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Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity
The formation and recovery of gaps in the vascular endothelium governs a wide range of physiological and pathological phenomena, from angiogenesis to tumor cell extravasation. However, the interplay between the mechanical and signaling processes that drive dynamic behavior in vascular endothelial ce...
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author | McEvoy, Eoin Sneh, Tal Moeendarbary, Emad Javanmardi, Yousef Efimova, Nadia Yang, Changsong Marino-Bravante, Gloria E. Chen, Xingyu Escribano, Jorge Spill, Fabian Garcia-Aznar, José Manuel Weeraratna, Ashani T. Svitkina, Tatyana M. Kamm, Roger D. Shenoy, Vivek B. |
author_facet | McEvoy, Eoin Sneh, Tal Moeendarbary, Emad Javanmardi, Yousef Efimova, Nadia Yang, Changsong Marino-Bravante, Gloria E. Chen, Xingyu Escribano, Jorge Spill, Fabian Garcia-Aznar, José Manuel Weeraratna, Ashani T. Svitkina, Tatyana M. Kamm, Roger D. Shenoy, Vivek B. |
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description | The formation and recovery of gaps in the vascular endothelium governs a wide range of physiological and pathological phenomena, from angiogenesis to tumor cell extravasation. However, the interplay between the mechanical and signaling processes that drive dynamic behavior in vascular endothelial cells is not well understood. In this study, we propose a chemo-mechanical model to investigate the regulation of endothelial junctions as dependent on the feedback between actomyosin contractility, VE-cadherin bond turnover, and actin polymerization, which mediate the forces exerted on the cell-cell interface. Simulations reveal that active cell tension can stabilize cadherin bonds, but excessive RhoA signaling can drive bond dissociation and junction failure. While actin polymerization aids gap closure, high levels of Rac1 can induce junction weakening. Combining the modeling framework with experiments, our model predicts the influence of pharmacological treatments on the junction state and identifies that a critical balance between RhoA and Rac1 expression is required to maintain junction stability. Our proposed framework can help guide the development of therapeutics that target the Rho family of GTPases and downstream active mechanical processes. |
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spelling | pubmed-96758372022-11-21 Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity McEvoy, Eoin Sneh, Tal Moeendarbary, Emad Javanmardi, Yousef Efimova, Nadia Yang, Changsong Marino-Bravante, Gloria E. Chen, Xingyu Escribano, Jorge Spill, Fabian Garcia-Aznar, José Manuel Weeraratna, Ashani T. Svitkina, Tatyana M. Kamm, Roger D. Shenoy, Vivek B. Nat Commun Article The formation and recovery of gaps in the vascular endothelium governs a wide range of physiological and pathological phenomena, from angiogenesis to tumor cell extravasation. However, the interplay between the mechanical and signaling processes that drive dynamic behavior in vascular endothelial cells is not well understood. In this study, we propose a chemo-mechanical model to investigate the regulation of endothelial junctions as dependent on the feedback between actomyosin contractility, VE-cadherin bond turnover, and actin polymerization, which mediate the forces exerted on the cell-cell interface. Simulations reveal that active cell tension can stabilize cadherin bonds, but excessive RhoA signaling can drive bond dissociation and junction failure. While actin polymerization aids gap closure, high levels of Rac1 can induce junction weakening. Combining the modeling framework with experiments, our model predicts the influence of pharmacological treatments on the junction state and identifies that a critical balance between RhoA and Rac1 expression is required to maintain junction stability. Our proposed framework can help guide the development of therapeutics that target the Rho family of GTPases and downstream active mechanical processes. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9675837/ /pubmed/36402771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34701-y Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This 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 license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license 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 license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article McEvoy, Eoin Sneh, Tal Moeendarbary, Emad Javanmardi, Yousef Efimova, Nadia Yang, Changsong Marino-Bravante, Gloria E. Chen, Xingyu Escribano, Jorge Spill, Fabian Garcia-Aznar, José Manuel Weeraratna, Ashani T. Svitkina, Tatyana M. Kamm, Roger D. Shenoy, Vivek B. Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity |
title | Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity |
title_full | Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity |
title_fullStr | Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity |
title_full_unstemmed | Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity |
title_short | Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity |
title_sort | feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675837/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36402771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34701-y |
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