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  • Cellular and Mechanical Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Quantitative Biology

Background:

  • Mechanical forces are crucial in biological processes like embryogenesis and cancer metastasis.
  • Inferring cellular forces from cell shapes is of significant interest but faces challenges in equation structure, solution uniqueness, and noise sensitivity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To resolve issues in inferring cellular forces from cell shapes by utilizing curved cell edges.
  • To introduce a new computational toolkit, CellFIT (Cellular Force Inference Toolkit), for analyzing cellular forces and pressures.

Main Methods:

  • Image segmentation of cells and construction of equilibrium equations at triple junctions based on edge tensions and angles.
  • Utilizing generally overdetermined systems of tension and Laplace equations to infer relative edge tensions and intracellular pressures.
  • Employing condition numbers, residual analyses, and standard errors to assess confidence in inferred forces and pressures.

Main Results:

  • CellFIT successfully infers relative edge tensions and intracellular pressures, even with incomplete data.
  • The toolkit provides confidence metrics for the inferred mechanical properties.
  • Analysis of biological tissues revealed significant force variability within and between cell populations, and elevated tensions at heterotypic boundaries.

Conclusions:

  • Curved cell edges offer a robust solution for inferring cellular forces and pressures from cell morphology.
  • CellFIT provides a reliable and versatile tool for quantitative analysis of mechanical forces in biological systems.
  • The findings highlight the importance of mechanical forces in tissue organization and dynamics.