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Li L, Ji J, Song F, Hu J. Intercellular Receptor-ligand Binding: Effect of Protein-membrane Interaction. J Mol Biol 2023; 435:167787. [PMID: 35952805 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Gaining insights into the intercellular receptor-ligand binding is of great importance for understanding numerous physiological and pathological processes, and stimulating new strategies in drug design and discovery. In contrast to the in vitro protein interaction in solution, the anchored receptor and ligand molecules interact with membrane in situ, which affects the intercellular receptor-ligand binding. Here, we review theoretical, simulation and experimental works regarding the regulatory effects of protein-membrane interactions on intercellular receptor-ligand binding mainly from the following aspects: membrane fluctuations, membrane curvature, glycocalyx, and lipid raft. In addition, we discuss biomedical significances and possible research directions to advance the field and highlight the importance of understanding of coupling effects of these factors in pharmaceutical development.
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- Long Li
- Kuang Yaming Honors School and Institute for Brain Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China; State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (Beihang University), Ministry of Education Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, China; School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
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- Kuang Yaming Honors School and Institute for Brain Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China.
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Mahapatra A, Uysalel C, Rangamani P. The Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Tubule Formation in Biological Membranes. J Membr Biol 2021; 254:273-291. [PMID: 33462667 PMCID: PMC8184589 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-020-00164-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Membrane tubulation is a ubiquitous process that occurs both at the plasma membrane and on the membranes of intracellular organelles. These tubulation events are known to be mediated by forces applied on the membrane either due to motor proteins, by polymerization of the cytoskeleton, or due to the interactions between membrane proteins binding onto the membrane. The numerous experimental observations of tube formation have been amply supported by mathematical modeling of the associated membrane mechanics and have provided insights into the force-displacement relationships of membrane tubes. Recent advances in quantitative biophysical measurements of membrane-protein interactions and tubule formation have necessitated the need for advances in modeling that will account for the interplay of multiple aspects of physics that occur simultaneously. Here, we present a comprehensive review of experimental observations of tubule formation and provide context from the framework of continuum modeling. Finally, we explore the scope for future research in this area with an emphasis on iterative modeling and experimental measurements that will enable us to expand our mechanistic understanding of tubulation processes in cells.
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- Arijit Mahapatra
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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Urdeitx P, Doweidar MH. Enhanced Piezoelectric Fibered Extracellular Matrix to Promote Cardiomyocyte Maturation and Tissue Formation: A 3D Computational Model. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10020135. [PMID: 33572184 PMCID: PMC7914718 DOI: 10.3390/biology10020135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mechanical and electrical stimuli play a key role in tissue formation, guiding cell processes such as cell migration, differentiation, maturation, and apoptosis. Monitoring and controlling these stimuli on in vitro experiments is not straightforward due to the coupling of these different stimuli. In addition, active and reciprocal cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions are essential to be considered during formation of complex tissue such as myocardial tissue. In this sense, computational models can offer new perspectives and key information on the cell microenvironment. Thus, we present a new computational 3D model, based on the Finite Element Method, where a complex extracellular matrix with piezoelectric properties interacts with cardiac muscle cells during the first steps of tissue formation. This model includes collective behavior and cell processes such as cell migration, maturation, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis. The model has employed to study the initial stages of in vitro cardiac aggregate formation, considering cell-cell junctions, under different extracellular matrix configurations. Three different cases have been purposed to evaluate cell behavior in fibered, mechanically stimulated fibered, and mechanically stimulated piezoelectric fibered extra-cellular matrix. In this last case, the cells are guided by the coupling of mechanical and electrical stimuli. Accordingly, the obtained results show the formation of more elongated groups and enhancement in cell proliferation.
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- Pau Urdeitx
- Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Architecture (EINA), University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain;
- Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Architecture (EINA), University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain;
- Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Correspondence:
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Chung HT, Yu HY. Binding of a Brownian nanoparticle to a thermally fluctuating membrane surface. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:032604. [PMID: 32289911 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.032604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We investigate the Brownian dynamics of a nanoparticle bound to a thermally undulating elastic membrane. The ligand-functionalized nanoparticle is assumed to interact monovalently with the receptor expressed on the membrane. In order to resolve the nanoparticle transient motion subject to the instantaneous membrane configuration in a consistent manner, we employ a set of coupled Langevin equations that simultaneously incorporate the hydrodynamic effects, ligand-receptor binding interaction, intramembrane elastic forces, and thermal fluctuations. We show that the presence of a deformable, elastic fluid membrane not only affects the dynamics of a bound nanoparticle but also alters the effective binding potential felt by the nanoparticle. In contrast to a nanoparticle bound to a flat surface, the oscillatory characteristics of the nanoparticle velocity autocorrelation function are suppressed and transition to an anticorrelated long-time tail. Moreover, the nanoparticle position fluctuation becomes more coherent with that of the membrane binding site, and the width of the distribution of the nanoparticle distance from the membrane decreases with increasing membrane bending rigidity. By introducing a locally harmonic, bistable potential as an effective potential for the ligand-receptor pair, the rate of nanoparticle transitioning between two bound states is facilitated by membrane undulations as a result of stronger positional variations associated with the nanoparticle.
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- Hsueh-Te Chung
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Kandy SK, Radhakrishnan R. Emergent membrane morphologies in relaxed and tense membranes in presence of reversible adhesive pinning interactions. Phys Biol 2019; 16:066011. [PMID: 31561242 PMCID: PMC6830734 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ab48d5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The morphologies of cell membranes, and specifically the local curvature distributions are determined either by its intrinsic components such as lipids and membrane-associated proteins or by the adhesion forces due to membrane interactions with the cytoskeleton, extracellular matrix (ECM) and other cells in the tissue, as well as physical variables such as membrane and frame tensions. We present a computational analysis for a model of pinned membranes based on the dynamically triangulated Monte Carlo (MC) model for membranes. We show that membrane adhesion to ECM or a substrate promotes curvature generation on cell membranes, and this process depends on the excess area, or equivalently membrane tension, and the density of adhesion sites. This biophysics based model predicts adhesion induced biogenesis of microvesicles in cell membranes. For a moderate density of adhesion sites and high excess membrane area, an increase in membrane tension can result in the formation of microvesicles and tubules on the membrane. We also demonstrate the significance of intrinsically curved proteins in promoting vesiculation on pinned membranes. The results presented here are relevant to the understanding of microvesicle biogenesis and curved membrane topographies due to physical factors such as substrate stiffness and ECM interactions.
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- Sreeja Kutti Kandy
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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Tu L, Li X, Bian S, Yu Y, Li J, Huang L, Liu P, Wu Q, Wang W. Label-free and real-time monitoring of single cell attachment on template-stripped plasmonic nano-holes. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11020. [PMID: 28887548 PMCID: PMC5591264 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11383-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Leveraging microfluidics and nano-plasmonics, we present in this paper a new method employing a micro-nano-device that is capable of monitoring the dynamic cell-substrate attachment process at single cell level in real time without labeling. The micro-nano-device essentially has a gold thin film as the substrate perforated with periodic, near-cm2-area, template-stripped nano-holes, which generate plasmonic extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) with a high sensitivity to refractive index changes at the metal-dielectric interface. Using this device, we successfully demonstrated label-free and real-time monitoring of the dynamic cell attachment process for single mouse embryonic stem cell (C3H10) and human tumor cell (HeLa) by collecting EOT spectrum data during 3-hour on-chip culture. We further collected the EOT spectral shift data at the start and end points of measurement during 3-hour on-chip culture for 50 C3H10 and 50 HeLa cells, respectively. The experiment results show that the single cell attachment process of both HeLa and C3H10 cells follow the logistic retarded growth model, but with different kinetic parameters. Variations in spectral shift during the same culture period across single cells present new evidence for cell heterogeneity. The micro-nano-device provides a new, label-free, real-time, and sensitive, platform to investigate the cell adhesion kinetics at single cell level.
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- Long Tu
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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