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Chemotactic Responses of Jurkat Cells in Microfluidic Flow-Free Gradient Chambers. MICROMACHINES 2020; 11:mi11040384. [PMID: 32260431 PMCID: PMC7231302 DOI: 10.3390/mi11040384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Gradients of soluble molecules coordinate cellular communication in a diverse range of multicellular systems. Chemokine-driven chemotaxis is a key orchestrator of cell movement during organ development, immune response and cancer progression. Chemotaxis assays capable of examining cell responses to different chemokines in the context of various extracellular matrices will be crucial to characterize directed cell motion in conditions which mimic whole tissue conditions. Here, a microfluidic device which can generate different chemokine patterns in flow-free gradient chambers while controlling surface extracellular matrix (ECM) to study chemotaxis either at the population level or at the single cell level with high resolution imaging is presented. The device is produced by combining additive manufacturing (AM) and soft lithography. Generation of concentration gradients in the device were simulated and experimentally validated. Then, stable gradients were applied to modulate chemotaxis and chemokinetic response of Jurkat cells as a model for T lymphocyte motility. Live imaging of the gradient chambers allowed to track and quantify Jurkat cell migration patterns. Using this system, it has been found that the strength of the chemotactic response of Jurkat cells to CXCL12 gradient was reduced by increasing surface fibronectin in a dose-dependent manner. The chemotaxis of the Jurkat cells was also found to be governed not only by the CXCL12 gradient but also by the average CXCL12 concentration. Distinct migratory behaviors in response to chemokine gradients in different contexts may be physiologically relevant for shaping the host immune response and may serve to optimize the targeting and accumulation of immune cells to the inflammation site. Our approach demonstrates the feasibility of using a flow-free gradient chamber for evaluating cross-regulation of cell motility by multiple factors in different biologic processes.
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Szeder B, Tárnoki-Zách J, Lakatos D, Vas V, Kudlik G, Merő B, Koprivanacz K, Bányai L, Hámori L, Róna G, Czirók A, Füredi A, Buday AL. Absence of the Tks4 Scaffold Protein Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-Like Changes in Human Colon Cancer Cells. Cells 2019; 8:cells8111343. [PMID: 31671862 PMCID: PMC6912613 DOI: 10.3390/cells8111343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a multipurpose process involved in wound healing, development, and certain pathological processes, such as metastasis formation. The Tks4 scaffold protein has been implicated in cancer progression; however, its role in oncogenesis is not well defined. In this study, the function of Tks4 was investigated in HCT116 colon cancer cells by knocking the protein out using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Surprisingly, the absence of Tks4 induced significant changes in cell morphology, motility, adhesion and expression, and localization of E-cadherin, which are all considered as hallmarks of EMT. In agreement with these findings, the marked appearance of fibronectin, a marker of the mesenchymal phenotype, was also observed in Tks4-KO cells. Analysis of the expression of well-known EMT transcription factors revealed that Snail2 was strongly overexpressed in cells lacking Tks4. Tks4-KO cells showed increased motility and decreased cell–cell attachment. Collagen matrix invasion assays demonstrated the abundance of invasive solitary cells. Finally, the reintroduction of Tks4 protein in the Tks4-KO cells restored the expression levels of relevant key transcription factors, suggesting that the Tks4 scaffold protein has a specific and novel role in EMT regulation and cancer progression.
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- Bálint Szeder
- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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- Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
- University of Kansas Cancer Centre, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
- Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Semmelweis University Medical School, 1094 Budapest, Hungary.
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Li R, Hebert JD, Lee TA, Xing H, Boussommier-Calleja A, Hynes RO, Lauffenburger DA, Kamm RD. Macrophage-Secreted TNFα and TGFβ1 Influence Migration Speed and Persistence of Cancer Cells in 3D Tissue Culture via Independent Pathways. Cancer Res 2016; 77:279-290. [PMID: 27872091 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-0442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The ability of a cancer cell to migrate through the dense extracellular matrix within and surrounding the solid tumor is a critical determinant of metastasis. Macrophages enhance invasion and metastasis in the tumor microenvironment, but the basis for their effects is not fully understood. Using a microfluidic 3D cell migration assay, we found that the presence of macrophages enhanced the speed and persistence of cancer cell migration through a 3D extracellular matrix in a matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-dependent fashion. Mechanistic investigations revealed that macrophage-released TNFα and TGFβ1 mediated the observed behaviors by two distinct pathways. These factors synergistically enhanced migration persistence through a synergistic induction of NF-κB-dependent MMP1 expression in cancer cells. In contrast, macrophage-released TGFβ1 enhanced migration speed primarily by inducing MT1-MMP expression. Taken together, our results reveal new insights into how macrophages enhance cancer cell metastasis, and they identify TNFα and TGFβ1 dual blockade as an antimetastatic strategy in solid tumors. Cancer Res; 77(2); 279-90. ©2016 AACR.
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- Ran Li
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. .,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Taking Aim at Moving Targets in Computational Cell Migration. Trends Cell Biol 2016; 26:88-110. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Collective cell migration: guidance principles and hierarchies. Trends Cell Biol 2015; 25:556-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Steimel JP, Aragones JL, Alexander-Katz A. Artificial tribotactic microscopic walkers: walking based on friction gradients. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:178101. [PMID: 25379939 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.178101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Friction, the resistive force between two surfaces sliding past each other, is at the core of a wide diversity of locomotion schemes. While such schemes are well described for homogeneous environments, locomotion based on friction in inhomogeneous environments has not received much attention. Here we introduce and demonstrate the concept of tribotaxis, a motion that is guided by gradients in the friction coefficient. Our system is composed of microwalkers that undergo an effective frictional interaction with biological receptors on the substrate, which is regulated by the density of such receptors. When actuated stochastically, microwalkers migrate to regions of higher friction, much like a chemotactic cell migrates to regions of higher chemoattractant concentration. Simulations and theory based on biased random walks are in excellent agreement with experiments. We foresee important implications for tribotaxis in artificial and natural locomotion in biological environments.
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- Joshua P Steimel
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Arrigoni C, De Luca P, Gilardi M, Previdi S, Broggini M, Moretti M. Direct but not indirect co-culture with osteogenically differentiated human bone marrow stromal cells increases RANKL/OPG ratio in human breast cancer cells generating bone metastases. Mol Cancer 2014; 13:238. [PMID: 25335447 PMCID: PMC4213507 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-13-238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 10/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Bone metastases arise in nearly 70% of patients with advanced breast cancer, but the complex metastatic process has not been completely clarified yet. RANKL/RANK/OPG pathway modifications and the crosstalk between metastatic cells and bone have been indicated as potential drivers of the process. Interactions between tumor and bone cells have been studied in vivo and in vitro, but specific effects of the direct contact between human metastatic cells and human bone cells on RANKL/RANK/OPG pathway have not been investigated. Findings We directly co-cultured bone metastatic human breast cancer cells (BOKL) with osteo-differentiated human mesenchymal cells (BMSCs) from 3 different donors. BMSCs and BOKL were then enzymatically separated and FACS sorted. We found a significant increase in the RANKL/OPG ratio as compared to control, which was not observed in BOKL cultured in medium conditioned by BMSCs, neither in BOKL directly cultured with fibroblasts or medium conditioned by fibroblasts. Direct co-culture with osteo-differentiated BMSCs caused BOKL aggregation while proliferation was not affected by co-culture. To more specifically associate RANKL expression to osteogenic differentiation degree of BMSCs, we determined their osteogenic markers expression and matrix calcification relative to osteoblasts and fibroblasts. Conclusions In conclusion, our co-culture model allowed to demonstrate for the first time that direct contact but not paracrine interactions between human metastatic breast cancer cells and bone cells has a significant effect on RANKL/OPG expression in bone metastatic cells. Furthermore, only direct contact with the bone microenvironment induced BOKL clustering without however significantly influencing their proliferation and migration. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1476-4598-13-238) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Cell and Tissue Engineering Lab, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via R,Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milano, Italy.
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Czirok A, Little CD. Pattern formation during vasculogenesis. BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH. PART C, EMBRYO TODAY : REVIEWS 2012; 96:153-62. [PMID: 22692888 PMCID: PMC3465733 DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.21010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Vasculogenesis, the assembly of the first vascular network, is an intriguing developmental process that yields the first functional organ system of the embryo. In addition to being a fundamental part of embryonic development, vasculogenic processes also have medical importance. To explain the organizational principles behind vascular patterning, we must understand how morphogenesis of tissue level structures can be controlled through cell behavior patterns that, in turn, are determined by biochemical signal transduction processes. Mathematical analyses and computer simulations can help conceptualize how to bridge organizational levels and thus help in evaluating hypotheses regarding the formation of vascular networks. Here, we discuss the ideas that have been proposed to explain the formation of the first vascular pattern: cell motility guided by extracellular matrix alignment (contact guidance), chemotaxis guided by paracrine and autocrine morphogens, and sprouting guided by cell-cell contacts.
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- Andras Czirok
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
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Méhes E, Mones E, Németh V, Vicsek T. Collective motion of cells mediates segregation and pattern formation in co-cultures. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31711. [PMID: 22359617 PMCID: PMC3280994 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Pattern formation by segregation of cell types is an important process during embryonic development. We show that an experimentally yet unexplored mechanism based on collective motility of segregating cells enhances the effects of known pattern formation mechanisms such as differential adhesion, mechanochemical interactions or cell migration directed by morphogens. To study in vitro cell segregation we use time-lapse videomicroscopy and quantitative analysis of the main features of the motion of individual cells or groups. Our observations have been extensive, typically involving the investigation of the development of patterns containing up to 200,000 cells. By either comparing keratocyte types with different collective motility characteristics or increasing cells' directional persistence by the inhibition of Rac1 GTP-ase we demonstrate that enhanced collective cell motility results in faster cell segregation leading to the formation of more extensive patterns. The growth of the characteristic scale of patterns generally follows an algebraic scaling law with exponent values up to 0.74 in the presence of collective motion, compared to significantly smaller exponents in case of diffusive motion.
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- Elod Méhes
- Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Szabó A, Varga K, Garay T, Hegedus B, Czirók A. Invasion from a cell aggregate--the roles of active cell motion and mechanical equilibrium. Phys Biol 2012; 9:016010. [PMID: 22313673 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/9/1/016010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cell invasion from an aggregate into a surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) is an important process during development disease, e.g., vascular network assembly or tumor progression. To describe the behavior emerging from autonomous cell motility, cell-cell adhesion and contact guidance by ECM filaments, we propose a suitably modified cellular Potts model. We consider an active cell motility process in which internal polarity is governed by a positive feedback from cell displacements, a mechanism that can result in highly persistent motion when constrained by an oriented ECM structure. The model allows us to explore the interplay between haptotaxis, matrix degradation and active cell movement. We show that for certain conditions the cells are able to both invade the ECM and follow the ECM tracks. Furthermore, we argue that enforcing mechanical equilibrium within a bulk cell mass is of key importance in multicellular simulations.
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- A Szabó
- Department of Biological Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
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Golé L, Rivière C, Hayakawa Y, Rieu JP. A quorum-sensing factor in vegetative Dictyostelium discoideum cells revealed by quantitative migration analysis. PLoS One 2011; 6:e26901. [PMID: 22073217 PMCID: PMC3207821 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background Many cells communicate through the production of diffusible signaling molecules that accumulate and once a critical concentration has been reached, can activate or repress a number of target genes in a process termed quorum sensing (QS). In the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, QS plays an important role during development. However little is known about its effect on cell migration especially in the growth phase. Methods and Findings To investigate the role of cell density on cell migration in the growth phase, we use multisite timelapse microscopy and automated cell tracking. This analysis reveals a high heterogeneity within a given cell population, and the necessity to use large data sets to draw reliable conclusions on cell motion. In average, motion is persistent for short periods of time (), but normal diffusive behavior is recovered over longer time periods. The persistence times are positively correlated with the migrated distances. Interestingly, the migrated distance decreases as well with cell density. The adaptation of cell migration to cell density highlights the role of a secreted quorum sensing factor (QSF) on cell migration. Using a simple model describing the balance between the rate of QSF generation and the rate of QSF dilution, we were able to gather all experimental results into a single master curve, showing a sharp cell transition between high and low motile behaviors with increasing QSF. Conclusion This study unambiguously demonstrates the central role played by QSF on amoeboid motion in the growth phase.
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- Laurent Golé
- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructures, Université de Lyon, Université de Lyon I, CNRS, UMR 5586, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructures, Université de Lyon, Université de Lyon I, CNRS, UMR 5586, Villeurbanne, France
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- Center for Information Technology in Education, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée et Nanostructures, Université de Lyon, Université de Lyon I, CNRS, UMR 5586, Villeurbanne, France
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Mitchel JA, Hoffman-Kim D. Cellular scale anisotropic topography guides Schwann cell motility. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24316. [PMID: 21949703 PMCID: PMC3176770 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Directed migration of Schwann cells (SC) is critical for development and repair of the peripheral nervous system. Understanding aspects of motility specific to SC, along with SC response to engineered biomaterials, may inform strategies to enhance nerve regeneration. Rat SC were cultured on laminin-coated microgrooved poly(dimethyl siloxane) platforms that were flat or presented repeating cellular scale anisotropic topographical cues, 30 or 60 µm in width, and observed with timelapse microscopy. SC motion was directed parallel to the long axis of the topography on both the groove floor and the plateau, with accompanying differences in velocity and directional persistence in comparison to SC motion on flat substrates. In addition, feature dimension affected SC morphology, alignment, and directional persistence. Plateaus and groove floors presented distinct cues which promoted differential motility and variable interaction with the topographical features. SC on the plateau surfaces tended to have persistent interactions with the edge topography, while SC on the groove floors tended to have infrequent contact with the corners and walls. Our observations suggest the capacity of SC to be guided without continuous contact with a topographical cue. SC exhibited a range of distinct motile morphologies, characterized by their symmetry and number of extensions. Across all conditions, SC with a single extension traveled significantly faster than cells with more or no extensions. We conclude that SC motility is complex, where persistent motion requires cellular asymmetry, and that anisotropic topography with cellular scale features can direct SC motility.
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- Jennifer A. Mitchel
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Swider P, Ambard D, Guérin G, Søballe K, Bechtold JE. Sensitivity analysis of periprosthetic healing to cell migration, growth factor and post-operative gap using a mechanobiological model. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2011; 14:763-71. [DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.494160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wave front migration of endothelial cells in a bone-implant interface. J Biomech 2011; 44:1980-6. [PMID: 21601211 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2010] [Revised: 05/04/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The neo-vascularization of the host site is crucial for the primary fixation and the long-term stability of the bone-implant interface. Our aim was to investigate the progression of endothelial cell population in the first weeks of healing. We proposed a theoretical reactive model to study the role of initial conditions, random motility, haptotaxis and chemotaxis in interactions with fibronectin factors and transforming angiogenic factors. The application of governing equations concerned a canine experimental implant and numerical experiments based upon statistical designs of experiments supported the discussion. We found that chemotaxis due to transforming angiogenic factors was attracting endothelial cells present into the host bone. Haptotaxis conditioned by fibronectin factors favored cells adhesion to the host bone. The combination of diffusive and reactive effects nourished the wave front migration of endothelial cells from the host bone towards the implant. Angiogenesis goes together with new-formed bone formation in clinics, so the similarity of distribution patterns of mineralized tissue observed in-vivo and the spatio-temporal concentration of endothelial cells predicted by the model, tended to support the reliability of our theoretical approach.
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Groh A, Wagner M. Biased three-dimensional cell migration and collagen matrix modification. Math Biosci 2011; 231:105-19. [PMID: 21354184 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2011.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2010] [Revised: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Various tumours can be resected even for cure with complete removal. Surgical excision with a wide margin to ensure complete removal has therefore been suggested as the primary treatment for such lesions. The histological examination of the three-dimensional (3D) excision margins (3D histology) constitutes an important part of the quality control mechanisms in tumour surgery. Understanding histologically relevant properties of the constituents of the microenvironment in tumours and the circumferential portion of non-lesional tissue is therefore critical. Accompanied by the increasing availability of high performance computers in recent decades, there has been a strong movement aiming at the development of mathematical models whose implementations allow in silico simulations of biological reaction networks. Due to its relevance in numerous biological and pathological processes, there have been various attempts to model biased migration of single cells. The model introduced in this paper plays a prominent role insofar as it covers the under-represented 3D case. Moreover, it is uniformly formulated for both two and three dimensions. The velocity of each cell is characterised by a generalised Langevin equation, a stochastic differential equation, where chemotaxis as well as contact guidance are considered to simulate selected aspects of interactions between carcinoma cell groups and fibroblast-like cells. Algorithmic and numeric aspects of the developed equations are detailed in this paper and the results of the simulations are illustrated in different manners to emphasise specific features. A simple test scenario as well as a geometry based on segmentation data of a real histological slide has served for verification of the software. The resulting morphologies closely resemble that of desmoplastic stromal reaction readily identifiable in histological slides of infiltrating carcinoma, and the images can be interpreted in the context of 3D histology.
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- A Groh
- Saarland University, Faculty 6 - Mathematics and Computer Science, POB 151150, 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Muinonen-Martin AJ, Veltman DM, Kalna G, Insall RH. An improved chamber for direct visualisation of chemotaxis. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15309. [PMID: 21179457 PMCID: PMC3001854 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Accepted: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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There has been a growing appreciation over the last decade that chemotaxis plays an important role in cancer migration, invasion and metastasis. Research into the field of cancer cell chemotaxis is still in its infancy and traditional investigative tools have been developed with other cell types and purposes in mind. Direct visualisation chambers are considered the gold standard for investigating the behaviour of cells migrating in a chemotactic gradient. We therefore drew up a list of key attributes that a chemotaxis chamber should have for investigating cancer cell chemotaxis. These include (1) compatibility with thin cover slips for optimal optical properties and to allow use of high numerical aperture (NA) oil immersion objectives; (2) gradients that are relatively stable for at least 24 hours due to the slow migration of cancer cells; (3) gradients of different steepnesses in a single experiment, with defined, consistent directions to avoid the need for complicated analysis; and (4) simple handling and disposability for use with medical samples. Here we describe and characterise the Insall chamber, a novel direct visualisation chamber. We use it to show GFP-lifeact transfected MV3 melanoma cells chemotaxing using a 60x high NA oil immersion objective, which cannot usually be done with other chemotaxis chambers. Linear gradients gave very efficient chemotaxis, contradicting earlier results suggesting that only polynomial gradients were effective. In conclusion, the chamber satisfies our design criteria, most importantly allowing high NA oil immersion microscopy to track chemotaxing cancer cells in detail over 24 hours.
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Szabó A, Unnep R, Méhes E, Twal WO, Argraves WS, Cao Y, Czirók A. Collective cell motion in endothelial monolayers. Phys Biol 2010; 7:046007. [PMID: 21076204 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/7/4/046007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Collective cell motility is an important aspect of several developmental and pathophysiological processes. Despite its importance, the mechanisms that allow cells to be both motile and adhere to one another are poorly understood. In this study we establish statistical properties of the random streaming behavior of endothelial monolayer cultures. To understand the reported empirical findings, we expand the widely used cellular Potts model to include active cell motility. For spontaneous directed motility we assume a positive feedback between cell displacements and cell polarity. The resulting model is studied with computer simulations and is shown to exhibit behavior compatible with experimental findings. In particular, in monolayer cultures both the speed and persistence of cell motion decreases, transient cell chains move together as groups and velocity correlations extend over several cell diameters. As active cell motility is ubiquitous both in vitro and in vivo, our model is expected to be a generally applicable representation of cellular behavior.
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- A Szabó
- Department of Biological Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
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Berthier E, Surfus J, Verbsky J, Huttenlocher A, Beebe D. An arrayed high-content chemotaxis assay for patient diagnosis. Integr Biol (Camb) 2010; 2:630-8. [PMID: 20953490 DOI: 10.1039/c0ib00030b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Chemotaxis assays are essential tools for the study of gradient sensing and directed cell migration, and have the potential to aid in the diagnosis and characterization of patients with immune disorders. Current methods are limited in their ability to meet the more demanding requirements for clinical applications. Because patient samples have a short lifespan and sometimes a limited volume (e.g. pediatrics), the operational requirements for an efficient chemotaxis assay are increased in the clinical setting. Here we describe a microscale assay platform for gradient generation that overcomes these limitations. Passive fluidic methods are leveraged to provide a reliable microfluidic gradient generation device, operable in only three pipetting steps. In addition, arrayed imaging and advanced cell tracking algorithms enabled a 50-fold increase in throughput over current methods. These methods were employed to aid in the diagnostic evaluation of an infant who presented with severe, recurrent bacterial infections. Analysis of the infant's neutrophils revealed impaired cell polarization and chemotaxis in a gradient of the chemoattractant fMLP. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with an inhibitory mutation in the Rho GTPase, Rac2. The approach also enabled a microenvironmental screen of human primary neutrophil chemotaxis on fibronectin, fibrinogen and laminin with results suggesting that fibronectin, although commonly used, may not be the most appropriate matrix protein for chemotaxis assays. Together, these findings demonstrate the use of arrayed micro-devices to aid in the diagnosis of a primary immunodeficiency disorder, and illustrate the capability for increased throughput microenvironmental studies and screening targeted to specific human diseases.
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- Erwin Berthier
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, University of Wisconsin, 1111 Highland Av, Madison 53705, Wisconsin, USA
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Guarnieri D, De Capua A, Ventre M, Borzacchiello A, Pedone C, Marasco D, Ruvo M, Netti PA. Covalently immobilized RGD gradient on PEG hydrogel scaffold influences cell migration parameters. Acta Biomater 2010; 6:2532-9. [PMID: 20051270 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.12.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Revised: 12/11/2009] [Accepted: 12/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Understanding the influence of a controlled spatial distribution of biological cues on cell activities can be useful to design "cell instructive" materials, able to control and guide the formation of engineered tissues in vivo and in vitro. To this purpose, biochemical and mechanical properties of the resulting biomaterial must be carefully designed and controlled. In this work, the effect of covalently immobilized RGD peptide gradients on poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogels on cell behaviour was studied. We set up a mechanical device generating gradients based on a fluidic chamber. Cell response to RGD gradients with different slope (0.7, 1 and 2 mM cm(-1)) was qualitatively and quantitatively assessed by evaluating cell adhesion and, in particular, cell migration, compared to cells seeded on hydrogels with uniform distribution of RGD peptides. To evaluate the influence of RGD gradient and to exclude any concentration effect on cell response, all analyses were carried out in a specific region of the gradients which displayed the same average concentration of RGD (1.5 mM). Results suggest that cells recognize the RGD gradient and adhere onto it assuming a stretched shape. Moreover, cells tend to migrate in the direction of the gradient, as their speed is higher than that of cells migrating on hydrogels with a uniform distribution of RGD and increases by increasing RGD gradient steepness. This increment is due to an augmentation of bias speed component of the mean squared speed, that is, the drift of the cell population migrating on the anisotropic surface provided by the RGD gradient.
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- D Guarnieri
- Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Biomaterials (CRIB), Naples, Italy
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Weiger MC, Ahmed S, Welf ES, Haugh JM. Directional persistence of cell migration coincides with stability of asymmetric intracellular signaling. Biophys J 2010; 98:67-75. [PMID: 20085720 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.09.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2009] [Revised: 09/05/2009] [Accepted: 09/25/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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It has long been appreciated that spatiotemporal dynamics of cell migration are under the control of intracellular signaling pathways, which are mediated by adhesion receptors and other transducers of extracellular cues. Further, there is ample evidence that aspects of cell migration are stochastic: how else could it exhibit directional persistence over timescales much longer than typical signal transduction processes, punctuated by abrupt changes in direction? Yet the mechanisms by which signaling processes affect those behaviors remain unclear. We have developed analytical methods for relating parallel live-cell microscopy measurements of cell migration dynamics to the intracellular signaling processes that govern them. In this analysis of phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling in randomly migrating fibroblasts, we observe that hot spots of intense signaling coincide with localized cell protrusion and endure with characteristic lifetimes that correspond to those of cell migration persistence. We further show that distant hot spots are dynamically and stochastically coupled. These results are indicative of a mechanism by which changes in a cell's direction of migration are determined by a fragile balance of relatively rapid intracellular signaling processes.
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- Michael C Weiger
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Guérin G, Ambard D, Swider P. Cells, growth factors and bioactive surface properties in a mechanobiological model of implant healing. J Biomech 2009; 42:2555-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Revised: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 07/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kipper MJ, Kleinman HK, Wang FW. New method for modeling connective-tissue cell migration: improved accuracy on motility parameters. Biophys J 2007; 93:1797-808. [PMID: 17483177 PMCID: PMC1948061 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.096800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mathematical models of cell migration based on persistent random walks have been successfully applied to describe the motility of several cell types. However, the migration of slowly moving connective-tissue cells, such as fibroblasts, is difficult to observe experimentally and difficult to describe theoretically. We identify two primary sources of this difficulty. First, cells such as fibroblasts tend to migrate slowly and change shape during migration. This makes accurate determination of cell position difficult. Second, the cell population is considerably heterogeneous with respect to cell speed. Here we develop a method for fitting connective-tissue cell migration data to persistent random walk models, which accounts for these two significant sources of error and enables accurate determination of the cell motility parameters. We demonstrate the usefulness of this method for modeling both isotropic cell motility and biased cell motility, where the migration of a population of cells is influenced by a gradient in a surface-bound adhesive peptide. This method can discern differences in the motility of populations of cells at different points along the peptide gradient and can therefore be used as a tool to quantify the effects of peptide concentration and gradient magnitude on cell migration.
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- Matt J Kipper
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Tiraihi A, Tiraihi T. Early onset of regionalization in EMS lineage of C. elegans embryo: a quantitative study. Biosystems 2007; 90:676-86. [PMID: 17467890 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2007.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2006] [Revised: 02/18/2007] [Accepted: 02/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Early localization of C. elegans founder cell descendents in certain regions of embryo has been documented. The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the onset of ABp and EMS descendent cell regionalization in the embryo using the random motility coefficient as a quantitative parameter. The forward migration index (FMI) was also calculated in order to evaluate the chemotatic biases of ABp-dc and EMS-dc during regionalization. The results showed that the random motility coefficient declined as the cells tended to regionalize. The mean squared displacement (MSD) versus time plot showed a non-linear model which indicated non-random cell movement. FMI showed progressive increase as the cells tended to regionalized, and it was significantly higher in EMS-dc than ABp-dc, moreover the chemotatic biases were higher in EMS-dc than ABp-dc. The circular plots showed that the statistical differences between the two lineages were significant, while ABp-dc showed significant differences in xy, xz and yz planes; EMS derived cells showed no significant differences except in yz planes. The conclusion of this study is that the onset of early regionalization occurs in EMS-dc sooner than in ABp-dc.
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- Ali Tiraihi
- Department of Computer Engineering, College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shaheed Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
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Jabbarzadeh E, Abrams CF. Simulations of chemotaxis and random motility in 2D random porous domains. Bull Math Biol 2007; 69:747-64. [PMID: 17216402 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9153-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2006] [Accepted: 07/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We discuss a generic computational model of eukariotic chemotaxis in 2D random porous domains. The model couples the fully time-dependent finite-difference solution of a reaction-diffusion equation for the concentration field of a chemoattractant to biased random walks representing individual chemotactic cells. We focus in particular on the influence of consumption of chemoattractant by the boundaries of obstacles with irregular shapes which are distributed randomly in the domain on the chemotactic response of the cells. Cells are stimulated to traverse a field of obstacles by a line source of chemoattractant. We find that the reactivity of the obstacle boundaries with respect to the chemoattractant strongly determines the transit time of cells through two primary mechanisms. The channeling effect arises because cells are effectively repelled from surfaces which consume chemoattractant, and opposing surfaces therefore act to keep cells in the middle of channels. This reduces traversal times relative to the case with unreactive boundaries, provided that the appropriate Péclet number relating the strength of reactivity to diffusion in governing chemoattractant transport is neither too low nor too high. The dead-zone effect arises due to a realistic threshold on the chemotactic response, which at steady state results in portions of the domain having no detectable gradient. Of these two, the channeling effect is responsible for 90% of the sensitivity of transit times to boundary reactivity. Based on these results, we speculate that it may be possible to tune the rates of cellular penetration into porous domains by engineering the reactivity of the internal surfaces to cytokines.
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- Ehsan Jabbarzadeh
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Frevert CW, Boggy G, Keenan TM, Folch A. Measurement of cell migration in response to an evolving radial chemokine gradient triggered by a microvalve. LAB ON A CHIP 2006; 6:849-56. [PMID: 16804588 PMCID: PMC3855036 DOI: 10.1039/b515560f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We describe a novel chemotaxis assay based on the microvalve-actuated release of a chemoattractant from a cell-free microchamber into a cell-containing microchamber. The microvalve chemotaxis device (microVCD) was placed on the stage of a conventional inverted microscope to obtain time-lapse micrographs of neutrophils migrating in a radially-symmetric evolving gradient of the chemotactic factor CXCL8/Interleukin-8. A fluorescent tracer was added to the CXCL8 solution to visualize the evolution of the gradient profile, so that at each time point the cell positions could be assigned CXCL8 concentration values. Tracking of individual neutrophils for 90 minutes showed that (a) the neutrophil migratory response is, on average, radially directed towards the CXCL8 source; (b) significant non-radial displacements occur frequently; and (c) there is considerable heterogeneity in the migration speeds and directions amongst the neutrophil population. A custom-made imaging analysis tool was used to extract measurements of migratory behavior such as speed, velocity along the gradient's radial axis, and the cosine of the turning angle as a function of CXCL8 concentration. The microVCD can be easily adapted to study the migratory behavior of cultured cells other than neutrophils.
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- Charles W. Frevert
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Medical Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Campus Box 352255, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Campus Box 352255, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- ; Fax: 1-206-543 6124; Tel: 1-206-685 2257
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Looking inside an invasion wave of cells using continuum models: proliferation is the key. J Theor Biol 2006; 243:343-60. [PMID: 16904698 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2006] [Revised: 05/23/2006] [Accepted: 06/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recently, a suite of cell migration assays were conducted to investigate the migration of neural crest (NC) cells along the gut during the development of the enteric nervous system (ENS). The NC cells colonise the gastro-intestinal tract as a rostro-caudal wave. Local behaviour was shown to be controlled by position relative to the leading edge of the wavefront. The assays involved chick-quail grafting techniques allowing the total invading population to be considered as a two-species system. A two-species continuum model with logistic proliferation and a migration mechanism is developed here to simulate the chick-quail graft experiments and provide a means of looking at the processes occurring within the invasion wave. Five migration mechanisms are considered--linear diffusion, two cases of nonlinear diffusion, chemokinesis and chemotaxis. The model results agree with the experimental observations, regardless of the specific type of migration mechanism. The results show that NC cell invasion is driven by proliferation and cell motility at the leading edge of the wave. Furthermore, logistic proliferation exerts the dominant control on the system. This observation is confirmed by analysing some simplified invasion models. Once the basic experiments were mathematically replicated, the mathematical models were used in turn to make some predictions that were yet to be experimentally tested. This involved conducting a sensitivity analysis of the system by interrupting the proliferation and/or migration ability of the leading edge. Numerical results show that the system is stable against these changes. Of the three experiments suggested, one was carried out and the experimental results were concordant with the theoretical predictions. The outcome of two other suggested experiments are predicted and left for future experimental validation.
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Mallet DG, Pettet GJ. A mathematical model of integrin-mediated haptotactic cell migration. Bull Math Biol 2006; 68:231-53. [PMID: 16794929 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-005-9032-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2003] [Accepted: 07/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Haptotactic cell migration, a directed response to gradients of cell-extracellular matrix adhesion, is an important process in a number of biological phenomena such as wound healing and tumour cell invasion. Previously, mathematical models of haptotaxis have been developed on the premise that cells migrate in response to gradients in the density of the extracellular matrix. In this paper, we develop a novel mathematical model of haptotaxis which includes the adhesion receptors known as integrins and a description of their functional activation, local recruitment and protrusion as part of lamellipodia. Through the inclusion of integrins, the modelled cell matter is able to respond to a true gradient of cell-matrix adhesion, represented by functionally active integrins. We also show that previous matrix-mediated models are in fact a subset of the novel integrin-mediated models, characterised by specific choices of diffusion and haptotaxis coefficients in their model equations. Numerical solutions suggest the existence of travelling waves of cell migration that are confirmed via a phase plane analysis of a simplified model.
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- D G Mallet
- School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
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Carbonell WS, Murase SI, Horwitz AF, Mandell JW. Migration of perilesional microglia after focal brain injury and modulation by CC chemokine receptor 5: an in situ time-lapse confocal imaging study. J Neurosci 2006; 25:7040-7. [PMID: 16049180 PMCID: PMC6724831 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5171-04.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Microglia rapidly become reactive in response to diverse stimuli and are thought to be prominent participants in the pathophysiology of both acute injury and chronic neurological diseases. However, mature microglial reactions to a focal lesion have not been characterized dynamically in adult vertebrate tissue. Here, we present a detailed analysis of long-distance perilesional microglial migration using time-lapse confocal microscopy in acutely isolated living slices from adult brain-injured mice. Extensive migration of perilesional microglia was apparent by 24 h after injury and peaked at 3 d. Average instantaneous migration speeds of approximately 5 microm/min and peak speeds >10 microm/min were observed. Collective, directed migration toward the lesion edge was not observed as might be expected in the presence of chemoattractive gradients. Rather, migration was autonomous and could be modeled as a random walk. Pharmacological blockade of the cysteine-cysteine chemokine receptor 5 reduced migration velocity and the number of perilesional migratory microglia without affecting directional persistence, suggesting a novel role for chemokines in modulation of discrete migratory parameters. Finally, activated microglia in the denervated hippocampal stratum oriens did not migrate extensively, whereas human immunodeficiency virus-1 tat-activated microglia migrated nearly twice as fast as those at the stab lesion, indicating a nonuniform microglial response to different stimuli. Understanding the characteristics and specific molecular mechanisms underlying microglial migration after neural injury could reveal novel targets for therapeutic strategies for modulating neuroinflammation in human diseases.
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- W Shawn Carbonell
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Division of Neuropathology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Huang H, Cruz F, Bazzoni G. Junctional adhesion molecule-A regulates cell migration and resistance to shear stress. J Cell Physiol 2006; 209:122-30. [PMID: 16783819 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Junctional adhesion molecule-A (JAM-A) is an adhesive protein expressed in endothelial cells, epithelial cells, platelets, and some leukocytes. JAM-A localizes to the tight junctions between contacting endothelial and epithelial cells, where it contributes to cell-cell adhesion and to the control of paracellular permeability. JAM-A also regulates cell motility, even though the quantitative biophysical features have not been characterized. In this study, we evaluated the role of JAM-A in the regulation of cell motility using JAM-A-expressing and JAM-A-deficient murine endothelial cells. We report that, in the absence of shear stress, JAM-A absence increases cell motility by increasing directional persistence but not cell speed. In addition, in the presence of shear stress, JAM-A absence increases protrusion extension in the direction of flow and increased downstream cellular displacement (while, conversely, decreasing upstream displacement). All these effects of JAM-A absence are mitigated by the microtubule-stabilizing compound taxol. A motility- and microtubule-related function, integrin-mediated adhesiveness, was only slightly reduced in JAM-A-deficient cells compared with JAM-A-expressing cells. However, overexpression of JAM-A in the JAM-A-deficient cells increased integrin adhesiveness to the same levels as those observed in taxol-treated JAM-A-deficient cells. Taken together, these data indicate that JAM-A regulates cell motility by cooperating with microtubule-stabilizing pathways.
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- Hayden Huang
- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Costa LDF, Cintra LC, Schubert D. An integrated approach to the characterization of cell movement. Cytometry A 2005; 68:92-100. [PMID: 16237685 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Most phenomena in developmental biology involve or depend upon cell migration. This article describes a comprehensive framework for the characterization and analysis of trajectories defined by cell movement. The following two perspectives are considered: (a) the behavior of each individual cell and (b) interactions between neighboring pairs of cells. METHODS The measurements considered for individual trajectories include the velocity magnitude and orientation, maximum spatial dispersion, displacement effectiveness, and displacement entropies. Interactions between two trajectories are characterized by comparing the respective velocities. RESULTS The potential of the overall framework is illustrated using data of moving cells in different biological environments. The work shows that it is possible to use the new algorithm presented here to characterize cell motility. CONCLUSIONS The features of the algorithm were successful in determining the motility changes under different experimental conditions.
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Radeke HH, Ludwig RJ, Boehncke WH. Experimental approaches to lymphocyte migration in dermatology in vitro and in vivo. Exp Dermatol 2005; 14:641-66. [PMID: 16098125 DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-6705.2005.00350.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lymphocyte trafficking through the dermal compartment is part of the physiological surveillance process of the adaptive immune system. On the other hand, persistent or recurrent lymphocyte infiltrates are hallmarks of both types of chronic inflammatory skin diseases, Th1-type such as psoriasis or Th2/allergic-type like atopic dermatitis. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying lymphocyte movements is one of the key prerequisites for developing more effective therapies. In this review, we introduce a range of simple-to-sophisticated experimental in vitro and in vivo approaches to analyze lymphocyte migration. These methods start from static in vitro adhesion and chemotaxis assays, include dynamic endothelial flow chamber, intravital dual photon, and transcutaneous live-video microscopy, and finally encompass specific genetically deficient or engineered animal models. Discussing pros and cons of these assay systems hopefully generates both state-of-the-art knowledge about the factors involved in most common chronic skin diseases as well as an improved understanding of the limitations and chances of new biologic pharmaceuticals that are currently introduced into clinical practice.
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- Heinfried H Radeke
- Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, Dr-Hans-Schleussner-Foundation Immune Pharmacology, Frankfurt, Germany.
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Harms BD, Bassi GM, Horwitz AR, Lauffenburger DA. Directional persistence of EGF-induced cell migration is associated with stabilization of lamellipodial protrusions. Biophys J 2005; 88:1479-88. [PMID: 15713602 PMCID: PMC1305149 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.047365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Migrating cells can sustain a relatively constant direction of lamellipodial protrusion and locomotion over timescales ranging from minutes to hours. However, individual waves of lamellipodial extension occur over much shorter characteristic times. Little understanding exists regarding how cells might integrate biophysical processes across these disparate timescales to control the directional persistence of locomotion. We address this issue by examining the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulation on long-timescale directional persistence and short-timescale lamellipodial dynamics of EGF receptor-transfected Chinese hamster ovary cells migrating on fibronectin-coated substrata. Addition of EGF increased persistence, with the magnitude of increase correlating with fibronectin coating concentration. Kymographic analysis of EGF-stimulated lamellipodial dynamics revealed that the temporal stability of lamellipodial protrusions similarly increased with fibronectin concentration. A soluble RGD peptide competitor reduced both the persistence of long-timescale cell paths and the stability of short-timescale membrane protrusions, indicating that cell-substratum adhesion concomitantly influences lamellipodial dynamics and directional persistence. These results reveal the importance of adhesion strength in regulating the directional motility of cells and suggest that the short-timescale kinetics of adhesion complex formation may play a key role in modulating directional persistence over much longer timescales.
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- Brian D Harms
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Selmeczi D, Mosler S, Hagedorn PH, Larsen NB, Flyvbjerg H. Cell motility as persistent random motion: theories from experiments. Biophys J 2005; 89:912-31. [PMID: 15951372 PMCID: PMC1366641 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.061150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Experimental time series for trajectories of motile cells may contain so much information that a systematic analysis will yield cell-type-specific motility models. Here we demonstrate how, using human keratinocytes and fibroblasts as examples. The two resulting models reflect the cells' different roles in the organism, it seems, and show that a cell has a memory of past velocities. They also suggest how to distinguish quantitatively between various surfaces' compatibility with the two cell types.
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- David Selmeczi
- Danish Polymer Centre, and Biosystems Department, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark
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Cell adhesion to extracellular matrix is mediated by receptor-ligand interactions. When a cell first contacts a surface, it spreads, exerting traction forces against the surface and forming new bonds as its contact area expands. Here, we examined the changes in shape, actin polymerization, focal adhesion formation, and traction stress generation that accompany spreading of endothelial cells over a period of several hours. Bovine aortic endothelial cells were plated on polyacrylamide gels derivatized with a peptide containing the integrin binding sequence RGD, and changes in shape and traction force generation were measured. Notably, both the rate and extent of spreading increase with the density of substrate ligand. There are two prominent modes of spreading: at higher surface ligand densities cells tend to spread isotropically, whereas at lower densities of ligand the cells tend to spread anisotropically, by extending pseudopodia randomly distributed along the cell membrane. The extension of pseudopodia is followed by periods of growth in the cell body to interconnect these extensions. These cycles occur at very regular intervals and, furthermore, the extent of pseudopodial extension can be diminished by increasing the ligand density. Measurement of the traction forces exerted by the cell reveals that a cell is capable of exerting significant forces before either notable focal adhesion or stress fiber formation. Moreover, the total magnitude of force exerted by the cell is linearly related to the area of the cell during spreading. This study is the first to monitor the dynamic changes in the cell shape, spreading rate, and forces exerted during the early stages (first several hours) of endothelial cell adhesion.
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- Cynthia A Reinhart-King
- Department of Bioengineering and Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Li Y, Minamino T, Tsukamoto O, Yujiri T, Shintani Y, Okada KI, Nagamachi Y, Fujita M, Hirata A, Sanada S, Asanuma H, Takashima S, Hori M, Johnson GL, Kitakaze M. Ablation of MEK Kinase 1 Suppresses Intimal Hyperplasia by Impairing Smooth Muscle Cell Migration and Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Expression in a Mouse Blood-Flow Cessation Model. Circulation 2005; 111:1672-8. [PMID: 15795331 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000160350.20810.0f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background—
Migration, proliferation, and matrix-degrading protease expression of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are major features of intimal hyperplasia after vascular injury. Although MEK kinase 1 (MEKK1) has been shown to regulate cell migration and urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) expression, the precise role of MEKK1 in this process remains unknown.
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We triggered a vascular remodeling model by complete ligation of the right common carotid artery in wild-type (WT) and MEKK1-null (MEKK1
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) mice. The intimal areas 28 days after ligation were significantly decreased in the ligated MEKK1
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arteries compared with WT arteries (28±8 versus 65±17 μm
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P
<0.05). There were no differences in the ratios of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)–positive cells to total cells within the arterial wall between WT and MEKK1
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arteries. Proliferation capacity also did not differ between WT and MEKK1
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cultured aortic smooth muscle cells (AoSMCs). In contrast, the number of intimal PCNA-positive cells 7 days after ligation was significantly smaller in MEKK1
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arteries. Three different migration assays revealed that migration and invasion of MEKK1
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AoSMCs were markedly impaired. Addition of full-length MEKK1 restored the migration capacity of MEKK1
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AoSMCs. The number of MEKK1
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AoSMCs showing lamellipodia formation by epithelial growth factor was significantly smaller compared with those of WT SMCs. Furthermore, uPA expression after ligation was markedly decreased in MEKK1
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arteries.
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MEKK1 is implicated in vascular remodeling after blood-flow cessation by regulating the migration and uPA expression of SMCs. MEKK1 is a potential target for drug development to prevent vascular remodeling.
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- Yan Li
- Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Jabbarzadeh E, Abrams CF. Chemotaxis and random motility in unsteady chemoattractant fields: a computational study. J Theor Biol 2005; 235:221-32. [PMID: 15862591 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2004] [Revised: 12/30/2004] [Accepted: 01/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We discuss a generic computational model which captures the effects of transient chemoattractant concentration on the chemotactic motility of individual cells. The model solves the appropriate unsteady chemoattractant transport equation using finite differences, while simultaneously executing biased random walks representing individual cells. The simulations were implemented for a 2D homogeneous domain, and two case studies were considered. In the first case study, we consider a single-point source at the origin of the domain which produces chemoattractant, while other cells execute biased random walks toward this point source. We observe that for continuous chemoattractant production, chemoattractant diffusivity has no effect on cell motility, as measured by the mean of time to reach the source. However, in the case of pulsed random production with a specific average duty cycle, the mean time-to-contact is generally minimal with respect to chemoattractant diffusivity over a moderate range of diffusivities. In the second case study, two mobile cells which simultaneously secrete chemoattractant are initially placed a certain distance apart and are then allowed to execute biased random walks. Our model shows that a pulsed random protocol for chemoattractant production facilitates the two cells "finding" one another compared to continuous production. From this case study we also learn that there exists a range of moderate chemoattractant diffusivities for which the mean time-to-contact is minimal when cells both produce/detect chemoattractant and chemotactically migrate. Using these case studies, we discuss how transience in chemoattractant concentration becomes important in characterizing the effectiveness of chemotaxis.
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- Ehsan Jabbarzadeh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Shiu YT, Li S, Marganski WA, Usami S, Schwartz MA, Wang YL, Dembo M, Chien S. Rho mediates the shear-enhancement of endothelial cell migration and traction force generation. Biophys J 2004; 86:2558-65. [PMID: 15041692 PMCID: PMC1304103 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(04)74311-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The migration of vascular endothelial cells in vivo occurs in a fluid dynamic environment due to blood flow, but the role of hemodynamic forces in cell migration is not yet completely understood. Here we investigated the effect of shear stress, the frictional drag of blood flowing over the cell surface, on the migration speed of individual endothelial cells on fibronectin-coated surfaces, as well as the biochemical and biophysical bases underlying this shear effect. Under static conditions, cell migration speed had a bell-shaped relationship with fibronectin concentration. Shear stress significantly increased the migration speed at all fibronectin concentrations tested and shifted the bell-shaped curve upwards. Shear stress also induced the activation of Rho GTPase and increased the traction force exerted by endothelial cells on the underlying substrate, both at the leading edge and the rear, suggesting that shear stress enhances both the frontal forward-pulling force and tail retraction. The inhibition of a Rho-associated kinase, p160ROCK, decreased the traction force and migration speed under both static and shear conditions and eliminated the shear-enhancement of migration speed. Our results indicate that shear stress enhances the migration speed of endothelial cells by modulating the biophysical force of tractions through the biochemical pathway of Rho-p160ROCK.
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- Yan-Ting Shiu
- Department of Bioengineering and The Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0427, USA
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Wozniak MA, Kwong L, Chodniewicz D, Klemke RL, Keely PJ. R-Ras controls membrane protrusion and cell migration through the spatial regulation of Rac and Rho. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 16:84-96. [PMID: 15525681 PMCID: PMC539154 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-04-0277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Although it is known that the spatial coordination of Rac and Rho activity is essential for cell migration, the molecular mechanisms regulating these GTPases during migration are unknown. We found that the expression of constitutively activated R-Ras (38V) blocked membrane protrusion and random migration. In contrast, expression of dominant negative R-Ras (41A) enhanced migrational persistence and membrane protrusion. Endogenous R-Ras is necessary for cell migration, as cells that were transfected with siRNA for R-Ras did not migrate. Expression of R-Ras (38V) decreased Rac activity and increased Rho activity around the entire cell periphery, whereas expression of dominant negative R-Ras (41A) showed the converse, suggesting that R-Ras can spatially activate Rho and inactivate Rac. Consistent with this role, endogenous R-Ras localized and was preferentially activated at the leading edge of migratory cells in response to adhesion. The effects of R-Ras on cell migration are mediated by PI3-Kinase, as an effector mutant that uncouples PI3-Kinase binding from R-Ras (38V) rescued migration. From these data, we hypothesize that R-Ras plays a key role in cell migration by locally regulating the switch from Rac to Rho activity after membrane protrusion and adhesion.
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- Michele A Wozniak
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Sumen C, Mempel TR, Mazo IB, von Andrian UH. Intravital microscopy: visualizing immunity in context. Immunity 2004; 21:315-29. [PMID: 15357943 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2004.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2004] [Revised: 08/08/2004] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Recent advances in photonics, particularly multi-photon microscopy (MPM) and new molecular and genetic tools are empowering immunologists to answer longstanding unresolved questions in living animals. Using intravital microscopy (IVM) investigators are dissecting the cellular and molecular underpinnings controlling immune cell motility and interactions in tissues. Recent IVM work showed that T cell responses to antigen in lymph nodes are different from those observed in vitro and appear dictated by factors uniquely relevant to intact organs. Other IVM models, particularly in the bone marrow, reveal how different anatomic contexts regulate leukocyte development, immunity, and inflammation. This article will discuss the current state of the field and outline how IVM can generate new discoveries and serve as a "reality check" for areas of research that were formerly the exclusive domain of in vitro experimentation.
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- Cenk Sumen
- The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Geris L, Andreykiv A, Van Oosterwyck H, Sloten JV, van Keulen F, Duyck J, Naert I. Numerical simulation of tissue differentiation around loaded titanium implants in a bone chamber. J Biomech 2004; 37:763-9. [PMID: 15047006 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/18/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The application of a bone chamber provides a controlled environment for the study of tissue differentiation and bone adaptation. The influence of different mechanical and biological factors on the processes can be measured experimentally. The goal of the present work is to numerically model the process of peri-implant tissue differentiation inside a bone chamber, placed in a rabbit tibia. 2D and 3D models were created of the tissue inside the chamber. A number of loading conditions, corresponding to those applied in the rabbit experiments, were simulated. Fluid velocity and maximal distortional strain were considered as the stimuli that guide the differentiation process of mesenchymal cells into fibroblasts, chondrocytes and osteoblasts. Mesenchymal cells migrate through the chamber from the perforations in the chamber wall. This process is modelled by the diffusion equation. The predicted tissue phenotypes as well as the process of tissue ingrowth into the chamber show a qualitative agreement with the results of the rabbit experiments. Due to the limited number of animal experiments (four) and the observed inter-animal differences, no quantitative comparison could be made. These results however are a strong indication of the feasibility of the implemented theory to predict the mechano-regulation of the differentiation process inside the bone chamber.
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- L Geris
- Division of Biomechanics and Engineering Design, Faculty of Engineering, Katholieke Univeriteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200A, Leuven B-3000, Belgium.
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Geris L, Van Oosterwyck H, Vander Sloten J, Duyck J, Naert I. Assessment of mechanobiological models for the numerical simulation of tissue differentiation around immediately loaded implants. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2004; 6:277-88. [PMID: 14675948 DOI: 10.1080/10255840310001634412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Nowadays, there is a growing consensus on the impact of mechanical loading on bone biology. A bone chamber provides a mechanically isolated in vivo environment in which the influence of different parameters on the tissue response around loaded implants can be investigated. This also provides data to assess the feasibility of different mechanobiological models that mathematically describe the mechanoregulation of tissue differentiation. Before comparing numerical results to animal experimental results, it is necessary to investigate the influence of the different model parameters on the outcome of the simulations. A 2D finite element model of the tissue inside the bone chamber was created. The differentiation models developed by Prendergast, et al. ["Biophysical stimuli on cells during tissue differentiation at implant interfaces", Journal of Biomechanics, 30(6), (1997), 539-548], Huiskes et al. ["A biomechanical regulatory model for periprosthetic fibrous-tissue differentiation", Journal of Material Science: Materials in Medicine, 8 (1997) 785-788] and by Claes and Heigele ["Magnitudes of local stress and strain along bony surfaces predict the course and type of fracture healing", Journal of Biomechanics, 32(3), (1999) 255-266] were implemented and integrated in the finite element code. The fluid component in the first model has an important effect on the predicted differentiation patterns. It has a direct effect on the predicted degree of maturation of bone and a substantial indirect effect on the simulated deformations and hence the predicted phenotypes of the tissue in the chamber. Finally, the presence of fluid also causes time-dependent behavior. Both models lead to qualitative and quantitative differences in predicted differentiation patterns. Because of the different nature of the tissue phenotypes used to describe the differentiation processes, it is however hard to compare both models in terms of their validity.
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- L Geris
- K.U. Leuven, Faculty of Engineering, Dividion of Biomechanics and Engineering Design, Celestijnenlaan 200A, B-3000 Leuben, Belgium.
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Namy P, Ohayon J, Tracqui P. Critical conditions for pattern formation and in vitro tubulogenesis driven by cellular traction fields. J Theor Biol 2004; 227:103-20. [PMID: 14969709 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2003] [Revised: 09/19/2003] [Accepted: 10/07/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In vitro angiogenesis assays have shown that tubulogenesis of endothelial cells within biogels, like collagen or fibrin gels, only appears for a critical range of experimental parameter values. These experiments have enabled us to develop and validate a theoretical model in which mechanical interactions of endothelial cells with extracellular matrix influence both active cell migration--haptotaxis--and cellular traction forces. Depending on the number of cells, cell motility and biogel rheological properties, various 2D endothelial patterns can be generated, from non-connected stripe patterns to fully connected networks, which mimic the spatial organization of capillary structures. The model quantitatively and qualitatively reproduces the range of critical values of cell densities and fibrin concentrations for which these cell networks are experimentally observed. We illustrate how cell motility is associated to the self-enhancement of the local traction fields exerted within the biogel in order to produce a pre-patterning of this matrix and subsequent formation of tubular structures, above critical thresholds corresponding to bifurcation points of the mathematical model. The dynamics of this morphogenetic process is discussed in the light of videomicroscopy time lapse sequences of endothelial cells (EAhy926 line) in fibrin gels. Our modeling approach also explains how the progressive appearance and morphology of the cellular networks are modified by gradients of extracellular matrix thickness.
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- Patrick Namy
- Equipe Dynacell, Laboratoire TIMC-IMAG, CNRS UMR 5525, Institut de l'Ingénierie et de l'Information de Santé (In3s), F-38706 La Tronche cedex, France
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Yang SJ. Scaling law in target-hunting processes. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2004; 69:056101. [PMID: 15244877 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.69.056101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We study a hunting process for a target, in which the hunter tracks the goal by smelling odors it emits. The odor intensity is supposed to decrease with the diffusion distance. The Monte Carlo experiment is carried out on a two-dimensional square lattice. Having no idea of the location of the target, the hunter determines its moves only by random attempts in each direction. By sorting the searching time in each simulation and introducing a variable x to reflect the sequence of searching times, we obtain a curve with a wide plateau, indicating the most probable time of successfully finding the target. The simulations reveal a scaling law for the searching time versus the distance to the position of the target. The scaling exponent depends on the sensitivity of the hunter. Our model may be a prototype in studying such searching processes as various food-foraging behaviors of wild animals.
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- Shi-Jie Yang
- Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Maini PK, McElwain DLS, Leavesley DI. Traveling Wave Model to Interpret a Wound-Healing Cell Migration Assay for Human Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 10:475-82. [PMID: 15165464 DOI: 10.1089/107632704323061834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The critical determinants of the speed of an invading cell front are not well known. We performed a "wound-healing" experiment that quantifies the migration of human peritoneal mesothelial cells over components of the extracellular matrix. Results were interpreted in terms of Fisher's equation, which includes terms for the modeling of random cell motility (diffusion) and proliferation. The model predicts that, after a short transient, the invading cell front will move as a traveling wave at constant speed. This is consistent with the experimental findings. Using the model, a relationship between the rate of cell proliferation and the diffusion coefficient was obtained. We used the model to deduce the cell diffusion coefficients under control conditions and in the presence of collagen IV and compared these with other published data. The model may be useful in analyzing the invasive capacity of cancer cells as well in predicting the efficacy of growth factors in tissue reconstruction, including the development of monolayer sheets of cells in skin engineering or the repair of injured corneas using grafts of cultured cells.
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- Philip K Maini
- Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Ionides EL, Fang KS, Isseroff RR, Oster GF. Stochastic models for cell motion and taxis. J Math Biol 2003; 48:23-37. [PMID: 14685770 DOI: 10.1007/s00285-003-0220-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2002] [Revised: 02/05/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Certain biological experiments investigating cell motion result in time lapse video microscopy data which may be modeled using stochastic differential equations. These models suggest statistics for quantifying experimental results and testing relevant hypotheses, and carry implications for the qualitative behavior of cells and for underlying biophysical mechanisms. Directional cell motion in response to a stimulus, termed taxis, has previously been modeled at a phenomenological level using the Keller-Segel diffusion equation. The Keller-Segel model cannot distinguish certain modes of taxis, and this motivates the introduction of a richer class of models which is nevertheless still amenable to statistical analysis. A state space model formulation is used to link models proposed for cell velocity to observed data. Sequential Monte Carlo methods enable parameter estimation via maximum likelihood for a range of applicable models. One particular experimental situation, involving the effect of an electric field on cell behavior, is considered in detail. In this case, an Ornstein- Uhlenbeck model for cell velocity is found to compare favorably with a nonlinear diffusion model.
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- Edward L Ionides
- Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Drell TL, Joseph J, Lang K, Niggemann B, Zaenker KS, Entschladen F. Effects of neurotransmitters on the chemokinesis and chemotaxis of MDA-MB-468 human breast carcinoma cells. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2003; 80:63-70. [PMID: 12889599 DOI: 10.1023/a:1024491219366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Most patients suffering from breast carcinoma do not die due to the primary tumor but from the development of metastases. Active migration of cancer cells is a prerequisite for development of these metastases. We used time-lapse videomicroscopy and computer-assisted cell tracking of MDA-MB-468 human breast carcinoma cells, which were incorporated into a three-dimensional collagen matrix, in order to analyze the migratory activity of these cells in response to different neurotransmitters. Our results show that met-enkephalin, substance P, bombesin, dopamine, and norepinephrine have a stimulatory effect on the migration of the breast cancer cells; moreover, these cells show positive chemotaxis towards norepinephrine as was analyzed by the directionality and persistence on a single-cell basis. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) however has an inhibitory effect. Endorphin and leu-enkephalin, as well as histamin and acetylcholine, had no influence on the migratory activity of the cells. In summary, we provide evidence for a strong regulatory involvement of neurotransmitters in the regulation of breast cancer cell migration, which might provide the basis for the use of the pharmacological agonists and antagonists for the chemopreventive inhibition of metastasis development.
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- T L Drell
- Institute for Immunology, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
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Cell polarization is required for directed cell migration. We investigated the role of the calcium-dependent protease calpain during neutrophil chemotaxis and found that calpain inhibition induced neutrophil adhesion, polarization, and rapid chemokinesis in the absence of exogenous activators. Resting neutrophils display constitutive calpain activity with mu-calpain being the predominant active isoform. Our findings suggest that constitutive calpain activity in resting neutrophils may function as a negative regulator of protrusion and migration. Specific inhibition of mu-calpain, but not m-calpain, induced neutrophil polarization and chemokinesis. In contrast to IL-8-induced chemokinesis, the chemokinesis induced by calpain inhibition was not reduced in the presence of pertussis toxin, suggesting that calpain functions downstream of G protein-coupled receptors. Further, both calpain inhibition and stimulation with IL-8 and formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP) induced an increase in Cdc42 and Rac activation. These findings are consistent with the involvement of calpain in chemotaxis pathways. Accordingly, calpain inhibition decreased neutrophil chemotaxis and directional persistence in a gradient of IL-8 and fMLP. Together, these data reveal a previously uncharacterized function for calpain in neutrophils and suggest that localized modulation of calpain activity may regulate neutrophil chemotaxis downstream of G-protein-coupled receptors.
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- M A Lokuta
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Orban JM, Marra KG, Hollinger JO. Composition options for tissue-engineered bone. TISSUE ENGINEERING 2002; 8:529-39. [PMID: 12201993 DOI: 10.1089/107632702760240454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The logical assembly of tissue-engineered bone is ultimately directed by the clinical status of the patient. The basic elements for tissue-engineered bone should include signaling molecules, cells, and extracellular matrix. The assembly of these basic elements may need to be modified by tissue engineers to account for patient variables of age, gender, health, systemic conditions, habits, and anatomical implant. Moreover, different regions of the body will have different functional loads and vascularity. This review discusses several basic options that may be necessary to engineer bone, including spatial and temporal assembly of signaling factors, cells, and biomimetic extracellular matrices. Moreover, the importance of the health care status of the patient who may be receiving the tissue-engineered composition is emphasized.
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- Janine M Orban
- The Bone Tissue Engineering Center and Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Principles of Cell Behavior on Titanium Surfaces and Their Application to Implanted Devices. ENGINEERING MATERIALS 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56486-4_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Chazaud B, Bonavaud S, Plonquet A, Pouchelet M, Gherardi RK, Barlovatz-Meimon G. Involvement of the [uPAR:uPA:PAI-1:LRP] complex in human myogenic cell motility. Exp Cell Res 2000; 258:237-44. [PMID: 10896774 DOI: 10.1006/excr.2000.4934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The urokinase-type plasminogen activator system is a proteolytic system involved in tissue remodeling and cell migration. At the cell surface, receptor (uPAR)-bound urokinase (uPA) binds its inhibitor PAI-1, localized in the matrix, and the complex is internalized by endocytic receptors, such as the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP). We previously proposed a nonproteolytic role for the uPA system in human myogenic cell differentiation in vitro, i.e., cell fusion, and showed that myogenic cells can use PAI-1 as an adhesion matrix molecule. The aim of this study was to define the role of the uPA system in myogenic cell migration that is necessary for fusion. Using a two-dimensional motility assay and microcinematography, we showed that any interference with the [uPAR:uPA:PAI-1] complex formation, and interference with LRP binding to this complex, markedly decreased myogenic cell motility. This phenomenon was reversible and independent of plasmin activity. Inhibition of cell motility was associated with suppression of both filopodia and membrane ruffling activity. [uPAR:uPA:PAI-1:LRP] complex formation involves high-affinity molecular interactions and results in quick internalization of the complex. It is likely that this complex supports the membrane ruffling activity involved in the guidance of the migrating cell toward appropriate sites for attachment.
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- B Chazaud
- GERMEN, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris XII Val-de-Marne, 8 Rue du Général Sarrail, Créteil Cedex, 94010, France
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