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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | On the relation between filament density, force generation and protrusion rate in mesenchymal cell motility |
| Creators Name: | Dolati, S., Kage, F., Mueller, J., Müsken, M., Kirchner, M., Dittmar, G., Sixt, M., Rottner, K. and Falcke, M. |
| Abstract: | Lamellipodia are flat membrane protrusions formed during mesenchymal motion. Polymerization at the leading edge assembles the actin filament network and generates protrusion force. How this force is supported by the network and how the assembly rate is shared between protrusion and network retrograde flow determines the protrusion rate. We use mathematical modelling to understand experiments changing the F-actin density in lamellipodia of B16-F1 melanoma cells by modulation of Arp2/3 complex activity or knockout of the formins FMNL2 and FMNL3. Cells respond to a reduction of density with a decrease of protrusion velocity, an increase in the ratio of force to filament number, but constant network assembly rate. The relation between protrusion force and tension gradient in the F-actin network and the density dependency of friction, elasticity and viscosity of the network explain the experimental observations. The formins act as filament nucleators and elongators with differential rates. Modulation of their activity suggests an effect on network assembly rate. Contrary to these expectations, the effect of changes in elongator composition is much weaker than the consequences of the density change. We conclude that the force acting on the leading edge membrane is the force required to drive F-actin network retrograde flow. |
| Keywords: | Actin Cytoskeleton, Actin-Related Protein 2-3 Complex, Actins, Biological Models, Biomechanical Phenomena, Cell Movement, Cell Surface Extensions, Computer Simulation, Experimental Melanoma, Mesoderm, Pseudopodia, Animals, Mice |
| Source: | Molecular Biology of the Cell |
| ISSN: | 1059-1524 |
| Publisher: | American Society for Cell Biology |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Number: | 22 |
| Page Range: | 2674-2686 |
| Date: | 1 November 2018 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E18-02-0082 |
| External Fulltext: | View full text on PubMed Central |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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