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Title: | Mechanics of epithelial closure over non-adherent environments |
Author: | Vedula, Sri Ram Krishna Peyret, Grégoire Cheddadi, Ibrahim Chen, Tianchi Brugués, Agustí Hirata, Hiroaki López Menéndez Horacio Toyama, Yusuke Almeida, Luis Neves de Trepat Guixer, Xavier Lim, Chwee Teck Ladoux, Benoit |
Keywords: | Cèl·lules epitelials Biomecànica Teixits (Histologia) Epithelial cells Biomechanics Tissues |
Issue Date: | 22-Jan-2015 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Abstract: | The closure of gaps within epithelia is crucial to maintain its integrity during biological processes such as wound healing and gastrulation. Depending on the distribution of extracellular matrix, gap closure occurs through assembly of multicellular actin-based contractile cables or protrusive activity of border cells into the gap. Here we show that the supracellular actomyosin contractility of cells near the gap edge exerts sufficient tension on the surrounding tissue to promote closure of non-adherent gaps. Using traction force microscopy, we observe that cell-generated forces on the substrate at the gap edge first point away from the centre of the gap and then increase in the radial direction pointing into the gap as closure proceeds. Combining with numerical simulations, we show that the increase in force relies less on localized purse-string contractility and more on large-scale remodelling of the suspended tissue around the gap. Our results provide a framework for understanding the assembly and the mechanics of cellular contractility at the tissue level. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7111 |
It is part of: | Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, p. 6111 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/118609 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7111 |
ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Biomedicina) Publicacions de projectes de recerca finançats per la UE |
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