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Dynamic Modeling of Cell Migration and Spreading Behaviors on Fibronectin Coated Planar Substrates and Micropatterned Geometries

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Title
Dynamic Modeling of Cell Migration and Spreading Behaviors on Fibronectin Coated Planar Substrates and Micropatterned Geometries
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PLoS Computational Biology, February 2013
DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002926
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Min-Cheol Kim, Devin M. Neal, Roger D. Kamm, H. Harry Asada

Abstract

An integrative cell migration model incorporating focal adhesion (FA) dynamics, cytoskeleton and nucleus remodeling, actin motor activity, and lamellipodia protrusion is developed for predicting cell spreading and migration behaviors. This work is motivated by two experimental works: (1) cell migration on 2-D substrates under various fibronectin concentrations and (2) cell spreading on 2-D micropatterned geometries. These works suggest (1) cell migration speed takes a maximum at a particular ligand density (∼1140 molecules/µm(2)) and (2) that strong traction forces at the corners of the patterns may exist due to combined effects exerted by actin stress fibers (SFs). The integrative model of this paper successfully reproduced these experimental results and indicates the mechanism of cell migration and spreading. In this paper, the mechanical structure of the cell is modeled as having two elastic membranes: an outer cell membrane and an inner nuclear membrane. The two elastic membranes are connected by SFs, which are extended from focal adhesions on the cortical surface to the nuclear membrane. In addition, the model also includes ventral SFs bridging two focal adhesions on the cell surface. The cell deforms and gains traction as transmembrane integrins distributed over the outer cell membrane bond to ligands on the ECM surface, activate SFs, and form focal adhesions. The relationship between the cell migration speed and fibronectin concentration agrees with existing experimental data for Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell migrations on fibronectin coated surfaces. In addition, the integrated model is validated by showing persistent high stress concentrations at sharp geometrically patterned edges. This model will be used as a predictive model to assist in design and data processing of upcoming microfluidic cell migration assays.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 6 3%
Spain 2 <1%
France 2 <1%
India 2 <1%
Japan 2 <1%
Kazakhstan 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
United Arab Emirates 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 203 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 73 33%
Researcher 49 22%
Student > Master 20 9%
Professor 12 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 5%
Other 38 17%
Unknown 19 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 57 26%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 55 25%
Physics and Astronomy 26 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 16 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 3%
Other 27 12%
Unknown 34 15%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 April 2013.
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#15,169,543
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#114,570
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#90
of 156 outputs
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