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An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia
INTRODUCTION: Mechanical forces regulate many facets of cell and tissue biology. Studying the effects of forces on cells requires real-time observations of single- and multi-cell dynamics in tissue models during controlled external mechanical input. Many of the existing devices used to conduct these...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8630312/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12195-021-00689-6 |
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author | Hart, Kevin C. Sim, Joo Yong Hopcroft, Matthew A. Cohen, Daniel J. Tan, Jiongyi Nelson, W. James Pruitt, Beth L. |
author_facet | Hart, Kevin C. Sim, Joo Yong Hopcroft, Matthew A. Cohen, Daniel J. Tan, Jiongyi Nelson, W. James Pruitt, Beth L. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Mechanical forces regulate many facets of cell and tissue biology. Studying the effects of forces on cells requires real-time observations of single- and multi-cell dynamics in tissue models during controlled external mechanical input. Many of the existing devices used to conduct these studies are costly and complicated to fabricate, which reduces the availability of these devices to many laboratories. METHODS: We show how to fabricate a simple, low-cost, uniaxial stretching device, with readily available materials and instruments that is compatible with high-resolution time-lapse microscopy of adherent cell monolayers. In addition, we show how to construct a pressure controller that induces a repeatable degree of stretch in monolayers, as well as a custom MATLAB code to quantify individual cell strains. RESULTS: As an application note using this device, we show that uniaxial stretch slows down cellular movements in a mammalian epithelial monolayer in a cell density-dependent manner. We demonstrate that the effect on cell movement involves the relocalization of myosin downstream of Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK). CONCLUSIONS: This mechanical device provides a platform for broader involvement of engineers and biologists in this important area of cell and tissue biology. We used this device to demonstrate the mechanical regulation of collective cell movements in epithelia. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12195-021-00689-6. |
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spelling | pubmed-86303122021-12-10 An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia Hart, Kevin C. Sim, Joo Yong Hopcroft, Matthew A. Cohen, Daniel J. Tan, Jiongyi Nelson, W. James Pruitt, Beth L. Cell Mol Bioeng Original Article INTRODUCTION: Mechanical forces regulate many facets of cell and tissue biology. Studying the effects of forces on cells requires real-time observations of single- and multi-cell dynamics in tissue models during controlled external mechanical input. Many of the existing devices used to conduct these studies are costly and complicated to fabricate, which reduces the availability of these devices to many laboratories. METHODS: We show how to fabricate a simple, low-cost, uniaxial stretching device, with readily available materials and instruments that is compatible with high-resolution time-lapse microscopy of adherent cell monolayers. In addition, we show how to construct a pressure controller that induces a repeatable degree of stretch in monolayers, as well as a custom MATLAB code to quantify individual cell strains. RESULTS: As an application note using this device, we show that uniaxial stretch slows down cellular movements in a mammalian epithelial monolayer in a cell density-dependent manner. We demonstrate that the effect on cell movement involves the relocalization of myosin downstream of Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK). CONCLUSIONS: This mechanical device provides a platform for broader involvement of engineers and biologists in this important area of cell and tissue biology. We used this device to demonstrate the mechanical regulation of collective cell movements in epithelia. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12195-021-00689-6. Springer International Publishing 2021-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8630312/ /pubmed/34900011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12195-021-00689-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2021, corrected publication 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Hart, Kevin C. Sim, Joo Yong Hopcroft, Matthew A. Cohen, Daniel J. Tan, Jiongyi Nelson, W. James Pruitt, Beth L. An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia |
title | An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia |
title_full | An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia |
title_fullStr | An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia |
title_full_unstemmed | An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia |
title_short | An Easy-to-Fabricate Cell Stretcher Reveals Density-Dependent Mechanical Regulation of Collective Cell Movements in Epithelia |
title_sort | easy-to-fabricate cell stretcher reveals density-dependent mechanical regulation of collective cell movements in epithelia |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8630312/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12195-021-00689-6 |
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