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DOI number:10.1016/j.bpj.2021.04.006
Journal:Biophysical Journal
Abstract:Many studies have demonstrated that mitotic cells can round up against external impediments. However, how the stiffness of external confinement affects the dynamics of rounding force/pressure and cell volume remains largely unknown. Here, we develop a theoretical framework to study the rounding of adherent cells confined between a substrate and a cantilever. We show that the rounding force and pressure increase exclusively with the effective confinement on the cell, which is related to the cantilever stiffness and the separation between cantilever and substrate. Remarkably, an increase of cantilever stiffness from 0.001 to 1 N/m can lead to a 100-fold change in rounding force. This model also predicts an active role of confinement stiffness in regulating the dynamics of cell volume and hydrostatic pressure. We find that the dynamic changes of cellular volume and hydrostatic pressure after osmotic shocks are opposite if the cantilever is soft, whereas the dynamic changes of cellular volume and pressure are the same if the cantilever is stiff. Taken together, this work demonstrates that confinement stiffness appears as a critical regulator in regulating the dynamics of rounding force and pressure. Our findings also indicate that the difference in cantilever stiffness need to be considered when comparing the measured rounding force and pressure from various experiments.
First Author:Yuehua Yang
Indexed by:Journal paper
Correspondence Author:Hongyuan Jiang
Volume:120
Issue:11
Page Number:2306-2316
Translation or Not:no
Date of Publication:2021-06-01
Links to published journals:https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006349521003015
