Contact angle at the leading edge controls cell protrusion rate
| Autor: | Sylvia Jeney, László Forró, Chiara Gabella, Jean-Jacques Meister, Niccolò Piacentini, Elena Bertseva, Alicia Bornert, Céline Bottier, Alexander B. Verkhovsky, Ivo F. Sbalzarini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Leading edge
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all) Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) Characidae Cell Membrane Substrate (chemistry) Cell migration Epithelial Cells Biology Curvature General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Actins Polymerization Contact angle Membrane Epidermal Cells Cell Movement Biophysics Pressure Animals General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Cell Shape Actin |
| Zdroj: | Current biology : CB. 24(10) |
| ISSN: | 1879-0445 |
| Popis: | SummaryPlasma membrane tension and the pressure generated by actin polymerization are two antagonistic forces believed to define the protrusion rate at the leading edge of migrating cells [1–5]. Quantitatively, resistance to actin protrusion is a product of membrane tension and mean local curvature (Laplace’s law); thus, it depends on the local geometry of the membrane interface. However, the role of the geometry of the leading edge in protrusion control has not been yet investigated. Here, we manipulate both the cell shape and substrate topography in the model system of persistently migrating fish epidermal keratocytes. We find that the protrusion rate does not correlate with membrane tension, but, instead, strongly correlates with cell roundness, and that the leading edge of the cell exhibits pinning on substrate ridges—a phenomenon characteristic of spreading of liquid drops. These results indicate that the leading edge could be considered a triple interface between the substrate, membrane, and extracellular medium and that the contact angle between the membrane and the substrate determines the load on actin polymerization and, therefore, the protrusion rate. Our findings thus illuminate a novel relationship between the 3D shape of the cell and its dynamics, which may have implications for cell migration in 3D environments. |
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