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Banerjee DS, Freedman SL, Murrell MP, Banerjee S. Growth-induced collective bending and kinetic trapping of cytoskeletal filaments. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2024; 81:409-419. [PMID: 38775207 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
Abstract
Growth and turnover of actin filaments play a crucial role in the construction and maintenance of actin networks within cells. Actin filament growth occurs within limited space and finite subunit resources in the actin cortex. To understand how filament growth shapes the emergent architecture of actin networks, we developed a minimal agent-based model coupling filament mechanics and growth in a limiting subunit pool. We find that rapid filament growth induces kinetic trapping of highly bent actin filaments. Such collective bending patterns are long-lived, organized around nematic defects, and arise from competition between filament polymerization and bending elasticity. The stability of nematic defects and the extent of kinetic trapping are amplified by an increase in the abundance of the actin pool and by crosslinking the network. These findings suggest that kinetic trapping is a robust consequence of growth in crowded environments, providing a route to program shape memory in actin networks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Deb Sankar Banerjee
- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Systems Biology Institute, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sakamoto R, Murrell MP. Composite branched and linear F-actin maximize myosin-induced membrane shape changes in a biomimetic cell model. Commun Biol 2024; 7:840. [PMID: 38987288 PMCID: PMC11236970 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06528-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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The architecture of the actin cortex determines the generation and transmission of stresses, during key events from cell division to migration. However, its impact on myosin-induced cell shape changes remains unclear. Here, we reconstitute a minimal model of the actomyosin cortex with branched or linear F-actin architecture within giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs, liposomes). Upon light activation of myosin, neither the branched nor linear F-actin architecture alone induces significant liposome shape changes. The branched F-actin network forms an integrated, membrane-bound "no-slip boundary" -like cortex that attenuates actomyosin contractility. By contrast, the linear F-actin network forms an unintegrated "slip boundary" -like cortex, where actin asters form without inducing membrane deformations. Notably, liposomes undergo significant deformations at an optimized balance of branched and linear F-actin networks. Our findings highlight the pivotal roles of branched F-actin in force transmission and linear F-actin in force generation to yield membrane shape changes.
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- Ryota Sakamoto
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 10 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT, USA
- Systems Biology Institute, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 10 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Systems Biology Institute, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, USA.
- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Dos Santos PR, Kraus RB, da Silva Nascente P. Exploring the potential of bovine colostrum as a bioactive agent in human tissue regeneration: A comprehensive analysis of mechanisms of action and challenges to be overcome. Cell Biochem Funct 2024; 42:e4021. [PMID: 38682573 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.4021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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The study examines bovine colostrum as a potent source of bioactive compounds, particularly growth factors, for tissue regeneration in humans. While previous research has hinted at therapeutic benefits, a comprehensive understanding of its mechanisms remains elusive, necessitating further investigation. This review analyzes nine selected scientific articles on bovine colostrum's bioactive potential in tissue regeneration. In vitro studies highlight its positive impact on cell behavior, including reduced proliferation and induced differentiation. Notably, optimal concentrations and specific colostrum components, such as extracellular vesicles and insoluble milk fat, show more favorable outcomes. In vivo studies underscore bovine colostrum as a promising natural resource for wound healing, despite some studies failing to identify associated benefits. Further research is crucial to unravel the intricate mechanisms, grasp the full potential in regenerative medicine, and develop more effective wound healing therapies. This refined understanding will pave the way for harnessing the complete regenerative potential of bovine colostrum in clinical applications.
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil
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Sakamoto R, Murrell MP. F-actin architecture determines the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical work. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3444. [PMID: 38658549 PMCID: PMC11043346 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47593-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Mechanical work serves as the foundation for dynamic cellular processes, ranging from cell division to migration. A fundamental driver of cellular mechanical work is the actin cytoskeleton, composed of filamentous actin (F-actin) and myosin motors, where force generation relies on adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis. F-actin architectures, whether bundled by crosslinkers or branched via nucleators, have emerged as pivotal regulators of myosin II force generation. However, it remains unclear how distinct F-actin architectures impact the conversion of chemical energy to mechanical work. Here, we employ in vitro reconstitution of distinct F-actin architectures with purified components to investigate their influence on myosin ATP hydrolysis (consumption). We find that F-actin bundles composed of mixed polarity F-actin hinder network contraction compared to non-crosslinked network and dramatically decelerate ATP consumption rates. Conversely, linear-nucleated networks allow network contraction despite reducing ATP consumption rates. Surprisingly, branched-nucleated networks facilitate high ATP consumption without significant network contraction, suggesting that the branched network dissipates energy without performing work. This study establishes a link between F-actin architecture and myosin energy consumption, elucidating the energetic principles underlying F-actin structure formation and the performance of mechanical work.
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- Ryota Sakamoto
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 10 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT, USA
- Systems Biology Institute, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 10 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Systems Biology Institute, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, USA.
- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Sun ZG, Yadav V, Amiri S, Cao W, De La Cruz EM, Murrell M. Cofilin-mediated actin filament network flexibility facilitates 2D to 3D actomyosin shape change. Eur J Cell Biol 2024; 103:151379. [PMID: 38168598 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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The organization of actin filaments (F-actin) into crosslinked networks determines the transmission of mechanical stresses within the cytoskeleton and subsequent changes in cell and tissue shape. Principally mediated by proteins such as α-actinin, F-actin crosslinking increases both network connectivity and rigidity, thereby facilitating stress transmission at low crosslinking yet attenuating transmission at high crosslinker concentration. Here, we engineer a two-dimensional model of the actomyosin cytoskeleton, in which myosin-induced mechanical stresses are controlled by light. We alter the extent of F-actin crosslinking by the introduction of oligomerized cofilin. At pH 6.5, F-actin severing by cofilin is weak, but cofilin bundles and crosslinks filaments. Given its effect of lowering the F-actin bending stiffness, cofilin- crosslinked networks are significantly more flexible and softer in bending than networks crosslinked by α-actinin. Thus, upon local activation of myosin-induced contractile stress, the network bends out-of-plane in contrast to the in-plane compression as observed with networks crosslinked by α-actinin. Here, we demonstrate that local effects on filament mechanics by cofilin introduces novel large-scale network material properties that enable the sculpting of complex shapes in the cell cytoskeleton.
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- Zachary Gao Sun
- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Banerjee DS, Freedman SL, Murrell MP, Banerjee S. Growth-induced collective bending and kinetic trapping of cytoskeletal filaments. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.09.574885. [PMID: 38260433 PMCID: PMC10802417 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.09.574885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
Abstract
Growth and turnover of actin filaments play a crucial role in the construction and maintenance of actin networks within cells. Actin filament growth occurs within limited space and finite subunit resources in the actin cortex. To understand how filament growth shapes the emergent architecture of actin networks, we developed a minimal agent-based model coupling filament mechanics and growth in a limiting subunit pool. We find that rapid filament growth induces kinetic trapping of highly bent actin filaments. Such collective bending patterns are long-lived, organized around nematic defects, and arises from competition between filament polymerization and bending elasticity. The stability of nematic defects and the extent of kinetic trapping are amplified by an increase in the abundance of the actin pool and by crosslinking the network. These findings suggest that kinetic trapping is a robust consequence of growth in crowded environments, providing a route to program shape memory in actin networks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Deb Sankar Banerjee
- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 10 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT, USA
- Systems Biology Institute, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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McGorty RJ, Currie CJ, Michel J, Sasanpour M, Gunter C, Lindsay KA, Rust MJ, Katira P, Das M, Ross JL, Robertson-Anderson RM. Kinesin and myosin motors compete to drive rich multiphase dynamics in programmable cytoskeletal composites. PNAS NEXUS 2023; 2:pgad245. [PMID: 37575673 PMCID: PMC10416814 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
Abstract
The cellular cytoskeleton relies on diverse populations of motors, filaments, and binding proteins acting in concert to enable nonequilibrium processes ranging from mitosis to chemotaxis. The cytoskeleton's versatile reconfigurability, programmed by interactions between its constituents, makes it a foundational active matter platform. However, current active matter endeavors are limited largely to single force-generating components acting on a single substrate-far from the composite cytoskeleton in cells. Here, we engineer actin-microtubule (MT) composites, driven by kinesin and myosin motors and tuned by crosslinkers, to ballistically restructure and flow with speeds that span three orders of magnitude depending on the composite formulation and time relative to the onset of motor activity. Differential dynamic microscopy analyses reveal that kinesin and myosin compete to delay the onset of acceleration and suppress discrete restructuring events, while passive crosslinking of either actin or MTs has an opposite effect. Our minimal advection-diffusion model and spatial correlation analyses correlate these dynamics to structure, with motor antagonism suppressing reconfiguration and demixing, while crosslinking enhances clustering. Despite the rich formulation space and emergent formulation-dependent structures, the nonequilibrium dynamics across all composites and timescales can be organized into three classes-slow isotropic reorientation, fast directional flow, and multimode restructuring. Moreover, our mathematical model demonstrates that diverse structural motifs can arise simply from the interplay between motor-driven advection and frictional drag. These general features of our platform facilitate applicability to other active matter systems and shed light on diverse ways that cytoskeletal components can cooperate or compete to enable wide-ranging cellular processes.
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- Ryan J McGorty
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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- Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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Muresan CG, Sun ZG, Yadav V, Tabatabai AP, Lanier L, Kim JH, Kim T, Murrell MP. F-actin architecture determines constraints on myosin thick filament motion. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7008. [PMID: 36385016 PMCID: PMC9669029 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34715-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Active stresses are generated and transmitted throughout diverse F-actin architectures within the cell cytoskeleton, and drive essential behaviors of the cell, from cell division to migration. However, while the impact of F-actin architecture on the transmission of stress is well studied, the role of architecture on the ab initio generation of stresses remains less understood. Here, we assemble F-actin networks in vitro, whose architectures are varied from branched to bundled through F-actin nucleation via Arp2/3 and the formin mDia1. Within these architectures, we track the motions of embedded myosin thick filaments and connect them to the extent of F-actin network deformation. While mDia1-nucleated networks facilitate the accumulation of stress and drive contractility through enhanced actomyosin sliding, branched networks prevent stress accumulation through the inhibited processivity of thick filaments. The reduction in processivity is due to a decrease in translational and rotational motions constrained by the local density and geometry of F-actin.
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- Camelia G Muresan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206S. Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 206S. Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA.
- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
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Nast-Kolb T, Bleicher P, Payr M, Bausch AR. VASP localization to lipid bilayers induces polymerization driven actin bundle formation. Mol Biol Cell 2022; 33:ar91. [PMID: 35830600 PMCID: PMC9582628 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e21-11-0577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Actin bundles constitute important cytoskeleton structures and enable a scaffold for force transmission inside cells. Actin bundles are formed by proteins, with multiple F-actin binding domains cross-linking actin filaments to each other. Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) has mostly been reported as an actin elongator, but it has been shown to be a bundling protein as well and is found in bundled actin structures at filopodia and adhesion sites. Based on in vitro experiments, it remains unclear when and how VASP can act as an actin bundler or elongator. Here we demonstrate that VASP bound to membranes facilitates the formation of large actin bundles during polymerization. The alignment by polymerization requires the fluidity of the lipid bilayers. The mobility within the bilayer enables VASP to bind to filaments and capture and track growing barbed ends. VASP itself phase separates into a protein-enriched phase on the bilayer. This VASP-rich phase nucleates and accumulates at bundles during polymerization, which in turn leads to a reorganization of the underlying lipid bilayer. Our findings demonstrate that the nature of VASP localization is decisive for its function. The up-concentration based on VASP’s affinity to actin during polymerization enables it to simultaneously fulfill the function of an elongator and a bundler.
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- T Nast-Kolb
- Lehrstuhl für Biophysik E27, Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany and
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- Lehrstuhl für Biophysik E27, Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany and.,Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Lehrstuhl für Biophysik E27, Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany and.,Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhoferstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Protein Assemblies (CPA), Ernst-Otto-Fischer Str. 8, 85747 Garching, Germany
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Sasanpour M, Achiriloaie DH, Lee G, Leech G, Hendija M, Lindsay KA, Ross JL, McGorty RJ, Robertson-Anderson RM. Reconstituting and Characterizing Actin-Microtubule Composites with Tunable Motor-Driven Dynamics and Mechanics. J Vis Exp 2022:10.3791/64228. [PMID: 36094259 PMCID: PMC10290881 DOI: 10.3791/64228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
Abstract
The composite cytoskeleton, comprising interacting networks of semiflexible actin filaments and rigid microtubules, restructures and generates forces using motor proteins such as myosin II and kinesin to drive key processes such as migration, cytokinesis, adhesion, and mechanosensing. While actin-microtubule interactions are key to the cytoskeleton's versatility and adaptability, an understanding of their interplay with myosin and kinesin activity is still nascent. This work describes how to engineer tunable three-dimensional composite networks of co-entangled actin filaments and microtubules that undergo active restructuring and ballistic motion, driven by myosin II and kinesin motors, and are tuned by the relative concentrations of actin, microtubules, motor proteins, and passive crosslinkers. Protocols for fluorescence labeling of the microtubules and actin filaments to most effectively visualize composite restructuring and motion using multi-spectral confocal imaging are also detailed. Finally, the results of data analysis methods that can be used to quantitatively characterize non-equilibrium structure, dynamics, and mechanics are presented. Recreating and investigating this tunable biomimetic platform provides valuable insight into how coupled motor activity, composite mechanics, and filament dynamics can lead to myriad cellular processes from mitosis to polarization to mechano-sensation.
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego; W. M. Keck Science Department, Scripps College, Pitzer College, and Claremont McKenna College
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego
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Lee G, Leech G, Lwin P, Michel J, Currie C, Rust MJ, Ross JL, McGorty RJ, Das M, Robertson-Anderson RM. Active cytoskeletal composites display emergent tunable contractility and restructuring. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:10765-10776. [PMID: 34792082 PMCID: PMC9239752 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm01083b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The cytoskeleton is a model active matter system that controls processes as diverse as cell motility and mechanosensing. While both active actomyosin dynamics and actin-microtubule interactions are key to the cytoskeleton's versatility and adaptability, an understanding of their interplay is lacking. Here, we couple microscale experiments with mechanistic modeling to elucidate how connectivity, rigidity, and force-generation affect emergent material properties in composite networks of actin, tubulin, and myosin. We use multi-spectral imaging, time-resolved differential dynamic microscopy and spatial image autocorrelation to show that ballistic contraction occurs in composites with sufficient flexibility and motor density, but that a critical fraction of microtubules is necessary to sustain controlled dynamics. The active double-network models we develop, which recapitulate our experimental findings, reveal that while percolated actomyosin networks are essential for contraction, only composites with comparable actin and microtubule densities can simultaneously resist mechanical stresses while supporting substantial restructuring. The comprehensive phase map we present not only provides important insight into the different routes the cytoskeleton can use to alter its dynamics and structure, but also serves as a much-needed blueprint for designing cytoskeleton-inspired materials that couple tunability with resilience and adaptability for diverse applications ranging from wound healing to soft robotics.
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- Gloria Lee
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego, USA.
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, USA
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of San Diego, USA.
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
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Liu Y, Tong Z, Wang C, Xia R, Li H, Yu H, Jing J, Cheng W. TiO2 nanotubes regulate histone acetylation through F-actin to induce the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs. ARTIFICIAL CELLS, NANOMEDICINE, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 49:398-406. [PMID: 33914666 DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2021.1910282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Bone integration on the surface of titanium prosthesis is critical to the success of implant surgery. Good Bone integration at the contact interface is the basis of long-term stability. TiO2 nanotubes have become one of the most commonly used modification techniques for artificial joint prostheses and bone defect implants due to their good biocompatibility, mechanical properties and chemical stability. TiO2 nanotubes can promote F-actin polymerization in bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and osteogenic differentiation. The possibility of F-actin as an upstream part to regulate GCN5 initiation of osteogenesis was discussed. The results of gene loss and functional acquisition assay, immunoblotting assay and fluorescence staining assay showed that TiO2 nanotubes could promote the differentiation of BMSCs into osteoblasts. The intervention of TiO2 nanotubes can make BMSCs form stronger F-actin fibre bundles, which can drive the differentiation process of osteogenesis. Our results showed that F-actin mediated nanotube-induced cell differentiation through promoting the expression of GCN5 and enhancing the function of GCN5 and GCN5 was a key regulator of the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs induced by TiO2 nanotubes as a downstream mediated osteogenesis of F-actin, providing a novel insight into the study of osteogenic differentiation on surface of TiO2 nanotubes.
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- Yanchang Liu
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implants, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implants, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implants, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Tabatabai AP, Seara DS, Tibbs J, Yadav V, Linsmeier I, Murrell MP. Detailed Balance Broken by Catch Bond Kinetics Enables Mechanical-Adaptation in Active Materials. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 2021; 31:2006745. [PMID: 34393691 PMCID: PMC8357268 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202006745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Unlike nearly all engineered materials which contain bonds that weaken under load, biological materials contain "catch" bonds which are reinforced under load. Consequently, materials, such as the cell cytoskeleton, can adapt their mechanical properties in response to their state of internal, non-equilibrium (active) stress. However, how large-scale material properties vary with the distance from equilibrium is unknown, as are the relative roles of active stress and binding kinetics in establishing this distance. Through course-grained molecular dynamics simulations, the effect of breaking of detailed balance by catch bonds on the accumulation and dissipation of energy within a model of the actomyosin cytoskeleton is explored. It is found that the extent to which detailed balance is broken uniquely determines a large-scale fluid-solid transition with characteristic time-reversal symmetries. The transition depends critically on the strength of the catch bond, suggesting that active stress is necessary but insufficient to mount an adaptive mechanical response.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alan Pasha Tabatabai
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, 850 West Campus Drive, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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Moumita Das, Michael Murrell and Christoph Schmidt introduce the Soft Matter collection on active matter.
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Affiliation(s)
- Moumita Das
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Soft Matter Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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- Physics & Biomedical Engineering Departments, Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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