Journal
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
Volume 19, Issue 190, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0081
Keywords
T cells; morphodynamics; lattice light-sheet microscope; physics of behaviour; shape analysis
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/M011178/1]
- Australian Research Council [DP180102458]
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This study utilized advanced technology to explore the three-dimensional morphodynamics of T cells, revealing low-dimensional shape space and fixed migration patterns that can be broken down into specific steps.
T cells use sophisticated shape dynamics (morphodynamics) to migrate towards and neutralize infected and cancerous cells. However, there is limited quantitative understanding of the migration process in three-dimensional extracellular matrices (ECMs) and across timescales. Here, we leveraged recent advances in lattice light-sheet microscopy to quantitatively explore the three-dimensional morphodynamics of migrating T cells at high spatio-temporal resolution. We first developed a new shape descriptor based on spherical harmonics, incorporating key polarization information of the uropod. We found that the shape space of T cells is low-dimensional. At the behavioural level, run-and-stop migration modes emerge at approximately 150 s, and we mapped the morphodynamic composition of each mode using multiscale wavelet analysis, finding 'stereotyped' motifs. Focusing on the run mode, we found morphodynamics oscillating periodically (every approx. 100 s) that can be broken down into a biphasic process: front-widening with retraction of the uropod, followed by a rearward surface motion and forward extension, where intercalation with the ECM in both of these steps likely facilitates forward motion. Further application of these methods may enable the comparison of T cell migration across different conditions (e.g. differentiation, activation, tissues and drug treatments) and improve the precision of immunotherapeutic development.
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