Bruinsma Robijn
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, USA.
Biophys J. 2005 Jul;89(1):87-94. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.104.048280. Epub 2005 Apr 22.
The mechanical coupling of a cell with the extracellular matrix relies on adhesion sites, clusters of membrane-associated proteins that communicate forces generated along the F-Actin filaments of the cytoskeleton to connecting tissue. Nascent adhesion sites have been shown to regulate these forces in response to tissue rigidity. Force-regulation by substrate rigidity of adhesion sites with fixed area is not possible for stationary adhesion sites, according to elasticity theory. A simple model is presented to describe force regulation by dynamical adhesion sites.
细胞与细胞外基质的机械耦合依赖于黏附位点,即膜相关蛋白簇,这些蛋白簇将沿细胞骨架的F-肌动蛋白丝产生的力传递到连接组织。已表明新生黏附位点可根据组织硬度调节这些力。根据弹性理论,对于固定面积的静止黏附位点,不可能通过底物硬度来调节力。本文提出了一个简单模型来描述动态黏附位点的力调节。