperray A, Michel R, Ambrosi D, Preziosi L, Verdier C. Time-dependent traction force microscopy for cancer cells as a measure of invasiveness. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2013; 70:201-14. [PMID: 23444002 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The migration of tumor cells of different degrees of invasivity is studied, on the basis of the traction forces exerted in time on soft substrates (Young modulus∼10 kPa). It is found that the outliers of the traction stresses can be an effective indicator to distinguish cancer cell lines of different invasiveness. Here, we test two different epithelial bladder cancer cell lines, one invasive (T24), and a less invasive one (RT112). Invasive cancer cells move in a nearly periodic motion, with peaks in velocity corresponding to higher traction forces exerted on the substrate, whereas less invasive cells develop traction stresses almost constant in time. The dynamics of focal adhesions (FAs) as well as cytoskeleton features reveals that different mechanisms are activated to migrate: T24 cells show an interconnected cytoskeleton linked to mature adhesion sites, leading to small traction stresses, whereas less invasive cells (RT112) show a less-structured cytoskeleton and unmature adhesions corresponding to higher traction stresses. Migration velocities are smaller in the case of less invasive cells. The mean squared displacement shows super-diffusive motion in both cases with higher exponent for the more invasive cancer cells. Further correlations between traction forces and the actin cytoskeleton reveal an unexpected pattern of a large actin rim at the RT112 cell edge where higher forces are colocalized, whereas a more usual cytoskeleton structure with stress fibers and FAs are found for T24 cancer cells. We conjecture that this kind of analysis can be useful to classify cancer cell invasiveness.
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Hiraiwa T, Baba A, Shibata T. Theoretical model for cell migration with gradient sensing and shape deformation. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2013; 36:9846. [PMID: 23572335 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2013-13032-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Amoeboid cells take various shapes during migration, depending on the cell type and its environment. Deformability of the cell shape can then affect the migrating behavior. In this article, we introduce a theoretical model of chemotactic cell migration with elliptical shape deformation. Based on the model, we calculate the stationary distributions of the migration directions analytically. As a result, we find that the distributions show different characteristics depending on the difference in the interdependence of the internal polarity, cell morphology and gradient sensing.
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- Tetsuya Hiraiwa
- Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Chuo-ku, Kobe 565-0871, Hyogo, Japan.
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Kiessling TR, Herrera M, Nnetu KD, Balzer EM, Girvan M, Fritsch AW, Martin SS, Käs JA, Losert W. Analysis of multiple physical parameters for mechanical phenotyping of living cells. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2013; 42:383-94. [PMID: 23504046 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-013-0888-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2012] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Since the cytoskeleton is known to regulate many cell functions, an increasing amount of effort to characterize cells by their mechanical properties has occured. Despite the structural complexity and dynamics of the multicomponent cytoskeleton, mechanical measurements on single cells are often fit to simple models with two to three parameters, and those parameters are recorded and reported. However, different simple models are likely needed to capture the distinct mechanical cell states, and additional parameters may be needed to capture the ability of cells to actively deform. Our new approach is to capture a much larger set of possibly redundant parameters from cells' mechanical measurement using multiple rheological models as well as dynamic deformation and image data. Principal component analysis and network-based approaches are used to group parameters to reduce redundancies and develop robust biomechanical phenotyping. Network representation of parameters allows for visual exploration of cells' complex mechanical system, and highlights unexpected connections between parameters. To demonstrate that our biomechanical phenotyping approach can detect subtle mechanical differences, we used a Microfluidic Optical Cell Stretcher to mechanically stretch circulating human breast tumor cells bearing genetically-engineered alterations in c-src tyrosine kinase activation, which is known to influence reattachment and invasion during metastasis.
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- T R Kiessling
- Soft Matter Physics Division, Department of Physics and Earth Science, Institute of Experimental Physics I, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
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Phase geometries of two-dimensional excitable waves govern self-organized morphodynamics of amoeboid cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:5016-21. [PMID: 23479620 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218025110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In both randomly moving Dictyostelium and mammalian cells, phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate and F-actin are known to propagate as waves at the membrane and act to push out the protruding edge. To date, however, the relationship between the wave geometry and the patterns of amoeboid shape change remains elusive. Here, by using phase map analysis, we show that morphology dynamics of randomly moving Dictyostelium discoideum cells can be characterized by the number, topology, and position of spatial phase singularities, i.e., points that represent organizing centers of rotating waves. A single isolated singularity near the cellular edge induced a rotational protrusion, whereas a pair of singularities supported a symmetric extension. These singularities appeared by strong phase resetting due to de novo nucleation at the back of preexisting waves. Analysis of a theoretical model indicated excitability of the system that is governed by positive feedback from phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate to PI3-kinase activation, and we showed experimentally that this requires F-actin. Furthermore, by incorporating membrane deformation into the model, we demonstrated that geometries of competing waves explain most of the observed semiperiodic changes in amoeboid morphology.
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Huber F, Schnauß J, Rönicke S, Rauch P, Müller K, Fütterer C, Käs J. Emergent complexity of the cytoskeleton: from single filaments to tissue. ADVANCES IN PHYSICS 2013; 62:1-112. [PMID: 24748680 PMCID: PMC3985726 DOI: 10.1080/00018732.2013.771509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2011] [Revised: 01/11/2013] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Despite their overwhelming complexity, living cells display a high degree of internal mechanical and functional organization which can largely be attributed to the intracellular biopolymer scaffold, the cytoskeleton. Being a very complex system far from thermodynamic equilibrium, the cytoskeleton's ability to organize is at the same time challenging and fascinating. The extensive amounts of frequently interacting cellular building blocks and their inherent multifunctionality permits highly adaptive behavior and obstructs a purely reductionist approach. Nevertheless (and despite the field's relative novelty), the physics approach has already proved to be extremely successful in revealing very fundamental concepts of cytoskeleton organization and behavior. This review aims at introducing the physics of the cytoskeleton ranging from single biopolymer filaments to multicellular organisms. Throughout this wide range of phenomena, the focus is set on the intertwined nature of the different physical scales (levels of complexity) that give rise to numerous emergent properties by means of self-organization or self-assembly.
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- F. Huber
- Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Physics I, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Koepsel JT, Loveland SG, Schwartz MP, Zorn S, Belair DG, Le NN, Murphy WL. A chemically-defined screening platform reveals behavioral similarities between primary human mesenchymal stem cells and endothelial cells. Integr Biol (Camb) 2012; 4:1508-21. [PMID: 23147838 PMCID: PMC3543770 DOI: 10.1039/c2ib20029e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Chemically defined substrates, which rigorously control protein-surface and cell-surface interactions, can be used to probe the effects of specific biomolecules on cell behavior. Here we combined a chemically-defined, array-based format with automated, time-lapse microscopy to efficiently screen cell-substrate interactions. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiolates bearing oligo(ethylene glycol) units and reactive terminal groups were used to present cell adhesion peptides while minimizing non-specific protein interactions. Specifically, we describe rapid fabrication of arrays of 1 mm spots, which present varied densities of the integrin-binding ligand Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Pro (GRGDSP). Results indicate that cell attachment, cell spreading, and proliferation exhibit strong dependencies on GRGDSP density for both human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Furthermore, relative spreading and proliferation over a broad range of GRGDSP densities were similar for both primary cell types, and detailed comparison between cell behaviors identified a 1 : 1 correlation between spreading and proliferation for both HUVECs and hMSCs. Finally, time-lapse microscopy of SAM arrays revealed distinct adhesion-dependent migratory behaviors for HUVECs and hMSCs. These results demonstrate the benefits of using an array-based screening platform for investigating cell function. While the proof-of-concept focuses on simple cellular properties, the quantitative similarities observed for hMSCs and HUVECs provides a direct example of how phenomena that would not easily be predicted can be shown to correlate between different cell types.
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- Justin T Koepsel
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Nearly every cell type exhibits some form of polarity, yet the molecular mechanisms vary widely. Here we examine what we term 'chemical systems' where cell polarization arises through biochemical interactions in signaling pathways, 'mechanical systems' where cells polarize due to forces, stresses and transport, and 'mechanochemical systems' where polarization results from interplay between mechanics and chemical signaling. To reveal potentially unifying principles, we discuss mathematical conceptualizations of several prototypical examples. We suggest that the concept of local activation and global inhibition - originally developed to explain spatial patterning in reaction-diffusion systems - provides a framework for understanding many cases of cell polarity. Importantly, we find that the core ingredients in this framework - symmetry breaking, self-amplifying feedback, and long-range inhibition - involve processes that can be chemical, mechanical, or even mechanochemical in nature.
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Raab M, Swift J, Dingal PCDP, Shah P, Shin JW, Discher DE. Crawling from soft to stiff matrix polarizes the cytoskeleton and phosphoregulates myosin-II heavy chain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 199:669-83. [PMID: 23128239 PMCID: PMC3494847 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201205056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cytoskeletal polarization occurs in response to mechanosensing of a transition from soft to stiff matrix during migration and promotes dephosphorylation of myosin-IIA, rearward localization of myosin-IIB, and durotaxis. On rigid surfaces, the cytoskeleton of migrating cells is polarized, but tissue matrix is normally soft. We show that nonmuscle MIIB (myosin-IIB) is unpolarized in cells on soft matrix in 2D and also within soft 3D collagen, with rearward polarization of MIIB emerging only as cells migrate from soft to stiff matrix. Durotaxis is the tendency of cells to crawl from soft to stiff matrix, and durotaxis of primary mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) proved more sensitive to MIIB than to the more abundant and persistently unpolarized nonmuscle MIIA (myosin-IIA). However, MIIA has a key upstream role: in cells on soft matrix, MIIA appeared diffuse and mobile, whereas on stiff matrix, MIIA was strongly assembled in oriented stress fibers that MIIB then polarized. The difference was caused in part by elevated phospho-S1943–MIIA in MSCs on soft matrix, with site-specific mutants revealing the importance of phosphomoderated assembly of MIIA. Polarization is thus shown to be a highly regulated compass for mechanosensitive migration.
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- Matthew Raab
- Molecular and Cell Biophysics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Shemesh T, Bershadsky AD, Kozlov MM. Physical model for self-organization of actin cytoskeleton and adhesion complexes at the cell front. Biophys J 2012; 102:1746-56. [PMID: 22768930 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Revised: 02/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Cell motion is driven by interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and the cell adhesions in the front part of the cell. The actin network segregates into lamellipodium and lamellum, whereas the adhesion complexes are characteristically distributed underneath the actin system. Here, we suggest a computational model for this characteristic organization of the actin-adhesion system. The model is based on the ability of the adhesion complexes to sense mechanical forces, the stick-slip character of the interaction between the adhesions and the moving actin network, and a hypothetical propensity of the actin network to disintegrate upon sufficiently strong stretching stresses. We identify numerically three possible types of system organization, all observed in living cells: two states in which the actin network exhibits segregation into lamellipodium and lamellum, whereas the cell edge either remains stationary or moves, and a state where the actin network does not undergo segregation. The model recovers the asynchronous fluctuations and outward bulging of the cell edge, and the dependence of the edge protrusion velocity on the rate of the nascent adhesion generation, the membrane tension, and the substrate rigidity.
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- Tom Shemesh
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Kusuhara S, Fukushima Y, Fukuhara S, Jakt LM, Okada M, Shimizu Y, Hata M, Nishida K, Negi A, Hirashima M, Mochizuki N, Nishikawa SI, Uemura A. Arhgef15 promotes retinal angiogenesis by mediating VEGF-induced Cdc42 activation and potentiating RhoJ inactivation in endothelial cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45858. [PMID: 23029280 PMCID: PMC3448698 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Drugs inhibiting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling are globally administered to suppress deregulated angiogenesis in a variety of eye diseases. However, anti-VEGF therapy potentially affects the normal functions of retinal neurons and glias which constitutively express VEGF receptor 2. Thus, it is desirable to identify novel drug targets which are exclusively expressed in endothelial cells (ECs). Here we attempted to identify an EC-specific Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) and evaluate its role in retinal angiogenesis. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS By exploiting fluorescence-activated cell sorting and microarray analyses in conjunction with in silico bioinformatics analyses, we comprehensively identified endothelial genes in angiogenic retinal vessels of postnatal mice. Of 9 RhoGEFs which were highly expressed in retinal ECs, we show that Arhgef15 acted as an EC-specific GEF to mediate VEGF-induced Cdc42 activation and potentiated RhoJ inactivation, thereby promoting actin polymerization and cell motility. Disruption of the Arhgef15 gene led to delayed extension of vascular networks and subsequent reduction of total vessel areas in postnatal mouse retinas. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our study provides information useful to the development of new means of selectively manipulating angiogenesis without affecting homeostasis in un-targeted tissues; not only in eyes but also in various disease settings such as cancer.
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- Sentaro Kusuhara
- Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
- Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
- Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan
- Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
- Division of Vascular Biology, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Yoo SK, Lam PY, Eichelberg MR, Zasadil L, Bement WM, Huttenlocher A. The role of microtubules in neutrophil polarity and migration in live zebrafish. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:5702-10. [PMID: 22992461 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.108324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Microtubules control cell motility by positively regulating polarization in many cell types. However, how microtubules regulate leukocyte migration is not well understood, particularly in living organisms. Here we exploited the zebrafish system to study the role of microtubules in neutrophil migration in vivo. The localization of microtubules was visualized in motile neutrophils using various bioprobes, revealing that, in contrast to what has been seen in studies in vitro, the microtubule organizing center is positioned in front of the nucleus (relative to the direction of migration) in motile neutrophils. Microtubule disassembly impaired attraction of neutrophils to wounds but enhanced the polarity of F-actin dynamics as measured by the distribution of stable and dynamic F-actin. Microtubule depolymerization inhibited polarized phosphoinositol 3-kinase (PI(3)K) activation at the leading edge and induced rapid PI(3)K independent motility. Finally, we show that microtubules exert their effects on neutrophil polarity and motility at least in part by the negative regulation of both Rho and Rac activity. These results provide new insight into the role of microtubules in neutrophil migration in a living vertebrate and show that the motility of these professional migratory cells are subject to distinctly different rules from those established for other cell types.
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- Sa Kan Yoo
- Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Allard J, Mogilner A. Traveling waves in actin dynamics and cell motility. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2012; 25:107-15. [PMID: 22985541 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2012.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Revised: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Much of current understanding of cell motility arose from studying steady treadmilling of actin arrays. Recently, there have been a growing number of observations of a more complex, non-steady, actin behavior, including self-organized waves. It is becoming clear that these waves result from activation and inhibition feedbacks in actin dynamics acting on different scales, but the exact molecular nature of these feedbacks and the respective roles of biomechanics and biochemistry are still unclear. Here, we review recent advances achieved in experimental and theoretical studies of actin waves and discuss mechanisms and physiological significance of wavy protrusions.
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- Jun Allard
- Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Gastrulation is a fundamental phase of animal embryogenesis during which germ layers are specified, rearranged, and shaped into a body plan with organ rudiments. Gastrulation involves four evolutionarily conserved morphogenetic movements, each of which results in a specific morphologic transformation. During emboly, mesodermal and endodermal cells become internalized beneath the ectoderm. Epibolic movements spread and thin germ layers. Convergence movements narrow germ layers dorsoventrally, while concurrent extension movements elongate them anteroposteriorly. Each gastrulation movement can be achieved by single or multiple motile cell behaviors, including cell shape changes, directed migration, planar and radial intercalations, and cell divisions. Recent studies delineate cyclical and ratchet-like behaviors of the actomyosin cytoskeleton as a common mechanism underlying various gastrulation cell behaviors. Gastrulation movements are guided by differential cell adhesion, chemotaxis, chemokinesis, and planar polarity. Coordination of gastrulation movements with embryonic polarity involves regulation by anteroposterior and dorsoventral patterning systems of planar polarity signaling, expression of chemokines, and cell adhesion molecules.
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- Lila Solnica-Krezel
- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Miyoshi H, Adachi T. Spatiotemporal coordinated hierarchical properties of cellular protrusion revealed by multiscale analysis. Integr Biol (Camb) 2012; 4:875-88. [PMID: 22689105 DOI: 10.1039/c2ib20013a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We present a methodology for integrative multiscale analysis to highlight hierarchical properties of cellular protrusion and mechanochemical interactions in cellular protrusion based on live cell imaging data with high spatiotemporal resolution. As an appropriate experimental system, we selected non-polarized full-moon-shaped keratocytes that present balanced protrusion around the entire cell periphery at the cellular scale simultaneously with active protrusion and retraction at the subcellular scale. We achieved the observation of a whole cell with sub-micrometer spatial precision and sub-second time resolution for three minutes or more. The multiscale characteristics of cell peripheral activity and those of the cell peripheral shape were extracted from an identical image sequence by estimating the cell protrusion rates and the cell peripheral curvatures at various differential intervals. The spatiotemporal maps of the cell protrusion rates demonstrated a spatiotemporally nested structure of travelling waves of active protruding regions at the cellular and subcellular scales. Moreover, correlation analysis demonstrated the relationship between the cell protrusion rate and peripheral curvature at the subcellular scale. The novel integrative methodology presented here well highlighted the hierarchical properties of organized cellular protrusion, and further provided insight about the underlying mechanochemical interactions between the cell membrane and the actin filaments under the membrane.
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- Hiromi Miyoshi
- Ultrahigh Precision Fabrication Team, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Béaslas O, Vihervaara T, Li J, Laurila PP, Yan D, Olkkonen VM. Silencing of OSBP-related protein 8 (ORP8) modifies the macrophage transcriptome, nucleoporin p62 distribution, and migration capacity. Exp Cell Res 2012; 318:1933-45. [PMID: 22683860 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2012] [Revised: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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ORP8 is an oxysterol/cholesterol binding protein anchored to the endoplasmic reticulum and the nuclear envelope, and is abundantly expressed in the macrophage. We created and characterized mouse RAW264.7 macrophages with ORP8 stably silenced using shRNA lentiviruses. A microarray transcriptome and gene ontology pathway analysis revealed significant alterations in several nuclear pathways and ones associated with centrosome and microtubule organization. ORP8 knockdown resulted in increased expression and altered subcellular distribution of an interaction partner of ORP8, nucleoporin NUP62, with an intranuclear localization aspect and association with cytoplasmic vesicular structures and lamellipodial edges of the cells. Moreover, ORP8 silenced cells displayed enhanced migration, and a more pronounced microtubule cytoskeleton than controls expressing a non-targeting shRNA. ORP8 was shown to compete with Exo70 for interaction with NUP62, and NUP62 knockdown abolished the migration enhancement of ORP8-silenced cells, suggesting that the endogenous ORP8 suppresses migration via binding to NUP62. As a conclusion, the present study reveals new, unexpected aspects of ORP8 function in macrophages not directly involving lipid metabolism, but rather associated with nuclear functions, microtubule organization, and migration capacity.
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- Olivier Béaslas
- Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, FI-00290 Helsinki, Finland
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This review focuses on basic principles of motility in different cell types, formation of the specific cell structures that enable directed migration, and how external signals are transduced into cells and coupled to the motile machinery. Feedback mechanisms and their potential role in maintenance of internal chemotactic gradients and persistence of directed migration are highlighted.
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- A V Vorotnikov
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
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