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Berg K, Gorham J, Lundt F, Seidman J, Brueckner M. Endocardial primary cilia and blood flow are required for regulation of EndoMT during endocardial cushion development. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.05.15.594405. [PMID: 38798559 PMCID: PMC11118576 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.15.594405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Blood flow is critical for heart valve formation, and cellular mechanosensors are essential to translate flow into transcriptional regulation of development. Here, we identify a role for primary cilia in vivo in the spatial regulation of cushion formation, the first stage of valve development, by regionally controlling endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndoMT) via modulation of Kruppel-like Factor 4 (Klf4) . We find that high shear stress intracardiac regions decrease endocardial ciliation over cushion development, correlating with KLF4 downregulation and EndoMT progression. Mouse embryos constitutively lacking cilia exhibit a blood-flow dependent accumulation of KLF4 in these regions, independent of upstream left-right abnormalities, resulting in impaired cushion cellularization. snRNA-seq revealed that cilia KO endocardium fails to progress to late-EndoMT, retains endothelial markers and has reduced EndoMT/mesenchymal genes that KLF4 antagonizes. Together, these data identify a mechanosensory role for endocardial primary cilia in cushion development through regional regulation of KLF4.
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Déjardin T, Carollo PS, Sipieter F, Davidson PM, Seiler C, Cuvelier D, Cadot B, Sykes C, Gomes ER, Borghi N. Nesprins are mechanotransducers that discriminate epithelial-mesenchymal transition programs. J Cell Biol 2021; 219:152020. [PMID: 32790861 PMCID: PMC7659719 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201908036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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LINC complexes are transmembrane protein assemblies that physically connect the nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton through the nuclear envelope. Dysfunctions of LINC complexes are associated with pathologies such as cancer and muscular disorders. The mechanical roles of LINC complexes are poorly understood. To address this, we used genetically encoded FRET biosensors of molecular tension in a nesprin protein of the LINC complex of fibroblastic and epithelial cells in culture. We exposed cells to mechanical, genetic, and pharmacological perturbations, mimicking a range of physiological and pathological situations. We show that nesprin experiences tension generated by the cytoskeleton and acts as a mechanical sensor of cell packing. Moreover, nesprin discriminates between inductions of partial and complete epithelial–mesenchymal transitions. We identify the implicated mechanisms, which involve α-catenin capture at the nuclear envelope by nesprin upon its relaxation, thereby regulating β-catenin transcription. Our data thus implicate LINC complex proteins as mechanotransducers that fine-tune β-catenin signaling in a manner dependent on the epithelial–mesenchymal transition program.
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- Théophile Déjardin
- Université de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 168, Sorbonne Universités, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie and Institut Pierre Gilles de Gennes, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Rercherche 144, Paris, France
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- Center for Research in Myology, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 974, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 168, Sorbonne Universités, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Paris, France
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- Center for Research in Myology, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 974, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France.,Instituto de Medecina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.,Instituto de Histologia e Biologia do Desenvolvimento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Université de Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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Silvani G, Romanov V, Cox CD, Martinac B. Biomechanical Characterization of Endothelial Cells Exposed to Shear Stress Using Acoustic Force Spectroscopy. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:612151. [PMID: 33614612 PMCID: PMC7891662 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.612151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Characterizing mechanical properties of cells is important for understanding many cellular processes, such as cell movement, shape, and growth, as well as adaptation to changing environments. In this study, we explore the mechanical properties of endothelial cells that form the biological barrier lining blood vessels, whose dysfunction leads to development of many cardiovascular disorders. Stiffness of living endothelial cells was determined by Acoustic Force Spectroscopy (AFS), by pull parallel multiple functionalized microspheres located at the cell-cell periphery. The unique configuration of the acoustic microfluidic channel allowed us to develop a long-term dynamic culture protocol exposing cells to laminar flow for up to 48 h, with shear stresses in the physiological range (i.e., 6 dyn/cm2). Two different Endothelial cells lines, Human Aortic Endothelial Cells (HAECs) and Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs), were investigated to show the potential of this tool to capture the change in cellular mechanical properties during maturation of a confluent endothelial monolayer. Immunofluorescence microscopy was exploited to follow actin filament rearrangement and junction formation over time. For both cell types we found that the application of shear-stress promotes the typical phenotype of a mature endothelium expressing a linear pattern of VE-cadherin at the cell-cell border and actin filament rearrangement along the perimeter of Endothelial cells. A staircase-like sequence of increasing force steps, ranging from 186 pN to 3.5 nN, was then applied in a single measurement revealing the force-dependent apparent stiffness of the membrane cortex in the kPa range. We also found that beads attached to cells cultured under dynamic conditions were harder to displace than cells cultured under static conditions, showing a stiffer membrane cortex at cell periphery. All together these results demonstrate that the AFS can identify changes in cell mechanics based on force measurements of adherent cells under conditions mimicking their native microenvironment, thus revealing the shear stress dependence of the mechanical properties of neighboring endothelial cells.
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- Giulia Silvani
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Tang VW. Collagen, stiffness, and adhesion: the evolutionary basis of vertebrate mechanobiology. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 31:1823-1834. [PMID: 32730166 PMCID: PMC7525820 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-12-0709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The emergence of collagen I in vertebrates resulted in a dramatic increase in the stiffness of the extracellular environment, supporting long-range force propagation and the development of low-compliant tissues necessary for the development of vertebrate traits including pressurized circulation and renal filtration. Vertebrates have also evolved integrins that can bind to collagens, resulting in the generation of higher tension and more efficient force transmission in the extracellular matrix. The stiffer environment provides an opportunity for the vertebrates to create new structures such as the stress fibers, new cell types such as endothelial cells, new developmental processes such as neural crest delamination, and new tissue organizations such as the blood-brain barrier. Molecular players found only in vertebrates allow the modification of conserved mechanisms as well as the design of novel strategies that can better serve the physiological needs of the vertebrates. These innovations collectively contribute to novel morphogenetic behaviors and unprecedented increases in the complexities of tissue mechanics and functions.
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- Vivian W. Tang
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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Izu LT, Kohl P, Boyden PA, Miura M, Banyasz T, Chiamvimonvat N, Trayanova N, Bers DM, Chen-Izu Y. Mechano-electric and mechano-chemo-transduction in cardiomyocytes. J Physiol 2020; 598:1285-1305. [PMID: 31789427 PMCID: PMC7127983 DOI: 10.1113/jp276494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cardiac excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling is influenced by (at least) three dynamic systems that couple and feedback to one another (see Abstract Figure). Here we review the mechanical effects on cardiomyocytes that include mechano-electro-transduction (commonly referred to as mechano-electric coupling, MEC) and mechano-chemo-transduction (MCT) mechanisms at cell and molecular levels which couple to Ca2+ -electro and E-C coupling reviewed elsewhere. These feedback loops from muscle contraction and mechano-transduction to the Ca2+ homeodynamics and to the electrical excitation are essential for understanding the E-C coupling dynamic system and arrhythmogenesis in mechanically loaded hearts. This white paper comprises two parts, each reflecting key aspects from the 2018 UC Davis symposium: MEC (how mechanical load influences electrical dynamics) and MCT (how mechanical load alters cell signalling and Ca2+ dynamics). Of course, such separation is artificial since Ca2+ dynamics profoundly affect ion channels and electrogenic transporters and vice versa. In time, these dynamic systems and their interactions must become fully integrated, and that should be a goal for a comprehensive understanding of how mechanical load influences cell signalling, Ca2+ homeodynamics and electrical dynamics. In this white paper we emphasize current understanding, consensus, controversies and the pressing issues for future investigations. Space constraints make it impossible to cover all relevant articles in the field, so we will focus on the topics discussed at the symposium.
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- Leighton T. Izu
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Centre, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, D-79110, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Health Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Department of Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Martinac B, Nikolaev YA, Silvani G, Bavi N, Romanov V, Nakayama Y, Martinac AD, Rohde P, Bavi O, Cox CD. Cell membrane mechanics and mechanosensory transduction. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2020; 86:83-141. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2020.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Qian W, Chen W. Probing Single-Cell Mechanical Allostasis Using Ultrasound Tweezers. Cell Mol Bioeng 2019; 12:415-427. [PMID: 31719924 DOI: 10.1007/s12195-019-00578-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Introduction In response to external stress, cells alter their morphology, metabolic activity, and functions to mechanically adapt to the dynamic, local environment through cell allostasis. To explore mechanotransduction in cellular allostasis, we applied an integrated micromechanical system that combines an 'ultrasound tweezers'-based mechanical stressor and a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based molecular force biosensor, termed "actinin-sstFRET," to monitor in situ single-cell allostasis in response to transient stimulation in real time. Methods The ultrasound tweezers utilize 1 Hz, 10-s transient ultrasound pulses to acoustically excite a lipid-encapsulated microbubble, which is bound to the cell membrane, and apply a pico- to nano-Newton range of forces to cells through an RGD-integrin linkage. The actinin-sstFRET molecular sensor, which engages the actin stress fibers in live cells, is used to map real-time actomyosin force dynamics over time. Then, the mechanosensitive behaviors were examined by profiling the dynamics in Ca2+ influx, actomyosin cytoskeleton (CSK) activity, and GTPase RhoA signaling to define a single-cell mechanical allostasis. Results By subjecting a 1 Hz, 10-s physical stress, single vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) were observed to remodeled themselves in a biphasic mechanical allostatic manner within 30 min that caused them to adjust their contractility and actomyosin activities. The cellular machinery that underscores the vital role of CSK equilibrium in cellular mechanical allostasis, includes Ca2+ influx, remodeling of actomyosin CSK and contraction, and GTPase RhoA signaling. Mechanical allostasis was observed to be compromised in VSMCs from patients with type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which could potentiate an allostatic maladaptation. Conclusions By integrating tools that simultaneously permit localized mechanical perturbation and map actomyosin forces, we revealed distinct cellular mechanical allostasis profiles in our micromechanical system. Our findings of cell mechanical allostasis and maladaptation provide the potential for mechanophenotyping cells to reveal their pathogenic contexts and their biophysical mediators that underlie multi-etiological diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, or aging.
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- Weiyi Qian
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA
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Eroshkin FM, Kremnev SV, Ermakova GV, Zaraisky AG. Development of Methods and Techniques to Visualize Mechanical Tension in Embryos Using Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Mechanosensors. Russ J Dev Biol 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062360418060024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Jetta D, Gottlieb PA, Verma D, Sachs F, Hua SZ. Shear stress induced nuclear shrinkage through activation of Piezo1 channels in epithelial cells. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.226076. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.226076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The cell nucleus responds to mechanical cues with changes in size, morphology, and motility. Previous work showed that external forces couple to nuclei through the cytoskeleton network, but we show here that changes in nuclear shape can be driven solely by calcium levels. Fluid shear stress applied to MDCK cells caused the nuclei to shrink through a Ca2+ dependent signaling pathway. Inhibiting mechanosensitive Piezo1 channels with GsMTx4 prevented nuclear shrinkage. Piezo1 knockdown also significantly reduced the nuclear shrinkage. Activation of Piezo1 with the agonist Yoda1 caused similar nucleus shrinkage without shear stress. These results demonstrate that Piezo1 channel is a key element for transmitting shear force input to nuclei. To ascertain the relative contributions of Ca2+ to cytoskeleton perturbation, we examined the F-actin reorganization under shear stress and static conditions, and showed that reorganization of the cytoskeleton is not necessary for nuclear shrinkage. These results emphasize the role of the mechanosensitive channels as primary transducers in force transmission to the nucleus.
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- Deekshitha Jetta
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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Chu SH, Lo LL, Lai RL, Tony Yang T, Weng RR, Liao JC, Huang NT. A microfluidic device for in situ fixation and super-resolved mechanosensation studies of primary cilia. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2019; 13:014105. [PMID: 30867876 PMCID: PMC6404955 DOI: 10.1063/1.5081756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The primary cilium plays an important role in mechanosensation in mammalian cells. To understand mechanosensation in the primary cilium, we combined a microfluidic device with super-resolution microscopy to study the primary cilium phenotypes. The microfluidic system enabled the precise control of the flow shear within a well-confined cell-culture environment. In addition, in situ cilia fixation was possible by switching from the culture medium to the fixation buffer instantaneously, which preserved the real-time cilium phenotype under the flow shear. After fixation, multiple cilium-specific proteins were immunostained to quantify the cilia bending behavior. We found that >50% of the primary cilia of mouse inner medullary collecting duct cells were highly aligned with the direction of flow under 11 Pa shear stress. Finally, we used super-resolution microscopy to observe the redistribution of two major cilium-specific proteins under flow shear, acetylated alpha-tubulin, and intraflagellar transport protein 88. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first platform to combine a microfluidic device with super-resolution microscopy to enable flow stimulation and in situ fixation for the observation of ciliary protein. This system can potentially be applied to the future development of a stimulation-enabled organ-on-a-chip to observe the intercellular signaling of primary cilia or for the analysis of disease mechanisms associated with ciliary mutations at the organ level.
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- Sheng-Han Chu
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 10048, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Teunissen AJP, Pérez-Medina C, Meijerink A, Mulder WJM. Investigating supramolecular systems using Förster resonance energy transfer. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:7027-7044. [PMID: 30091770 PMCID: PMC6441672 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00278a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Supramolecular systems have applications in areas as diverse as materials science, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, and nanomedicine. However, analyzing such systems can be challenging due to the wide range of time scales, binding strengths, distances, and concentrations at which non-covalent phenomena take place. Due to their versatility and sensitivity, Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based techniques are excellently suited to meet such challenges. Here, we detail the ways in which FRET has been used to study non-covalent interactions in both synthetic and biological supramolecular systems. Among other topics, we examine methods to measure molecular forces, determine protein conformations, monitor assembly kinetics, and visualize in vivo drug release from nanoparticles. Furthermore, we highlight multiplex FRET techniques, discuss the field's limitations, and provide a perspective on new developments.
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- Abraham J. P. Teunissen
- Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Chemical biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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Maneshi MM, Sachs F, Hua SZ. Heterogeneous Cytoskeletal Force Distribution Delineates the Onset Ca 2+ Influx Under Fluid Shear Stress in Astrocytes. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:69. [PMID: 29615869 PMCID: PMC5864927 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Mechanical perturbations increase intracellular Ca2+ in cells, but the coupling of mechanical forces to the Ca2+ influx is not well understood. We used a microfluidic chamber driven with a high-speed pressure servo to generate defined fluid shear stress to cultured astrocytes, and simultaneously measured cytoskeletal forces using a force sensitive actinin optical sensor and intracellular Ca2+. Fluid shear generated non-uniform forces in actinin that critically depended on the stimulus rise time emphasizing the presence of viscoelasticity in the activating sequence. A short (ms) shear pulse with fast rise time (2 ms) produced an immediate increase in actinin tension at the upstream end of the cell with minimal changes at the downstream end. The onset of Ca2+ rise began at highly strained areas. In contrast to stimulus steps, slow ramp stimuli produced uniform forces throughout the cells and only a small Ca2+ response. The heterogeneity of force distribution is exaggerated in cells having fewer stress fibers and lower pre-tension in actinin. Disruption of cytoskeleton with cytochalasin-D (Cyt-D) eliminated force gradients, and in those cells Ca2+ elevation started from the soma. Thus, Ca2+ influx with a mechanical stimulus depends on local stress within the cell and that is time dependent due to viscoelastic mechanics.
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- Mohammad M Maneshi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States.,Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States.,Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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Venzac B, Madoun R, Benarab T, Monnier S, Cayrac F, Myram S, Leconte L, Amblard F, Viovy JL, Descroix S, Coscoy S. Engineering small tubes with changes in diameter for the study of kidney cell organization. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2018; 12:024114. [PMID: 29657657 PMCID: PMC5882411 DOI: 10.1063/1.5025027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Multicellular tubes are structures ubiquitously found during development and in adult organisms. Their topologies (diameter, direction or branching), together with their mechanical characteristics, play fundamental roles in organ function and in the emergence of pathologies. In tubes of micrometric range diameters, typically found in the vascular system, renal tubules or excretory ducts, cells are submitted to a strong curvature and confinement effects in addition to flow. Then, small tubes with change in diameter are submitted to a local gradient of shear stress and curvature, which may lead to complex mechanotransduction responses along tubes, and may be involved in the onset or propagation of cystic or obstructive pathologies. We describe here a simple method to build a microfluidic device that integrates cylindrical channels with changes in diameter that mimic in vivo tube geometries. This microfabrication approach is based on molding of etched tungsten wires, which can achieve on a flexible way any change in diameter in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microdevice. The interest of this biomimetic multitube system has been evidenced by reproducing renal tubules on chip. In particular, renal cell lines were successfully seeded and grown in PDMS circular tubes with a transition between 80 μm and 50 μm diameters. Thanks to this biomimetic platform, the effect of the tube curvature has been investigated especially regarding cell morphology and orientation. The effect of shear stress on confluent cells has also been assessed simultaneously in both parts of tubes. It is thus possible to study interconnected cell response to differential constraints which is of central importance when mimicking tubes present in the organism.
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 144, 75005 Paris, France
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Castronuovo D, Sofo A, Lovelli S, Candido V, Scopa A. Effects of UV-C radiation on common dandelion and purple coneflower: First results. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.4081/pb.2017.7255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light (100 ≤ λ ≤ 280 nm) is a ionizing radiation that can damage living organisms. An experiment was conducted on plants of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale Weber, T. Densleonis Desf.) and purple coneflower [Echinacea purpurea, (L.) Moench] irradiated with UV-C at different exposition times, under controlled conditions and grown in self-produced characterized compost, to assess the effect of different doses UV-C radiation on some physiological parameters. Trials have been carried out using a black chamber equipped with an UV-C lamp in which plants were divided in four groups on the basis of UV-C irradiation period (10, 30, 60, and 120 min). Non-irradiated plants were kept as controls. Plant photosynthetic performance, chlorophyll content (SPAD) and some morphologic traits were recorded before, immediately after irradiations and 20 days weeks later. The effects on photosynthetic performances and chlorophyll contents (SPAD) were evaluated and compared with data obtained in similar experiments where tomato plants were irradiated at different times with UVC light. In both species, SPAD values decreased as the irradiation period became longer. The two species showed different gas exchange dynamics, depending on the UV-C exposure time. Two months after the UV-C irradiation, plant dry weight measured at 120-min UV-C exposure was significantly lower than the control.
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Nag S, Resnick A. Biophysics and biofluid dynamics of primary cilia: evidence for and against the flow-sensing function. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00172.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Primary cilia have been called “the forgotten organelle” for over 20 yr. As cilia now have their own journal and several books devoted to their study, perhaps it is time to reconsider the moniker “forgotten organelle.” In fact, during the drafting of this review, 12 relevant publications have been issued; we therefore apologize in advance for any relevant work we inadvertently omitted. What purpose is yet another ciliary review? The primary goal of this review is to specifically examine the evidence for and against the hypothesized flow-sensing function of primary cilia expressed by differentiated epithelia within a kidney tubule, bringing together differing disciplines and their respective conceptual and experimental approaches. We will show that understanding the biophysics/biomechanics of primary cilia provides essential information for understanding any potential role of ciliary function in disease. We will summarize experimental and mathematical models used to characterize renal fluid flow and incident force on primary cilia and to characterize the mechanical response of cilia to an externally applied force and discuss possible ciliary-mediated cell signaling pathways triggered by flow. Throughout, we stress the importance of separating the effects of fluid shear and stretch from the action of hydrodynamic drag.
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- Subhra Nag
- Department of Biology, Geology, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Biology, Geology, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
- Department of Physics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio; and
- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
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Verma D, Bajpai VK, Ye N, Maneshi MM, Jetta D, Andreadis ST, Sachs F, Hua SZ. Flow induced adherens junction remodeling driven by cytoskeletal forces. Exp Cell Res 2017; 359:327-336. [PMID: 28803065 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Adherens junctions (AJs) are a key structural component for tissue organization and function. Under fluid shear stress, AJs exhibit dynamic assembly/disassembly, but how shear stress couples to AJs is unclear. In MDCK cells we measured simultaneously the forces in cytoskeletal α-actinin and the density and length of AJs using a genetically coded optical force sensor, actinin-sstFRET, and fluorescently labeled E-cadherin (E-cad). We found that shear stress of 0.74dyn/cm2 for 3h significantly enhanced E-cad expression at cell-cell contacts and this phenomenon has two phases. The initial formation of segregated AJ plaques coincided with a decrease in cytoskeletal tension, but an increase in tension was necessary for expansion of the plaques and the formation of continuous AJs in the later phase. The changes in cytoskeletal tension and reorganization appear to be an upstream process in response to flow since it occurred in both wild type and dominant negative E-cad cells. Disruption of F-actin with a Rho-ROCK inhibitor eliminated AJ growth under flow. These results delineate the shear stress transduction paths in cultured cells, which helps to understand pathology of a range of diseases that involve dysfunction of E-cadherin.
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- Deepika Verma
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
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Kurzawa L, Vianay B, Senger F, Vignaud T, Blanchoin L, Théry M. Dissipation of contractile forces: the missing piece in cell mechanics. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:1825-1832. [PMID: 28684608 PMCID: PMC5526557 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-09-0672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mechanical forces are key regulators of cell and tissue physiology. The basic molecular mechanism of fiber contraction by the sliding of actin filament upon myosin leading to conformational change has been known for decades. The regulation of force generation at the level of the cell, however, is still far from elucidated. Indeed, the magnitude of cell traction forces on the underlying extracellular matrix in culture is almost impossible to predict or experimentally control. The considerable variability in measurements of cell-traction forces indicates that they may not be the optimal readout to properly characterize cell contractile state and that a significant part of the contractile energy is not transferred to cell anchorage but instead is involved in actin network dynamics. Here we discuss the experimental, numerical, and biological parameters that may be responsible for the variability in traction force production. We argue that limiting these sources of variability and investigating the dissipation of mechanical work that occurs with structural rearrangements and the disengagement of force transmission is key for further understanding of cell mechanics.
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- Laetitia Kurzawa
- CytoMorpho Lab, Biosciences and Biotechnology Institute of Grenoble, UMR5168, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INRA, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, INSERM, CEA, CytoMorpho Lab, Hôpital Saint Louis, Institut Universitaire d’Hematologie, UMRS1160, 75010 Paris, France
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- CytoMorpho Lab, Biosciences and Biotechnology Institute of Grenoble, UMR5168, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INRA, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- CytoMorpho Lab, Biosciences and Biotechnology Institute of Grenoble, UMR5168, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INRA, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- CytoMorpho Lab, Biosciences and Biotechnology Institute of Grenoble, UMR5168, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INRA, 38054 Grenoble, France
- Université Paris Diderot, INSERM, CEA, CytoMorpho Lab, Hôpital Saint Louis, Institut Universitaire d’Hematologie, UMRS1160, 75010 Paris, France
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- CytoMorpho Lab, Biosciences and Biotechnology Institute of Grenoble, UMR5168, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INRA, 38054 Grenoble, France
- Université Paris Diderot, INSERM, CEA, CytoMorpho Lab, Hôpital Saint Louis, Institut Universitaire d’Hematologie, UMRS1160, 75010 Paris, France
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Maneshi MM, Maki B, Gnanasambandam R, Belin S, Popescu GK, Sachs F, Hua SZ. Mechanical stress activates NMDA receptors in the absence of agonists. Sci Rep 2017; 7:39610. [PMID: 28045032 PMCID: PMC5206744 DOI: 10.1038/srep39610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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While studying the physiological response of primary rat astrocytes to fluid shear stress in a model of traumatic brain injury (TBI), we found that shear stress induced Ca2+ entry. The influx was inhibited by MK-801, a specific pore blocker of N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR) channels, and this occurred in the absence of agonists. Other NMDA open channel blockers ketamine and memantine showed a similar effect. The competitive glutamate antagonists AP5 and GluN2B-selective inhibitor ifenprodil reduced NMDA-activated currents, but had no effect on the mechanically induced Ca2+ influx. Extracellular Mg2+ at 2 mM did not significantly affect the shear induced Ca2+ influx, but at 10 mM it produced significant inhibition. Patch clamp experiments showed mechanical activation of NMDAR and inhibition by MK-801. The mechanical sensitivity of NMDARs may play a role in the normal physiology of fluid flow in the glymphatic system and it has obvious relevance to TBI.
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- Mohammad Mehdi Maneshi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14260, USA
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14260, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14260, USA
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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Wales P, Schuberth CE, Aufschnaiter R, Fels J, García-Aguilar I, Janning A, Dlugos CP, Schäfer-Herte M, Klingner C, Wälte M, Kuhlmann J, Menis E, Hockaday Kang L, Maier KC, Hou W, Russo A, Higgs HN, Pavenstädt H, Vogl T, Roth J, Qualmann B, Kessels MM, Martin DE, Mulder B, Wedlich-Söldner R. Calcium-mediated actin reset (CaAR) mediates acute cell adaptations. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27919320 PMCID: PMC5140269 DOI: 10.7554/elife.19850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Actin has well established functions in cellular morphogenesis. However, it is not well understood how the various actin assemblies in a cell are kept in a dynamic equilibrium, in particular when cells have to respond to acute signals. Here, we characterize a rapid and transient actin reset in response to increased intracellular calcium levels. Within seconds of calcium influx, the formin INF2 stimulates filament polymerization at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), while cortical actin is disassembled. The reaction is then reversed within a few minutes. This Calcium-mediated actin reset (CaAR) occurs in a wide range of mammalian cell types and in response to many physiological cues. CaAR leads to transient immobilization of organelles, drives reorganization of actin during cell cortex repair, cell spreading and wound healing, and induces long-lasting changes in gene expression. Our findings suggest that CaAR acts as fundamental facilitator of cellular adaptations in response to acute signals and stress. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19850.001 Our skeleton plays a vital role in giving shape and structure to our body, it also allows us to make coordinated movements. Similarly, each cell contains a microscopic network of structures and supports called the cytoskeleton that helps cells to adopt specific shapes and is crucial for them to move around. Unlike our skeleton, which is relatively unchanging, the cytoskeleton of each cell constantly changes and adapts to the specific needs of the cell. One part of the cytoskeleton is a dense, flexible meshwork of fibers called the cortex that lies just beneath the surface of the cell. The cortex is constructed using a protein called actin, and many of these proteins join together to form each fiber. When cells need to adapt rapidly to an injury or other sudden changes in their environment they activate a so-called stress response. This response often begins with a rapid increase in the amount of calcium ions inside a cell, which can then trigger changes in actin organization. However, it is not clear how cells under stress are able to globally remodel their actin cytoskeleton without compromising stability and integrity of the cortex. Wales, Schuberth, Aufschnaiter et al. used a range of mammalian cells to investigate how actin responds to stress signals. All cells responded to the resulting influx of calcium ions by deconstructing large parts of the actin cortex and simultaneously forming actin filaments near the center of the cell. Wales, Schuberth, Aufschnaiter et al. termed this response calcium-mediated actin reset (CaAR), as it lasted for only a few minutes before the actin cortex reformed. The experiments show that a protein called INF2 controls CaAR by rapidly removing actin from the cortex and forming new filaments near a cell compartment called the endoplasmic reticulum. CaAR allows cells to rapidly and drastically alter the cortex in response to stress. The experiments also show that this sudden shift in actin can change the activity of certain genes, leading to longer-term effects on the cell. The findings of Wales, Schuberth, Aufschnaiter et al. suggest that calcium ions globally regulate the actin cytoskeleton and hence cell shape and movement under stress. This could be relevant for many important processes and conditions such as wound healing, inflammation and cancer. A future challenge will be to understand the role of CaAR in these processes. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19850.002
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- Pauline Wales
- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany.,Medical Clinic D, University Clinic of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany.,AG Molecular Mechanotransduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, United States
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- Institute of Immunology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Theory of Biological Matter, FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.,Cells-In-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003 - CiM), University of Münster, Muenster, Germany
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Knorr JM, Jackson J, Batie MR, Narmoneva DA, Jones DC. Application of strain and calibration of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) emission for in vitro live cell response to cytoskeletal deformation. J Biomech 2016; 49:3334-3339. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Verma D, Meng F, Sachs F, Hua SZ. Flow-induced focal adhesion remodeling mediated by local cytoskeletal stresses and reorganization. Cell Adh Migr 2016; 9:432-40. [PMID: 26418333 DOI: 10.1080/19336918.2015.1089379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Cells respond to fluid shear stress through dynamic processes involving changes in actomyosin and other cytoskeletal stresses, remodeling of cell adhesions, and cytoskeleton reorganization. In this study we simultaneously measured focal adhesion dynamics and cytoskeletal stress and reorganization in MDCK cells under fluid shear stress. The measurements used co-expression of fluorescently labeled paxillin and force sensitive FRET probes of α-actinin. A shear stress of 0.74 dyn/cm(2) for 3 hours caused redistribution of cytoskeletal tension and significant focal adhesion remodeling. The fate of focal adhesions is determined by the stress state and stability of the linked actin stress fibers. In the interior of the cell, the mature focal adhesions disassembled within 35-40 min under flow and stress fibers disintegrated. Near the cell periphery, the focal adhesions anchoring the stress fibers perpendicular to the cell periphery disassembled, while focal adhesions associated with peripheral fibers sustained. The diminishing focal adhesions are coupled with local cytoskeletal stress release and actin stress fiber disassembly whereas sustaining peripheral focal adhesions are coupled with an increase in stress and enhancement of actin bundles. The results show that flow induced formation of peripheral actin bundles provides a favorable environment for focal adhesion remodeling along the cell periphery. Under such condition, new FAs were observed along the cell edge under flow. Our results suggest that the remodeling of FAs in epithelial cells under flow is orchestrated by actin cytoskeletal stress redistribution and structural reorganization.
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- Deepika Verma
- b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ; SUNY-Buffalo ; Buffalo , NY USA
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- a Department of Physiology and Biophysics ; SUNY-Buffalo , Buffalo , NY USA
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- a Department of Physiology and Biophysics ; SUNY-Buffalo , Buffalo , NY USA
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- a Department of Physiology and Biophysics ; SUNY-Buffalo , Buffalo , NY USA.,b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ; SUNY-Buffalo ; Buffalo , NY USA
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Sachs F. Mechanical transduction by ion channels: A cautionary tale. World J Neurol 2015; 5:74-87. [PMID: 28078202 PMCID: PMC5221657 DOI: 10.5316/wjn.v5.i3.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 08/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Mechanical transduction by ion channels occurs in all cells. The physiological functions of these channels have just begun to be elaborated, but if we focus on the upper animal kingdom, these channels serve the common sensory services such as hearing and touch, provide the central nervous system with information on the force and position of muscles and joints, and they provide the autonomic system with information about the filling of hollow organs such as blood vessels. However, all cells of the body have mechanosensitive channels (MSCs), including red cells. Most of these channels are cation selective and are activated by bilayer tension. There are also K+ selective MSCs found commonly in neurons where they may be responsible for both general anesthesia and knockout punches in the boxing ring by hyperpolarizing neurons to reduce excitability. The cationic MSCs are typically inactive under normal mechanical stress, but open under pathologic stress. The channels are normally inactive because they are shielded from stress by the cytoskeleton. The cationic MSCs are specifically blocked by the externally applied peptide GsMtx4 (aka, AT-300). This is the first drug of its class and provides a new approach to many pathologies since it is nontoxic, non-immunogenic, stable in a biological environment and has a long pharmacokinetic lifetime. Pathologies involving excessive stress are common. They produce cardiac arrhythmias, contraction in stretched dystrophic muscle, xerocytotic and sickled red cells, etc. The channels seem to function primarily as “fire alarms”, providing feedback to the cytoskeleton that a region of the bilayer is under excessive tension and needs reinforcing. The eukaryotic forms of MSCs have only been cloned in recent years and few people have experience working with them. “Newbies” need to become aware of the technology, potential artifacts, and the fundamentals of mechanics. The most difficult problem in studying MSCs is that the actual stimulus, the force applied to the channel, is not known. We don’t have direct access to the channels themselves but only to larger regions of the membrane as seen in patches. Cortical forces are shared by the bilayer, the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix. How much of an applied stimulus reaches the channel is unknown. Furthermore, many of these channels exist in spatial domains where the forces within a domain are different from forces outside the domain, although we often hope they are proportional. This review is intended to be a guide for new investigators who want to study mechanosensitive ion channels.
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Jurchenko C, Salaita KS. Lighting Up the Force: Investigating Mechanisms of Mechanotransduction Using Fluorescent Tension Probes. Mol Cell Biol 2015; 35:2570-82. [PMID: 26031334 PMCID: PMC4524122 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00195-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The ability of cells to sense the physical nature of their surroundings is critical to the survival of multicellular organisms. Cellular response to physical cues from adjacent cells and the extracellular matrix leads to a dynamic cycle in which cells respond by remodeling their local microenvironment, fine-tuning cell stiffness, polarity, and shape. Mechanical regulation is important in cellular development, normal morphogenesis, and wound healing. The mechanisms by which these finely balanced mechanotransduction events occur, however, are not well understood. In large part, this is due to the limited availability of tools to study molecular mechanotransduction events in live cells. Several classes of molecular tension probes have been recently developed which are rapidly transforming the study of mechanotransduction. Molecular tension probes are primarily based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and report on piconewton scale tension events in live cells. In this minireview, we describe the two main classes of tension probes, genetically encoded tension sensors and immobilized tension sensors, and discuss the advantages and limitations of each type. We discuss future opportunities to address major biological questions and outline the challenges facing the next generation of molecular tension probes.
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- Carol Jurchenko
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Kurth F, Franco-Obregón A, Casarosa M, Küster SK, Wuertz-Kozak K, Dittrich PS. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 2-mediated shear-stress responses in C2C12 myoblasts are regulated by serum and extracellular matrix. FASEB J 2015. [PMID: 26207028 DOI: 10.1096/fj.15-275396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The developmental sensitivity of skeletal muscle to mechanical forces is unparalleled in other tissues. Calcium entry via reputedly mechanosensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) channel classes has been shown to play an essential role in both the early proliferative stage and subsequent differentiation of skeletal muscle myoblasts, particularly TRP canonical (TRPC) 1 and TRP vanilloid (TRPV) 2. Here we show that C2C12 murine myoblasts respond to fluid flow-induced shear stress with increments in cytosolic calcium that are largely initiated by the mechanosensitive opening of TRPV2 channels. Response to fluid flow was augmented by growth in low extracellular serum concentration (5 vs. 20% fetal bovine serum) by greater than 9-fold and at 18 h in culture, coincident with the greatest TRPV2 channel expression under identical conditions (P < 0.02). Fluid flow responses were also enhanced by substrate functionalization with laminin, rather than with fibronectin, agreeing with previous findings that the gating of TRPV2 is facilitated by laminin. Fluid flow-induced calcium increments were blocked by ruthenium red (27%) and SKF-96365 (38%), whereas they were unaltered by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, further corroborating that TRPV2 channels play a predominant role in fluid flow mechanosensitivity over that of TRPC1 and TRP melastatin (TRPM) 7.
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- Felix Kurth
- *Department of Biosystems and Science Engineering and Institute for Biomechanics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and National University Hospital Sports Centre, Singapore
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- *Department of Biosystems and Science Engineering and Institute for Biomechanics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and National University Hospital Sports Centre, Singapore
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- *Department of Biosystems and Science Engineering and Institute for Biomechanics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and National University Hospital Sports Centre, Singapore
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- *Department of Biosystems and Science Engineering and Institute for Biomechanics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and National University Hospital Sports Centre, Singapore
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- *Department of Biosystems and Science Engineering and Institute for Biomechanics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and National University Hospital Sports Centre, Singapore
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- *Department of Biosystems and Science Engineering and Institute for Biomechanics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and National University Hospital Sports Centre, Singapore
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Cells generate and experience mechanical forces that may shape tissues and regulate signaling pathways in a variety of physiological or pathological situations. How forces propagate and transduce signals at the molecular level is poorly understood. The advent of FRET-based Molecular Tension Microscopy now allows to achieve mechanical force measurements at a molecular scale with molecular specificity in situ, and thereby better understand the mechanical architecture of cells and tissues, and mechanotransduction pathways. In this review, we will first expose the basic principles of FRET-based MTM and its various incarnations. We will describe different ways of measuring FRET, their advantages and drawbacks. Then, throughout the range of proteins of interest, cells and organisms to which it has been applied, we will review the tests developed to validate the approach, how molecular tension was related to cell functions, and conclude with possible developments and offshoots.
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- Charlène Gayrard
- Institut Jacques Monod, Unité Mixe de Recherche 7592, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris 75013, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, Unité Mixe de Recherche 7592, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris 75013, France.
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Yang C, Zhang X, Guo Y, Meng F, Sachs F, Guo J. Mechanical dynamics in live cells and fluorescence-based force/tension sensors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:1889-904. [PMID: 25958335 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Three signaling systems play the fundamental roles in modulating cell activities: chemical, electrical, and mechanical. While the former two are well studied, the mechanical signaling system is still elusive because of the lack of methods to measure structural forces in real time at cellular and subcellular levels. Indeed, almost all biological processes are responsive to modulation by mechanical forces that trigger dispersive downstream electrical and biochemical pathways. Communication among the three systems is essential to make cells and tissues receptive to environmental changes. Cells have evolved many sophisticated mechanisms for the generation, perception and transduction of mechanical forces, including motor proteins and mechanosensors. In this review, we introduce some background information about mechanical dynamics in live cells, including the ubiquitous mechanical activity, various types of mechanical stimuli exerted on cells and the different mechanosensors. We also summarize recent results obtained using genetically encoded FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer)-based force/tension sensors; a new technique used to measure mechanical forces in structural proteins. The sensors have been incorporated into many specific structural proteins and have measured the force gradients in real time within live cells, tissues, and animals.
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- Chao Yang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China
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- The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401, USA
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- Physiology and Biophysics Department, Center for Single Molecule Studies, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Physiology and Biophysics Department, Center for Single Molecule Studies, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China.
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Maneshi MM, Sachs F, Hua SZ. A Threshold Shear Force for Calcium Influx in an Astrocyte Model of Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma 2015; 32:1020-9. [PMID: 25442327 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to brain damage resulting from external mechanical force, such as a blast or crash. Our current understanding of TBI is derived mainly from in vivo studies that show measurable biological effects on neurons sampled after TBI. Little is known about the early responses of brain cells during stimuli and which features of the stimulus are most critical to cell injury. We generated defined shear stress in a microfluidic chamber using a fast pressure servo and examined the intracellular Ca(2+) levels in cultured adult astrocytes. Shear stress increased intracellular Ca(2+) depending on the magnitude, duration, and rise time of the stimulus. Square pulses with a fast rise time (∼2 ms) caused transient increases in intracellular Ca(2+), but when the rise time was extended to 20 ms, the response was much less. The threshold for a response is a matrix of multiple parameters. Cells can integrate the effect of shear force from repeated challenges: A pulse train of 10 narrow pulses (11.5 dyn/cm(2) and 10 ms wide) resulted in a 4-fold increase in Ca(2+) relative to a single pulse of the same amplitude 100 ms wide. The Ca(2+) increase was eliminated in Ca(2+)-free media, but was observed after depleting the intracellular Ca(2+) stores with thapsigargin suggesting the need for a Ca(2+) influx. The Ca(2+) influx was inhibited by extracellular Gd(3+), a nonspecific inhibitor of mechanosensitive ion channels, but it was not affected by the more specific inhibitor, GsMTx4. The voltage-gated channel blockers, nifedipine, diltiazem, and verapamil, were also ineffective. The data show that the mechanically induced Ca(2+) influx commonly associated with neuron models for TBI is also present in astrocytes, and there is a viscoelastic/plastic coupling of shear stress to the Ca(2+) influx. The site of Ca(2+) influx has yet to be determined.
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- 2 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo , Buffalo, New York
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- 1 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo , Buffalo, New York.,2 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo , Buffalo, New York
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Suffoletto K, Ye N, Meng F, Verma D, Hua SZ. Intracellular forces during guided cell growth on micropatterns using FRET measurement. J Biomech 2015; 48:627-635. [PMID: 25596631 PMCID: PMC4330124 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.12.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Interaction of cells with extracellular matrix (ECM) regulates cell shape, differentiation and polarity. This effect has been widely observed in cells grown on substrates with various patterned features, stiffness and surface chemistry. It has been postulated that mechanical confinement of cells by the substrate causes a redistribution of tension in cytoskeletal proteins resulting in cytoskeletal reorganization through force sensitive pathways. However, the mechanisms for force transduction during reorganization remain unclear. In this study, using FRET based force sensors we have measured tension in an actin cross-linking protein, α-actinin, and followed reorganization of actin cytoskeleton in real time in HEK cells grown on patterned substrates. We show that the patterned substrates cause a redistribution of tension in α-actinin that coincides with cytoskeleton reorganization. Higher tension was observed in portions of cells where they form bridges across inhibited regions of the patterned substrates; the attachment to the substrate is found to release tension. Real time measurements of α-actinin tension and F-actin arrangement show that an increase in tension coincides with formation of F-actin bundles at the cell periphery during cell-spreading across inhibited regions, suggesting that mechanical forces stimulate cytoskeleton enhancement. Rho-ROCK inhibitor (Y27632) causes reduction in actinin tension followed by retraction of bridged regions. Our results demonstrate that changes in cell shape and expansion over patterned surfaces is a force sensitive process that requires actomyosin contractile force involving Rho-ROCK pathway.
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- Kevin Suffoletto
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States.
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Cost AL, Ringer P, Chrostek-Grashoff A, Grashoff C. How to Measure Molecular Forces in Cells: A Guide to Evaluating Genetically-Encoded FRET-Based Tension Sensors. Cell Mol Bioeng 2014; 8:96-105. [PMID: 25798203 PMCID: PMC4361753 DOI: 10.1007/s12195-014-0368-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The ability of cells to sense and respond to mechanical forces is central to a wide range of biological processes and plays an important role in numerous pathologies. The molecular mechanisms underlying cellular mechanotransduction, however, have remained largely elusive because suitable methods to investigate subcellular force propagation were missing. Here, we review recent advances in the development of biosensors that allow molecular force measurements. We describe the underlying principle of currently available techniques and propose a strategy to systematically evaluate new Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based biosensors.
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- Anna-Lena Cost
- Group of Molecular Mechanotransduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, Martinsried, 82152 Germany
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- Group of Molecular Mechanotransduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, Martinsried, 82152 Germany
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- Group of Molecular Mechanotransduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, Martinsried, 82152 Germany
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- Group of Molecular Mechanotransduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, Martinsried, 82152 Germany
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Lim YC, Cooling MT, Long DS. Computational models of the primary cilium and endothelial mechanotransmission. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2014; 14:665-78. [PMID: 25366114 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-014-0629-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In endothelial cells (ECs), the mechanotransduction of fluid shear stress is partially dependent on the transmission of force from the fluid into the cell (mechanotransmission). The role of the primary cilium in EC mechanotransmission is not yet known. To motivate a framework towards quantifying cilia contribution to EC mechanotransmission, we have reviewed mechanical models of both (1) the primary cilium (three-dimensional and lower-dimensional) and (2) whole ECs (finite element, non-finite element, and tensegrity). Both the primary cilia and whole EC models typically incorporate fluid-induced wall shear stress and spatial geometry based on experimentally acquired images of cells. This paper presents future modelling directions as well as the major goals towards integrating primary cilium models into a multi-component EC mechanical model. Finally, we outline how an integrated cilium-EC model can be used to better understand mechanotransduction in the endothelium.
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- Yi Chung Lim
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, 70 Symonds St, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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Habimana O, Semião AJC, Casey E. Upon impact: the fate of adhering Pseudomonas fluorescens cells during nanofiltration. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:9641-9650. [PMID: 25072514 DOI: 10.1021/es500585e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Nanofiltration (NF) is a high-pressure membrane filtration process increasingly applied in drinking water treatment and water reuse processes. NF typically rejects divalent salts, organic matter, and micropollutants. However, the efficiency of NF is adversely affected by membrane biofouling, during which microorganisms adhere to the membrane and proliferate to create a biofilm. Here we show that adhered Pseudomonas fluorescens cells under high permeate flux conditions are met with high fluid shear and convective fluxes at the membrane-liquid interface, resulting in their structural damage and collapse. These results were confirmed by fluorescent staining, flow cytometry, and scanning electron microscopy. This present study offers a "first-glimpse" of cell damage and death during the initial phases of bacterial adhesion to NF membranes and raises a key question about the role of this observed phenomena during early-stage biofilm formation under permeate flux and cross-flow conditions.
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- Olivier Habimana
- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD) , Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Ye N, Verma D, Meng F, Davidson MW, Suffoletto K, Hua SZ. Direct observation of α-actinin tension and recruitment at focal adhesions during contact growth. Exp Cell Res 2014; 327:57-67. [PMID: 25088253 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2013] [Revised: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Adherent cells interact with extracellular matrix via cell-substrate contacts at focal adhesions. The dynamic assembly and disassembly of focal adhesions enables cell attachment, migration and growth. While the influence of mechanical forces on the formation and growth of focal adhesions has been widely observed, the force loading on specific proteins at focal adhesion complex is not clear. By co-expressing force sensitive α-actinin FRET probes and fluorescence labeled paxillin in MDCK cells, we have simultaneously observed the time-dependent changes in tension in α-actinin and the dynamics of focal adhesion during cell migration. We show that increase in tension in α-actinin at the focal adhesion coincides with elongation of the adhesion in its growth phase. The enlargement of focal adhesion is through a force sensitive recruitment of α-actinin and paxillin to the adhesion sites. Changes in α-actinin tension and correlated relocation of α-actinin in an active adhesion also guide the growth direction of the adhesion. The results support the model that cytoskeletal tension is coupled to focal adhesion via the linking protein, α-actinin at the adhesion complex. Lysophosphatidic acid caused an immediate increase in α-actinin tension followed by drastic focal adhesion formation and elongation. Application of Rho-ROCK inhibitor, Y27632, resulted in reversible reduction in tension in α-actinin and disassociation of focal adhesion, suggesting the involvement of myosin-II mediated contractile force in the focal adhesion dynamics. These findings suggest that α-actinin not only serves as a physical linker between cytoskeleton and integrin, but also participates in force transmission at adhesion sites to facilitate adhesion׳s growth.
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- Nannan Ye
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA; Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
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Thuenauer R, Rodriguez-Boulan E, Römer W. Microfluidic approaches for epithelial cell layer culture and characterisation. Analyst 2014; 139:3206-18. [PMID: 24668405 PMCID: PMC4286366 DOI: 10.1039/c4an00056k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In higher eukaryotes, epithelial cell layers line most body cavities and form selective barriers that regulate the exchange of solutes between compartments. In order to fulfil these functions, the cells assume a polarised architecture and maintain two distinct plasma membrane domains, the apical domain facing the lumen and the basolateral domain facing other cells and the extracellular matrix. Microfluidic biochips offer the unique opportunity to establish novel in vitro models of epithelia in which the in vivo microenvironment of epithelial cells is precisely reconstituted. In addition, analytical tools to monitor biologically relevant parameters can be directly integrated on-chip. In this review we summarise recently developed biochip designs for culturing epithelial cell layers. Since endothelial cell layers, which line blood vessels, have similar barrier functions and polar organisation as epithelial cell layers, we also discuss biochips for culturing endothelial cell layers. Furthermore, we review approaches to integrate tools to analyse and manipulate epithelia and endothelia in microfluidic biochips; including methods to perform electrical impedance spectroscopy; methods to detect substances undergoing trans-epithelial transport via fluorescence, spectrophotometry, and mass spectrometry; techniques to mechanically stimulate cells via stretching and fluid flow-induced shear stress; and methods to carry out high-resolution imaging of vesicular trafficking using light microscopy. Taken together, this versatile microfluidic toolbox enables novel experimental approaches to characterise epithelial monolayers.
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- Roland Thuenauer
- Institute of Biology II, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Zablotskii V, Dejneka A, Kubinová Š, Le-Roy D, Dumas-Bouchiat F, Givord D, Dempsey NM, Syková E. Life on magnets: stem cell networking on micro-magnet arrays. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70416. [PMID: 23936425 PMCID: PMC3731273 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Interactions between a micro-magnet array and living cells may guide the establishment of cell networks due to the cellular response to a magnetic field. To manipulate mesenchymal stem cells free of magnetic nanoparticles by a high magnetic field gradient, we used high quality micro-patterned NdFeB films around which the stray field's value and direction drastically change across the cell body. Such micro-magnet arrays coated with parylene produce high magnetic field gradients that affect the cells in two main ways: i) causing cell migration and adherence to a covered magnetic surface and ii) elongating the cells in the directions parallel to the edges of the micro-magnet. To explain these effects, three putative mechanisms that incorporate both physical and biological factors influencing the cells are suggested. It is shown that the static high magnetic field gradient generated by the micro-magnet arrays are capable of assisting cell migration to those areas with the strongest magnetic field gradient, thereby allowing the build up of tunable interconnected stem cell networks, which is an elegant route for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
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Martinac B. The ion channels to cytoskeleton connection as potential mechanism of mechanosensitivity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1838:682-91. [PMID: 23886913 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 07/05/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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As biological force-sensing systems mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels present the best example of coupling molecular dynamics of membrane proteins to the mechanics of the surrounding cell membrane. In animal cells MS channels have over the past two decades been very much in focus of mechanotransduction research. In recent years this helped to raise awareness of basic and medical researchers about the role that abnormal MS channels may play in the pathophysiology of diseases, such as cardiac hypertrophy, atrial fibrillation, muscular dystrophy or polycystic kidney disease. To date a large number of MS channels from organisms of diverse phylogenetic origins have been identified at the molecular level; however, the structure of only few of them has been determined. Although their function has extensively been studied in a great variety of cells and tissues by different experimental approaches it is, with exception of bacterial MS channels, very little known about how these channels sense mechanical force and which cellular components may contribute to their function. By focusing on MS channels found in animal cells this article discusses the ways in which the connections between cytoskeleton and ion channels may contribute to mechanosensory transduction in these cells. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Reciprocal influences between cell cytoskeleton and membrane channels, receptors and transporters. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Reciprocal influences between cell cytoskeleton and membrane channels, receptors and transporters. Guest Editor: Jean Claude Hervé.
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- Boris Martinac
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Verma D, Ye N, Meng F, Sachs F, Rahimzadeh J, Hua SZ. Interplay between cytoskeletal stresses and cell adaptation under chronic flow. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44167. [PMID: 23028495 PMCID: PMC3446919 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Using stress sensitive FRET sensors we have measured cytoskeletal stresses in α-actinin and the associated reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in cells subjected to chronic shear stress. We show that long-term shear stress reduces the average actinin stress and this effect is reversible with removal of flow. The flow-induced changes in cytoskeletal stresses are found to be dynamic, involving a transient decrease in stress (phase-I), a short-term increase (3–6 min) (Phase-II), followed by a longer-term decrease that reaches a minimum in ∼20 min (Phase-III), before saturating. These changes are accompanied by reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton from parallel F-actin bundles to peripheral bundles. Blocking mechanosensitive ion channels (MSCs) with Gd3+ and GsMTx4 (a specific inhibitor) eliminated the changes in cytoskeletal stress and the corresponding actin reorganization, indicating that Ca2+ permeable MSCs participate in the signaling cascades. This study shows that shear stress induced cell adaptation is mediated via MSCs.
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- Deepika Verma
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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A new mechanobiological era: microfluidic pathways to apply and sense forces at the cellular level. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2012; 16:400-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sukharev S, Sachs F. Molecular force transduction by ion channels: diversity and unifying principles. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:3075-83. [PMID: 22797911 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.092353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Cells perceive force through a variety of molecular sensors, of which the mechanosensitive ion channels are the most efficient and act the fastest. These channels apparently evolved to prevent osmotic lysis of the cell as a result of metabolite accumulation and/or external changes in osmolarity. From this simple beginning, nature developed specific mechanosensitive enzymes that allow us to hear, maintain balance, feel touch and regulate many systemic variables, such as blood pressure. For a channel to be mechanosensitive it needs to respond to mechanical stresses by changing its shape between the closed and open states. In that way, forces within the lipid bilayer or within a protein link can do work on the channel and stabilize its state. Ion channels have the highest turnover rates of all enzymes, and they can act as both sensors and effectors, providing the necessary fluxes to relieve osmotic pressure, shift the membrane potential or initiate chemical signaling. In this Commentary, we focus on the common mechanisms by which mechanical forces and the local environment can regulate membrane protein structure, and more specifically, mechanosensitive ion channels.
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- Sergei Sukharev
- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Roles of cell confluency and fluid shear in 3-dimensional intracellular forces in endothelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:11110-5. [PMID: 22665785 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207326109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We use a novel 3D inter-/intracellular force microscopy technique based on 3D traction force microscopy to measure the cell-cell junctional and intracellular tensions in subconfluent and confluent vascular endothelial cell (EC) monolayers under static and shear flow conditions. We found that z-direction cell-cell junctional tensions are higher in confluent EC monolayers than those in subconfluent ECs, which cannot be revealed in the previous 2D methods. Under static conditions, subconfluent cells are under spatially non-uniform tensions, whereas cells in confluent monolayers are under uniform tensions. The shear modulations of EC cytoskeletal remodeling, extracellular matrix (ECM) adhesions, and cell-cell junctions lead to significant changes in intracellular tensions. When a confluent monolayer is subjected to flow shear stresses with a high forward component comparable to that seen in the straight part of the arterial system, the intracellular and junction tensions preferentially increase along the flow direction over time, which may be related to the relocation of adherens junction proteins. The increases in intracellular tensions are shown to be a result of chemo-mechanical responses of the ECs under flow shear rather than a direct result of mechanical loading. In contrast, the intracellular tensions do not show a preferential orientation under oscillatory flow with a very low mean shear. These differences in the directionality and magnitude of intracellular tensions may modulate translation and transcription of ECs under different flow patterns, thus affecting their susceptibility for atherogenesis.
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Snouber LC, Letourneur F, Chafey P, Broussard C, Monge M, Legallais C, Leclerc E. Analysis of transcriptomic and proteomic profiles demonstrates improved Madin-Darby canine kidney cell function in a renal microfluidic biochip. Biotechnol Prog 2011; 28:474-84. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Revised: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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