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分支肌动蛋白丝的力学性质

Mechanical properties of branched actin filaments

Mohammadhosein Razbin, Martin Falcke, Panayotis Benetatos, Annette Zippelius

摘要:

细胞在二维基底上移动,通过在平坦的膜突起内聚合肌动蛋白丝网络来产生运动。新的细丝是通过将现有的细丝分支而产生的,从而产生分支网络结构。我们研究了分支细丝的力-延伸关系,这些细丝一端嫁接在弹性结构上,并用自由端推压前缘细胞膜。单丝被建模为蠕虫状链,其热弯曲波动受到前缘细胞膜的限制,从而产生有效力。分支可以显著增加刚度;然而,效果取决于分支点位置和长丝取向,对于中间倾斜角和中间分支点位置最明显。我们描述了没有交联剂的细丝网络,专注于分支的影响。我们使用随机定位的分支点,如在铣削过程中产生的,和在片状伪足中测量的取向分布。这些网络再现了在力-速度实验中测得的板状伪足的弱力和强力响应。我们比较了分支和无分支网络的性质。每个支化长丝的力的网络平均值与每个未支化长丝的平均力的比率取决于长丝的取向分布。该比率表现出压缩依赖性,并且在具有窄取向分布的网络中可高达约4.5。与取向分布测量片伪足,它是约2和基本上独立于网络压缩,移植弹性和长丝持久长度。

英文摘要:

Cells moving on a two dimensional substrate generate motion by polymerizing actin filament networks inside a flat membrane protrusion. New filaments are generated by branching off existing ones, giving rise to branched network structures. We investigate the force-extension relation of branched filaments, grafted on an elastic structure at one end and pushing with the free ends against the leading edge cell membrane. Single filaments are modeled as worm-like chains, whose thermal bending fluctuations are restricted by the leading edge cell membrane, resulting in an effective force. Branching can increase the stiffness considerably; however the effect depends on branch point position and filament orientation, being most pronounced for intermediate tilt angles and intermediate branch point positions. We describe filament networks without cross-linkers to focus on the effect of branching. We use randomly positioned branch points, as generated in the process of treadmilling, and orientation distributions as measured in lamellipodia. These networks reproduce both the weak and strong force response of lamellipodia as measured in force-velocity experiments. We compare properties of branched and unbranched networks. The ratio of the network average of the force per branched filament to the average force per unbranched filament depends on the orientation distribution of the filaments. The ratio exhibits compression dependence and may go up to about 4.5 in networks with a narrow orientation distribution. With orientation distributions measured in lamellipodia, it is about two and essentially independent from network compression, graft elasticity and filament persistence length.

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