Biophysical control of plasticity and patterning in regeneration and cancer.

Autor: Murugan NJ; Department of Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada. nmurugan@wlu.ca.; Allen Discovery Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA. nmurugan@wlu.ca., Cariba S; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada., Abeygunawardena S; Department of Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada., Rouleau N; Department of Health Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada.; Allen Discovery Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA., Payne SL; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS [Cell Mol Life Sci] 2023 Dec 15; Vol. 81 (1), pp. 9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 15.
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-023-05054-6
Abstrakt: Cells and tissues display a remarkable range of plasticity and tissue-patterning activities that are emergent of complex signaling dynamics within their microenvironments. These properties, which when operating normally guide embryogenesis and regeneration, become highly disordered in diseases such as cancer. While morphogens and other molecular factors help determine the shapes of tissues and their patterned cellular organization, the parallel contributions of biophysical control mechanisms must be considered to accurately predict and model important processes such as growth, maturation, injury, repair, and senescence. We now know that mechanical, optical, electric, and electromagnetic signals are integral to cellular plasticity and tissue patterning. Because biophysical modalities underly interactions between cells and their extracellular matrices, including cell cycle, metabolism, migration, and differentiation, their applications as tuning dials for regenerative and anti-cancer therapies are being rapidly exploited. Despite this, the importance of cellular communication through biophysical signaling remains disproportionately underrepresented in the literature. Here, we provide a review of biophysical signaling modalities and known mechanisms that initiate, modulate, or inhibit plasticity and tissue patterning in models of regeneration and cancer. We also discuss current approaches in biomedical engineering that harness biophysical control mechanisms to model, characterize, diagnose, and treat disease states.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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