在拉伸下建模细胞定向:基质弹性的影响
Annachiara Colombi1, Luigi Preziosi2, Marco Scianna1
1Department of Mathematical Sciences "G.L. Lagrange", Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy.
Bulletin of mathematical biology
|July 17, 2023
概括
基于基板刚性的软基板上的细胞定向开关. 长长的细胞倾向于斜排列,而更圆的细胞则与拉伸垂直或平行排列.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 材料科学是一种材料科学.
背景情况:
- 循环变形基板上的细胞表现出明显的定向模式.
- 基质的刚性会影响细胞的重定向,而软基质会改变观察到的行为.
研究的目的:
- 模拟和解释在不同硬度的基板上观察到的细胞方向的切换.
- 研究细胞形状在基质诱导的重定位中的作用.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种简化的细胞生物物理模型,使用弹性元素和扭矩弹.
- 分析了模型对基于基质刚度和细胞延长的细胞定向的预测.
- 将模型预测与实验观测进行比较.
主要成果:
- 该模型预测了细胞定向行为中的硬度依赖开关,在超临界和次临界分叉场景之间进行过渡.
- 细胞延长减少了斜方向的参数空间,有利于在软基板上垂直或平行对齐.
- 长长的细胞 (纤维细胞,光滑肌肉细胞) 更有可能保持斜面的方向,而更圆的细胞 (上皮细胞,内皮细胞) 切换到垂直或平行对齐.
结论:
- 基质刚度是细胞在变形表面上的方向的关键决定因素.
- 细胞形态显著影响其对基质力学反应,影响对齐模式.
- 拟议的模型准确地捕捉了观察到的细胞重定向现象,并为理解机械传导提供了一个框架.
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