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.

Analysis of Cell Shape and Cell Migration of Drosophila Macrophages In Vivo

2018 ◽  
pp. 227-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marike Rüder ◽  
Benedikt M. Nagel ◽  
Sven Bogdan
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Cell Shape

scholarly journals Scribble, Lgl1, and myosin II form a complex in vivo to promote directed cell migration

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (20) ◽  
pp. 2234-2248
Author(s):  
Maha Abedrabbo ◽  
Shoshana Ravid
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Directed Cell Migration ◽  
Lethal Giant Larvae ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Migrating Cells

Here we show that Scribble (Scrib), Lethal giant larvae 1 (Lgl1), and myosin II form a complex in vivo and colocalize at the cell leading edge of migrating cells, and this colocalization is interdependent. Scrib and Lgl1 are required for proper cell adhesion, polarity, and migration.

scholarly journals Dia1 and IQGAP1 interact in cell migration and phagocytic cup formation

2007 ◽  
Vol 178 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique T. Brandt ◽  
Sabrina Marion ◽  
Gareth Griffiths ◽  
Takashi Watanabe ◽  
Kozo Kaibuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Actin Filament ◽  
Cell Shape ◽  
Actin Polymerization ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Subcellular Location ◽  
Scaffold Protein ◽  
Cellular Location ◽  
Inhibitory Domain ◽  
Migrating Cells

The Diaphanous-related formin Dia1 nucleates actin polymerization, thereby regulating cell shape and motility. Mechanisms that control the cellular location of Dia1 to spatially define actin polymerization are largely unknown. In this study, we identify the cytoskeletal scaffold protein IQGAP1 as a Dia1-binding protein that is necessary for its subcellular location. IQGAP1 interacts with Dia1 through a region within the Diaphanous inhibitory domain after the RhoA-mediated release of Dia1 autoinhibition. Both proteins colocalize at the front of migrating cells but also at the actin-rich phagocytic cup in macrophages. We show that IQGAP1 interaction with Dia1 is required for phagocytosis and phagocytic cup formation. Thus, we identify IQGAP1 as a novel component involved in the regulation of phagocytosis by mediating the localization of the actin filament nucleator Dia1.

scholarly journals The dynamic interplay between ATP/ADP levels and autophagy sustain neuronal migration in vivo

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bressan Cedric ◽  
Pecora Alessandra ◽  
Gagnon Dave ◽  
Snapyan Marina ◽  
Labrecque Simon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Stationary Phase ◽  
Neuronal Migration ◽  
Stationary Phases ◽  
Focal Adhesions ◽  
Time Lapse ◽  
List Type ◽  
Atp Levels ◽  
Migrating Cells

AbstractCell migration is a dynamic process that entails extensive protein synthesis and recycling, structural remodeling, and a considerable bioenergetic demand. Autophagy is one of the pathways that maintain cellular homeostasis. Time-lapse imaging of autophagosomes and ATP/ADP levels in migrating cells in the rostral migratory stream of mice revealed that decrease in ATP levels force cells into the stationary phase and induce autophagy. Genetic impairment of autophagy in neuroblasts using either inducible conditional mice or CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing decreased cell migration due to the longer duration of the stationary phase. Autophagy is modulated in response to migration-promoting and inhibiting molecular cues and is required for the recycling of focal adhesions. Our results show that autophagy and energy consumption act in concert in migrating cells to dynamically regulate the pace and periodicity of the migratory and stationary phases in order to sustain neuronal migration.HighlightsADP levels dynamically change during cell migrationA decrease in ATP levels leads to cell pausing and autophagy induction via AMPKAutophagy is required to sustain neuronal migration by recycling focal adhesionsAutophagy level is dynamically modulated by migration-promoting and inhibiting cues

scholarly journals Supracellular organization confers directionality and mechanical potency to migrating pairs of cardiopharyngeal progenitor cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yelena Y. Bernadskaya ◽  
Haicen Yue ◽  
Calina Copos ◽  
Lionel Christiaen ◽  
Alex Mogilner
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Cell Communication ◽  
Biomechanical Properties ◽  
Collective Cell Migration ◽  
Cellular Potts Model ◽  
Cellular Mechanics ◽  
Cell Matrix ◽  
Collective Movements ◽  
Cell Matrix Adhesion

AbstractPhysiological and pathological morphogenetic events involve a wide array of collective movements, suggesting that these multicellular arrangements confer biochemical and biomechanical properties that contribute to tissue scale organization. The cardiopharyngeal progenitors of the tunicate Ciona provide the simplest possible model of collective cell migration. They form cohesive bilateral cell pairs, leader-trailer polarized along the migration path as they migrate between the ventral epidermis and trunk endoderm. Here, circumventing difficulties in quantifying cellular mechanics in live embryos, we use the Cellular Potts Model to computationally probe the distributions of forces consistent with the shapes and collective polarity of migrating cell pairs. Combining computational modeling, confocal microscopy, and molecular perturbations, we first determine that cardiopharyngeal progenitors display hallmarks of supracellular organization, with differential distributions of protrusive forces, cell-matrix adhesion, and myosin-based retraction forces along the leader-trailer axis. Combined 4D simulations and experimental observations suggest that cell-cell communication helps establish a hierarchy that contributes to aligning collective polarity with the direction of migration, as observed with three or more cells both in silico and in vivo. Our approach reveals emerging properties of the migrating collective. Specifically, cell pairs are more persistent, thus migrating over longer distances, and presumably with higher accuracy. Finally, simulations suggest that polarized cell pairs literally join forces to deform the trunk endoderm, as they migrate through the extracellular space. We thus propose that the polarized supracellular organization of cardiopharyngeal progenitors confers emergent physical properties that determine mechanical interactions with their environment during morphogenesis.

Local actin dynamics couple speed and persistence in a Cellular Potts Model of cell migration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge M.N. Wortel ◽  
Ioana Niculescu ◽  
P. Martijn Kolijn ◽  
Nir Gov ◽  
Rob J. de Boer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Potts Model ◽  
Actin Dynamics ◽  
Cellular Potts Model

scholarly journals A cellular Potts model analyzing differentiated cell behavior during in vivo vascularization of a hypoxic tissue

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 143-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Scianna ◽  
Eleonora Bassino ◽  
Luca Munaron
Keyword(s):  
Potts Model ◽  
Cell Behavior ◽  
Cellular Potts Model

scholarly journals A Cellular Potts Model of single cell migration in presence of durotaxis

2016 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Allena ◽  
M. Scianna ◽  
L. Preziosi
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Potts Model ◽  
Cellular Potts Model

scholarly journals The dynamic interplay between ATP/ADP levels and autophagy sustain neuronal migration in vivo

eLife ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cedric Bressan ◽  
Alessandra Pecora ◽  
Dave Gagnon ◽  
Marina Snapyan ◽  
Simon Labrecque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Stationary Phase ◽  
Neuronal Migration ◽  
Stationary Phases ◽  
Focal Adhesions ◽  
Time Lapse ◽  
Time Lapse Imaging ◽  
Migratory Stream ◽  
Migrating Cells

Cell migration is a dynamic process that entails extensive protein synthesis and recycling, structural remodeling, and considerable bioenergetic demand. Autophagy is one of the pathways that maintain cellular homeostasis. Time-lapse imaging of autophagosomes and ATP/ADP levels in migrating cells in the rostral migratory stream of mouse revealed that decreases in ATP levels force cells into the stationary phase and induce autophagy. Pharmacological or genetic impairments of autophagy in neuroblasts using either bafilomycin, inducible conditional mice, or CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing decreased cell migration due to the longer duration of the stationary phase. Autophagy is modulated in response to migration-promoting and inhibiting molecular cues and is required for the recycling of focal adhesions. Our results show that autophagy and energy consumption act in concert in migrating cells to dynamically regulate the pace and periodicity of the migratory and stationary phases to sustain neuronal migration.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document