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Area of Science:

  • Cell Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • Collective chemotaxis enables cell clusters to navigate chemical gradients, a phenomenon observed in confluent tissues.
  • Existing particle-based models often rely on cell overlaps, limiting their applicability to confluent systems.
  • Understanding mechanisms of collective cell migration in dense tissues is crucial for developmental biology and tissue engineering.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and utilize an open-source computational model for simulating collective chemotaxis in cellular monolayers.
  • To investigate the role of chemical signal advection in collective cell migration.
  • To identify and analyze potential mechanisms driving collective chemotaxis in confluent systems.

Main Methods:

  • Coupling a 2D Voronoi simulation for confluent cell mechanics with a dynamic chemical signaling model.
  • Simulating chemical signal diffusion, advection, and degradation.
  • Analyzing the impact of advection and exploring mechanisms like contact inhibition of locomotion and heterotypic interfacial tension.

Main Results:

  • A computational framework was established to simulate collective chemotaxis in cellular monolayers.
  • The study delineated conditions under which advection significantly influences collective cell migration.
  • Both contact inhibition of locomotion and heterotypic interfacial tension were shown to drive collective chemotaxis in specific parameter ranges.
  • The observed scaling behavior of cluster motion aligned well with theoretical predictions.

Conclusions:

  • The developed open-source code provides a valuable tool for studying collective chemotaxis in confluent systems.
  • Advection plays a significant role in collective cell migration under certain conditions.
  • Contact inhibition of locomotion and heterotypic interfacial tension are viable mechanisms for collective chemotaxis in cellular monolayers.
  • The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of cell migration dynamics in biological tissues.