scholarly journals Testing the limits of cell migration

2013 ◽  
Vol 201 (7) ◽  
pp. 965-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Short
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Migration ◽  
Migrating Cells

Migrating cells are restricted by their ability to squeeze their nuclei through pores in the extracellular matrix.

scholarly journals T-Plastin reinforces membrane protrusions to bridge matrix gaps during cell migration

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Damien Garbett ◽  
Anjali Bisaria ◽  
Changsong Yang ◽  
Dannielle G. McCarthy ◽  
Arnold Hayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Migration ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Adhesion Sites ◽  
Membrane Protrusions ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Muscle Myosin ◽  
Migrating Cells

Abstract Migrating cells move across diverse assemblies of extracellular matrix (ECM) that can be separated by micron-scale gaps. For membranes to protrude and reattach across a gap, actin filaments, which are relatively weak as single filaments, must polymerize outward from adhesion sites to push membranes towards distant sites of new adhesion. Here, using micropatterned ECMs, we identify T-Plastin, one of the most ancient actin bundling proteins, as an actin stabilizer that promotes membrane protrusions and enables bridging of ECM gaps. We show that T-Plastin widens and lengthens protrusions and is specifically enriched in active protrusions where F-actin is devoid of non-muscle myosin II activity. Together, our study uncovers critical roles of the actin bundler T-Plastin to promote protrusions and migration when adhesion is spatially-gapped.

Neutrophil migration through in vitro interstitial matrix

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 894-895
Author(s):  
J. Roemer ◽  
S.R. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Cell Migration ◽  
Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Inflammatory Cell ◽  
Neutrophil Migration ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Aortic Smooth Muscle ◽  
Specific Culture

We are developing an in vitro interstitial extracellular matrix (ECM) system for study of inflammatory cell migration. Falcon brand Cyclopore membrane inserts of various pore sizes are used as a support substrate for production of ECM by R22 rat aortic smooth muscle cells. Under specific culture conditions these cells produce a highly insoluble matrix consisting of typical interstitial ECM components, i.e.: types I and III collagen, elastin, proteoglycans and fibronectin.

scholarly journals Enhanced Piezoelectric Fibered Extracellular Matrix to Promote Cardiomyocyte Maturation and Tissue Formation: A 3D Computational Model

Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Pau Urdeitx ◽  
Mohamed H. Doweidar
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Migration ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Tissue Formation ◽  
Cardiac Muscle Cells ◽  
Cell Processes ◽  
Electrical Stimuli ◽  
Cell Cell

Mechanical and electrical stimuli play a key role in tissue formation, guiding cell processes such as cell migration, differentiation, maturation, and apoptosis. Monitoring and controlling these stimuli on in vitro experiments is not straightforward due to the coupling of these different stimuli. In addition, active and reciprocal cell–cell and cell–extracellular matrix interactions are essential to be considered during formation of complex tissue such as myocardial tissue. In this sense, computational models can offer new perspectives and key information on the cell microenvironment. Thus, we present a new computational 3D model, based on the Finite Element Method, where a complex extracellular matrix with piezoelectric properties interacts with cardiac muscle cells during the first steps of tissue formation. This model includes collective behavior and cell processes such as cell migration, maturation, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis. The model has employed to study the initial stages of in vitro cardiac aggregate formation, considering cell–cell junctions, under different extracellular matrix configurations. Three different cases have been purposed to evaluate cell behavior in fibered, mechanically stimulated fibered, and mechanically stimulated piezoelectric fibered extra-cellular matrix. In this last case, the cells are guided by the coupling of mechanical and electrical stimuli. Accordingly, the obtained results show the formation of more elongated groups and enhancement in cell proliferation.

Cell-extracellular matrix interactions under in vivo conditions during interstitial cell migration in Hydra vulgaris

Development ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhang ◽  
M.P. Sarras
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Migration ◽  
Synthetic Peptide ◽  
Interstitial Cell ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Components ◽  
Matrix Interactions ◽  
Apical Half ◽  
Matrix Components ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Interactions

Interstitial cell (I-cell) migration in hydra is essential for establishment of the regional cell differentiation pattern in the organism. All previous in vivo studies have indicated that cell migration in hydra is a result of cell-cell interactions and chemotaxic gradients. Recently, in vitro cell adhesion studies indicated that isolated nematocytes could bind to substrata coated with isolated hydra mesoglea, fibronectin and type IV collagen. Under these conditions, nematocytes could be observed to migrate on some of these extracellular matrix components. By modifying previously described hydra grafting techniques, two procedures were developed to test specifically the role of extracellular matrix components during in vivo I-cell migration in hydra. In one approach, the extracellular matrix structure of the apical half of the hydra graft was perturbed using beta-aminopropionitrile and beta-xyloside. In the second approach, grafts were treated with fibronectin, RGDS synthetic peptide and antibody to fibronectin after grafting was performed. In both cases, I-cell migration from the basal half to the apical half of the grafts was quantitatively analyzed. Statistical analysis indicated that beta-aminopropionitrile, fibronectin, RGDS synthetic peptide and antibody to fibronectin all were inhibitory to I-cell migration as compared to their respective controls. beta-xyloside treatment had no effect on interstitial cell migration. These results indicate the potential importance of cell-extracellular matrix interactions during in vivo I-cell migration in hydra.

scholarly journals Actin-inspired feedback couples speed and persistence in a Cellular Potts Model of cell migration

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge M. N. Wortel ◽  
Ioana Niculescu ◽  
P. Martijn Kolijn ◽  
Nir Gov ◽  
Rob J. de Boer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Cell Motility ◽  
Potts Model ◽  
Cell Shape ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Fundamental Property ◽  
Cellular Potts Model ◽  
Universal Coupling ◽  
Migrating Cells

ABSTRACTCell migration is astoundingly diverse. Molecular signatures, cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, and environmental structures each play their part in shaping cell motion, yielding numerous different cell morphologies and migration modes. Nevertheless, in recent years, a simple unifying law was found to describe cell migration across many different cell types and contexts: faster cells turn less frequently. Given this universal coupling between speed and persistence (UCSP), from a modelling perspective it is important to know whether computational models of cell migration capture this speed-persistence link. Here, we present an in-depth characterisation of an existing Cellular Potts Model (CPM). We first show that this model robustly reproduces the UCSP without having been designed for this task. Instead, we show that this fundamental law of migration emerges spontaneously through a crosstalk of intracellular mechanisms, cell shape, and environmental constraints, resembling the dynamic nature of cell migration in vivo. Our model also reveals how cell shape dynamics can further constrain cell motility by limiting both the speed and persistence a cell can reach, and how a rigid environment such as the skin can restrict cell motility even further. Our results further validate the CPM as a model of cell migration, and shed new light on the speed-persistence coupling that has emerged as a fundamental property of migrating cells.SIGNIFICANCEThe universal coupling between speed and persistence (UCSP) is the first general quantitative law describing motility patterns across the versatile spectrum of migrating cells. Here, we show – for the first time – that this migration law emerges spontaneously in an existing, highly popular computational model of cell migration. Studying the UCSP in entirely different model frameworks, not explicitly built with this law in mind, can help uncover how intracellular dynamics, cell shape, and environment interact to produce the diverse motility patterns observed in migrating cells.

scholarly journals Insights into the local pathogenesis induced by fish toxins: Role of natterins and nattectin in the disruption of cell–cell and cell–extracellular matrix interactions and modulation of cell migration

Toxicon ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 58 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 509-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evilin Naname Komegae ◽  
Anderson Daniel Ramos ◽  
Ana Karina Oliveira ◽  
Solange Maria de Toledo Serrano ◽  
Mônica Lopes-Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Migration ◽  
Matrix Interactions ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Interactions ◽  
Cell Cell
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