在各向同性细胞铺展过程中控制细胞大小和形状的机制。

Mechanisms controlling cell size and shape during isotropic cell spreading.

机构信息

Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.

出版信息

Biophys J. 2010 May 19;98(10):2136-46. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.01.059.

Abstract

Cell motility is important for many developmental and physiological processes. Motility arises from interactions between physical forces at the cell surface membrane and the biochemical reactions that control the actin cytoskeleton. To computationally analyze how these factors interact, we built a three-dimensional stochastic model of the experimentally observed isotropic spreading phase of mammalian fibroblasts. The multiscale model is composed at the microscopic levels of three actin filament remodeling reactions that occur stochastically in space and time, and these reactions are regulated by the membrane forces due to membrane surface resistance (load) and bending energy. The macroscopic output of the model (isotropic spreading of the whole cell) occurs due to the movement of the leading edge, resulting solely from membrane force-constrained biochemical reactions. Numerical simulations indicate that our model qualitatively captures the experimentally observed isotropic cell-spreading behavior. The model predicts that increasing the capping protein concentration will lead to a proportional decrease in the spread radius of the cell. This prediction was experimentally confirmed with the use of Cytochalasin D, which caps growing actin filaments. Similarly, the predicted effect of actin monomer concentration was experimentally verified by using Latrunculin A. Parameter variation analyses indicate that membrane physical forces control cell shape during spreading, whereas the biochemical reactions underlying actin cytoskeleton dynamics control cell size (i.e., the rate of spreading). Thus, during cell spreading, a balance between the biochemical and biophysical properties determines the cell size and shape. These mechanistic insights can provide a format for understanding how force and chemical signals together modulate cellular regulatory networks to control cell motility.

摘要

细胞运动对于许多发育和生理过程都很重要。运动源于细胞膜表面物理力与控制肌动蛋白细胞骨架的生化反应之间的相互作用。为了在计算上分析这些因素如何相互作用,我们构建了一个哺乳动物成纤维细胞实验观察到的各向同性扩展相的三维随机模型。该多尺度模型由三个肌动蛋白丝重排反应的微观水平组成,这些反应在空间和时间上随机发生,并且这些反应受到由于膜表面阻力(负载)和弯曲能量的膜力的调节。模型的宏观输出(整个细胞的各向同性扩展)是由于前缘的运动而产生的,仅由于膜力约束的生化反应而产生。数值模拟表明,我们的模型定性地捕捉了实验观察到的各向同性细胞扩展行为。该模型预测,增加封端蛋白浓度将导致细胞扩展半径成比例减小。使用细胞松弛素 D 进行的实验证实了这一预测,细胞松弛素 D 可以封端生长中的肌动蛋白丝。同样,使用 Latrunculin A 验证了肌动蛋白单体浓度的预测效果。参数变化分析表明,在扩展过程中,膜物理力控制细胞形状,而肌动蛋白细胞骨架动力学的生化反应控制细胞大小(即扩展速度)。因此,在细胞扩展过程中,生化和生物物理特性之间的平衡决定了细胞的大小和形状。这些机制上的见解可以为理解力和化学信号如何共同调节细胞调节网络以控制细胞运动提供一种格式。

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