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Coordination between Intra- and Extracellular Forces Regulates Focal Adhesion Dynamics.


ABSTRACT: Focal adhesions (FAs) are important mediators of cell-substrate interactions. One of their key functions is the transmission of forces between the intracellular acto-myosin network and the substrate. However, the relationships between cell traction forces, FA architecture, and molecular forces within FAs are poorly understood. Here, by combining Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based molecular force biosensors with micropillar-based traction force sensors and high-resolution fluorescence microscopy, we simultaneously map molecular tension across vinculin, a key protein in FAs, and traction forces at FAs. Our results reveal strong spatiotemporal correlations between vinculin tension and cell traction forces at FAs throughout a wide range of substrate stiffnesses. Furthermore, we find that molecular tension within individual FAs follows a biphasic distribution from the proximal (toward the cell nucleus) to distal end (toward the cell edge). Using super-resolution imaging, we show that such a distribution relates to that of FA proteins. On the basis of our experimental data, we propose a model in which FA dynamics results from tension changes along the FAs.

SUBMITTER: Sarangi BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423523 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Coordination between Intra- and Extracellular Forces Regulates Focal Adhesion Dynamics.

Sarangi Bibhu Ranjan BR   Gupta Mukund M   Doss Bryant L BL   Tissot Nicolas N   Lam France F   Mège René-Marc RM   Borghi Nicolas N   Ladoux Benoît B  

Nano letters 20161223 1


Focal adhesions (FAs) are important mediators of cell-substrate interactions. One of their key functions is the transmission of forces between the intracellular acto-myosin network and the substrate. However, the relationships between cell traction forces, FA architecture, and molecular forces within FAs are poorly understood. Here, by combining Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based molecular force biosensors with micropillar-based traction force sensors and high-resolution fluorescence  ...[more]

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