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Nasrin SR, Yamashita T, Ikeguchi M, Torisawa T, Oiwa K, Sada K, Kakugo A. Tensile Stress on Microtubules Facilitates Dynein-Driven Cargo Transport. NANO LETTERS 2024. [PMID: 38916205 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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Mechanical stress significantly affects the physiological functions of cells, including tissue homeostasis, cytoskeletal alterations, and intracellular transport. As a major cytoskeletal component, microtubules respond to mechanical stimulation by altering their alignment and polymerization dynamics. Previously, we reported that microtubules may modulate cargo transport by one of the microtubule-associated motor proteins, dynein, under compressive mechanical stress. Despite the critical role of tensile stress in many biological functions, how tensile stress on microtubules regulates cargo transport is yet to be unveiled. The present study demonstrates that the low-level tensile stress-induced microtubule deformation facilitates dynein-driven transport. We validate our experimental findings using all-atom molecular dynamics simulation. Our study may provide important implications for developing new therapies for diseases that involve impaired intracellular transport.
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- Syeda Rubaiya Nasrin
- Graduate School of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8152, Japan
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- Department of Physical University, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan
- Laboratory for Systems Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8904, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
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- Cell Architecture Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, 411-8540, Japan
- Department of Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Sokendai, Mishima, 411-8540, Japan
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- Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2492, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8152, Japan
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Coppini A, Falconieri A, Mualem O, Nasrin SR, Roudon M, Saper G, Hess H, Kakugo A, Raffa V, Shefi O. Can repetitive mechanical motion cause structural damage to axons? Front Mol Neurosci 2024; 17:1371738. [PMID: 38912175 PMCID: PMC11191579 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1371738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
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Biological structures have evolved to very efficiently generate, transmit, and withstand mechanical forces. These biological examples have inspired mechanical engineers for centuries and led to the development of critical insights and concepts. However, progress in mechanical engineering also raises new questions about biological structures. The past decades have seen the increasing study of failure of engineered structures due to repetitive loading, and its origin in processes such as materials fatigue. Repetitive loading is also experienced by some neurons, for example in the peripheral nervous system. This perspective, after briefly introducing the engineering concept of mechanical fatigue, aims to discuss the potential effects based on our knowledge of cellular responses to mechanical stresses. A particular focus of our discussion are the effects of mechanical stress on axons and their cytoskeletal structures. Furthermore, we highlight the difficulty of imaging these structures and the promise of new microscopy techniques. The identification of repair mechanisms and paradigms underlying long-term stability is an exciting and emerging topic in biology as well as a potential source of inspiration for engineers.
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- Faculty of Engineering, Bar Ilan Institute of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials, Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Graduate School of Science, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Graduate School of Science, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Bar Ilan Institute of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials, Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Sabri E, Brosseau C. Electromechanical interactions between cell membrane and nuclear envelope: Beyond the standard Schwan's model of biological cells. Bioelectrochemistry 2024; 155:108583. [PMID: 37883860 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2023.108583] [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: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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We investigate little-appreciated features of the hierarchical core-shell (CS) models of the electrical, mechanical, and electromechanical interactions between the cell membrane (CM) and nuclear envelope (NE). We first consider a simple model of an individual cell based on a coupled resistor-capacitor (Schwan model (SM)) network and show that the CM, when exposed to ac electric fields, acts as a low pass filter while the NE acts as a wide and asymmetric bandpass filter. We provide a simplified calculation for characteristic time associated with the capacitive charging of the NE and parameterize its range of behavior. We furthermore observe several new features dealing with mechanical analogs of the SM based on elementary spring-damper combinations. The chief merit of these models is that they can predict creep compliance responses of an individual cell under static stress and their effective retardation time constants. Next, we use an alternative and a more accurate CS physical model solved by finite element simulations for which geometrical cell reshaping under electromechanical stress (electrodeformation (ED)) is included in a continuum approach with spatial resolution. We show that under an electric field excitation, the elongated nucleus scales differently compared to the electrodeformed cell.
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- Elias Sabri
- Univ Brest, CNRS, Lab-STICC, CS 93837, 6 avenue Le Gorgeu, 29238 Brest Cedex 3, France
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, Lab-STICC, CS 93837, 6 avenue Le Gorgeu, 29238 Brest Cedex 3, France.
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Pensalfini M, Golde T, Trepat X, Arroyo M. Nonaffine Mechanics of Entangled Networks Inspired by Intermediate Filaments. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:058101. [PMID: 37595243 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.058101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Inspired by massive intermediate filament (IF) reorganization in superstretched epithelia, we examine computationally the principles controlling the mechanics of a set of entangled filaments whose ends slide on the cell boundary. We identify an entanglement metric and threshold beyond which random loose networks respond nonaffinely and nonlinearly to stretch by self-organizing into structurally optimal star-shaped configurations. A simple model connecting cellular and filament strains links emergent mechanics to cell geometry, network topology, and filament mechanics. We identify a safety net mechanism in IF networks and provide a framework to harness entanglement in soft fibrous materials.
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- Marco Pensalfini
- Laboratori de Càlcul Numeric (LaCàN), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biomedicina, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratori de Càlcul Numeric (LaCàN), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Beppi C, Penner M, Straumann D, Bögli SY. A non-invasive biomechanical model of mild TBI in larval zebrafish. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0268901. [PMID: 35622781 PMCID: PMC9140253 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A mild traumatic brain injury is a neurological dysfunction caused by biomechanical forces transmitted to the brain in physical impacts. The current understanding of the neuropathological cascade resulting in the manifested clinical signs and symptoms is limited due to the absence of sensitive brain imaging methods. Zebrafish are established models for the reproduction and study of neurobiological pathologies. However, all available models mostly recreate moderate-to-severe focal injuries in adult zebrafish. The present work has induced a mild brain trauma in larval zebrafish through a non-invasive biomechanical approach. A custom-made apparatus with a commercially available motor was employed to expose larvae to rapidly decelerating linear movements. The neurophysiological changes following concussion were assessed through behavioural quantifications of startle reflex locomotor distance and habituation metrics. Here we show that the injury was followed, within five minutes, by a transient anxiety state and CNS dysfunction manifested by increased startle responsivity with impaired startle habituation, putatively mirroring the human clinical sign of hypersensitivity to noise. Within a day after the injury, chronic effects arose, as evidenced by an overall reduced responsivity to sensory stimulation (lower amplitude and distance travelled along successive stimuli), reflecting the human post-concussive symptomatology. This study represents a step forward towards the establishment of a parsimonious (simple, less ethically concerning, yet sensitive) animal model of mild TBI. Our behavioural findings mimic aspects of acute and chronic effects of human concussion, which warrant further study at molecular, cellular and circuit levels. While our model opens wide avenues for studying the underlying cellular and molecular pathomechanisms, it also enables high-throughput testing of therapeutic interventions to accelerate post-concussive recovery.
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- Carolina Beppi
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Swiss Concussion Center, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Swiss Concussion Center, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Swiss Concussion Center, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland
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Sharma M, Singh V, Sharma R, Koul A, McCarthy ET, Savin VJ, Joshi T, Srivastava T. Glomerular Biomechanical Stress and Lipid Mediators during Cellular Changes Leading to Chronic Kidney Disease. Biomedicines 2022; 10:407. [PMID: 35203616 PMCID: PMC8962328 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10020407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Hyperfiltration is an important underlying cause of glomerular dysfunction associated with several systemic and intrinsic glomerular conditions leading to chronic kidney disease (CKD). These include obesity, diabetes, hypertension, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), congenital abnormalities and reduced renal mass (low nephron number). Hyperfiltration-associated biomechanical forces directly impact the cell membrane, generating tensile and fluid flow shear stresses in multiple segments of the nephron. Ongoing research suggests these biomechanical forces as the initial mediators of hyperfiltration-induced deterioration of podocyte structure and function leading to their detachment and irreplaceable loss from the glomerular filtration barrier. Membrane lipid-derived polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and their metabolites are potent transducers of biomechanical stress from the cell surface to intracellular compartments. Omega-6 and ω-3 long-chain PUFA from membrane phospholipids generate many versatile and autacoid oxylipins that modulate pro-inflammatory as well as anti-inflammatory autocrine and paracrine signaling. We advance the idea that lipid signaling molecules, related enzymes, metabolites and receptors are not just mediators of cellular stress but also potential targets for developing novel interventions. With the growing emphasis on lifestyle changes for wellness, dietary fatty acids are potential adjunct-therapeutics to minimize/treat hyperfiltration-induced progressive glomerular damage and CKD.
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- Mukut Sharma
- Research and Development Service, Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA;
- Midwest Veterans’ Biomedical Research Foundation, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.K.); (V.J.S.); (T.S.)
- Department of Internal Medicine, The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 66160, USA;
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- Neurology, Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA;
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- Research and Development Service, Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA;
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- Midwest Veterans’ Biomedical Research Foundation, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.K.); (V.J.S.); (T.S.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 66160, USA;
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- Midwest Veterans’ Biomedical Research Foundation, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.K.); (V.J.S.); (T.S.)
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- Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA;
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- Midwest Veterans’ Biomedical Research Foundation, Kansas City, MO 64128, USA; (A.K.); (V.J.S.); (T.S.)
- Section of Nephrology, Children’s Mercy Hospital and University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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Kolb P, Schundner A, Frick M, Gottschalk KE. In Vitro Measurements of Cellular Forces and their Importance in the Lung-From the Sub- to the Multicellular Scale. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:691. [PMID: 34357063 PMCID: PMC8307149 DOI: 10.3390/life11070691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Throughout life, the body is subjected to various mechanical forces on the organ, tissue, and cellular level. Mechanical stimuli are essential for organ development and function. One organ whose function depends on the tightly connected interplay between mechanical cell properties, biochemical signaling, and external forces is the lung. However, altered mechanical properties or excessive mechanical forces can also drive the onset and progression of severe pulmonary diseases. Characterizing the mechanical properties and forces that affect cell and tissue function is therefore necessary for understanding physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms. In recent years, multiple methods have been developed for cellular force measurements at multiple length scales, from subcellular forces to measuring the collective behavior of heterogeneous cellular networks. In this short review, we give a brief overview of the mechanical forces at play on the cellular level in the lung. We then focus on the technological aspects of measuring cellular forces at many length scales. We describe tools with a subcellular resolution and elaborate measurement techniques for collective multicellular units. Many of the technologies described are by no means restricted to lung research and have already been applied successfully to cells from various other tissues. However, integrating the knowledge gained from these multi-scale measurements in a unifying framework is still a major future challenge.
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- Peter Kolb
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;
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- Institute of General Physiology, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;
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- Institute of General Physiology, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;
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Avoiding tensional equilibrium in cells migrating on a matrix with cell-scale stiffness-heterogeneity. Biomaterials 2021; 274:120860. [PMID: 34004486 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Intracellular stresses affect various cell functions, including proliferation, differentiation and movement, which are dynamically modulated in migrating cells through continuous cell-shaping and remodeling of the cytoskeletal architecture induced by spatiotemporal interactions with extracellular matrix stiffness. When cells migrate on a matrix with cell-scale stiffness-heterogeneity, which is a common situation in living tissues, what intracellular stress dynamics (ISD) emerge? In this study, to explore this issue, finite element method-based traction force microscopy was applied to cells migrating on microelastically patterned gels. Two model systems of microelastically patterned gels (stiff/soft stripe and stiff triangular patterns) were designed to characterize the effects of a spatial constraint on cell-shaping and of the presence of different types of cues to induce competing cellular taxis (usual and reverse durotaxis) on the ISD, respectively. As the main result, the prolonged fluctuation of traction stress on a whole-cell scale was markedly enhanced on single cell-size triangular stiff patterns compared with homogeneous gels. Such ISD enhancement was found to be derived from the interplay between the nomadic migration of cells to regions with different degrees of stiffness and domain shape-dependent traction force dynamics, which should be an essential factor for keeping cells far from tensional equilibrium.
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Orefice NS. Development of New Strategies Using Extracellular Vesicles Loaded with Exogenous Nucleic Acid. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:E705. [PMID: 32722622 PMCID: PMC7464422 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 07/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Gene therapy is a therapeutic strategy of delivering foreign genetic material (encoding for an important protein) into a patient's target cell to replace a defective gene. Nucleic acids are embedded within the adeno-associated virus (AAVs) vectors; however, preexisting immunity to AAVs remains a significant concern that impairs their clinical application. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) hold great potential for therapeutic applications as vectors of nucleic acids due to their endogenous intercellular communication functions through their cargo delivery, including lipids and proteins. So far, small RNAs (siRNA and micro (mi)RNA) have been mainly loaded into EVs to treat several diseases, but the potential use of EVs to load and deliver exogenous plasmid DNA has not been thoroughly described. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the principal methodologies currently employed to load foreign genetic material into EVs, highlighting the need to find the most effective strategies for their successful clinical translations.
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- Nicola Salvatore Orefice
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; or ; Tel.: +1-608-262-21-89
- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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Efremov YM, Velay-Lizancos M, Weaver CJ, Athamneh AI, Zavattieri PD, Suter DM, Raman A. Anisotropy vs isotropy in living cell indentation with AFM. Sci Rep 2019; 9:5757. [PMID: 30962474 PMCID: PMC6453879 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42077-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The measurement of local mechanical properties of living cells by nano/micro indentation relies on the foundational assumption of locally isotropic cellular deformation. As a consequence of assumed isotropy, the cell membrane and underlying cytoskeleton are expected to locally deform axisymmetrically when indented by a spherical tip. Here, we directly observe the local geometry of deformation of membrane and cytoskeleton of different living adherent cells during nanoindentation with the integrated Atomic Force (AFM) and spinning disk confocal (SDC) microscope. We show that the presence of the perinuclear actin cap (apical stress fibers), such as those encountered in cells subject to physiological forces, causes a strongly non-axisymmetric membrane deformation during indentation reflecting local mechanical anisotropy. In contrast, axisymmetric membrane deformation reflecting mechanical isotropy was found in cells without actin cap: cancerous cells MDA-MB-231, which naturally lack the actin cap, and NIH 3T3 cells in which the actin cap is disrupted by latrunculin A. Careful studies were undertaken to quantify the effect of the live cell fluorescent stains on the measured mechanical properties. Using finite element computations and the numerical analysis, we explored the capability of one of the simplest anisotropic models – transverse isotropy model with three local mechanical parameters (longitudinal and transverse modulus and planar shear modulus) – to capture the observed non-axisymmetric deformation. These results help identifying which cell types are likely to exhibit non-isotropic properties, how to measure and quantify cellular deformation during AFM indentation using live cell stains and SDC, and suggest modelling guidelines to recover quantitative estimates of the mechanical properties of living cells.
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- Yuri M Efremov
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,University of South Carolina, Department of Biological Sciences, Jones PSC Building, 712 Main Street, room 517, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. .,Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. .,Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. .,Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. .,Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
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Li D, Pellegrino A, Hallack A, Petrinic N, Jérusalem A, Cleveland RO. Response of Single Cells to Shock Waves and Numerically Optimized Waveforms for Cancer Therapy. Biophys J 2019; 114:1433-1439. [PMID: 29590600 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Shock waves are used clinically for breaking kidney stones and treating musculoskeletal indications. The mechanisms by which shock waves interact with tissue are still not well understood. Here, ultra-high-speed imaging was used to visualize the deformation of individual cells embedded in a tissue-mimicking phantom when subject to shock-wave exposure from a clinical source. Three kidney epithelial cell lines were considered to represent normal healthy (human renal epithelial), cancer (CAKI-2), and virus-transformed (HK-2) cells. The experimental results showed that during the compressive phase of the shock waves, there was a small (<2%) decrease in the projected cell area, but during the tensile phase, there was a relatively large (∼10%) increase in the projected cell area. The experimental observations were captured by a numerical model with a constitutive material framework consisting of an equation of state for the volumetric response and hyper-viscoelasticity for the deviatoric response. To model the volumetric cell response, it was necessary to change from a higher bulk modulus during the compression to a lower bulk modulus during the tensile shock loading. It was discovered that cancer cells showed a smaller deformation but faster response to the shock-wave tensile phase compared to their noncancerous counterparts. Cell viability experiments, however, showed that cancer cells suffered more damage than other cell types. These data suggest that the cell response to shock waves is specific to the type of cell and waveforms that could be tailored to an application. For example, the model predicts that a shock wave with a tensile stress of 4.59 MPa would increase cell membrane permeability for cancer cells with minimal impact on normal cells.
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- Dongli Li
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Disease-causing mutation in α-actinin-4 promotes podocyte detachment through maladaptation to periodic stretch. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:1517-1522. [PMID: 29378953 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1717870115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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α-Actinin-4 (ACTN4) bundles and cross-links actin filaments to confer mechanical resilience to the reconstituted actin network. How this resilience is built and dynamically regulated in the podocyte, and the cause of its failure in ACTN4 mutation-associated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), remains poorly defined. Using primary podocytes isolated from wild-type (WT) and FSGS-causing point mutant Actn4 knockin mice, we report responses to periodic stretch. While WT cells largely maintained their F-actin cytoskeleton and contraction, mutant cells developed extensive and irrecoverable reductions in these same properties. This difference was attributable to both actin material changes and a more spatially correlated intracellular stress in mutant cells. When stretched cells were further challenged using a cell adhesion assay, mutant cells were more likely to detach. Together, these data suggest a mechanism for mutant podocyte dysfunction and loss in FSGS-it is a direct consequence of mechanical responses of a cytoskeleton that is brittle.
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Jokhadar ŠZ, Derganc J. Structural Rearrangements in CHO Cells After Disruption of Individual Cytoskeletal Elements and Plasma Membrane. Cell Biochem Biophys 2016; 71:1605-13. [PMID: 25395197 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-014-0383-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cellular structural integrity is provided primarily by the cytoskeleton, which comprises microtubules, actin filaments, and intermediate filaments. The plasma membrane has been also recognized as a mediator of physical forces, yet its contribution to the structural integrity of the cell as a whole is less clear. In order to investigate the relationship between the plasma membrane and the cytoskeleton, we selectively disrupted the plasma membrane and each of the cytoskeletal elements in Chinese hamster ovary cells and assessed subsequent changes in cellular structural integrity. Confocal microscopy was used to visualize cytoskeletal rearrangements, and optical tweezers were utilized to quantify membrane tether extraction. We found that cholesterol depletion from the plasma membrane resulted in rearrangements of all cytoskeletal elements. Conversely, the state of the plasma membrane, as assessed by tether extraction, was affected by disruption of any of the cytoskeletal elements, including microtubules and intermediate filaments, which are located mainly in the cell interior. The results demonstrate that, besides the cytoskeleton, the plasma membrane is an important contributor to cellular integrity, possibly by acting as an essential framework for cytoskeletal anchoring. In agreement with the tensegrity model of cell mechanics, our results support the notion of the cell as a prestressed structure.
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- Špela Zemljič Jokhadar
- Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Logsdon AF, Lucke-Wold BP, Turner RC, Huber JD, Rosen CL, Simpkins JW. Role of Microvascular Disruption in Brain Damage from Traumatic Brain Injury. Compr Physiol 2015; 5:1147-60. [PMID: 26140712 PMCID: PMC4573402 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c140057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is acquired from an external force, which can inflict devastating effects to the brain vasculature and neighboring neuronal cells. Disruption of vasculature is a primary effect that can lead to a host of secondary injury cascades. The primary effects of TBI are rapidly occurring while secondary effects can be activated at later time points and may be more amenable to targeting. Primary effects of TBI include diffuse axonal shearing, changes in blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, and brain contusions. These mechanical events, especially changes to the BBB, can induce calcium perturbations within brain cells producing secondary effects, which include cellular stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. These secondary effects can be potentially targeted to preserve the tissue surviving the initial impact of TBI. In the past, TBI research had focused on neurons without any regard for glial cells and the cerebrovasculature. Now a greater emphasis is being placed on the vasculature and the neurovascular unit following TBI. A paradigm shift in the importance of the vascular response to injury has opened new avenues of drug-treatment strategies for TBI. However, a connection between the vascular response to TBI and the development of chronic disease has yet to be elucidated. Long-term cognitive deficits are common amongst those sustaining severe or multiple mild TBIs. Understanding the mechanisms of cellular responses following TBI is important to prevent the development of neuropsychiatric symptoms. With appropriate intervention following TBI, the vascular network can perhaps be maintained and the cellular repair process possibly improved to aid in the recovery of cellular homeostasis.
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- Aric F Logsdon
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
- Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
- Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
- Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
- Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
- Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
- Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University, Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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Oglęcka K, Rangamani P, Liedberg B, Kraut RS, Parikh AN. Oscillatory phase separation in giant lipid vesicles induced by transmembrane osmotic differentials. eLife 2014; 3:e03695. [PMID: 25318069 PMCID: PMC4197780 DOI: 10.7554/elife.03695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Giant lipid vesicles are closed compartments consisting of semi-permeable shells, which isolate femto- to pico-liter quantities of aqueous core from the bulk. Although water permeates readily across vesicular walls, passive permeation of solutes is hindered. In this study, we show that, when subject to a hypotonic bath, giant vesicles consisting of phase separating lipid mixtures undergo osmotic relaxation exhibiting damped oscillations in phase behavior, which is synchronized with swell-burst lytic cycles: in the swelled state, osmotic pressure and elevated membrane tension due to the influx of water promote domain formation. During bursting, solute leakage through transient pores relaxes the pressure and tension, replacing the domain texture by a uniform one. This isothermal phase transition--resulting from a well-coordinated sequence of mechanochemical events--suggests a complex emergent behavior allowing synthetic vesicles produced from simple components, namely, water, osmolytes, and lipids to sense and regulate their micro-environment.
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- Kamila Oglęcka
- Division of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, Singapore
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, Singapore
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- Division of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, Singapore
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Kurniawan NA, Enemark S, Rajagopalan R. The role of structure in the nonlinear mechanics of cross-linked semiflexible polymer networks. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:065101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3682779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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