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On the relation between filament density, force generation, and protrusion rate in mesenchymal cell motility.


ABSTRACT: Lamellipodia are flat membrane protrusions formed during mesenchymal motion. Polymerization at the leading edge assembles the actin filament network and generates protrusion force. How this force is supported by the network and how the assembly rate is shared between protrusion and network retrograde flow determines the protrusion rate. We use mathematical modeling to understand experiments changing the F-actin density in lamellipodia of B16-F1 melanoma cells by modulation of Arp2/3 complex activity or knockout of the formins FMNL2 and FMNL3. Cells respond to a reduction of density with a decrease of protrusion velocity, an increase in the ratio of force to filament number, but constant network assembly rate. The relation between protrusion force and tension gradient in the F-actin network and the density dependency of friction, elasticity, and viscosity of the network explain the experimental observations. The formins act as filament nucleators and elongators with differential rates. Modulation of their activity suggests an effect on network assembly rate. Contrary to these expectations, the effect of changes in elongator composition is much weaker than the consequences of the density change. We conclude that the force acting on the leading edge membrane is the force required to drive F-actin network retrograde flow.

SUBMITTER: Dolati S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249830 | biostudies-other | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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On the relation between filament density, force generation, and protrusion rate in mesenchymal cell motility.

Dolati Setareh S   Kage Frieda F   Mueller Jan J   Müsken Mathias M   Kirchner Marieluise M   Dittmar Gunnar G   Sixt Michael M   Rottner Klemens K   Falcke Martin M  

Molecular biology of the cell 20180829 22


Lamellipodia are flat membrane protrusions formed during mesenchymal motion. Polymerization at the leading edge assembles the actin filament network and generates protrusion force. How this force is supported by the network and how the assembly rate is shared between protrusion and network retrograde flow determines the protrusion rate. We use mathematical modeling to understand experiments changing the F-actin density in lamellipodia of B16-F1 melanoma cells by modulation of Arp2/3 complex acti  ...[more]

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